I Am Cuba Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Despite the fact that legendary Soviet filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov was apparently a Communist and his 1964 masterwork I Am Cuba ...
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City of Hope Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Eighteen years ago, I went to the movies with my mother. It was a movie we knew very little about. ...
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Picnic at Hanging Rock 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What makes Peter Weir's 1975 masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock such a haunting film after all these years? Well, no ...
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First Blood Steelbook 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
For several years now, I've periodically come up with little monthly movie themes for my home viewings. It's a way ...
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To Die For 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Somehow, when Oscar-nominated director Gus Van Sant is discussed, his 1995 film To Die For isn't usually talked about, which ...
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The Ring Collection 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The J-Horror craze of the early 2000s hit me at exactly the right time. I grew up watching slasher flicks ...
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Aliens 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can one say about James Cameron's iconic 1986 blockbuster sequel Aliens, the groundbreaking follow-up to Ridley Scott's legendary ...
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
For large portions of my life, I have watched horror movies in the month of October. It is the spooky ...
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Little Darlings 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
During the late '70s and early '80s, there was an abundance of teen flicks, usually centered around virginity, shenanigans, peer ...
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Darkman 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
"Who is Darkman?" the posters asked. They were scattered everywhere - on billboards, the sides of busses, in magazines in ...
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Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
To be honest with you, I have never seen a film by highly influential filmmaker Eric Rohmer (1920-2010), nor have ...
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
To call Robert Altman a maverick is a grave understatement. His films were subversive, anti-establishment, funny and strange, inventive, and ...
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Trainspotting Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There have been many films about drug addiction, but only a very few match the wildness and darkly humorous trip ...
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Chantal Akerman Masterpieces 1968–1978 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Every ten years the British Film Institute releases the Sight & Sound poll, perhaps the most important opinion poll made ...
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Blood Simple 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
I think almost every dedicated and loving cinephile has a favorite film by the Coen Brothers. It may be Fargo, ...
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Telefon Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
I have not seen Telefon, but as I am a fan of the works of director Don Seigel, actor Charles ...
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The Apu Trilogy 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
My pick is Criterion's new 4K UHD upgrade of Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy, which made quite the splash when it ...
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Savage Guns: 4 Classic Westerns Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I love a good Western. I really love a good Italian Western. I really, really love a good boxed set ...
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Guillermo del Toro is one of the most awe-inspiring and visionary filmmakers working today. His imagination knows no bounds, and ...
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
When I was a young teen, or possibly even a preteen, my cousin Karen, who is 6-7 years older than ...
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Messiah of Evil Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There are certain cinematic experiences that one is unlikely to forget, even if the film's plot is almost nonexistent. Willard ...
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Oppenheimer Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving traditionally is a big week for new Blu-ray releases as it is the week of Black ...
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The Last Picture Show Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The 1970s was a very pivotal decade for cinema; a cinema full of incredible, personal, and fearless works of filmic ...
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The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 5 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The pandemic really elevated my movie-watching numbers. We weren't going anywhere so I'd stay at home and watch movies. It ...
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Nanny Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When I get ready to do my Pick of the Week, I am usually able to discover some promising and ...
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Paramount Scares Volume 1 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
'Tis the season for treats and tricks, for dressing up and carving pumpkins. 'Tis also the season to watch as ...
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Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary director Tod Browning is one of the all-time unsung heroes of film history. He was willing to go deep ...
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Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
"The only constant in life is change" is an an aphorism credited to Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus that is ...
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Don’t Look Now 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary cinematographer turned filmmaker Nicolas Roeg (1928-2018) was one of the true auteurs of cinema. His oeuvre of classics was ...
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Elemental Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There was a time in my life when a new Pixar movie was a cause for celebration. They continually made ...
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The Trial 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Orson Welles remains one of the most legendary figures in film history. His talent (and ego) knew no bounds. He ...
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Poker Face: Season One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Rian Johnson has made a career out of subverting genre tropes and creating something wonderful and new. From his first ...
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The Princess Bride 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Westley, Buttercup, Inigo Montoya, Prince Humperdinck, Count Rugen, Vizzini, Fezzik, Miracle Max, and other memorable characters inhabit the 1987 whimsical ...
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The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In 1967, Emmanuelle Arsan published Emmanuelle, a novel about a bored housewife and her sexual adventures in Asia. Seven years ...
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Bo Widerberg’s New Swedish Cinema Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There are always new filmmakers to discover: filmmakers who craft realistic stories about humanity and the joys and pains that ...
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“Asteroid City” Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
It's an interesting time of year with August seeing the blockbusters winding down in theaters as those films looking to ...
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Chameleon Street Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Unfortunately, this is going to be yet another week where I haven't seen any of the new releases, so just ...
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Maggie Moore(s) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Jon Hamm was so good in Mad Men as the moody, almost sociopathically serious Don Draper that it is always ...
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Soundies: The Ultimate Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Just like with a few of my previous PotW posts, I have to do this one differently as well. I ...
