Book Review: Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the Film by Sharon Gosling
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Like the film, this book is warm and inviting, strong and bold, and pretty damn awesome.
Pretty Little Liars: The Complete Seventh and Final Season DVD Review
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A show with countless plot holes, farfetched storylines, and unrealistic wardrobes – PLL worked, and worked well.
Landline Movie Review: Too Bound Up in Its Own Familiarity
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Gillian Robespierre’s follow-up to Obvious Child.
Their Finest Blu-ray Review: One of the Year’s Finest Films
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One of the year’s best movies looks to get a new audience on a wonderful Blu-ray.
Previewing San Diego Comic-Con 2017: Sunday
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If you are still there Sunday, this is where you might find us.
Previewing San Diego Comic-Con 2017: Saturday
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And just like that it’s the end of Saturday and the Con starts to wind down.
Book Review: Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 4 (1945-1947)
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The past adventures of Donald Duck come alive again!
ELP: Once Upon a Time in South America (4-CD Set) Album Review
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The 1993 & 1997 reunion tour concerts showcase an ELP trying to pick up the pieces following more than a decade in the wilderness.
Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies (1942-1944)
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New Library of American Comics collection of World War II era daily newspaper Superman comic strips shows why the the superhero stayed on the home front instead of the battlefield.
Shadowman Movie Review: A Beautiful Mind Fraught by Invisibility
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The story of tortured artist Richard Hambleton is short of depth but long on intrigue.
Hidden Figures DVD Review: By the Numbers, but Done Well
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Worth seeing, especially if you don’t know the story of Katherine Johnson and her ilk.
Mine Movie Review: An Interesting Idea Mines for Substance
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The single-location thriller goes international with the simplistic Mine.
Book Review: The Art of Selling Movies by John McElwee
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Entertaining visual look at the history of American movie newspaper ads suffers from issues with accompanying text
Book Review: Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Volume 2 (1953-1956)
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An important and worthwhile historical artifact, even if it is my least favorite one so far.
Nocturnal Animals Blu-ray Review: Tom Ford’s Dark Masterpiece
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Tom Ford’s follow-up to A Single Man is a moody and evocative thriller you can’t ignore.
Five Cool Things and Greta Anderson
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Mat gets by with a little help from his friends.
Book Review: Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 by Robert Matzen
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Using numerous interviews, a personal climb to the crash site, and government documents, Matzen constructs the story deliberately.
Gimme Danger DVD Review: Jim Jarmusch Pays Loving Tribute to Iggy and the Stooges, but Misses Some Opportunities
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A long overdue official history lesson documenting the “greatest rock and roll band ever.” Or, at least one of them.
Best Comic Releases of 2016
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With 2016 at its long overdue close, it’s time for me to tell you what I considered the best releases in the world of comics and graphic novels.
Book Review: Only the Dead Know Burbank by Bradford Tatum
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A literary display of the origins of horror in film, harkening back to terrors from our past.
Snowden DVD Review: Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Performance is a Fun Thing to Watch
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Oliver Stone plays it straight with the surprisingly subtle, subdued, and nuanced docu-drama Snowden.
Man of the World: The Peter Green Story DVD Review
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An often fascinating, but equally frustrating study of the guitarist and songwriter, once spoken of in the same breath as guitar-Gods like Clapton, Page, and Hendrix.
The Secret Life of Pets Blu-ray Review: Too Simple?
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It fails to rise above the barrier separating the good from the iconic.
Comic Book Review: Motor Crush #1 by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr
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Batgirl of Burnside creative team now releases Motor Crush from Image Comics.
Director Matthew Ross Talks Low Budgets and Big Stars with “Frank & Lola”
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Director Matthew Ross talks about making his directorial debut with the romantic drama Frank & Lola.
TV Review: Arrow: ‘Invasion!’
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“Tell Felicity this isn’t ‘the Best. Team-up. Ever.'” – Gordon S. Miller
TV Review: The Flash: ‘Invasion!’
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“Finally. The Superfriends are together again for the first time. And they even have their own Hall of Justice.” – Shawn Bourdo
TV Review: Supergirl: ‘Medusa’
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“I’m still hoping for big things on the upcoming shows this week, but after tonight, I’m a little less enthusiastic than I was.” – Todd Karella
Hell or High Water Review: All Hail West Texas
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It is a fine western, and a fine crime film, but it doesn’t really ascend to the level of wondrous drama.
The Love Witch Movie Review: A Loving Tribute to a Bygone Era
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Anna Biller’s meticulous tribute to the world Russ Meyer and ’60s/’70s melodramas.
Bad Moms Blu-ray Review: Factory-made Comedy
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A quick tour of how movies for a general audience are made.
TCFF 2016 Review: Funeral Day
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If you are selfish and only think of yourself, good things will happen to you.
Kristen’s Book Club for November 2016
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Some books that will make readers thankful.
TCFF 2016 Review: The Babymoon
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Pregnancy has no limits in this very fun comedy adventure.
TCFF 2016 Review: Iron Will: Veterans’ Battle with PTSD
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Iron Will shatters perceptions and shows men who are going through very normal behaviors when dealing with such heavy things.
The Unspoken Movie Review: Don’t Speak
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Some good acting can’t save this paint-by-the-numbers horror feature.
Artists Overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2016 Edition)
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The Sentries & Friends wish to nominate….
Nerve Blu-ray Review: Candid Camera 2016
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The concept is fascinating, but it would have worked better in the late ’90s than it does here.
Illeana Douglas Talks About Blazing Her Own Trail for TCM’s Trailblazing Women
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TCM’s popular Trailblazing Women series returns for a second season of leading ladies.
Book Review: Batman: Facts and Stats from the Classic TV Show by Y.Y. Flurch & Rian Hughes
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Fun and colorful, just like the TV show.
Queen of Katwe Movie Review: In Praise of Smart Women
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Mira Nair’s touching tribute to women the world over.
Valley of the Dolls Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Laughter, Tears, and a Mountain of Dolls!
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The Criterion Collection releases the best camp melodrama out there!
Dead-End Drive-In Blu-ray Review: The Australian Escape From New York
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This Ozploitation feature could have been a spinoff in the Mad Max universe.
Wizard World Richmond 2016: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
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“I love beard!”
The Arrow Video Roundup for September
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What’s new from Arrow Video U.S. this month?