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Elemental Is the Pick of the Week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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All My Sons is the Pick of the Week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Dragged Across Concrete Is the Pick of the Week

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

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

With the huge success of The Sixth Sense, director M. Night Shyamalan was able to make just about any film ...
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Is the Pick of the Week

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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The Favourite Is the Pick of the Week

While I do love the cinema, I very rarely get to go to an actual theater. As a family, we ...
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Spider-Man: Homecoming is the Pick of the Week

Towards the end of Captain America: Civil War, there is a sweeping scene in which Captain America and Black Widow ...
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Wonder Woman Is the Pick of the Week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's strange this writing things that get published on the internet. You never really know who is reading what your ...
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Hell or High Water Is the Pick of the Week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Memory is a funny thing. It changes and mutates along the way as we get older. My memory says I ...
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Aliens: 30th Anniversary Edition Is the Pick of the Week

I can't remember when I first saw Aliens. It was definitely the plural and not the singular (it would be ...
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Money Monster Is the Pick of the Week

My wife and I have never, nor will we ever make a freebie list - a list of five celebrities ...
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The Jungle Book (2016) Is the Pick of the Week

I suppose it's not all that strange that in this world of constant remakes, reboots, prequels, sequels and cinematic universes ...
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Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week

I turned 18 in 1994. So though I consider myself a child of the '80s, it was really the early ...
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Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made Is the Pick of the Week

Movies were a huge part of my childhood. I have all sorts of fond memories of going to the cinema ...
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11.22.63 Is the Pick of the Week

The assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 looms large in our American identity. Hell, it looms over my own ...
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Key & Peele: The Complete Series Is the Pick of the Week

Mat Brewster is on vacation this week, so I am filling in. Two weeks ago, I was preparing to go ...
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Pioneers of African-American Cinema Is the Pick of the Week

I consider myself an amateur cinephile. By which I mean I take films seriously - I watch with a critical ...
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O.J.: Made In America Is the Pick of the Week

In the summer of 1994, I was 18, had just graduated high school, and was doing my best to have ...
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Green Room Is the Pick of the Week

Last week I wrote about buying a house and noted that we would be moving in on Tuesday. We did ...
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Blood and Black Lace Is the Pick of the Week

The wife and I recently bought a house. It's the first time we've ever done that. We talked about it ...
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Is the Pick of the Week

If you've watched a movie with any sort of special-effects-laden creature in the last century, you've watched a film influenced ...
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Knight of Cups Is the Pick of the Week

I hope someone was fired over this. Knight of Cups is a terrible name for a film. Terrence Malick has ...
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The X-Files: Event Series Is the Pick of the Week

For one reason or another, I never got into The X-Files when it first ran. Truth be known, I'm not ...
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Hail, Caesar! Is the Pick of the Week

The Coen Brothers last took on Hollywood in 1991 with Barton Fink. That movie was a dark, cynical, symbolic look ...
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Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week

I've seen exactly one Wim Wenders film (Until the End of the World - I think - or it could ...
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Killer Dames: Two Gothic Chillers is the Pick of the Week

I have somewhat eclectic cinematic tastes. I'm just as thrilled to see classic American films like Casablanca or To Kill ...
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The Witch is the Pick of the Week

Last Friday was the 13th of May, my brother's birthday, but more importantly a traditional day of horror. Normally, I'd ...
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Deadpool Is the Pick of the Week

For the foreseeable future, it is a blockbuster world and we're just living in it. Marvel has been churning out ...
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Independence Day 20th Anniversary Edition is the Pick of the Week

Twenty years ago, I was a sophomore in college. That was the first summer where I didn't go home for ...
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Son of Saul Is the Pick of the Week

The Holocaust has been milked and bilked of every possible dramatic meaning for decades on screens both big and small. ...
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The Revenant Is the Pick of the Week

If you relentlessly abuse your no-name actors, then your film gets called torture porn, but if you treat Leonardo DiCaprio ...
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Bride of Re-Animator is the Pick of the Week

When I was a young teen, I used to daydream about the day when I'd turn 16 and could take ...
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the Pick of the Week

From the moment George Lucas announced the sale of his Star Wars franchise to Disney and that there would then ...
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The Hateful Eight is the Pick of the Week

Last Friday, I loaded the family into the car and we spent Easter weekend in our old stomping grounds in ...
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Black Mama, White Mama is the Pick of the Week