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Criterion’s The Ranown Westerns Is The Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In 1955, John Wayne purchased the script for Seven Men From Now from first-time writer Burt Kennedy. He had originally ...
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The Watermelon Woman Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When I did my review for the original First Run Features DVD of Cheryl Dunye's landmark 1996 lesbian classic The ...
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Tintin Double Feature Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Tuesday is July 4, which of course is the day the United States of America celebrates its independence. We shoot ...
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Claydream Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
As in many a field, not everyone gets the full credit they deserve for the work they done. That's no ...
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Medicine for Melancholy Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Barry Jenkins is one of the finest working filmmakers of his generation. His films gorgeously express the lives of Black ...
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Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In my review of The Flag of Iron (1980) and Legendary Weapons of China (1982) back in February 2022, I ...
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The Rules of the Game 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Jean Renoir's still impressive and frighteningly resonant critique of social hierarchies continues to be rightly regarded as one of the ...
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The Saragossa Manuscript Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
When a movie is loved by such diverse folks as Martin Scorsese, Luis Bunuel, and Jerry Garcia, you know it ...
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Petite Maman Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
I don't get out, practically at all, so this PotW is going a little different, just like a few of ...
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In the Line of Duty: I-IV Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Michelle Yeoh recently became the first Asian actress to win an Academy Award. She won it for her starring role ...
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Branded to Kill 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Please bare with me. I don't get out much, nor have instant access to all the cinematic things that a ...
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Anna May Wong Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Well, hello there, old friends. It is your old pal Mat Brewster ready for another round of Pick of the ...
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The Seventh Seal 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Ingmar Bergman wasn't the most upbeat filmmaker. His films were dark, bleak, and pessimistic. But isn't that what life itself ...
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The Maltese Falcon (1941) 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Sam Spade, Ruth Wonderly, the Fat Man, Joel Cairo, Wilmer, and Effie are timeless characters that inhabit The Maltese Falcon, ...
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Inland Empire is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary filmmaker David Lynch just may be movie history's strangest and most diabolical director. His films tread a knife's edge ...
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Mildred Pierce 4K UHD Is Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Seeing Mildred Pierce, legendary director Michael Curtiz's celebrated 1945 adaptation of the James M. Cain novel and owning my own ...
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Dazed and Confused 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Richard Linklater's 1993 classic Dazed and Confused is not the deepest of films about the complexities of teenage life, but ...
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Three Colors Trilogy 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The late, great Krzysztof Kieslowski, legendary Polish filmmaker, remains one of the most renowned directors in the history of cinema, ...
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This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
This POTW is going to be a little different because the film I'm choosing for this is one I haven't ...
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Imitation of Life (1934) is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Despite the popularity of Douglas Sirk's 1959 version of the celebrated Fanny Hurst novel, I actually prefer the original 1934 ...
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Criterion’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
Welcome or welcome back, whichever is applicable. If you have left over gift cards or cash from the holidays and ...
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Carrie 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can one say about Brian De Palma's masterful 1976 Stephen King adaptation Carrie? It's one of the greatest ...
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, legendary genre director Tobe Hooper's wild and viciously bonkers follow-up to his groundbreaking and still ...
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Reservoir Dogs 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Iconic filmmaker (and equally iconic film buff) Quentin Tarantino burst onto to scene with his legendary 1992 blood-soaked debut Reservoir ...
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Daisies is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When I first watched Věra Chytilová's 1966 game-changer Daisies, I was immediately struck by its approach to youthful rebellion, its ...
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Return of the Living Dead 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Ever since George A. Romero's masterpiece Night of the Living Dead was unleashed in 1968, everyone wanted to do their ...
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Night of the Living Dead 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can you say about George A. Romero's highly influential 1968 masterpiece Night of the Living Dead?! It's one ...
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Poltergeist 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can one say about Tobe Hopper's 1982 classic Poltergeist that hasn't already been said? It's a film about ...
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Blow Out 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Despite the constant comparisons to Hitchcock, celebrated director Brian De Palma does have a style all his own. Yes, he's ...
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Child’s Play 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Let's just get this out of the way. Child's Play (1988), directed by genre icon Tom Holland, still has one ...
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Tenebrae 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Of course, Dario Argento is one the great Italian masters of horror. His films are usually light of plot and ...
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Marty is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Today, 1955's Marty may not seem like an obvious choice for Best Picture, but make no mistake, it was refreshing ...
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The Virgin Suicides 4K is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Sofia Coppola has always been a filmmaker of immense interest. She loves zeroing in on the trials and tribulations of ...
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Shaft (1971) is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
I have to admit that I am not usually well-versed in the films of the now-famous Blaxploitation genre. I have ...
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The Tales of Hoffman is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Powell and Pressburger was a filmmaking duo for the ages. Their films were unlike anything you had ever seen, even ...
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Mississippi Masala is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Interracial and intercontinental romance isn't as explored in film as often as it should. Acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair's gorgeous 1992 ...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Volume 2 is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As everyone knows and has always said, Hitchcock is the ultimate "Master of Suspense". When it comes to their own ...
