My 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule
By Lorna Miller |
The 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival is right around the corner, and it is time to start planning my schedule. ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Best of TV/Streaming 2022 – Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Fall
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005-2013 and 2017-2020, I punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best Of List. In 2021, I returned ...
Read More The Cinema Sentries 2022 Gift Guide
By Cinema Sentries |
Holiday shopping gets a big push this time of year. In response, the Sentries offer gift-idea suggestions as you shop ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Why Worry When It’s Warm Over Here
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Michael was back for Halloween, Ben returned, and Jet Screamer made an appearance. The Hocus Pocus were fruity, ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Got My Good Side On
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we had pebbles that were fruity and pretzels that were beer cheese. We had a skeleton crew, four ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: And Talking Is the Only Way, Then Rap On
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we pumped it up with cinnafuego and a fruit mix-up. There was a prince, a pauper, and uncut ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Until You Can Feel It
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we were cheeto cheese and peach cobbler. We were pulp and mash in dream world and the dark ...
Read More Comic-Con International: San Diego 2022 Friday Program Highlights
By Gordon S. Miller |
Friday's programming schedule has been released. I have less conflicts than yesterday, but looks like the day is going to ...
Read More Comic-Con International: San Diego 2022 Thursday Program Highlights
By Gordon S. Miller |
Previously when going over convention schedules to create articles like this, my intention is to attend most, if not all, ...
Read More From the Couch Hole Special Edition: Best of 2006 Redux (You’re Gonna Walk with Me and Talk with Me)
By Shawn Bourdo |
I'm taking a break on the First Anniversary of FTCH. I love my usual format because it allows me to ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: And Nobody Knows Like Me
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, it was a COVID-delayed episode that featured purple thunder and a machine that can create rainstorms. There were ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: I Have a Picture Pinned to My Wall
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, it was a flamin' hot episode with old bay seasoning. There was lawn mowing and fire starting and ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: I’ll Be the Ticket If You’re My Collector
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a striptease with a divorce at a funeral. We mixed cinnamon toast with charms and for ...
Read More From The Couch Hole: Under Blue Moon, I Saw You
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Tom Sawyer was abroad and everything was everywhere. At the same time, the city was on fire, ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Inside You the Time Moves
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we had a week dedicated to the Nineties. There were Langoliers and Violent Femmes. There was Armageddon ...
Read More My (Tentative) 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule
By Lorna Miller |
The COVID pandemic resulted in the cancellation of many activities. One that I have missed the most is the TCM ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: I Can’t Wait To See You
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there were thin Kit Kats and Twinkies in your creamer. We visited Berlin, French Connection, and Batwoman ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Just Afloat On The Sea
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a Stargirl and a Sugar Free Space cola. I included an hombre, a prophet, and ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: The Sky Above Won’t Fall Down
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was Coke from Space and no one Leggo'd our Pop-Tarts. There was soft skin, ghosts, and ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Gold and Silver Shine
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was cheese in the crackers, rabbits on the run, and a death on the Nile. We ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Seven Horses Seem to Be on the Mark
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a Fantastic Planet, fantastic birthday cookies, and two fantastic detectives. We asked you to hold ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Turn All the Lights up to Ten
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we had a flamin' hot time with Yellowstone, chocolate Oreos and we adored Prince at his best. ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: I’m Just Trying to Say
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we welcomed some clusters of the Reese's and Oreo Toffee variety. There was a ride along with ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: When the Little Things You’re Doing Don’t Turn Out Right
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we started the new season with King, Mountain Dew (your constant writer's weaknesses) and we spiced up ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: It’s Only a Heartbeat Away
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, your last regular episode featured a doggy named Bobby and cookies with a doggy named Snoopy on ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Best of the Rest 2021 – No Need to Worry, No Need to Cry
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2013, my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best Of List. ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Best of TV/Streaming 2021 – Like a Rainbow Crafted by a Drunken Leprechaun
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2013, my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best Of List. ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Best of Film 2021: Don’t Cry in My Office
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2013, my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best Of List. ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Keep On Keeping On
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we walked with Hendrix, Who, and Woo. There were hot almonds, sour corns, and gingerbread candy bars. ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: So Now You’ve Caught On
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we dove into sad ads with Apple and cheesy wings at Applebee's. With King, we went through ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Put a Smile on Your Face
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we pursued amusement parks, big drivers, and presidential assassinations with Stephen King, and along the way sampled ...