Every once in awhile you have to ask yourself whether you want the much beloved, critically acclaimed, and highly influential ...
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Brooklyn is the Pick of the Week

Though it was nominated for a slew of awards (including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, and Actress at the Academy Awards), ...
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Macbeth (2015) is the Pick of the Week

What's left to say about Shakespeare? What could I possible write that would convey his brilliance? Nothing of course. He ...
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Creed and Room are the Picks of the Week

The Oscars will be airing in a few hours from when I'm writing this (and likely a few hours before ...
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Fargo: Season Two is the Pick of the Week

When they announced they were making a TV show out of the excellent Coen Brothers films, Fargo, I was skeptical. ...
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Black Mass Is the Pick of the Week

For as long as I can remember, I've always wanted to watch gangster movies. There is just something about the ...
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Spectre is the Pick of the Week

I have many fond memories of watching James Bond. I remember my dad taking me to see him in the ...
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Bridge of Spies Is the Pick of the Week

We're less than a month away from the Oscars and I've seen exactly three of the nominated films - four ...
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Doctor Who: Series Nine, Part Two is the Pick of the Week

I have very vague memories of watching Doctor Who as a kid. This was the '80s when the long=scarfed Tom ...
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Criterion’s Inside Llewyn Davis is the Pick of the Week

Many times in these pages I've mentioned my extraordinary love for both the Criterion Collection and the Coen Brothers. When ...
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The Martian is the Pick of the Week

I subscribed to the auteur theory before I even knew what that was. That is to say as I began ...
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Sicario is the Pick of the Week

A great big thanks to Davy for helping me out last week. Extra credit since I gave him about a ...
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Bone Tomahawk Is the Pick of the Week

Since everyone is getting over the Christmas holidays, I think they are just too stuffed with food and having to ...
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Pan is the Pick of the Week

If the weeks leading up to Christmas are a bonanza for home-video collectors, then the actual week of Christmas is ...
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is the Pick of the Week

It's easy to get cynical and annoyed with all the remakes, reimaginings, rehashes, and sequels that seem to come out ...
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Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two is the Pick of the Week

When I picked Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as my Pick of the Week back in April of ...
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Cooties Is the Pick of the Week

I don't know about you, but I had a mighty fine Thanksgiving. The weather outside was frightful, but inside was ...
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Ikiru is the Pick of the Week

Not long ago my aunt was diagnosed with cancer. They initially thought it was in her lungs, which made for ...
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The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki Is the Pick of the Week

I remember distinctly the first time I ever watched a Hayao Miyazaki film. I was still single, but heavily into ...
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Mr. Holmes is the Pick of the Week

By my count, there have been over 800 kajillion filmic adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. Within the last few years we've ...
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Pixar’s Inside Out is the Pick of the Week

It was a tough October. I got strep throat and followed it with a nasty virus that turned into an ...
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats Is the Pick of the Week

Autumn is by far my favorite season. The dog days of summer slip into the cool, crisp nights of fall. ...
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Jurassic World Is the Pick of the Week

I was 17 when Jurassic Park came out in 1993. Even then, I knew it wasn't a great film, artistically ...
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Nakatomi Plaza Die Hard Collection is the Pick of the Week

Forgive me if I begin this Pick of the Week with a bit of a rant. In all forms of ...
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Tremors 5: Bloodlines Is the Pick of the Week

I was 14 when the original Tremors came out. I loved it. We all did, my family and me. It ...
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The Avengers: Age of Ultron Is the Pick of the Week

Tuesday morning of last week, I woke up feeling fine. I turned off the alarm, got out of bed, got ...
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Pitch Perfect 2 Is the Pick of the Week

I grew up attending the Churches of Christ. One of the things that distinguishes us from the million other churches ...
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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst Is the Pick of the Week

There have been a lot of discussions of late about the injustices of our justice system. About how if you ...
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Gotham: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week

Steven Spielberg recently predicted that the superhero movie (and presumably the superhero TV show) will eventually go the way of ...
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Mad Max: Fury Road Is the Pick of the Week

My parents were early adapters to the home-video market.  They were given a Betamax sometime in the early '80s, but ...
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Two Days, One Night Is the Pick of the Week

My DVD/Blu-ray collection is divided up into a few different categories.  There are TV shows, foreign films, my main collection, ...
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Day For Night is the Pick of the Week

As someone who has never made a film but absolutely loves watching them, I'm completely fascinated by movies about making ...
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Is the Pick of the Week