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From the Journals of Jean Seberg is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Iconic actress Jean Seberg was ahead of her time. She was also a woman of her time, having a few ...
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Jockey is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
This week may not have the most notable releases, but there are a few that I will highlight, including a ...
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The Godfather Trilogy 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can one say about The Godfather saga? The whole trilogy (at least parts 1 & 2) set the ...
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Hester Street is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As I mentioned in my recent review, I think that Hester Street, the late Joan Micklin Silver's fantastic 1975 film, ...
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Alligator 4K Ultra HD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Some ideas sound really absurd on paper, but when they're put on the screen, they sometimes manage to sneak up ...
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Miller’s Crossing is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The Coen Brothers are a dynamic directing duo for the film history books. They don't make films within one particular ...
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The Piano is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As I mentioned before, acclaimed director Jane Campion still seems to be undervalued and understated in most film circles (which ...
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The Celebration is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Although I have only seen one film from the Dogme 95 movement, which was Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
Happy New Year, CS readers. Hope to see you around these parts often throughout 2022. Arthur Miller was an important ...
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Krampus: The Naughty Cut is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As a person who has somewhat gotten over the holidays, I prefer my Christmas movies to be bleak, mean-spirited, and ...
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Mulholland Dr. 4K is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Singular filmmaker David Lynch is one of the most original directors in the history of film. His stylish, and at ...
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La strada is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Italian neorealism was an influential but rather short new wave of cinema. The movement held a mirror up to portray ...
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Deep Red is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The legendary Dario Argento is arguably the Italian master of horror. Despite their fairly standard plots, his films seem to ...
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Misery 4K is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can one say about director Rob Reiner's still iconic 1990 adaptation of Stephen King's 1987 novel that hasn't ...
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Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When legendary filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles passed away last week, it understandably caused a ripple in film history, especially in ...
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Mona Lisa is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Neo noirs are contemporary films from 1970s and '80s that do take themes and elements from classic noirs, but they ...
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Ashes and Diamonds is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to war, there is the always the complicated struggle between fulfilling a sense of duty, or rebelling ...
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Nashville is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The late, great filmmaker Robert Altman remains one of the most beloved directors in the history of cinema. His use ...
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The Dead Zone (Collector’s Edition) is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As many of us know, Stephen King is the modern master of literary horror. Most of his works delve deep ...
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Working Girls is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Prostitution continues to be a stigmatized profession. Most people look down upon it, meaning that they think that it is ...
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Pariah is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There are always films in the LGBTQ genre that center on white gay society and their issues of growing up, ...
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Streetwise/Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Documentaries are not always front-and-center in the film spectrum, and that rattles me. Documentaries have the powerful ability to showcase ...
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Mommie Dearest Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to cautionary tales of celebrities and their children, I think 1981's Mommie Dearest is the mother of ...
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National Lampoon’s Animal House 4K is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There have been many comedies about college life, such as Revenge of the Nerds, Old School, and Neighbors. As fun ...
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Speed 4K is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Say what you will about the '90s, and I'll most likely agree with you. Just like the 1980s, it was ...
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Memories of Murder is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Seeing Bong Joon Ho's Parasite awhile back, I realized that I've missed out on a lot of great, and unique ...
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Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
Over the past couple of years, I finally caught up with Steve Gerber's run on Howard the Duck, a subversive ...
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World of Wong Kar Wai is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The great Wong Kar Wai, now-iconic filmmaker, has become one of the masters of modern contemporary cinema. He's one of ...
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As many film buffs know, legendary filmmaker Sam Peckinpah remains one of the greatest and most unpredictable directors in the ...
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Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Well, hi there. It has been a long time since I've written one of these. Dave has done such a ...
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Smooth Talk is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There have been so many tales of adolescence and teenage portraits of sexual and social mores than most people can ...
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Baby Doll Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary director Elia Kazan never made happy-go-lucky movies. His cinema is comprised of sheer human drama, drama that includes characters ...
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The Parallax View Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The logic of conspiracy theories has a lot to do with elements or explanations that can be considered factual or ...
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Do the Right Thing 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can be said about Do the Right Thing, iconic filmmaker Spike Lee's 1989 classic? It remains one of ...
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The Ascent Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The late filmmaker Larisa Shepitko (1938-1979) was an incredible director with an original sense of style and detail. She had ...
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They Live 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary horror master John Carpenter just celebrated his 73rd birthday on Saturday. Every true genre fan has a favorite Carpenter ...
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Just Before Dawn Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When Halloween, John Carpenter's 1978 masterpiece was released, it became the essential template on how to successfully create a thrill-ride, ...
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Three Films by Luis Bunuel Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can any self-respecting film critic or lover say about the one and only Luis Buñuel (the father of ...
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The Best Years of Our Lives Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
If you ask any true film lover and TCM devotee what's one of their favorite movies, they'll probably tell you ...
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Tremors Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There have been so many movies that have been throwbacks or tributes to the creatures features of the 1950s. These ...
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Mouchette Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The legendary Robert Bresson remains one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. His portraits (often harrowing, yet ...