Read More From The Couch Hole: Try and Think of the Right Words to Say
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we we waltzed to the pumpkin patch with Linus, thought about life with Ray Bradbury, and looked ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: When the Stars Start Falling
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we went under the dome, shrieked about Skittles, and mused on murders in the building. This week, ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Feel Sunshine Sparkle Pink and Blue
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we talked twins, made a bargain, and wondered how Wendy's fit a spicy chicken into a Pringle. ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: We’ve Seen the Rain and the Sunshine Together
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCW, we solved mysteries with the Drew Crew but we couldn't solve the Case of the Grey Skittles. ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Life Is Filled with Confusion
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH we mused upon summer jobs, we caught some blues with the Allman Brothers and the signature potato chip ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Fell in Love by the Soda Machine
By Shawn Bourdo |
Season One, Episode One was well received. We're moving on to Episode Two and I'm starting to get more into ...
Read More From the Couch Hole: Maybe We Can Stay in Touch
By Shawn Bourdo |
There was once a blog named "Sunday Morning Tuneage". From 2006 - 2013 on MySpace, I wrote a weekly dispatch ...
Read More Best of 2020 (Pandemic Edition): Best of the Rest
By Shawn Bourdo |
2020 BY THE NUMBERS 4,872,686 steps taken this year (2361 miles, 64 less than 2019)365 Days walking over 5 miles ...
Read More Best of 2020 (Pandemic Edition): The TV/Streaming Lists
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2012 I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...
Read More Best of 2020 (Pandemic Edition): The Film Lists
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2012 I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Dune (2020)
By Mat Brewster |
I think I speak for nearly everyone on the planet when I say that this year has not gone as ...
Read More Five Cool Things and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Fifth Season
By Mat Brewster |
I started this month with the intention of watching a lot of science fiction films set in space. As I ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Two Jules Dassin Films Get the Criterion Treatment
By Mat Brewster |
Last week, I noted that for the month of September I was going to try to watch space-based science fiction ...
Read More Five Cool Things and No Time to Die Trailer
By Mat Brewster |
It has been a while since I did a theme month for the movies I'm watching. I think I got ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Chadwick Boseman
By Mat Brewster |
School finally started around these parts. My daughter has been out of school, or at least not physically attending school ...
Read More Five Cool Things and The Suicide Squad
By Mat Brewster |
My apologies for taking a couple of weeks off. One of our subcontractors told us a few weeks ago that ...
Read More Five Cool Things and the New Mutants
By Mat Brewster |
It was an eclectic week for old Mat Brewster and his consumption of cool things. We've got new horror movies, ...
Read More Five Cool Things and a Bookstore Haul
By Mat Brewster |
I got out of the house today. I get out of the house most days, actually. Work takes me to ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Possessor
By Mat Brewster |
For nearly four months now, my family and I have gotten up on Saturday mornings, piddled around, watched TV, and ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Gillian Welch’s All the Good Times Are Past and Gone
By Mat Brewster |
Hamilton I finally got to see the show everyone has been talking about for five years. When Hamilton first became ...
Read More Five Cool Things and the Fourth of July
By Mat Brewster |
It is a holiday weekend and I'm making the most of it. So let's get right into this week's cool ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Pearl Jam Uncensored
By Mat Brewster |
I'm a huge fan of Letterboxd, the social networking site for film nerds. It is a great way to track ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Ian Holm
By Mat Brewster |
I was realizing today that we've been on lockdown since mid-March. That's a little over three months in which my ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Bill & Ted Face the Music
By Mat Brewster |
Our house has two stories but only one HVAC unit. This means that the upstairs (where my bedroom is) always ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Lovecraft Country
By Mat Brewster |
Over the last few years, I've really upped my movie-watching game. I've gone from watching around 10 movies per week ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Perry Mason
By Mat Brewster |
I started this month planning to watch a bunch of movies from the late, great, Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. I ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Tenet
By Mat Brewster |
Every week, I tell myself that as soon as I watch or read or listen to something cool I am ...