I have a good friend who is probably the smartest guy I've ever met.  I like to joke that he's ...
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Orphan Black: Season Three is the Pick of the Week

I have this completely random rule that I have to watch at least 10 movies every month.  Now to all ...
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Orphan Black: Season Three Is the Pick of the Week

I have this completely random rule that I have to watch at least 10 movies every month. Now to all ...
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White God is the Pick of the Week

As a certain Italian schlockumentary once reminded us many moons ago, it's a dog's world out there. And some distant ...
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau is the Pick of the Week

As an extreme film lover, I'm always torn between variety. Sometimes, there is too much to choose from, and it ...
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What We Do in the Shadows Is the Pick of the Week

It's a good week to be a horror fan. I've no doubt complained in these pages before how I rarely ...
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Ex Machina Is the Pick of the Week

At work today, I was listening to the Invisibilia podcast, specifically the one entitled “Our Computers, Ourselves.” It was all ...
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The Big Chill Is the Pick of the Week

I've been writing about new DVDs and Blu-rays for a few years now. You'd think this would give me some ...
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The Who: Live at Shea Stadium 1982 Is the Pick of the Week

It's Summer. It's hot. School's out. Vacations are on. Everybody is busy. I have to yell at my wife every ...
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The Fisher King Is the Pick of the Week

At some point during my early teens, we had Showtime or HBO or some such pay-cable channel. Whatever it was, ...
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Chappie Is the Pick of the Week

It's always amazing to see a new and interesting director come onto the scene, and then utterly disappointing to see ...
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Kingsman: The Secret Service Is the Pick of the Week

As I'm browsing through the new releases each week and putting all the interesting ones in new tabs, I make ...
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Parks and Recreation: Season Seven Is the Pick of the Week

Like a lot of people, it seems, I at first dismissed Parks and Recreation as another The Office clone and ...
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The Confession and State of Siege Are the Picks of the Week

My freshman year of college I started collecting movies on VHS tape. I think I realized that with the parents ...
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The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series Is the Pick of the Week

“This is the theme to Garry's show / the theme to Garry's show / Garry called me up and asked ...
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Broadchurch: The Complete Second Season Is the Pick of the Week

A big thanks goes out to Gordon for finishing last week's pick for me. I had actually written an entire ...
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The Fugitive: The Complete Series is the Pick of the Week

Hello, PotW readers. Mat 's desktop computer went to that great IT department in the sky over the weekend, so ...
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Inherent Vice Is the Pick of the Week

For a moment I thought Inherent Vice was some kind of cheap knock-off film. Let me explain (no, no, there ...
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Fortitude Is the Pick of the Week

One of the best parts of writing this column every week is learning about all the movies and shows that ...
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Maps to the Stars Is the Pick of the Week

Since I first started watching films, or at least taking them seriously, I've consumed them for their directors more than ...
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A Most Violent Year Is the Pick of the Week

One of the best things about Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and the other streaming services is finding something you'd never know ...
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The Imitation Game is the Pick of the Week

Whenever a film based upon real events comes out, there is always a lot of discussion over how historically accurate ...
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Into the Woods is the Pick of the Week

A funny thing happened on the way to posting this week's pick. Yesterday, I wrote the words you will read ...
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The Soft Skin is the Pick of the Week

Before she became a stay-at-home mom (and forced me to get a real job, le sigh) my wife taught French ...
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The Sound of Music (50th Anniversary Edition) Is the Pick of the Week

My sophomore year in college I started working for the university dinner theatre via the work study program. The previous ...
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Foxcatcher Is the Pick of the Week

Wrestling (real wrestling - not that soap-opera stuff you see on cable TV) is an odd sort of sport. You ...
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Whiplash Is the Pick of the Week

Out of all the winners (and even nominees) of last night's Oscars, I've seen exactly one (The Grand Budapest Hotel). ...
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Birdman Is the Pick of the Week

Last year, I moved from a teeny tiny little town in Tennessee to a slightly larger one in Oklahoma. The ...
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Nightcrawler Is the Pick of the Week

In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Lou Bloom, a seedy young man who makes a name for himself filming crime scenes ...
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John Wick Is the Pick of the Week

My computer crashed last week. Well, no, that is not exactly true, my computer got very sick so I reformatted ...
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The Drop (2014) Is the Pick of the Week

It was a rough year to be a celebrity in 2014. It seems like we lost a lot of greats. ...
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Gone Girl Is the Pick of the Week

