Doctor Who Limited Edition Gift Set Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Just the other day I was complaining to my wife that the new Doctor Who series is incredibly expensive here ...
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Lawrence of Arabia (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The phrase "They don't make them like they used to" is trite, banal, and way over-used, yet sometimes, it's also ...
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Rashomon Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Not to get too philosophical for a post about upcoming DVD releases, but as I've gotten older the nature of ...
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Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Halloween is quite possibly my favorite holiday. I love all the decorations, the excitement of all the little children (and ...
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Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There comes a time in every movie fan and critics life when he must make certain admissions. Perhaps it is ...
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Mad Men: Season Five Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I came late to the Mad Men game, not watching an episode until about a year and a half ago, ...
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Prometheus Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Used to be people gathered around the water cooler to chat about television, movies, and music They'd get a refreshment ...
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Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Halloween has become one of my favorite holidays. In the 10 years we've been married, the wife and I have ...
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Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've always had something of an odd relationship with James Bond. My parents were never huge fans of the franchise ...
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Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Through four films and a television series, Indiana Jones has become one of the great heroic icons of all time. ...
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30 Rock: Season 6 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In 2006, network television released two separate series about the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of Saturday Night Live-esque sketch comedies. Studio 60 ...
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The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'm a child of the '80s therefore I am a Star Wars man. As a kid, I watched the original ...
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Homeland: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
A few weeks back my family and I took a vacation in Florida. We surfed, we swam, we walked, we ...
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Bernie Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There are times when I feel really clued in. On those days I'm caught up with and can talk intelligently ...
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Community: The Complete Third Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It took me awhile to catch onto Dan Harmon's smart, quirky, meta-comedy Community, but now that I have, I have ...
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Marley Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In my mind there is a connection between Bob Marley and Che Guevera. I doubt the two ever met and ...
Read More The Grand Illusion Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Jean Renoir's classic film, The Grand Illusion, has had a long, strange journey since its release in 1937. The German's ...
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The Last Days of Disco Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The original G.I. Joe animated series is currently streaming on Netflix. I loved that show as a kid. I have ...
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Singin’ in the Rain: 60th Anniversary Edition Is the Pick of the Week
By Dusty Somers |
Far and away the most popular American film musical ever made, Singin' in the Rain lives up to its reputation. ...
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Muddy Waters & the Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Legendary rock band the Rolling Stones were steeped in the early Chicago blues style (in fact their name comes from ...
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The Pirate Movie Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I was recently reading an article about how It's a Wonderful Life would never have been a much beloved classic ...
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Hinoshi Inagaki’s The Samurai Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Sometimes when I look at the new releases one blaring question comes straight to my mind: why haven't I watched ...
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Lina Wertmuller Collection (Love & Anarchy, The Seduction of Mimi, All Screwed Up) is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
After my sophomore year in college I took some summer classes. Summer at this college was intensely boring as the ...
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Harold and Maude Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There are a few really interesting titles coming out this week, and I had a hard time deciding which one ...
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Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Whenever I hear people grumble about how bad television is these days, I just roll my eyes and mutter under ...
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Summer Interlude and Summer With Monika Are the Picks of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've barely made a dent in the 64 films that director Ingmar Bergman made in his lifetime, but the handful ...
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Sherlock: Season Two Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have a very mixed relationship with Sherlock Holmes - I am both utterly fascinated with the character, and more ...
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Being John Malkovich Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I suppose it is fair to say that the majority of filmgoers primarily see films based on who is in ...
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La Haine Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
My wife teaches French at university while I stay at home and raise our one-year-old daughter. It is an unconventional ...
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George Harrison: Living in a Material World Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of my dark, secret musical confessions is that I don't particularly like George Harrison's album All Things Must Pass. ...
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The Organizer Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
A couple of weeks ago I talked about how, in choosing each week's pick, I pretend someone gives me a ...
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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Say what you will about Tom Cruise's personal life, his weird religion, or his lack of real acting chops, but ...
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The Iron Lady Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've been doing these Pick of the Week posts for awhile now and so I've developed a sort-of rule system ...
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Since nearly the moment she was born my daughter has loved Sesame Street. She's entranced by it. For the longest ...
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David Lean Directs Noel Coward Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week, the Criterion Collection is releasing a boxed set of four films written by playright Noel Coward and directed ...
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The Muppets (2011) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Like millions of other kids I grew up watching many of Jim Henson's creations including Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, ...
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
My wife is a nerdy Francophile - she adores everything French especially its arts. I didn't know it before we ...
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Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I got about half-way through Game of Thrones when it first came out before tuning out. This was not long ...
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Hugo Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I think I mentioned before in this series that I haven't seen very many films in the theatre this year. ...
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J. Edgar Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There's an old Seinfeld joke where Jerry and George are talking about bringing a date to a party. Jerry insists ...
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The Rum Diary Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
For the last week my wife and I have both had terrifically terrible head colds. We create create quite the ...
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Downton Abbey: Series Two Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In the first few weeks after my daughter was born my wife, my mother-in-law, and myself spent a great deal ...
Read More The Magnificent Ambersons Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Years ago when I was just out of high school (or possibly just out of college - who can remember ...
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U2: From the Sky Down Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
You know it is a heck of a week for movie releases when the top seller on Amazon is a ...
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Belle de Jour Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
My wife is a Francophile, that is to say she is a great lover of all things French. She learned ...
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Boardwalk Empire: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'm generally terribly behind on my TV watching. I am, what they call now, a cord cutter. I don't have ...
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Justified: The Complete Second Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This first week of January has already picked up some steam from the dismal choices we had in the last ...
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The Borgias: Season One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
If I was in charge of releasing movies each week I don't suspect I would put my big pictures out ...
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Midnight in Paris Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
My brother is four years older than me so when I was just a kid he was a lusty teenager ...
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
If it isn't already distinctly clear from reading my weekly picks, let me state it directly now: I rarely get ...
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