Cinema Sentries

HBO’s newest series creates a complex and confusing web of intrigue worth watching and rewatching.

Two “thinking machines” face off in this excellent pastiche that pits Sherlock Holmes against a Victorian precursor to the computer.

Excellent performances abound in this simultaneously bouncy and somber biopic.

Director Alex Gibney’s book report on Walter Isaacson’s more impressive exploration of the Apple founder.

The documentary reveals the darkness and the light behind the man who invented the mouse.

Alicia Silverstone shows she’s still clueless in this 1990s erotic thriller lacking in both areas.

Little life or suspense is contained in this sluggish Hitchcock homage.

Twilight Time releases this beautifully rendered ode to art and life for the first time on Blu-ray.

If you are the kind of person who watches a Dante movie waiting for the Dick Miller appearance, and then get excited when you see him, this is for you.

A slow-burn examination of drugs and police corruption is revealed in Kino’s recent Blu-ray release.

Twilight Time releases this underseen 1990s noir.

While not as raunchy as The Room, Sharknado 2 has the Rifftrax guys doing what they do best.

For fans of ’80’s action / exploitation / genre films, this disc is a must-have.

MTV-esque white trash masquerading as a surf movie.

The dialogue is snappy and clever, and those improbable story lines are fun.

Kristen Wiig made a bold venture in doing this film.

Evocative and intriguing, and worth checking out.

Errol Morris looks at obsession, sex, and media in Tabloid.

Rifftrax gets down and dirtier than normal with Tommy Wiseau’s magnum opus of ridiculousness.

“We’re just weird enough to enjoy it!” – Bill Corbett

The bloated runtime leaves little time for characterization, but a whole lot of time for things to go BOOM!

One of 2014’s best films hopes to discover new eyes on Blu.

Covering Tarantino’s body of work and his rai·son d’ê·tre for each film.

“What I hope for the audience: that they will be thrilled and challenged.” – Meryl Streep

His work will live long and the audience will prosper from it.

Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper unite their considerable talents in what may well be the best Eastwood film yet.

If you enjoyed MST3K at all, you will want to check this out.

Beloved children’s classic from the 1970s finally gets its turn on the big screen.

There’s a mystery to be solved, and it will be solved.

If these are five of the best animated shorts, then it would appear to be a poor year for animated shorts.

Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers team up for a subversive, slightly racist classic.

Did we mention yours?

German director David Wnendt’s misguided and NSFW tale of filthy femininity finds its on to Blu-ray.

Run, don’t walk, to the merry ole land of Oz with TCM and Fathom Events!

A good old-fashioned bad-guys-getting-their-butts-handed-to-them kinda movie.

New Jersey underground rockers take a look back at a career unknown.

The choice of films makes the usefulness of this book; well, not very useful.

Documentarian Mary Dore’s celebration of 2nd Wave Feminism opens in limited engagements in New York and Los Angeles.

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig turn dysfunction into emotional drama in The Skeleton Twins.

Missy Franklin strives to make her first while Kara Lynn Joyce aims for her third Olympic Games. Or, why sometimes bronze is just as sweet as gold.

This book relies too much on quotes from famous names and not enough on imparting facts.

If you consider yourself a Weird Al fan, this is worth picking up.

Original Hip-Hop culture and graffiti documentary gets well deserved restoration.

Come sail down the Amazon with the Rifftrax crew!

Spanish filmmaker Danny Garcia unravels the mysterious sadness of a guitar god.

Owen Wilson and Zach Galifianakas blow smoke for emotional growth in Matthew Weiner’s feature-film debut.

Kristen Stewart finally shows her talent in this thought-provoking drama.

Many small scenes that work by themselves but when strung together they do not connect even though on paper they should.

Wolfman Jack’s celebrated ’70s revue sheds light on dim decade.

Nelson also covers the joys of Jon Voight, how hard it is to watch movies out of riff mode, and whether he thinks time is a flat circle.