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From the Couch Hole: How Long It’s Been Since Yesterday

By Shawn Bourdo | Nov 26, 2023

Previously on FTCH, Priscilla told a horse's tale about the bling ring. The lullaby was a cure and it was ...

Cinema Sentries 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

By Cinema Sentries | Nov 23, 2023

Gift buying for others is not always so easy. That's why we here at Cinema Sentries have compiled a holiday ...

My 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule

By Lorna Miller | Apr 8, 2023

The 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival is right around the corner, and it is time to start planning my schedule. ...

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From the Couch Hole: Best of TV/Streaming 2022 – Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Fall

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 1, 2023

From 2005-2013 and 2017-2020, I punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best Of List. In 2021, I returned ...

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The Cinema Sentries 2022 Gift Guide

By Cinema Sentries | Nov 25, 2022

Holiday shopping gets a big push this time of year. In response, the Sentries offer gift-idea suggestions as you shop ...

From the Couch Hole: Why Worry When It’s Warm Over Here

By Shawn Bourdo | Oct 30, 2022

Previously on FTCH, Michael was back for Halloween, Ben returned, and Jet Screamer made an appearance. The Hocus Pocus were fruity, ...

From the Couch Hole: Got My Good Side On

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 18, 2022

Previously on FTCH, we had pebbles that were fruity and pretzels that were beer cheese. We had a skeleton crew, four ...

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From the Couch Hole: And Talking Is the Only Way, Then Rap On

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 11, 2022

Previously on FTCH, we pumped it up with cinnafuego and a fruit mix-up. There was a prince, a pauper, and uncut ...

From the Couch Hole: Until You Can Feel It

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 4, 2022

Previously on FTCH, we were cheeto cheese and peach cobbler. We were pulp and mash in dream world and the dark ...

Comic-Con International: San Diego 2022 Friday Program Highlights

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 8, 2022

Friday's programming schedule has been released. I have less conflicts than yesterday, but looks like the day is going to ...

Comic-Con International: San Diego 2022 Thursday Program Highlights

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 7, 2022

Previously when going over convention schedules to create articles like this, my intention is to attend most, if not all, ...

From the Couch Hole Special Edition: Best of 2006 Redux (You’re Gonna Walk with Me and Talk with Me)

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 3, 2022

I'm taking a break on the First Anniversary of FTCH. I love my usual format because it allows me to ...

From the Couch Hole: And Nobody Knows Like Me

By Shawn Bourdo | Jun 12, 2022

Previously on FTCH, it was a COVID-delayed episode that featured purple thunder and a machine that can create rainstorms. There were ...

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From the Couch Hole: I Have a Picture Pinned to My Wall

By Shawn Bourdo | May 29, 2022

Previously on FTCH, it was a flamin' hot episode with old bay seasoning. There was lawn mowing and fire starting and ...

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From the Couch Hole: I’ll Be the Ticket If You’re My Collector

By Shawn Bourdo | May 15, 2022

Previously on FTCH, there was a striptease with a divorce at a funeral. We mixed cinnamon toast with charms and for ...

From The Couch Hole: Under Blue Moon, I Saw You

By Shawn Bourdo | Apr 24, 2022

Previously on FTCH, Tom Sawyer was abroad and everything was everywhere. At the same time, the city was on fire, ...

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From the Couch Hole: Inside You the Time Moves

By Shawn Bourdo | Apr 17, 2022

Previously on FTCH, we had a week dedicated to the Nineties. There were Langoliers and Violent Femmes. There was Armageddon ...

My (Tentative) 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule

By Lorna Miller | Apr 16, 2022

The COVID pandemic resulted in the cancellation of many activities. One that I have missed the most is the TCM ...

From the Couch Hole: I Can’t Wait To See You

By Shawn Bourdo | Mar 27, 2022

Previously on FTCH, there were thin Kit Kats and Twinkies in your creamer. We visited Berlin, French Connection, and Batwoman ...

From the Couch Hole: Just Afloat On The Sea

By Shawn Bourdo | Mar 13, 2022

Previously on FTCH, there was a Stargirl and a Sugar Free Space cola. I included an hombre, a prophet, and ...