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Crash (1996) Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When you think of legendary director David Cronenberg, you picture highly original works of twisted horror and scientific madness. Whether ...
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Essential Fellini Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
I don't have to tell you that Federico Fellini remains one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of film. ...
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary and celebrated indie director Jim Jarmusch is the type of filmmaker that you can't place in a certain box. ...
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Girlfriends Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
In popular culture, we've seen great movies and TV shows about female friendships and the ups and downs that obviously ...
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V for Vendetta 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When Donald Trump was unfortunately elected in 2016, that obviously set out an extreme chain of events that have turned ...
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Parasite Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Everything you've heard about director Bong Joon-ho's rightly acclaimed and celebrated 2019 modern classic, Parasite, is definitely true. It's a ...
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Back to the Future Trilogy 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can one say about the Back to the Future trilogy that hasn't been said already? It is still ...
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Scream Factory’s The Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Halloween (1978), when it was released, set the standard for the slasher genre, which would go on to have an ...
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Pierrot le Fou Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
I know that legendary director Jean-Luc Godard, by many, should be taken with a grain of salt (or ten), but ...
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The Elephant Man Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Obviously, the great David Lynch is isn't exactly known for depicting humanity and subtlety, even in some of his greatest ...
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Full Metal Jacket 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Stanley Kubrick remains one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. He didn't make a lot of films, ...
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Shivers Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
If you ask any true film buff who's the master of "Body Horror", and they tell you it's the legendary ...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can be mentioned about the legendary Alfred Hitchcock that hasn't already been so? There are so many reasons ...
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Beetlejuice 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Usually, most films about dead people are serious, bleak, and grim as all get out. However, there are those that ...
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Toni Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When discussing the legendary Jean Renoir, you're talking about one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. ...
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Town Bloody Hall Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Norman Mailer was arguably the most influential writer during postwar America. He wasn't afraid to be outspoken of what he ...
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The Complete Films of Agnes Varda Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
A master filmmaker like the great Agnes Varda needs no introduction. When she passed away at the age of 90, ...
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
In today's extremely terrifying times, where Donald Trump continues his reign of terror, you have to look back at the ...
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The Tenant Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Yes, I know that Roman Polanski is a very controversial figure today, and what he did in mid to late ...
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Marriage Story Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As I pointed out in my recent review for Marriage Story, director Noah Baumbach's soulful and deeply intense 2019 film, ...
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Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As we all know, the legendary Bruce Lee is/was the most influential figure in the history of martial arts, bar ...
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The War of the Worlds (1953) Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The 1950s was decade of sheer uncertainty and paranoia due to the threat of the Cold War and imminent doom ...
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Come and See Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
"War is hell" is a famous phrase that many films have demonstrated, in sometimes painful or painfully graphic detail. It's ...
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As we all know, June is #Pride month, and it is one of a celebration of the triumphs and struggles ...
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The Cameraman Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can you say about the legendary Buster Keaton (one of three kings of silent cinema, alongside Charlie Chaplin ...
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An Unmarried Woman Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
In a way, the 1970s was the decade of the woman. There were many films about women coming into their ...
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Jaws: 45th Anniversary Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can be said about Steven Spielberg's 1975 masterpiece Jaws that hasn't been said already? The legendary film has ...
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Scorsese Shorts Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As we all know, Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. His style, technique, ...
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Dance, Girl, Dance Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The iconic Dorothy Arzner was definitely an legend in the history of cinema. She was the only female director working ...
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The Great Escape Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
A lot of things have been said about director John Sturges' admire 1963 anti-war classic, The Great Escape. Audiences and ...
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Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The late, great Eric Rohmer (1920-2010) was a film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. However, he was best known ...
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The Grand Budapest Hotel Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Wes Anderson is one my favorite directors. His films combine quirky characters and deadpan humor, but in mostly modern settings. ...
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The Cremator Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The now-ancient Czech New Wave was a limited, but highly influential cinema movement that took place from 1963 to 1968. ...
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Sixteen Candles Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When iconic director John Hughes passed away in 2009, he definitely left behind a legacy of teen cinema that remains ...
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Army of Shadows Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary director Jean-Pierre Melville was always adept at capturing humanity under devastating odds. Whether it was people trying to survive ...
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Show Boat Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Director James Whale was mainly known for crafting legendary horror films/adaptations, such as Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Old Dark ...
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Bamboozled Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Obviously, when it comes to films that are challenging and confronting, I think that Spike Lee definitely comes to mind. ...
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Salesman Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The documentary is an often celebrated genre of film that depicts real life, real human behavior, and some of the ...
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Sergio Leone Westerns Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Honestly, legendary director Sergio Leone made me a fan of the Western. His take on the not-so-favorite genre is darker, ...
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Paris Is Burning Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As a member of the LGBTQ community, I'm always trying to find documents that depict our lives, especially with honesty ...
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Teorema Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The late, controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini made his dangerous mark on cinema with blunt stories of taboo-breaking material, such ...
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Roma (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When Green Book won the Oscar for best picture, it immediately became a controversy, simply because it was a rather ...
