Mat Brewster

Christmas is coming and with it comes big boxed sets and lots of TV collections.

A nostalgic family film that wants to remind you of classic ’80s adventure movies, but instead made me chuck things at my TV.

There’s no squigglevision, but the laughs are as strong as they ever were.

Surprisingly, it’s a weak week for scary movies, but a good one for everything else.

It is an entertaining, well performed, family film that lacks a coherent vision and feels like it was made by a committee instead of a filmmaker telling a singular story.

Have I told you lately that I love Van Morrison?

With any luck this collection will bring Skippy back to the public consciousness – it certainly deserves it.

This week’s releases include a highly acclaimed science fiction movie, several complete television collections, an HBO special, and more.

Making music, love, and enough LSD to get the whole world high.

A densely plotted drama that loses none of its depth while remaining thrilling to watch.

The film matched all of the promise of the concept.

I can’t wait for my little girl to grow up with me and movies.

I’m not at all a foodie, but I’d like to be.

As Halloween creeps near its time to start bringing out the big horror collections.

David Lynch’s bizarre, brilliant masterpiece gets the Criterion make-over.

Series 2 doesn’t stray too far from the premise it set up in Series One, but that’s not a bad thing, not a bad thing at all.

Despite not liking a good number of his books, I can’t help but love Nick Hornby.

My suspicion is unless you are a frenzied scholar this book might notoriously turn you psycho.

This week brings some good TV and some classic monsters.

P.G. Wodehouse’s wonderful characters make it to the small screen.

Dead babies, botched amputations, and lots of laughs.

This week sees two foreign releases from Criterion and some excellent television.

Who needs Batman when you’ve got the Suicide Squad?

I’m always interested in seeing the films Colin Firth is in because even if the film’s rubbish, you can count on his performance.

It’s a reasonable bet that I’ll be buying it on DVD sooner or later.

Darren Aronofsky used nearly all the tricks in his arsenal to create a visually stunning and well-crafted movie.

Mostly, it’s completely forgettable.

What I have seen looks like pure joy.

A great film that should be watched and revered by any serious cinephile

If you love this series, then this will no doubt get your slasher-juices flowing.

I pray that it becomes more than another footnote on the Mr. Skin webpage.

I’ve been meaning to check out Lars von Trier’s films for a long time. This week’s pick just might get me there.

It is absolutely not a film for everyone, but it is an essential viewing for horror fanatics.

Sometimes all you want at the end of a long day is a good, old-fashioned murder and some Belgian gray cells to solve them.

A thing of everlasting beauty.

It comes most highly recommended to anyone with an interest in comics.

It is a ludicrously beautiful film full of mirth and wonder.

A loving remembrance of how Doctor Who got its start.

A package of five films that are really rather good, and well worth the buy.

It is a brilliant show, the sort of thing that cable TV has gotten so good at lately.

Iain Glen’s performance keeps the series afloat.

I do very much enjoy Doctor Who in all of its incarnations and am very interested in how it began.

It’s brilliant that these sorts of films are finding their way to DVD but…

We’re really quite lucky to have it, and ultimately, it is quite enjoyable.

A darn good cast and a fascinating story is enough for me to make it this week’s pick.

Well worth watching.

It’s just the sort of story that Spike Jonze does well.

I’m kind of excited that they were able to publicly fund a movie so many years after cancellation.

A terrific collection of strips that would otherwise be lost to the world.

For film buffs and those interested in movie history, it is essential.