From the Couch Hole: The Sky Above Won’t Fall Down

By Shawn Bourdo | Mar 6, 2022

Previously on FTCH, there was Coke from Space and no one Leggo'd our Pop-Tarts. There was soft skin, ghosts, and ...

From the Couch Hole: Gold and Silver Shine

By Shawn Bourdo | Feb 27, 2022

Previously on FTCH, there was cheese in the crackers, rabbits on the run, and a death on the Nile. We ...

From the Couch Hole: Seven Horses Seem to Be on the Mark

By Shawn Bourdo | Feb 20, 2022

Previously on FTCH, there was a Fantastic Planet, fantastic birthday cookies, and two fantastic detectives. We asked you to hold ...

From the Couch Hole: Turn All the Lights up to Ten

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 30, 2022

Previously on FTCH, we had a flamin' hot time with Yellowstone, chocolate Oreos and we adored Prince at his best. ...

From the Couch Hole: I’m Just Trying to Say

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 23, 2022

Previously on FTCH, we welcomed some clusters of the Reese's and Oreo Toffee variety. There was a ride along with ...

From the Couch Hole: When the Little Things You’re Doing Don’t Turn Out Right

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 16, 2022

Previously on FTCH, we started the new season with King, Mountain Dew (your constant writer's weaknesses) and we spiced up ...

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From the Couch Hole: It’s Only a Heartbeat Away

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 9, 2022

Previously on FTCH, your last regular episode featured a doggy named Bobby and cookies with a doggy named Snoopy on ...

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From the Couch Hole: Best of the Rest 2021 – No Need to Worry, No Need to Cry

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 2, 2022

From 2005 through 2013, my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best Of List. ...

From the Couch Hole: Best of TV/Streaming 2021 – Like a Rainbow Crafted by a Drunken Leprechaun

By Shawn Bourdo | Dec 26, 2021

From 2005 through 2013, my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best Of List. ...

From the Couch Hole: Best of Film 2021: Don’t Cry in My Office

By Shawn Bourdo | Dec 19, 2021

From 2005 through 2013, my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best Of List. ...

From the Couch Hole: Keep On Keeping On

By Shawn Bourdo | Dec 12, 2021

Previously on FTCH, we walked with Hendrix, Who, and Woo. There were hot almonds, sour corns, and gingerbread candy bars. ...

From the Couch Hole: So Now You’ve Caught On

By Shawn Bourdo | Dec 5, 2021

Previously on FTCH, we dove into sad ads with Apple and cheesy wings at Applebee's. With King, we went through ...

From the Couch Hole: Put a Smile on Your Face

By Shawn Bourdo | Nov 28, 2021

Previously on FTCH, we pursued amusement parks, big drivers, and presidential assassinations with Stephen King, and along the way sampled ...

From The Couch Hole: Try and Think of the Right Words to Say

By Shawn Bourdo | Nov 7, 2021

Previously on FTCH, we we waltzed to the pumpkin patch with Linus, thought about life with Ray Bradbury, and looked ...

From the Couch Hole: When the Stars Start Falling

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 12, 2021

Previously on FTCH, we went under the dome, shrieked about Skittles, and mused on murders in the building. This week, ...

From the Couch Hole: Feel Sunshine Sparkle Pink and Blue

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 15, 2021

Previously on FTCH, we talked twins, made a bargain, and wondered how Wendy's fit a spicy chicken into a Pringle. ...

From the Couch Hole: We’ve Seen the Rain and the Sunshine Together

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 1, 2021

Previously on FTCW, we solved mysteries with the Drew Crew but we couldn't solve the Case of the Grey Skittles. ...

From the Couch Hole: Life Is Filled with Confusion

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 25, 2021

Previously on FTCH we mused upon summer jobs, we caught some blues with the Allman Brothers and the signature potato chip ...

From the Couch Hole: Fell in Love by the Soda Machine

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 11, 2021

Season One, Episode One was well received. We're moving on to Episode Two and I'm starting to get more into ...

From the Couch Hole: Maybe We Can Stay in Touch

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 4, 2021

There was once a blog named "Sunday Morning Tuneage". From 2006 - 2013 on MySpace, I wrote a weekly dispatch ...