Read More Five Cool Things and I Know This Much Is True
By Mat Brewster |
This long lock-down, shut-in has created some interesting situations, not all of them bad. Don't get me wrong, I hate ...
Read More Five Cool 1930s Movies and a Sixth
By Mat Brewster |
For the month of April, I decided that my theme should be movies made in the 1930s. Actually, my original ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: A Good Opinion Is Hard to Find
By Shawn Bourdo |
It's been a minute since we put forth some of our Grade A, doctor-recommended, mother-approved opinions on pop culture and ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Run
By Mat Brewster |
Last month, I watched, on average, over one movie per day. I knew going into February I would not keep ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Hunters
By Mat Brewster |
I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I had a great time with mine and my wife’s family. I ...
Read More Best of 2019 Assorted Lists
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...
Read More Best of 2019 TV / Streaming Lists
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...
Read More Best of 2019 Film Lists
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Friday the 13th
By Mat Brewster |
This getting older thing is kind of a bummer. The other day I was bemoaning how old I'm getting and ...
Read More Five Cool Things and The Rise of Skywalker
By Mat Brewster |
For reasons I won't get into here, I've decided to shut my little music blog down. Probably permanently. There are ...
Read More Five Cool Things and The Dead Don’t Die
By Mat Brewster |
It has been one rough week. My professional and personal life have been filled with much stress. I don't want ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Another Birthday
By Mat Brewster |
I turned 43 on Monday. I took my kid ice skating on Saturday and took myself to the big used-book ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Good Omens
By Mat Brewster |
It has been a weird week. Last weekend, it snowed. Monday the temperature dropped to nearly zero degrees Fahrenheit. Tomorrow, ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Detective Pikachu
By Mat Brewster |
We moved back to Oklahoma a few years ago, but no matter how long I am here, I will never ...
Read More Five Cool Things and The ABC Murders
By Mat Brewster |
A great big pile of appreciation to my fellow Sentries who helped me out while I was on vacation. I'm ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Captain Marvel
By Mat Brewster |
Several years ago, before we moved, the wife and I had a regular foreign-film night. Every second Saturday of the ...
Read More Five Cool Things and The Last Jedi Trailer
By Mat Brewster |
Hi, remember me? I'm your local writer who talks about new releases and cool things each week. Except for the ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Tom Petty
By Gordon S. Miller |
I am taking over the reigns this week, the start of which was pretty brutal with the tragic loss of ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Annihilation
By Mat Brewster |
My wife had a birthday this week. I don't want to complain that my wife's birthday screws up my ability ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Joan Crawford
By Mat Brewster |
I don't know about you but I spend inordinate amounts of time searching for something to watch. You will regularly ...
Read More Five Cool Things and The Shape of Water
By Mat Brewster |
I watched one movie every day in the month of August. This is quite unusual for me as I usually ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Don Williams
By Mat Brewster |
Just jumping right in... Close Encounters of the Third Time There is a scene relatively early in Close Encounters where ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Hurricane Harvey
By Mat Brewster |
As a semi-professional movie reviewer (meaning I get some free perks, but not an actual pay check), I try to ...
Read More Five Cool Things and a Solar Eclipse
By Mat Brewster |
Another week, another five cool things. The eclipse dominated the headlines this week. I didn't have any special glasses but ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Crimetown
By Mat Brewster |
After a long day of work, I typically want to do nothing but lay on the couch, watch a movie, ...
Read More Five Cool Things and a New Cat
By Mat Brewster |
My wife took my daughter to Kentucky to visit her family this week. As anyone who has been in a ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Glacier National Park
By Mat Brewster |
A big thanks to Gordon for handling some of my duties while I was gone. The family and I took ...
