Five Cool Things and an Early Spring
By Mat Brewster |
Everyday is a new battle with sickness around here, but there’s plenty of cool things to find as well.
Nocturnal Animals Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us another Amy Adams pick, a couple of Criterions, Mel Gibson’s return, a Doctor Who Christmas special, and more.
Book Review: Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies Vol. 2 (1935-1939)
By Mat Brewster |
A beautiful collection of historically important comics.
Five Cool Things and George “The Animal” Steele
By Mat Brewster |
Prince is now available on all streaming services – if that’s not cool, I don’t know what is.
Arrival Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us Amy Adams’ language skills, a new Cinemax show, an Ang Lee Iraq War movie, a PBS Civil War show, and a gay porn crime drama starring James Franco.
Howards End Blu-ray Review: Luxuriously Lush
By Mat Brewster |
A magnificent presentations of a wonderful period drama
Loving Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us an Oscar nominee, another release of Dirty Dancing, Trolls, psychedelic horror, and much more.
Five Cool Things and Frederick Douglass
By Mat Brewster |
Sometimes, even during sickness, one can find cool things.
Fathom Events Presents Dirty Dancing
By Mat Brewster |
For its 30th anniversary, Fathom Events put Baby back in the corner for a couple of viewings on the big screen.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us generic action from Tom Cruise, a queen from England, a Nazi love camp, and more.
The Handmaiden DVD Review: A Twisting, Turning Korean Thriller
By Mat Brewster |
South Korean director Park Chan-wook takes a break from his usual shocking ultra violence and makes a magnificently beautiful period drama.
Five Cool Things and Mary Tyler Moore
By Mat Brewster |
This week I struggled to find five cool things so I brought in a friend.
The Handmaiden Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a new film from Park Chan-wook, Robert Langdun solving more clues, a story from Jaws coming to life and much more.
Pinocchio: The Signature Collection Blu-ray Review: Delightful For All Ages
By Mat Brewster |
The classic Disney film gets a new release with a little bit new and a whole lot of old supplementals.
Girl on the Train Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a girl on a train, a fox and his friends, plus Aaron Paul, Jon Hamm, and many others.
TCM and Fathom Events Present Singin’ in the Rain
By Mat Brewster |
Oh, what a feeling to watch it on the big screen.
Five Cool Things and a Larch
By Mat Brewster |
No matter what the news tells you, there’s lots of awesome things happening all around.
His Girl Friday (Criterion Collection) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a comedy classic, a classic of the French New Wave, a holistic detective, and much more.
Blair Witch Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a sequel no one was asking for, a trip into outer space, Holocaust deniers getting their day in court, and some girls.
The Driller Killer Blu-ray Review: All Driller, No Thriller
By Mat Brewster |
The Driller Killer plays like a Taxi Driver knock-off whose arthouse ambitions are overcome by its need to fill grindhouse seats.
Snowden Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us Oliver Stone’s take on a whistleblower, Ethan Hawke committing violence, teenagers cruising around the country, and more.
American Honey Blu-ray Review: Director Andrea Arnold Takes Kids on the Road
By Mat Brewster |
A cross-country road movie that will either be held up as a treatise to the restlessness of youth or tossed off as pointlessly boring.
Creepshow 2 Blu-ray Review: Stick to the Original
By Mat Brewster |
I’d been better off not remembering this thing exists.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe Movie Review: Contains a Lot to be Recommend
By Mat Brewster |
Terrifically thrilling first half is marred by too many genre cliches in its back end.
Hitchcock/Truffaut Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a documentary about an influential book, a true life film about a pilot, some horror films, a remake, and more.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week features Tim Burton’s latest, Ridley Scott’s son, zombies, never-before-seen Star Trek, and more.
Frank & Lola Movie Review: Not Your Average Love Story
By Mat Brewster |
First-time director Matthew Ross proves he’s someone to keep watching.
Jason Bourne Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a new Bourne movie, a couple of Criterions, Mad Max in black and white and more.
Don’t Breathe Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some thrilling horrors, some weird anime, and at least two friendly monsters.
Fathom Events and TCM Present Breakfast at Tiffany’s
By Mat Brewster |
A light-hearted romantic comedy with a buoyant Harry Mancini score and Audrey Hepburn at her most chic.
Hell or High Water Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a modern western, and old horror flick, a couple of Criterions, Marlon Brando directing and much more.
Finding Dory Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include a forgetful fish, a killer king (or two), several Criterions, and lots of Buster Keaton.
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Blu-ray Review: Gritty, Dirty, Bloody Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Wes Craven’s second film is decidedly low budget and grim, but it shows the early promise of a true master of horror.
The Night Of Blu-ray Review: Terrific TV
By Mat Brewster |
HBO’s limited series takes a hard look at the American criminal justice system.
Taxi Driver (40th Anniversary Edition) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a blind crime fighter, a killer taxi driver, raunchy sausages, and more.
Vamp Blu-ray Review: Fun, but Forgettable
By Mat Brewster |
Stylish ’80s vampire flick has little bite, but doesn’t suck too much.
Slugs Blu-ray Review: Delightfully Terrible
By Mat Brewster |
Mutated mollusks wreak havoc in a small town, and awesomeness on our small screens.
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us an animated Caped Crusader, a sea of trees, bad moms and more.
The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us an enormous gore feast, Norman Lear, Bob Dylan, Viggo Mortensen in the woods, and much more.
Wizard World Tulsa 2016: A Quick Visit
By Mat Brewster |
Due to some personal matters, I only stayed at this year’s con for a couple of hours, but still had tons of fun.
The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection Blu-ray Review: Essential Comedy
By Mat Brewster |
The first five films from the comedy legends get a nice Blu-ray set.
Gregory Peck Centennial Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Great Films, One Nice Package
By Mat Brewster |
A nice set, just in time for the holidays
Cafe Society Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a new Woody Allen, lots of old Marx Brothers comedies, a couple of Criterions, an Independence Day sequel nobody really wanted, and much more.
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us nuclear mutants, Mel Gibson, Tarzan, the music of Jerry Garcia, lady ghostbusters, and much more.
The Bureau, the Excellent French Spy Series, Is Now Streaming on Doc Club
By Mat Brewster |
Densely plotted French spy series hits a new streaming network.
Preacher: Season One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us comic books brought to screens both big and small, an election year purge, lots of TV and more.
The Neon Demon Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us sinister models, shark attacks, goofy horror flicks, critically acclaimed Polish films, and so much more.
Dead-End Drive-In Blu-ray Review: Post-Apocalypse, ’80s Style
By Mat Brewster |
It’s like a b-grade version of Mad Max, but it’s still a lot of fun.