I very much like to read, I'm just not very good at it. Or rather I'm not very good at ...
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Boyhood Is the Pick of the Week

I took last week off to spend some time with my wife's family. Her clan are a bit spread out ...
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Pride (2014) Is the Pick of the Week

When I'm not writing about movies and televisions shows, I run The Midnight Cafe, a little blog that deals in ...
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Arrested Development: Season 4 Is the Pick of the Week

So often when writing this series I have to admit that I haven't seen the things that I pick, or ...
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Guardians of the Galaxy Is the Pick of the Week

My recent visit to Wizard World solidified the fact that while I like geeky things I am not in anyway ...
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Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years Is the Pick of the Week

I've been blogging now for a little over ten years. I started back in 2004 when my wife and I ...
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Drunk History: Seasons 1 & 2 Is the Pick of the Week

I have an unusual sense of humor. I generally don't find the things that the apparent majority of people find ...
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Cinema Sentries

It Happened One Night Is the Pick of the Week

When I bought my first DVD player back in 1999 I vowed that I would only buy really great movies ...
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Lots of TV Series Sets Are the Picks of the Week

You've got to love the (extended) Christmas season. It seems like every year it gets pushed farther and farther up ...
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Stanley Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection Is the Pick of the Week

For nearly as long as I can remember and certainly for as long as I've taken cinema seriously, I've been ...
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Deliver Us from Evil (2014) Is the Pick of the Week

In case you've been stuck inside without any form of media (or a calendar) over the last month, Halloween is ...
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Snowpiercer Is the Pick of the Week

My in-laws have been spending the week with us. Mostly this is just swell as they are wonderful people who ...
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X-Men: Days of Future Past Is the Pick of the Week

I like the idea of X-Men more than I usually like the execution. The mutant concept with all of the ...
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Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition is the Pick of the Week

There is a fairly constant discussion in my home over the television.  Or rather how much of it my child ...
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Chef Is the Pick of the Week

In college, I had a friend who majored in theater. One day he hit me up to help him out ...
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The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology and Halloween: The Complete Collection Are the Picks of the Week

A couple of years back I decided to finally sit down and watch the notoriously graphic horror movie A Serbian ...
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Eraserhead Is the Pick of the Week

People always carry on about how wonderful children are - how amazing and beautiful they can be, how they change ...
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A Long Way Down Is the Pick of the Week

I first heard of Nick Hornby through the movie version of his musically obsessed book High Fidelity. The film stars ...
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Line of Duty: Series 2 Is the Pick of the Week

It seems like forever since I've had a really challenging pick of the week. Hardly at all this summer have ...
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Blandings: Series 2 Is the Pick of the Week

I can't remember when I first heard of P.G. Wodehouse.  He seems to just always exist in my memory.  I ...
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Is the Pick of the Week

Some folks wax nostalgic about the days when MTV actually played music videos; I get all teary eyed thinking about ...
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The Railway Man Is the Pick of the Week

My wife, like all red-blooded women (and more than a few red-blooded men) loves Colin Firth.  She practically drools anytime ...
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Community: The Complete Fifth Season is the Pick of the Week

We finally got high speed internet last Wednesday.  It is a little ridiculous how excited I am about it.  I ...
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Noah (2014) Is the Pick of the Week

I went to see Noah with a group of friends on opening weekend. We were a pretty diverse bunch in ...
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The Essential Jacques Demy Is the Pick of the Week

Living with my parents is beginning to take its toll. After much looking and consideration, we decided to move into ...
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Under the Skin is the Pick of the Week

Random story: my father recently got on my mother's computer which is set up slightly different than his own device. ...
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Nymphomaniac Volume I & Volume II Is the Pick of the Week

I suppose every film lover keeps some sort of list of films they feel they should watch at some point. ...
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Cannibal Holocaust Is the Pick of the Week

In the small town in Oklahoma where I grew up, we had a surprisingly big video store. They had taken ...
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Cinema Sentries

A Hard Day’s Night Is the Pick of the Week

A few weeks after we got married my wife and I caught a showing of A Hard Day's Night at ...
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The Grand Budapest Hotel Is the Pick of the Week

Over the last few years, I've regularly complained that the local cineplexes all show the same overblown blockbusters and none ...
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True Detective: Season 1 Is the Pick of the Week

A big thanks to Gordon for handling this column last week while I was away. As he noted I've moved. ...
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Barbary Coast Is the Pick of the Week