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Crooklyn Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to the coming-of age film, Spike Lee is not exactly the first director that comes to mind. ...
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All About My Mother Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Director Pedro Almodovar is one of the finest filmmakers in the history of film. He is truly the greatest master ...
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The House by the Cemetery Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The late Lucio Fulci will be forever known as the Italian "master of gore." His films have become influential templates ...
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The Fugitive Kind Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary director Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) had a knack for creating cinematic creations from some of history's greatest plays, novels, and ...
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Holiday (1938) Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Talking about the films that Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn made together, you usually go to 1938's Bringing Up Baby, ...
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Silver Bullet Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As far as Stephen King adaptations go, 1985's Silver Bullet does rank up there with other great '80s adaptations such ...
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Until the End of the World Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As we all know, Wim Wenders is a master filmmaker, who has given us an amazing and eclectic career of ...
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Big Trouble in Little China Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Director John Carpenter has had a long-standing career of making great movies, especially in the horror genre. Some of them ...
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All About Eve Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can one say about Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1950 landmark backstage drama? It's a film that remains arguably the ...
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Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
When I was but a wee lad, my uncle and all of my cousins were gaga over The Three Stooges. ...
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The Farewell Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Every now and again, my wife will load up the daughter with her in the car and take off to ...
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Good Omens Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Davey is still missing in action so I'm keeping the reigns this week. I love me some Neil Gaiman. I ...
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Godzilla: The Showa Era Films (1954-1975) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Davy is off this week so I'm picking up my old reins and talking new Blu-ray releases. It is Halloween ...
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When We Were Kings Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
I'm not really a sports guy, and I'm obviously not athletic. However, I will watch documentaries about sports. There have ...
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The Omen Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Obviously with franchises, especially with horror, there always the first films that are classics, the sequels are from good to ...
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Three Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Although he was well known for his legendary collaborations with the great Marlene Dietrich, famous Vienna born, New York-raised director ...
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The Shining 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can you say about The Shining, director Stanley Kubrick's controversial 1980 horror masterwork?! On one side, it's considered ...
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The Circus Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to humor and heart, there was probably no one better to deliver that wonderful mixture than the ...
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Polyester Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
John Waters is one of our greatest filmmakers. He is a singular director of outrageous bad state, but he dares ...
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Dial M for Murder Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There is a reason why the term "Hitchcockian" exists. Film history just wouldn't be what it is without good ol' ...
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Fists in the Pocket Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Director Marco Bellocchio's 1965 savage masterpiece, Fists in the Pocket, remains arguably the most definitive portrait of brutal family dysfunction ...
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The Koker Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami passed away in 2016, that really shook the film world, because his extraordinary body of ...
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Magnificent Obsession Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to classic melodrama, director Douglas Sirk can't be beat. In his films, which usually include themes of ...
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The Inland Sea Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As much I adore legendary film critic Donald Ritchie, I never knew he made a personal travelogue of his trip ...
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Alice, Sweet Alice Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When discussing the slasher genre, the obvious classics: Halloween (1978), A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), Scream (1996), and most ...
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Glory Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The year 1989 was pretty great for film, although not for the Oscars. The overall winner was Driving Miss Daisy, ...
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Do the Right Thing Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When taking about some of the greatest films ever made, you have to include iconic director Spike Lee's equally iconic ...
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Klute Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The 1970s was a hugely groundbreaking decade for film. During this decade, Cinema reflected on the aftermath of Vietnam, the ...
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The BRD Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was one of the most uncompromising observers of human nature that cinema had ever known. ...
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Leon Morin, Priest Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When talking about the great Jean-Pierre Melville, you're automatically drawn to his gangster oeurve, which he definitely excelled in. This ...
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Being that this is still Pride month, I think John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) makes sense ...
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Us Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Director Jordan Peele brings us a new cinematic nightmare with his inventive, sophomore effort, Us, which can be described as ...
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Swing Time Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to classic cinema, I think that the Astaire and Rogers films have to be mentioned somewhere. While ...
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
After an invaluable contribution of nearly eight years running this weekly column, Senior Writer Mat Brewster is stepping away and ...
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Her Smell Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have become such a fan of Elisabeth Moss. I first noticed her as the Chelsea Clinton-esque President's daughter on ...
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have taken several overseas flights. They are always long. They are always exhausting. The only thing that makes them ...
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Apollo 11 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I am not a scientist. The math was always too difficult for me. I intentionally steered away from the sciences ...
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Dragged Across Concrete Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'm a pretty big genre-film fan. I love the way genre films exist within a certain set or rules and ...
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Noir Archive Volume 1: 1944-1954 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Last November (or Noirvember, as I like to call it), I set out to watch as many film noirs as ...
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Glass Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
With the huge success of The Sixth Sense, director M. Night Shyamalan was able to make just about any film ...
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On the Basis of Sex Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The Supreme Court has been in the news a lot lately. Obviously, they make a lot of major decisions that ...
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The Mule (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I turned 43 last week. Apparently, I not only got a year older but I completely lost my memory too. ...
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Aquaman Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Everybody knows that Marvel has completely destroyed DC when it comes to feature films. At this point, it really is ...
