Bandits (2001) Blu-ray Review: Not As Bad As You’ve Heard
By Mat Brewster |
Come sleep around with the sleepover bandits.
Independence Day 20th Anniversary Edition is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us invasions, counterculture icons, Holocaust survivors, and a fancy mop.
Jane Got a Gun Blu-ray Review: Troubled Production, Decent Results
By Mat Brewster |
Natalie Portman more than holds her own as the star, but it’s Joel Edgerton that really shines.
Brief Encounter Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Small but Poignant
By Mat Brewster |
A far cry from David Lean’s big epics, but sometimes small is just as beautiful.
Son of Saul Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us two movies about the Holocaust, three films from Criterion, Natalie Portman with a gun, a Christmas horror story, and more.
The Zero Boys Blu-ray Review: Totally ’80s Cheese
By Mat Brewster |
An odd-ball action/horror hybrid that will surely scratch that bad ’80s flick itch.
Fathom Events and TCM Present On the Waterfront
By Mat Brewster |
You’ll believe he coulda been a contender when you see it on the big screen.
Death Walks Twice Blu-ray Review: Two Times the Horror, Two Times the Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Two Italian giallos get the Arrow treatment.
The Revenant Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us Leonardo DiCaprio getting torture porned, Maggie Smith living in a van, Julia Louis-Dreyfus playing politics, and much more.
Bride of Re-Animator Blu-ray Review: A Gallows Worth of Fun
By Mat Brewster |
All the gore (and humor) you want from the franchise.
Bride of Re-Animator is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us reanimated corpses getting married, Cary Grant as a fly-boy, DC comic heroes fighting, other Heroes being reborn, and much more.
The Forest (2016) Blu-ray Review: Beautiful, but Dull
By Mat Brewster |
Not even Natalie Dormer can save this dud.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us Star Wars! And some other stuff.
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Blu-ray Review: The Acting and Directing Elevate the Writing
By Mat Brewster |
Robert Altman and his cast turn a second-tier script into something worth watching.
The Hateful Eight is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us new Tarantino, old foreign classics, cyborgs, Will Smith, and more.
Black Mama, White Mama is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include a classic comedy, a not-so classic exploitation drama, the conclusion of the Hunger Games, and more.
Black Mama, White Mama Blu-ray Review: Now This Is How You Do Exploitation!
By Mat Brewster |
Pam Grier escapes prison, kicks butt and bares her…(heart?) in this classic exploitation flick.
Brooklyn is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us several award-wining dramas and a ridiculous martial-arts flick.
Sheba, Baby Blu-ray Review: Blaxploitation, Family Style
By Mat Brewster |
In Pam Grier’s last exploitation film they forgot to exploit anybody or anything.
Macbeth (2015) is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a new Shakespearean adaptation, a reworking of Moby Dick and Frankenstein, plus three films from the French New Wave, and much more.
Creed and Room are the Picks of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us three Oscar contenders, Tom Hardy playing twins, a classic sci-fi novel turned into a miniseries by the Syfy network, and much more.
Pray for Death Blu-ray Review: Not Enough Ninja
By Mat Brewster |
Cheese-ball ’80s flick is light on action until the last 20 minutes.
Fargo: Season Two is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us another excellent season of a Coen Brothers spin-off, another Christmas for Doctor Who, fake moon landings, Catholic covers-ups, and much more.
A French Village: Season 2 DVD Review: A Series Full of Some Really Wonderful Stories
By Mat Brewster |
An enormous cast tells an interweaving tale of a German-occupied French city.
Spotlight Blu-ray Review: A Great Film Documenting Terrible Things
By Mat Brewster |
A film so good I’ll never watch it again.
Black Mass Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us Johnny Depp as a gangster, 33 Chilean miners, the Hollywood Blacklist, Steve Jobs, Girls and more.
Spiral: Season 5 DVD Review: French Crime Drama Continues to Thrill
By Mat Brewster |
Go watch it. Now.
Trumbo Blu-ray Review: Bryan Cranston’s Tour de Force
By Mat Brewster |
It’s a shame a film about one of the greatest screenwriters is written so poorly.
Spectre is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some Bond, a haunted house, a grandma, Leftovers, and much more.
Bridge of Spies Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us three period dramas, a witch hunter and some zombies playing Tyler Durden.
2016 Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films Review: An Excellent Group
By Mat Brewster |
Short films, big emotional punch.
Doctor Who: Series Nine, Part Two is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us Doctor Who split apart, Spike Lee modernizing the ancient Greeks, Jack Black fighting children’s monsters, and Bradley Cooper playing with food.
Kung Fu Panda 1 & 2 Ultimate Edition of Awesomness DVDs Review: Not Awesome, But A Lot of Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Average animated stories made good by good performances and some stunning animation.
Criterion’s Inside Llewyn Davis is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us one of the Coen Brothers’ best films, some influential hip hop, a deadly mountain climb, a deadlier internship, and much more.
Tenderness of the Wolves Blu-ray Review: Not What You Expect, But Better
By Mat Brewster |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s company make a surprisingly gentle serial killer movie.
The Martian is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us two Criterions, a Victorian Sherlock, a hacking Robot, and Ridley Scott once again making great films.
Sicario is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some cool sounding action, high-wire acts, zombies, detectives, Quentin Tarantino inspirations’ and much more.
Pan is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
A rather dull week brings us another take on Peter Pan, another take on Bobby Fischer’s life, a two very different takes on religion.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a couple of Italian horrors, some early Hitchcock, impossible
missions, and more.
What Have You Done To Solange? Blu-ray Review: Giallo at Its Finest
By Mat Brewster |
Sex, violence, and style, or everything you want in an Italian horror film.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a couple of obscure Criterions, a hungry serial killer, silly little yellow creatures and lots of super heroes.
Fathom Events and TCM Present Roman Holiday
By Mat Brewster |
Once again, Fathom Events and TCM have put a wonderful classic on the big screen.
Cooties Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us an ice-skiing Robert Redford, an inside look at Amy Winehouse, Roger Waters performing The Wall, and lots of zombies.
Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Glimpses into the Heart of the Artist
By Mat Brewster |
Come gather ’round people and watch one of the greatest documentaries ever made.
Ikiru is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a couple of classics from Criterion, some not-so-classics from Arrow, some disturbing looking stop-motion shorts, Doctor Who at Christmas, and much more.
The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a big box of awesome Japanese animated films, some early silent films, a couple of Criterions, another Hobbit, and much more.
Mr. Holmes is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us yet more adaptations of Conan Doyle’s detective, a Kurt Cobain documentary, a french sci-fi flick, Terminators, con men and much more.
Pixar’s Inside Out is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some big emotions and little toys from Pixar, half a season of Doctor Who, dark pirates, final girls and much more.
Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats Blu-ray Review: Same Story, Massively Different Films
By Mat Brewster |
Two Italian horror masters tackle the Edgar Allan Poe tale.
Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us two takes on an Edgar Allan Poe story, Jake Gyllenhall in the boxing ring, a fair lady, a Mulholland drive, an invasion by classic arcade games, and The Rolling Stones in Japan.