Read More San Diego Comic-Con 2017: Taking a Step Back for a Look
By Shawn Bourdo |
What if I said that the San Diego Comic-Con International has nothing to do with comics? For anyone that has ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Ready Player One
By Mat Brewster |
As I'm desperately searching for cool things to write about each week, I've come to realize that while I'm discovering ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Edgar Wright
By Mat Brewster |
Edgar Wright's Baby Driver came out last week. I made plans with my cousin to see it on Tuesday afternoon. ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
By Mat Brewster |
Another week, another five cool things. GLOW I spoke a couple of weeks back about the trailer to the new ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Game of Thrones: Season 7
By Mat Brewster |
I work from home which has all kinds of advantages. One being that I don't have a boss with prying ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Anita Pallenberg
By Mat Brewster |
Summer has come to Oklahoma which means it's hot. Damn hot. Too hot to do anything but sit inside and ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Wonder Woman Getting Spanked
By Mat Brewster |
I spent much of last week catching up on all the DC films to prepare myself for the release of ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Foo Fighters
By Mat Brewster |
I try to go into movies cold, knowing as little as possible about them. I might watch a trailer and ...
Read More Five Cool Things and The Gifted
By Mat Brewster |
Its been a tough week around here. Last weekend, the cat we've had for 12 years went into kidney failure, ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Chris Cornell
By Mat Brewster |
It was a good week for movies in the Brewster house. I watched a couple of things I've been wanting ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Blade Runner 2049
By Mat Brewster |
My wife came down with something nasty last week. I'm sure I've complained in these pages about the numerous times ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Jonathan Demme
By Mat Brewster |
Let's just get to it, shall we? Here's five cool things I discovered this week. Fargo: Season 3 I've not ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Earth from Saturn
By Mat Brewster |
If I spent most of last week preparing for my daughter's birthday and the visitation of her grandparents, then this ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Good Friday
By Mat Brewster |
This week I spent a lot of time preparing for both my daughter's birthday and the arrival of my in-laws ...
Read More Five Cool Things and the New Pornographers
By Mat Brewster |
Last week, I had a lot of fun with my new Amazon Fire TV, streaming shows I'd previously not been ...
Read More My Most Anticipated at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival
By Lorna Miller |
One of the things I look forward to most every year is the TCM Classic Film Festival. It is a ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Christopher Walken
By Mat Brewster |
For my birthday last week, my wife bought me an Amazon Fire TV. We've had an Apple TV for several ...
Read More Five Cool Things and My Birthday
By Mat Brewster |
I'm running out of interesting things to say in the intro to these things so lets just get to it. ...
Read More Five Cool Things and St. Patrick’s Day
By Mat Brewster |
It seems like every time I write one of these I'm making excuses. Someone in my family was sick, or ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Robert Osborne
By Mat Brewster |
I've been writing this column for a little while now so I'm getting pretty good at making little lists of ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Logan
By Mat Brewster |
It's been a busy week in the Brewster home. Work has been absolutely insane. keeping my days mostly pop-culture free. ...
Read More Five Cool Things and an Early Spring
By Mat Brewster |
I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but once again sickness found its way into the Brewster house this ...
Read More Five Cool Things and George “The Animal” Steele
By Mat Brewster |
A great big thanks to Gordon and Shawn for helping out last week. A couple of weeks ago I noted ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Greta Anderson
By Cinema Sentries |
As Mat mentioned in the previous installment of Five Cool Things and..., "For the last couple of months, my wife ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Frederick Douglass
By Mat Brewster |
For the last couple of months, my wife and I have been passing The Crud back and forth between each ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Mary Tyler Moore
By Mat Brewster |
It has been a long, weird week in the Mat Brewster home, culturally speaking. Work has been busy, keeping me ...
Read More Five Cool Things and Moe Howard
By Mat Brewster |
To let you in on a little behind-the-scenes action here at Cinema Sentries, me and boss-man Gordon spent some time ...
Read More Five Cool Things and a Larch
By Mat Brewster |
It is universally acknowledged that 2016 sucked. The world of entertainment and art lost an unimaginable number of talented creators. ...
Read More Best Comic Releases of 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Katelyn Powers It felt like a dumpster fire kind of year, but let me tell you - it ...
Read More The Best TV Shows of 2016
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn and Kim take a look back at the brilliant storytelling shows from 2016. Shawn: If T&A is ...