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Since Sam Raimi introduced Spider-Man into the summer blockbuster tradition 16 years ago, there have been no fewer than seven ...
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Green Book Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I care nothing for the Oscars in any meaningful way, but I do love to watch the ceremony and listen ...
Read More The Favourite Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
While I do love the cinema, I very rarely get to go to an actual theater. As a family, we ...
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Mary, Queen of Scots (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
While watching the Oscars Sunday night, I was often rooting for The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos period drama about the Queen ...
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Doctor Who: Resolution Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It is a new era for Doctor Who. There is a new actress playing the Doctor (there is an actress ...
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Bohemian Rhapsody Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I don't consider myself a huge Queen fan, but I dig a lot of their songs. They could write a ...
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The Sisters Brothers Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
As someone who has to regularly come up with article titles, I know names can be hard. Finding something eye ...
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Suspiria (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It takes a certain audacity to remake Suspiria, Dario Argento's 1977 supernatural horror film. The original is a vibrant, neon, ...
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First Man Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Last night, the wife, the daughter, and I sat in our car in the freezing cold at 11:30 at night ...
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The Old Man & the Gun Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Robert Redford is one of the all-time classic movie stars. He has the looks, the charm, and the acting chops. ...
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Castle Rock: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Over the last year or so, I've become quite the Stephen King fan. I'd read some of his work before ...
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Bad Times at the El Royale is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Those of you who pay attention to these things might be wondering what happened to this article over the last ...
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De Niro & De Palma: The Early Years Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Over the years, I've become a pretty big Brian De Palma fan. It has been a slow process. I first ...
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have pretty much completely given up on action movies over the last decade or so. I long ago grew ...
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Sharp Objects Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I regularly complain that there is just too much good television out these days. It's more than any one person ...
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Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Ingmar Bergman was one of the great pioneers of cinema. He made films that spoke directly to the soul. He ...
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Juliet, Naked Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
As a non-fiction writer, Nick Hornby writes passionately and magnificently about the things he loves. I've utterly enjoyed his writings ...
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Incredibles 2 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Pixar's stellar reputation has taken a few hits over the last several years, mostly due to unnecessary sequels. Many of ...
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Criterion’s Release of The Princess Bride Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Hello. My name is Mat Brewster. I've picked The Princess Bride this week. Prepare to enjoy. It is a C.C.O.U.A ...
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Sorry to Bother You Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Sorry To Bother You stars Lakeith Stanfield as a telemarketer who adopts a white person's voice at his job in ...
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Ant-Man and the Wasp Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I hate to continually be a Marvel fanboy but here I am picking a movie from the MCU once again. ...
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Hotel Artemis Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In riot-torn Los Angeles in the year 2028, criminals of a discerning nature get their wounds patched up at the ...
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Three Identical Strangers Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Three Identical Strangers tells the real life story of David, Bobby, and Eddy, three identical triplets who were separated at ...
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Solo: A Star Wars Story Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Back in 2012 when George Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney, the fandom went completely bonkers. The realization that there ...
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My Man Godfrey Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I cut the cord many years ago. For the most part, I haven't missed cable at all. I don't watch ...
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Ocean’s 8 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
With reboots, re-imaginings, remakes, sequels, prequels, etc. and so forth, it's hard to keep up with all the ways Hollywood ...
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I loved watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood growing up. I have only the vaguest memories of actually watching the show, but ...
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RBG Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The Supreme Court of the United State is shrouded in mystery. The decisions they make have far-reaching and long-running impacts ...
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The Terror Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The question we are faced with, dear reader, is whether to go with the new release that we have seen ...
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Avengers: Infinity War Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Oh snap, Avengers: Infinity War comes out this week. It's been twenty years since Iron Man began the Marvel Cinematic ...
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The Death of Superman Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Superman died in 1993. Or at least DC Comics briefly killed him in Superman #75. It was a huge media ...
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Tully Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Last week, I complained that there wasn't much of interest coming out. At least it had a big Steven Spielberg ...
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Ready Player One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
We are officially into the Dog Days of Summer. Actually, that may not be true. Is there an official start ...
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Isle of Dogs Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of the hardest things to do with Wes Anderson films is waiting for the eventual Criterion release. Every film ...
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Mosaic (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'm on record as being a recovering Steven Soderbergh fan. Or maybe I was a recovering fan who has fallen ...
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By Mat Brewster |
I write a weekly column discussing all the cool things I've discovered in a given week. I typically spend time ...
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Terminal (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Do you ever find yourself really liking an actor or actress even though there isn't a film of theirs that ...
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Doctor Who: Tom Baker: Complete Season One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In 1978, the first four seasons of Tom Baker's Doctor Who episodes were sold to PBS stations across the United ...
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George Carlin Commemorative Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mat continues his family road trip, so I am picking up the reins to write about what looks interesting. It ...
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Thoroughbreds Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Thoroughbreds is about two upper-class teenage girls (Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy) who rekindle a friendship after growing apart over ...
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Annihilation Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of my favorite podcasts is The Next Picture Show. On it, four film critics discuss a classic movie and ...