Best of 2020 (Pandemic Edition): Best of the Rest

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 2, 2021

2020 BY THE NUMBERS 4,872,686 steps taken this year (2361 miles, 64 less than 2019)365 Days walking over 5 miles ...

Best of 2020 (Pandemic Edition): The TV/Streaming Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 1, 2021

From 2005 through 2012 I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...

Best of 2020 (Pandemic Edition): The Film Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Dec 31, 2020

From 2005 through 2012 I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...

Five Cool Things and Dune (2020)

By Mat Brewster | Oct 2, 2020

I think I speak for nearly everyone on the planet when I say that this year has not gone as ...

By Mat Brewster | Sep 18, 2020

I started this month with the intention of watching a lot of science fiction films set in space. As I ...

Five Cool Things and Two Jules Dassin Films Get the Criterion Treatment

By Mat Brewster | Sep 11, 2020

Last week, I noted that for the month of September I was going to try to watch space-based science fiction ...

Five Cool Things and No Time to Die Trailer

By Mat Brewster | Sep 4, 2020

It has been a while since I did a theme month for the movies I'm watching. I think I got ...

Five Cool Things and Chadwick Boseman

By Mat Brewster | Aug 28, 2020

School finally started around these parts. My daughter has been out of school, or at least not physically attending school ...

Five Cool Things and The Suicide Squad

By Mat Brewster | Aug 21, 2020

My apologies for taking a couple of weeks off. One of our subcontractors told us a few weeks ago that ...

Five Cool Things and the New Mutants

By Mat Brewster | Jul 31, 2020

It was an eclectic week for old Mat Brewster and his consumption of cool things. We've got new horror movies, ...

Five Cool Things and a Bookstore Haul

By Mat Brewster | Jul 24, 2020

I got out of the house today. I get out of the house most days, actually. Work takes me to ...

Five Cool Things and Possessor

By Mat Brewster | Jul 19, 2020

For nearly four months now, my family and I have gotten up on Saturday mornings, piddled around, watched TV, and ...

Five Cool Things and Gillian Welch’s All the Good Times Are Past and Gone

By Mat Brewster | Jul 10, 2020

Hamilton I finally got to see the show everyone has been talking about for five years. When Hamilton first became ...

Five Cool Things and the Fourth of July

By Mat Brewster | Jul 3, 2020

It is a holiday weekend and I'm making the most of it. So let's get right into this week's cool ...

Five Cool Things and Pearl Jam Uncensored

By Mat Brewster | Jun 26, 2020

I'm a huge fan of Letterboxd, the social networking site for film nerds. It is a great way to track ...

Five Cool Things and Ian Holm

By Mat Brewster | Jun 19, 2020

I was realizing today that we've been on lockdown since mid-March. That's a little over three months in which my ...

Five Cool Things and Bill & Ted Face the Music

By Mat Brewster | Jun 12, 2020

Our house has two stories but only one HVAC unit. This means that the upstairs (where my bedroom is) always ...

Five Cool Things and Lovecraft Country

By Mat Brewster | Jun 5, 2020

Over the last few years, I've really upped my movie-watching game. I've gone from watching around 10 movies per week ...

Five Cool Things and Perry Mason

By Mat Brewster | May 29, 2020

I started this month planning to watch a bunch of movies from the late, great, Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. I ...

Five Cool Things and Tenet

By Mat Brewster | May 22, 2020

Every week, I tell myself that as soon as I watch or read or listen to something cool I am ...

Five Cool Things and Fred Willard

By Mat Brewster | May 15, 2020

I recently received, watched, and reviewed a boxed set of three films from Kino Lorber entitled Film Noir: The Dark ...

Five Cool Things and I Know This Much Is True

By Mat Brewster | May 8, 2020

This long lock-down, shut-in has created some interesting situations, not all of them bad. Don't get me wrong, I hate ...

Five Cool 1930s Movies and a Sixth

By Mat Brewster | May 1, 2020

For the month of April, I decided that my theme should be movies made in the 1930s. Actually, my original ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: A Good Opinion Is Hard to Find

By Shawn Bourdo | Mar 15, 2020

It's been a minute since we put forth some of our Grade A, doctor-recommended, mother-approved opinions on pop culture and ...

Five Cool Things and Run

By Mat Brewster | Feb 21, 2020

Last month, I watched, on average, over one movie per day. I knew going into February I would not keep ...