Read More Artists Overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2016 Edition)
By Cinema Sentries |
Last week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their nominees for their 2017 induction ceremony, which will be ...
Read More Top 10 TV Shows That Deserve More Attention
By Shawn Bourdo |
Rolling Stone just conducted a major poll involving actors, writers, producers, critics, and showrunners to come up with the 100 ...
Read More Gene Wilder’s Other Films
By Shawn Bourdo |
It would be too easy to pick my five favorite Gene Wilder films. It would include the favorites like Willy ...
Read More Top 10 Films of the 21st Century (so far)
By Cinema Sentries |
The editors of BBC Culture "decided to commission a poll of critics to determine the 100 greatest films of the ...
Read More Maron Ended and My Dad Died, but Not in That Order
By Darcy Staniforth |
Three years ago today, my family and friends gathered at my parent's house to celebrate the life of my father ...
Read More Ghostbusters Reboot: Why We’re Cautiously Optimistic
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Elizabeth Eckhart The past few years have been met with constant reboots and remakes of old classics, such ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: DC TV
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn and Kim discuss the weekly DC Comics-based shows and shirtless heroes. Shawn: I've caught up on most ...
Read More My Favorite David Bowie Songs
By Davy |
David Bowie was a genius, a rebel, a god, and a musical innovator who had no equal. He was brilliant, ...
Read More David Bowie, The Heart’s Filthy Lesson, Se7en, and Me
By Kent Conrad |
David Fincher led me to David Bowie. I doubt that was a typical path to the Thin White Duke, but ...
Read More Remembering David Bowie and “Under Pressure”
By generaljabbo |
Being an only child, but having some hip uncles who were more like older brothers, I got exposed to a ...
Read More David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” Signified the Arrival of an Innovator
By Kit O'Toole |
Against a blindingly white background, a man stands alone. Clad in a sky-blue suit and sporting technicolor makeup, the figure ...
Read More T&A Take on TV 2015
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn and Kim reflect on their favorite television programs and the disappointments. Shawn: We've had a few opportunities ...
Read More Holiday Gift Guide 2015
By Cinema Sentries |
Before heading out to brave the sales-hunting crowds or shopping from the comfort of the Internet, some of us thought ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: The Bastard Executioner
By Shawn Bourdo |
The following entries were written simultaneously by Shawn and Kim as a summary of the one and only season of ...
Read More Why We Watch: Looking at Our TV Choices
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Scott Blitstein Even with DVR and on-Demand viewing to allow maximum scheduling opportunities, the amount of tv content ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear The Walking Dead: “Cobalt”
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Kim has questions and Episode 5 (Shawn) has answers. Kim: Episode 5, I kind of liked you. You ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear the Walking Dead: “Not Fade Away”
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn and Kim are grateful there are only two episodes left. Shawn: Well, I got what I asked ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear the Walking Dead: “The Dog”
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Kim and Shawn search for something positive to say about Fear the Walking Dead. Kim: Maddie! Travis! Liza! ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear the Walking Dead: “So Close, Yet So Far”
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn and Kim (and some fictional characters) offer advice to the gang from Fear the Walking Dead. Shawn: ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear the Walking Dead: “Pilot”
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Kim and Shawn offer their initial thoughts on the first episode of the Fear the Walking Dead. Kim: ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Looking at The Walking Dead’s Glenn Rhee
By Shawn Bourdo |
Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee - The Walking Dead _ Season 6, Episode 7 - Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC In ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Catching up on the Current TV Season
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) riff on some recent TV thingies... Shawn: It's been far too long since ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Looking at The Walking Dead’s Dr. Eugene Porter
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Kim (@kimfreakinb) and Shawn (@genx13) step back to look at one of their favorite characters. "The smartest man ...
Read More Remembering Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
By Cinema Sentries |
Leonard Nimoy died on February 27 due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which he claimed was due ...
Read More Remembering Bruce Sinofsky and How He Changed My Life
By Darcy Staniforth |
Part of the reason I tend to review a lot of documentaries for Cinema Sentries because I know, on a ...