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I Kill Giants Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have to start this week with an apology. Last week, somehow or another I completely and utterly missed talking ...
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The Sacrifice Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There are so many different options in terms of what one can watch these days that I often feel overwhelmed. ...
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The Sinner: Season One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Sex sells, or so they say. I suppose they are right as sexy things seem to abound in advertisements and ...
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Mary and the Witch’s Flower Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There are a number of directors whose work I follow closely. I watch all of their films even if the ...
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Paddington 2 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Truly great family films are hard to come by. They are either too sappy or silly or both to be ...
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The Post Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Do you ever have one of those days where you thought you did something, are absolutely sure of it, are ...
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Phantom Thread Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The first words out of my mouth--er, keyboard, this week was going to be that I'm a huge Paul Thomas ...
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Insidious: The Last Key Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've been writing this column for several years now and I still have no idea how the people who make ...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It's a great time to be a Star Wars fan. I'm not quite old enough to have seen either A ...
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Criterion’s The Passion of Joan of Arc Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The biggest gap in my cinematic education has to be silent films. I've only seen a few of them and ...
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The Shape of Water is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I hope you have some leftover Christmas money because it's gonna be an expensive week, Blu-ray fans. We've got blockbusters, ...
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Thor: Ragnarok Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The 90th Academy Awards aired last night. I have to admit I wasn't all that excited about it this year. ...
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Coco Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Watching Mary and the Witch's Flower this weekend made me reflect on animated films and the studios that create them. ...
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The Florida Project Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Sean Baker has been making movies for nearly twenty years, but only recently has been given the kind of buzz ...
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The Deuce: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
David Simon started out as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun where he worked the crime beat. In 1991, he ...
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Suburbicon is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The Coen Brothers have been some of my favorite filmmakers for a long time. I first saw their work with ...
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Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
After watching Wonder Woman last year, I became a little obsessed with the character. I read loads of articles online ...
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It;s been a weird couple of weeks. Usually, the week after Christmas sees a huge drop off in the number ...
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Blade Runner 2049 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of my pop-culture admissions is that I've never been a huge fan of Blade Runner. I've only seen the ...
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It (2017) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Miniseries have been around since the birth of television but it was the 1980s that really defined what they are ...
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Criterion’s The Breakfast Club Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
If you are a child of the '80s, if you are a movie fan of a certain age, then John ...
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Brawl in Cell Block 99 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I love it when an actor is able to reinvent himself. I love it when you think you've seen everything ...
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mother! Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I love the last few weeks before Christmas, at least from a new Blu-ray release point of view. To get ...
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Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
If you read the words I put onto this little website, then you know that I am a Game of ...
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Two Maigret Films Starring Jean Gabin Are the Picks of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have reviewed two different series (one English, the other French) based upon the Georges Simenon character of Maigret. I ...
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Animal Factory Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Steve Buscemi is one of those guys. Or should I say he's one of those “oh, that guy” in that ...
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It's funny how time messes with your mind the older you get. My mind is filled with all of these ...
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George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've loved movies for as long as I can remember. My mother tells the story of the first time I ...
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The Limehouse Golum Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've been obsessed with golems since I first read about them in Michael Chabon's novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier ...
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The Dark Tower Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'd call myself a casual Stephen King fan. I've read maybe half a dozen of his books and seen about ...
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The Corpse Grinders Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've often wondered why I like bad movies. Not even bad movies, but bad horror movies, which are set apart ...
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Spider-Man: Homecoming is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Towards the end of Captain America: Civil War, there is a sweeping scene in which Captain America and Black Widow ...
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A Ghost Story Is The Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I love October. The long, sweltering days of summer are gone. The air is crisp and cool. Sweatshirts go back ...
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David Lynch: The Art Life Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
David Lynch is one of the most fascinating directors working today. His films aren't always good but they are always ...
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Wonder Woman Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I like to think I was something of a feminist before I had a daughter. Certainly, I was for equal ...
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It Comes at Night Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of the best, and most difficult things to do as a movie lover is to come to a movie ...
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Rebecca (1940) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The more films I watch by Alfred Hitchcock the more I'm convinced of his genius. He might have called himself ...
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Batman and Harley Quinn Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It is easy to think that Marvel beats DC when it comes to the whole cinematic universe thing. Certainly, they ...
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Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete Second Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Almost a year ago to the day, I made Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete First Season my Pick of ...
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Alien: Covenant Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In 1979, Ridley Scott directed Alien a near perfect blend of science fiction and horror and one of the greatest ...
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The Breaking Point Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Ernest Hemingway is one of my all-time favorite writers. He had a way of cutting out all the flab from ...
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John Carpenter SteelBooks are the Picks of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I bought a house a year ago. It is the first house I ever purchased. I've always been a renter. ...
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Lost in America Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
Reading Mat's Pick of the Week column over the years, it's quite clear that he is a horror-movie fan. Personally, ...
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Kong: Skull Island Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
What is it about a giant ape wreaking havoc that enthralls us so? Since his inception in 1933, King Kong ...
