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 ...
Read More Arrow Video’s The Last House on the Left Is the Pick of the Week
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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