Read More Favorite Films of 2014
By Cinema Sentries |
When the Academy Award nominations are revealed in just a few hours, the final stage of marketing/recognizing films and filmmakers ...
Read More Adam Blair’s 2014 Movie Roundup
By Adam Blair |
I saw about 30 movies in theaters in 2014. Some are getting tons of attention during awards season, and rightfully ...
Read More These Are a Few of My Favorite Saturday Morning Shows
By Gordon S. Miller |
September 27, 2014 was the last airing of the CW's Saturday morning cartoon line-up, known in its final iteration as ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Sons of Anarchy: Season One: Ain’t Your Father’s MC
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) reminisce about Season One of Sons of Anarchy. Shawn just started watching the ...
Read More Battling the Bear: Reflections on Robin Williams (1951-2014)
By Darcy Staniforth |
“Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you” - Preacher Roe That quote is what has been ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: The Killing: Season Four Gets Sent Off
By Shawn Bourdo |
This conversation takes place between Kim (@kimfreakinB) who watched The Killing as it aired and Shawn (@genx13) who watched every ...
Read More Favorite Robin Williams Performances
By Cinema Sentries |
As news of Robin Williams' death at the age of 63 broke across the media landscape, there was a slow ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: An Awesome Mix of Ideas about Guardians of the Galaxy
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@KimFreakinB) consider Guardians of the Galaxy and other Marvel Comics movies: Shawn: I am Groot! Spoiler alert - I ...
Read More Thoughtful & Abstract: Changes at Marvel Comics Fail to Impress
By Shawn Bourdo |
In which Shawn and Kim consider the news about changes coing to a couple Marvel Comics characters: Shawn: This past ...
Read More Favorite Tom Cruise Movies
By Cinema Sentries |
Over the past 30 years, few actors have been as big a movie star as Tom Cruise has. With his ...
Read More Favorite Time-travel Movies
By Cinema Sentries |
This weekend the X-Men franchise returns to theaters with Days of Future Past, which finds Wolverine being sent back in ...
Read More Favorite Monster Movies
By Cinema Sentries |
With Gareth Edwards' Godzilla roaring into theaters this weekend, it seemed as good a time as any to reveal our ...
Read More Songs Ruined by Movies
By Cinema Sentries |
Even before the advent of sound, movies had live accompaniment as they played in theaters. That's because music's intrinsic ability ...
Read More Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2014
By Cinema Sentries |
While the calendar says different, movie-goers know the first weekend of May is when summer begins. Over four months, Hollywood ...
Read More My Top Picks for the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival
By Lorna Miller |
Each year when the schedule for the TCM Classic Film Festival is posted, I feel equal levels of excitement and ...
Read More The Best and Worst of Summer 2013
By Cinema Sentries |
Although summer officially ends on September 21, for movie fans, summer ends Labor Day. Hollywood blockbusters fade from the multiplex ...
Read More The Sentries Select Their Favorite Film of 2012
By Cinema Sentries |
Joining in the award-season festivities, we here at the site wanted to mention a few of our favorites from 2012. ...
Read More Our Favorite Christmas Movies
By Cinema Sentries |
As a gift to our faithful readers, Cinema Sentries offers up a few of our favorite Christmas movies. Christmas in ...
Read More Pulp Fiction: The Five Things I Love About It
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez What can be said about Pulp Fiction that hasn't been written since the film's release in ...
Read More Reflections on Paul McCartney’s ‘Live and Let Die’
By Cinema Sentries |
James Bond films are known for many things, especially the gadgets, the girls, and the music. John Barry's "James Bond ...
Read More Don’t Go See A Movie This Weekend
By Gordon S. Miller |
I know that seems an odd statement coming from a website that revels in movies, but that was my immediate ...
Read More Cinema Summary: My Summer Movies of 2012
By Rons Reviews |
The season opened solidly on May 4th with the debut of the much anticipated Avengers. Directed by Joss Whedon, The ...
Read More Iconic Movie Scenes from the ’80s
By Cinema Sentries |
You never know where inspiration is going to come from. Earlier in the month before he began contributing to the ...
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