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The Lost City of Z Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've always loved jungle-adventure movies. There's just something really exciting and mysterious about the jungle. It's exotic and foreign, beautiful ...
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Song to Song Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It is a grand July 4th weekend and everybody is out cooking burgers, drinking beer, soaking up radiation at the ...
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T2 Trainspotting Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The mid-'90s were a great time to be a burgeoning cinephile. Independent films were becoming mainstream, which meant you could ...
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Memory is a funny thing. I can remember very clearly the first time I watched Dario Argento's The Bird with ...
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John Wick: Chapter 2 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I mostly outgrew action films a couple of decades ago. I came of age during the late '80s/early '90s, which ...
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A Cure for Wellness Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Listen closely and you can hear a million voices suddenly cry out in anger that I did not choose Beauty ...
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Ghost World Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It seems like a lifetime ago, but it was really less than two decades when me and my soon-to-be-wife were ...
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Logan Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've written in these pages on several occasions about how I've evolved in my opinions of comic-book movies several times ...
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
When I was a boy, I was what they would nowadays call a gamer. It started with a little Texas ...
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Heat: Director’s Definitive Edition Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Though they've both delved into self parody over the last decade or two, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro will ...
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The Red Turtle Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've been writing this column for almost three years now. That's roughly 156 picks of the week. Yet, I'm still ...
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La La Land Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Every few years, it seems, Hollywood will make a new musical. It will catch on like gangbusters and a slew ...
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The Founder (2016) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It is not exactly controversial for me to say I hate McDonald's. I'd go as far to say I loathe ...
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Hidden Figures Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
If you aren't utterly amazed by space travel, then you aren't paying attention - especially in the early days of ...
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I first saw Star Wars…well, I don't actually remember the first time I saw Star Wars. That's A New Hope ...
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Silence (2016) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In my very first Five Cool Things article, I was excited about the trailer for Martin Scorsese's Silence. I also ...
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Live by Night Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'm a sucker for gangster stories. There is something utterly fascinating about people who push aside all of society's rules ...
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Fences Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
During that ridiculous let's-bring-in-a-tour-bus-full-of-common-folk-to-the-Oscars bit a few weeks ago, host Jimmy Kimmel asked one of the tourists who her favorite ...
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Moana Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've always liked Disney movies. but for the most part I've waited until they've reached home video (and have gained ...
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Moonlight Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
We cut the cord year ago and our cheap antenna doesn't really work in our new house. We pick up ...
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Nocturnal Animals Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
As I sit down to write out why Nocturnal Animals is my pick of this week, I realize I know ...
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Arrival Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
My wife is a language nerd. Technically, she's a master linguist having received her degree from Indiana University many years ...
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Loving Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I first noticed Ruth Negga on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. where she played Raina, a villain who was working for the ...
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Tom Cruise, the human, seems like a pretty awful dude. He's a high-ranking member of a terrible cult/religion that uses ...
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The Handmaiden Is the Pick of the Week
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There is a scene in Park Chan-wook's Oldboy that just might be the greatest fight ever put in a movie. ...
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Girl on the Train Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I was never much of a reader growing up. I would read whatever was assigned to me at school but ...
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His Girl Friday (Criterion Collection) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I can't even remember the first time I saw His Girl Friday. It was high school, probably, or maybe on ...
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Blair Witch Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It's difficult now to imagine a time when every movie didn't have its own social media team. Or when there ...
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Snowden Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Turn on the news and you are bound to hear any number of stories about computer hacking of some sort. ...
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Hitchcock/Truffaut Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In 1961, François Truffaut sat down in a Hollywood hotel room with Alfred Hitchcock for a week-long chat about Hitchcock's ...
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Is the Pick of the Week
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My wife and I bought a house a few months back. We are first-time home buyers. It's a bit of ...
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Jason Bourne Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
My wife and I lived in Strasbourg, France for about ten months back in 2004. We sublet a tiny studio ...
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Don’t Breathe Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It's strange this writing things that get published on the internet. You never really know who is reading what your ...
Read More Hell or High Water Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'm much too young to have grown up during the heyday of westerns. As a kid I didn't like them. ...
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Finding Dory Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have lamented numerous times in these pages about how my young daughter has kept me from seeing a great ...
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Taxi Driver (40th Anniversary Edition) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
If the Avengers are all about saving the world from alien annihilation, then the Defenders have far less loftier goals ...
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Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
As a teenager living in the '80s I developed a great fondness for old '50s, '60s, and '70s television shows. ...
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The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Halloween is really sneaking up on me this year. October is normally one of my favorite months of the year ...
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Cafe Society Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There are a handful of directors that will get me to the theater sight unseen. Martin Scorsese, The Coen Brothers, ...
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This weekend I gave away the vast majority of my CD collection. I am a collector of things, especially entertainment ...
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Preacher: Season One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In this new Golden Age of Television, it's easy to feel a bit like King Midas where every show you ...
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The Neon Demon Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I used to say that the best part of going to the movies was watching the movie trailers before the ...
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Beauty and the Beast (25th Anniversary Edition) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Memory is a funny thing. It changes and mutates along the way as we get older. My memory says I ...
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