Tully Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Last week, I complained that there wasn't much of interest coming out. At least it had a big Steven Spielberg ...
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Ready Player One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
We are officially into the Dog Days of Summer. Actually, that may not be true. Is there an official start ...
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Isle of Dogs Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of the hardest things to do with Wes Anderson films is waiting for the eventual Criterion release. Every film ...
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Mosaic (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'm on record as being a recovering Steven Soderbergh fan. Or maybe I was a recovering fan who has fallen ...
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By Mat Brewster |
I write a weekly column discussing all the cool things I've discovered in a given week. I typically spend time ...
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Terminal (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Do you ever find yourself really liking an actor or actress even though there isn't a film of theirs that ...
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Doctor Who: Tom Baker: Complete Season One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In 1978, the first four seasons of Tom Baker's Doctor Who episodes were sold to PBS stations across the United ...
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George Carlin Commemorative Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mat continues his family road trip, so I am picking up the reins to write about what looks interesting. It ...
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Thoroughbreds Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Thoroughbreds is about two upper-class teenage girls (Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy) who rekindle a friendship after growing apart over ...
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Annihilation Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of my favorite podcasts is The Next Picture Show. On it, four film critics discuss a classic movie and ...
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I Kill Giants Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have to start this week with an apology. Last week, somehow or another I completely and utterly missed talking ...
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The Sacrifice Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There are so many different options in terms of what one can watch these days that I often feel overwhelmed. ...
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The Sinner: Season One Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Sex sells, or so they say. I suppose they are right as sexy things seem to abound in advertisements and ...
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Mary and the Witch’s Flower Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
There are a number of directors whose work I follow closely. I watch all of their films even if the ...
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Paddington 2 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Truly great family films are hard to come by. They are either too sappy or silly or both to be ...
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The Post Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Do you ever have one of those days where you thought you did something, are absolutely sure of it, are ...
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Phantom Thread Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The first words out of my mouth--er, keyboard, this week was going to be that I'm a huge Paul Thomas ...
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Insidious: The Last Key Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've been writing this column for several years now and I still have no idea how the people who make ...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It's a great time to be a Star Wars fan. I'm not quite old enough to have seen either A ...
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Criterion’s The Passion of Joan of Arc Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The biggest gap in my cinematic education has to be silent films. I've only seen a few of them and ...
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The Shape of Water is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I hope you have some leftover Christmas money because it's gonna be an expensive week, Blu-ray fans. We've got blockbusters, ...
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Thor: Ragnarok Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The 90th Academy Awards aired last night. I have to admit I wasn't all that excited about it this year. ...
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Coco Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Watching Mary and the Witch's Flower this weekend made me reflect on animated films and the studios that create them. ...
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The Florida Project Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Sean Baker has been making movies for nearly twenty years, but only recently has been given the kind of buzz ...
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The Deuce: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
David Simon started out as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun where he worked the crime beat. In 1991, he ...
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Suburbicon is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The Coen Brothers have been some of my favorite filmmakers for a long time. I first saw their work with ...
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Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
After watching Wonder Woman last year, I became a little obsessed with the character. I read loads of articles online ...
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It;s been a weird couple of weeks. Usually, the week after Christmas sees a huge drop off in the number ...
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Blade Runner 2049 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of my pop-culture admissions is that I've never been a huge fan of Blade Runner. I've only seen the ...
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It (2017) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Miniseries have been around since the birth of television but it was the 1980s that really defined what they are ...
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Criterion’s The Breakfast Club Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
If you are a child of the '80s, if you are a movie fan of a certain age, then John ...
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Brawl in Cell Block 99 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I love it when an actor is able to reinvent himself. I love it when you think you've seen everything ...
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mother! Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I love the last few weeks before Christmas, at least from a new Blu-ray release point of view. To get ...
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Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
If you read the words I put onto this little website, then you know that I am a Game of ...
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Two Maigret Films Starring Jean Gabin Are the Picks of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have reviewed two different series (one English, the other French) based upon the Georges Simenon character of Maigret. I ...
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Animal Factory Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Steve Buscemi is one of those guys. Or should I say he's one of those “oh, that guy” in that ...
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It's funny how time messes with your mind the older you get. My mind is filled with all of these ...
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George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've loved movies for as long as I can remember. My mother tells the story of the first time I ...
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The Limehouse Golum Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've been obsessed with golems since I first read about them in Michael Chabon's novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier ...
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The Dark Tower Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'd call myself a casual Stephen King fan. I've read maybe half a dozen of his books and seen about ...
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The Corpse Grinders Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I've often wondered why I like bad movies. Not even bad movies, but bad horror movies, which are set apart ...
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Spider-Man: Homecoming is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Towards the end of Captain America: Civil War, there is a sweeping scene in which Captain America and Black Widow ...
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A Ghost Story Is The Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I love October. The long, sweltering days of summer are gone. The air is crisp and cool. Sweatshirts go back ...
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David Lynch: The Art Life Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
David Lynch is one of the most fascinating directors working today. His films aren't always good but they are always ...
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Wonder Woman Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I like to think I was something of a feminist before I had a daughter. Certainly, I was for equal ...
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It Comes at Night Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
One of the best, and most difficult things to do as a movie lover is to come to a movie ...
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Rebecca (1940) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The more films I watch by Alfred Hitchcock the more I'm convinced of his genius. He might have called himself ...
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Batman and Harley Quinn Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It is easy to think that Marvel beats DC when it comes to the whole cinematic universe thing. Certainly, they ...
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Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete Second Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Almost a year ago to the day, I made Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete First Season my Pick of ...
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Alien: Covenant Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In 1979, Ridley Scott directed Alien a near perfect blend of science fiction and horror and one of the greatest ...
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