Wizard World Tulsa 2015: Too Legit (and Sick) to Quit
By Mat Brewster |
My second Con experience found me with wife in tow and sick as a dog.
Jurassic World Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us dinosaurs on the loose, British mysteries starring Doctor Who alum, Vincent Price and Christopher Lee in a crazy horror flick, Japanese ghosts, and much more.
The String Cheese Incident: Rhythm of the Road: Volume 2, Live in Las Vegas Album Review
By Mat Brewster |
Three hours of rock and roll jam for your listening pleasure.
Nakatomi Plaza Die Hard Collection is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a bunch of double dipping special editions, complete sets of two excellent shows, early Cronenberg and more.
Tremors 5: Bloodlines Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a documentary about Tom Cruise’s religion, another dying teenager, Gus Van Sant’s best film, greased-up naked dudes, possibly the last Ghibli, a nostalgic sequel, and so much more.
Immoral Tales and The Beast Blu-rays Review: 1970’s French Erotica
By Mat Brewster |
In which our hero has to ask himself, how much fake semen can one person handle?
Cop Car Blu-ray Review: All Thriller, No Filler
By Mat Brewster |
A tight, lean little flick that entertains then leaves just as quick.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a bunch of dudes in costumes, a pregnant virgin, ghosts rebooted, killers, addicts and plenty more.
Jane the Virgin: The Complete First Season DVD Review: A Show that Delights in the Ludicrous
By Mat Brewster |
A clever, satirical telenovela that will make you laugh, cry, and break your neck it moves so fast.
Fathom Events and TCM Present Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho on the Big Screen
By Mat Brewster |
I won’t be able to shower again for weeks.
Pitch Perfect 2 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some a capella pitches, a lesser Wes Anderson, two more Criterions, a couple of superheroes from the CW and Gumby.
Happy Valley: Season One DVD Review: Terrific Crime Drama from Across the Atlantic
By Mat Brewster |
Who says there’s nothing good on Netflix?
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Sometimes true life makes for more compelling TV than fiction.
Van Morrison: Another Glorious Decade DVD Review: For Dedicated Fans Only
By Mat Brewster |
An informative, yet rather dull documentary about an transitive period in his career.
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven in 3D Fathom Events Review: A Fantastic Time at the Cinema
By Mat Brewster |
Watching Doctor Who on the big screen is always a treat.
Gotham: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some not-quite superhero origins, a lady who doesn’t age, a thriller that’s more than a pair of legs, and a TV show trying to be relevant again.
Two Days, One Night Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Devastatingly Beautiful
By Mat Brewster |
Marion Cotillard gives an intense, subtle performance in this moving drama.
Mad Max: Fury Road Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us more Mad Max, Robin Williams final film, a war film, a dumb comedy and the creepy world of H.R. Giger.
Two Days, One Night Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a timely drama from Belgium, a terribly reviewed comedy from Hawaii, a serious documentary, and a gory zombie show.
Day For Night is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us Francois Truffaut’s film about filmmaking, a Spaghetti Western, a French-Italian film about eating yourself to death, and some Disney shorts.
La Grande Bouffe Blu-ray Review: A Feast for the Senses That Leaves One Overstuffed
By Mat Brewster |
Marco Ferreri’s controversial film gets a grand treatment from Arrow Video, but leaves one filling a bit sick to the stomach.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us an adult version of Harry Potter, a TV show from a film director, a classic film that was later made into an even more classic film and much more.
Orphan Black: Season Three is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us crazy clones, casual vacancies, a couple of film noirs and lots of TV.
Orphan Black: Season Three Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us crazy clones, casual vacancies, a couple of film noirs and lots of TV.
Cemetery Without Crosses Blu-ray Review: An Obscure French Western Gets Its Day
By Mat Brewster |
The Good, The Bad, and the Boring.
Wonderfully Perfect: Fathom Events and TCM Present Double Indemnity
By Mat Brewster |
It’s a great pleasure seeing classic films on the big screen.
What We Do in the Shadows Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Its a great week to be a horror fan.
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Blu-ray Review: Not as Exotic as the First, but Still Charming
By Mat Brewster |
Were it not for those remarkable actors even Lifetime would be embarrassed by this.
Ex Machina Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us sexy artificial intelligence, sexually transmitted haunting, boys with horses, exotic sequels and more.
Sesame Street: Count on Elmo DVD Review: That’s One, Ah-Ah-Ah, Great Family DVD
By Mat Brewster |
Don’t be a grump, a grouch or a Trump, and fall in love with Sesame Street again.
The Big Chill Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some nostalgia via the Criterion Collection, Mick Jagger as an outlaw, two versions of a Hemingway story, the Governator battling zombies, and much more.
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe Blu-ray Review: Forgettable but Fun French Farce
By Mat Brewster |
A spy comedy that’s silly but never ridiculous.
The Who: Live at Shea Stadium 1982 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some live rock and roll, classic Jack Nicholson, weird Czechoslovakians, and Will Ferrell in corn rows.
The Fisher King Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some classic Terry Gilliam, live Rolling Stones, resurrected British Crime TV, John Travolta forging Monet, and much more.
Ripper Street: Season Three DVD Review: Risen from Cancellation
By Mat Brewster |
A social media campaign brought it back and it was well worth the fight.
Insider Access to Disney•Pixar’s Inside Out Review: Inside and Out of Site!
By Mat Brewster |
An early preview of Pixar’s newest film with special guests, behind-the-scenes goodness, and an enormously good time.
Chappie Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week features some critically panned sci-fi, some critically adored art-house, some wonderful animation, and much more.
Rio Bravo Blu-ray Review: A Western Classic Restored
By Mat Brewster |
Howard Hawks’ classic Western gets a nice upgrade with some new extras, what else is there to say?
Kingsman: The Secret Service Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Slim pickings this week my friends
Parks and Recreation: Season Seven Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us the conclusions of two great shows, the high definition upgrade of a better one, plus Kevin Costner, loads of cannibals, and a naked Helen Mirren.
The Confession and State of Siege Are the Picks of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us some interesting Criterions, Bob Dylan in the Basement and lots of TV collections.
Murder in the First: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Boring in the Second
By Mat Brewster |
Steven Bochco seems to have forgotten what decade it is and made a TV show from the late ’80s.
The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us Larry Sanders, Cybermen, women in prison, midwives, Charlie Chaplin, Bette Midler playing Janis Joplin, and more.
Broadchurch: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Weak Story, Emotionally Wrecking
By Mat Brewster |
Season Two is more confined by its genres, but delivers the goods with its characters.
Broadchurch: The Complete Second Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us the wonderful David Tennant, cyber hackers, Alzheimer’s dramas, cartoon burgers, lesbian vampires, and more.
Ghost Story: Turn of the Screw DVD Review: Should Have Turned It Off
By Mat Brewster |
A completely forgettable adaptation of a novel I’ll never read.
Inherent Vice Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a P.T. Anderson film that isn’t as popular as I expected, a talking Bear that is, plus Mark Wahlberg, King Henry VII, and some bloody good bloody TV.
Book Review: Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I by Shinobu Hashimoto
By Mat Brewster |
The screenwriter for some of Kurosawa’s best films discusses their collaboration and more.
Fortitude Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include a murder in the arctic, a sad Jennifer Aniston, Iranian vampires, Liam Neeson getting taken (again), and some arty foreign flicks.
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not DVD Review: A Movie So Nice You’ll Watch It Twice
By Mat Brewster |
A fun take on both the romantic comedy and femme fatale genres and so cleverly constructed that I never minded its flaws.