I don't know if Mat's mentioned it, but he and his family are in the process of moving to another ...
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An Adventure in Space and Time Is the Pick of the Week

Though I do remember watching some Tom Baker-era Doctor Who as a kid, one probably needs to call me a ...
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The Monuments Men Is the Pick of the Week

It occurs to me that the Classic Hollywood Star no longer exists. Stars like Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Audrey ...
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Her Is the Pick of the Week

Spike Jonze is an immensely talented, eternally creative, and absolutely brilliant artist. Yet I can't say that I really like ...
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Veronica Mars (2014) Is the Pick of the Week

There has been so much great TV playing over the last decade that its really impossible to keep up with ...
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Mr. Selfridge: Season 2 Is the Pick of the Week

I'll probably be labeled a terrible dad for admitting this, but there has been a lot of television watching in ...
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Master of the House Is the Pick of the Week

You know its a slow week for new releases when a friggin' Tyler Perry movie is the number-one seller on ...
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Philomena Is the Pick of the Week

My wife tends to avoid sad films, sad songs, sad everything. She says life is tough enough on its own ...
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August: Osage County Is the Pick of the Week

I was born and raised in Oklahoma. This isn't necessarily something I'm proud of. I mean I didn't really do ...
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Broadchurch: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week

It is a little embarrassing to say now, but I came to Doctor Who a bit late in the game. ...
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The Wolf of Wall Street Is the Pick of the Week

About this time every year when we get our tax refund back, the wife and I give ourselves a hundred ...
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American Hustle Is the Pick of the Week

My mother often says I was born in the wrong decade - that I should have grown up in the ...
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Inside Llewyn Davis Is the Pick of the Week

If I were to remove my critic's hat when you asked me to name my favorite director, I'd likely go ...
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12 Years a Slave Is the Pick of the Week

The 86th Academy Awards show was on last night. It was watched by a lot of people. Usually I'm one ...
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Gravity Is the Pick of the Week

I'm really not a Sandra Bullock fan. She's attractive and certainly charming, and I really can't knock her acting chops, ...
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Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season Is the Pick of the Week

In the months after my daughter was born, I watched an enormous amount of movies and television. As anyone who ...
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Ender’s Game Is the Pick of the Week

In the world of science fiction I consider myself a fan, but not a fan-boy. By which I mean that ...
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Dallas Buyers Club Is the Pick of the Week

I believe I first saw Matthew McConaughey as "past his prime, but still picking up high school girls" David Wooderson ...
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Blue Jasmine Is the Pick of the Week

When I was a pubescent teenager, I used to stay up late on Friday and Saturday nights watching the USA ...
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Rififi Is the Pick of the Week

In the middle of Jules Dassin's 1954 film noir Rififi, which is the father of all heist movies, lies a ...
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Top of the Lake Is the Pick of the Week

Some weeks you gotta ignore the masses and pick what you want. Okay, admittedly I pretty much do that every ...
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Don Jon Is the Pick of the Week

Welcome back. I decided to take last week off because me, the wife and the wee one were off visiting ...
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Prisoners Is the Pick of the Week

While I am very much a fan of horror, gore, violence, and bloody, anger-filled cinema, my wife is most certainly ...
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Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project Is the Pick of the Week

With some regularity we invite various people, usually university students, over to the house to watch films. Several of them ...
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Dead Like Me: The Complete Series Is the Pick of the Week

I really thought that the first week of December would find us with loads of great new releases. I really ...
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Breaking Bad: The Complete Series Is the Pick of the Week

Who knew a show about an average, normal guy turned very, very bad (or as show creator/runner Vince Gilligan used ...
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The World’s End Is the Pick of the Week

The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy is not so much a trilogy as it is three films made by the same ...
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Nosferatu (1922): Deluxe Remastered Edition Is the Pick of the Week

My transition from a kid who really liked going to the movies to a full-blown cineaste was long and slow. ...
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The Right Stuff: 30th Anniversary Edition Is the Pick of the Week

Halloween has just ended. Thanksgiving is still weeks away. Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? The makers ...
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Monsters University Is the Pick of the Week

Pixar. Its name is associated with quality. The company almost single-handedly ushered in a new era of brilliant animation that ...
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The Vincent Price Collection Is the Pick of the Week

Aside from Christmas, I can't think of another holiday that guides people's viewing habits like Halloween. Horror movies become all ...
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