Five Cool Things and Hunters

By Mat Brewster | Jan 4, 2020

I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I had a great time with mine and my wife’s family. I ...

Best of 2019 Assorted Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 3, 2020

From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...

Best of 2019 TV / Streaming Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 2, 2020

From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...

Best of 2019 Film Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 1, 2020

From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...

Five Cool Things and Friday the 13th

By Mat Brewster | Sep 13, 2019

This getting older thing is kind of a bummer. The other day I was bemoaning how old I'm getting and ...

Five Cool Things and Alice in Wonderland

By Mat Brewster | Apr 19, 2019

My daughter celebrated her eighth year of life this week. That seems an incredibly long time and yet it seems ...

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Five Cool Things and The Rise of Skywalker

By Mat Brewster | Apr 12, 2019

For reasons I won't get into here, I've decided to shut my little music blog down. Probably permanently. There are ...

Five Cool Things and The Dead Don’t Die

By Mat Brewster | Apr 5, 2019

It has been one rough week. My professional and personal life have been filled with much stress. I don't want ...

Five Cool Things and Another Birthday

By Mat Brewster | Mar 29, 2019

I turned 43 on Monday. I took my kid ice skating on Saturday and took myself to the big used-book ...

Five Cool Things and Good Omens

By Mat Brewster | Mar 8, 2019

It has been a weird week. Last weekend, it snowed. Monday the temperature dropped to nearly zero degrees Fahrenheit. Tomorrow, ...

Five Cool Things and Detective Pikachu

By Mat Brewster | Mar 1, 2019

We moved back to Oklahoma a few years ago, but no matter how long I am here, I will never ...

Five Cool Things and The ABC Murders

By Mat Brewster | Jan 5, 2019

A great big pile of appreciation to my fellow Sentries who helped me out while I was on vacation. I'm ...

Best of 2018 Film Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 1, 2019

From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...

Five Cool Things and Captain Marvel

By Mat Brewster | Sep 21, 2018

Several years ago, before we moved, the wife and I had a regular foreign-film night. Every second Saturday of the ...

Five Cool Things and Juliet, Naked

By Mat Brewster | Jun 29, 2018

It is officially summer here in Oklahoma, which means it is hot. Damn hot. Too hot to do anything but ...

Five Cool Things and Welcome to Marwen

By Mat Brewster | Jun 22, 2018

This is what I like to call "recovery week." After vacation, I always come home to a large stack of ...

Five Cool Things and the Grand Tetons

By Mat Brewster | Jun 15, 2018

A big thanks to Gordon and Shawn for filling in for me last week. As noted, I spent the week ...

Five Cool Things and Anthony Bourdain

By Cinema Sentries | Jun 8, 2018

As Mat stated last week, he's currently off in Wyoming celebrating his in-laws' 50th anniversary. But that doesn't mean people ...

Five Cool Things and Florence + the Machine

By Mat Brewster | Jun 1, 2018

My in-laws came to town again this week. Diligent readers will remember they were here not very long ago and ...

Five Cool Things and Christopher Robin

By Mat Brewster | May 26, 2018

I gave up Filmstruck to order Hulu so that I could watch the new season of The Handmaid's Tale. I ...

Five Cool Things and Deadpool 2

By Mat Brewster | May 19, 2018

For a long time, I stopped going to the movies. It was too expensive, I didn't live close to any ...

By Mat Brewster | May 11, 2018

I keep track of all the movies I watch every month and have various mental goals to keep up with. ...

Five Cool Things and U2

By Mat Brewster | May 4, 2018

In order to watch the new season of The Handmaid's Tale, I once again ordered a subscription to Hulu. They ...

Five Cool Things and 2001: A Space Odyssey

By Mat Brewster | Apr 28, 2018

Sorry I'm a little late with the Five Cool Things this week. I have plenty of stuff to talk about, ...

Five Cool Things and Nothing Compares 2 U

By Mat Brewster | Apr 20, 2018

As mentioned last week, my in-laws were in town this week, also as mentioned they put a damper on my ...

My (Tentative) 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 19, 2018

Although I am fortunate enough to attend both events, I am disappointed that CinemaCon and TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) ...

Five Cool Things and Ocean’s 8

By Mat Brewster | Apr 14, 2018

Last week, I noted that I had started several things and not finished them. My hope was to talk about ...

By Mat Brewster | Apr 6, 2018

Last weekend, we went to Tennessee to visit some old friends for Easter. This week, Oklahoma teachers staged a walk-out ...

Five Cool Things and The House with a Clock in Its Walls

By Mat Brewster | Mar 30, 2018

My birthday was last Sunday. My wife made me a nice breakfast, we went to a couple of books stores, ...

Five Cool Things and Mr. Rogers

By Mat Brewster | Mar 23, 2018

It is the start of my birthday weekend (I turn 42 on Sunday). My mother just picked up my daughter ...

Five Cool Things and Isle of Dogs

By Mat Brewster | Mar 16, 2018

After a long, dreary winter, spring is finally here. Our backyard tree is blooming, the temperatures are warming up, and ...

Five Cool Things and The Handmaid’s Tale: Season Two

By Mat Brewster | Mar 9, 2018

I have a tendency to be watching, reading and listening to multiple things at once. My wife laughs and scoffs ...

Five Cool Things and a Yellowstone TV Series

By Mat Brewster | Mar 2, 2018

In my continual playing of roulette with the many streaming services one can subscribe to, I landed on HBO this ...

Five Cool Things and Izzy Gets the F-ck Across Town

By Mat Brewster | Feb 23, 2018

I shouldn't write these things on Friday. It seems like every week I'm saying how long and exhausting the week ...

By Mat Brewster | Feb 16, 2018

Sickness has come to house Brewster again. My wife caught a nasty cold late last week and it's stayed with ...

Five Cool Things and Venom

By Mat Brewster | Feb 9, 2018

The Super Bowl aired this last Sunday. I didn't watch a single second of it. Not even for the commercials ...

Five Cool Things and Duncan Jones’ Mute

By Mat Brewster | Feb 2, 2018

I'm always late to the party when it comes to awards season. I simply don't make it to the theaters ...

Five Cool Things and Landscape with Snow

By Mat Brewster | Jan 26, 2018

It's always a challenge for me to balance between the movies I want to see and the television shows I ...

Five Cool Things and a New Heathers

By Mat Brewster | Jan 19, 2018

I try to write little pieces of this article as I watch, read, and listen to cool things throughout the ...

Five Cool Things and Fahrenheit 451

By Mat Brewster | Jan 12, 2018

Mat was felled by a stomach bug before he could finish writing his article, which is not a cool thing, ...

Five Cool Things and the Grateful Dead

By Mat Brewster | Jan 5, 2018

As noted in last week's entry, I spent the week between Christmas and New Year's at my in-laws spending time ...

Best of 2017 Assorted Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 2, 2018

From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...

Best of 2017 TV Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 1, 2018

We live in a very high-quality TV-show era now. Maybe the top end isn't as strong as a decade ago ...

Best of 2017 Film Lists

By Shawn Bourdo | Dec 31, 2017

From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...

By Mat Brewster | Dec 29, 2017

Hope everybody had an excellent Christmas. I kind of hope it was a little dull pop-culturewise or I'm about to ...

Five Cool Things and a Merry Christmas

By Mat Brewster | Dec 22, 2017

Apologies for the absence of Five Cool Things last week. I usually try to write them on Thursday night and ...

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Five Cool Things and Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom

By Mat Brewster | Dec 8, 2017

Winter is no longer coming, but is here, and with a vengeance. I woke up to temperatures in the teens ...

Five Cool Things and the Avengers: Infinity War Trailer

By Mat Brewster | Dec 1, 2017

I cut the cord many years ago. Netflix and my DVD collection do me just fine, thank you very much. ...

Five Cool Things and an Incredibles Sequel

By Mat Brewster | Nov 24, 2017

Thursday was Thanksgiving here in the United States. It has always been one of my favorite days of the year. ...

Five Cool Things and Dragon’s Lair

By Mat Brewster | Nov 17, 2017

Last week, I feared I was going to get sick like the rest of my family, which put me to ...

Five Cool Things and R.E.M’s Automatic for the People

By Mat Brewster | Nov 10, 2017

Sickness has been passing through my family. