Mat Brewster

The Avengers: Age of Ultron Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us a bunch of dudes in costumes, a pregnant virgin, ghosts rebooted, killers, addicts and plenty more.

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Jane the Virgin: The Complete First Season DVD Review: A Show that Delights in the Ludicrous

A clever, satirical telenovela that will make you laugh, cry, and break your neck it moves so fast.

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Fathom Events and TCM Present Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho on the Big Screen

I won’t be able to shower again for weeks.

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Pitch Perfect 2 Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us some a capella pitches, a lesser Wes Anderson, two more Criterions, a couple of superheroes from the CW and Gumby.

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Happy Valley: Season One DVD Review: Terrific Crime Drama from Across the Atlantic

Who says there’s nothing good on Netflix?

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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst Is the Pick of the Week

Sometimes true life makes for more compelling TV than fiction.

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Van Morrison: Another Glorious Decade DVD Review: For Dedicated Fans Only

An informative, yet rather dull documentary about an transitive period in his career.

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Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven in 3D Fathom Events Review: A Fantastic Time at the Cinema

Watching Doctor Who on the big screen is always a treat.

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Gotham: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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Two Days, One Night Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Devastatingly Beautiful

Marion Cotillard gives an intense, subtle performance in this moving drama.

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Mad Max: Fury Road Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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Two Days, One Night Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us a timely drama from Belgium, a terribly reviewed comedy from Hawaii, a serious documentary, and a gory zombie show.

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Day For Night is the Pick of the Week

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.

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La Grande Bouffe Blu-ray Review: A Feast for the Senses That Leaves One Overstuffed

Marco Ferreri’s controversial film gets a grand treatment from Arrow Video, but leaves one filling a bit sick to the stomach.

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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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Orphan Black: Season Three is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us crazy clones, casual vacancies, a couple of film noirs and lots of TV.

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Orphan Black: Season Three Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us crazy clones, casual vacancies, a couple of film noirs and lots of TV.

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Cinema Sentries

Wonderfully Perfect: Fathom Events and TCM Present Double Indemnity

It’s a great pleasure seeing classic films on the big screen.

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What We Do in the Shadows Is the Pick of the Week

Its a great week to be a horror fan.

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Blu-ray Review: Not as Exotic as the First, but Still Charming

Were it not for those remarkable actors even Lifetime would be embarrassed by this.

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Ex Machina Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us sexy artificial intelligence, sexually transmitted haunting, boys with horses, exotic sequels and more.

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Sesame Street: Count on Elmo DVD Review: That’s One, Ah-Ah-Ah, Great Family DVD

Don’t be a grump, a grouch or a Trump, and fall in love with Sesame Street again.

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The Big Chill Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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The Who: Live at Shea Stadium 1982 Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us some live rock and roll, classic Jack Nicholson, weird Czechoslovakians, and Will Ferrell in corn rows.

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The Fisher King Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us some classic Terry Gilliam, live Rolling Stones, resurrected British Crime TV, John Travolta forging Monet, and much more.

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Ripper Street: Season Three DVD Review: Risen from Cancellation

A social media campaign brought it back and it was well worth the fight.

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Insider Access to Disney•Pixar’s Inside Out Review: Inside and Out of Site!

An early preview of Pixar’s newest film with special guests, behind-the-scenes goodness, and an enormously good time.

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Chappie Is the Pick of the Week

This week features some critically panned sci-fi, some critically adored art-house, some wonderful animation, and much more.

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Cinema Sentries

Rio Bravo Blu-ray Review: A Western Classic Restored

Howard Hawks’ classic Western gets a nice upgrade with some new extras, what else is there to say?

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Kingsman: The Secret Service Is the Pick of the Week

Slim pickings this week my friends

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Parks and Recreation: Season Seven Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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The Confession and State of Siege Are the Picks of the Week

This week brings us some interesting Criterions, Bob Dylan in the Basement and lots of TV collections.

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Murder in the First: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Boring in the Second

Steven Bochco seems to have forgotten what decade it is and made a TV show from the late ’80s.

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The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us Larry Sanders, Cybermen, women in prison, midwives, Charlie Chaplin, Bette Midler playing Janis Joplin, and more.

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Broadchurch: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Weak Story, Emotionally Wrecking

Season Two is more confined by its genres, but delivers the goods with its characters.

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Broadchurch: The Complete Second Season Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us the wonderful David Tennant, cyber hackers, Alzheimer’s dramas, cartoon burgers, lesbian vampires, and more.

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Ghost Story: Turn of the Screw DVD Review: Should Have Turned It Off

A completely forgettable adaptation of a novel I’ll never read.

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Inherent Vice Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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Book Review: Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I by Shinobu Hashimoto

The screenwriter for some of Kurosawa’s best films discusses their collaboration and more.

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Fortitude Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not DVD Review: A Movie So Nice You’ll Watch It Twice

A fun take on both the romantic comedy and femme fatale genres and so cleverly constructed that I never minded its flaws.

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The Immigrant DVD Review: Finding Grace in the Worst of Times

If this is the American dream, why would anyone come here?

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Maps to the Stars Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us new films by David Croneberg, Jean-Luc Goddard, and Tim Burton plus old films by Carol Reed and Preston Sturges and much more.

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A Most Violent Year Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us the Netflix rabbit hole, the Fighters of Foo, The Immigrant, and some TV boxed sets.

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The Imitation Game is the Pick of the Week

It’s a big week for interesting new releases including an Alan Turing biopic, a big outer-space epic, Reese Witherspoon getting real, Hugh Grant being Hugh Grant and much more.

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Into the Woods Blu-ray Review: Bringing out My Inner Theater Geek

Making me believe in big, bold musicals once again.

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Into the Woods is the Pick of the Week

This week brings a big Hollywood musical, a bigger battle for Middle Earth, a collection of documentaries, neatly packaged fury, and Angelina Jolie as a director.

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The Soft Skin is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us early Truffaut, new Chris Rock, classic film noir, a silly sequel, and more.

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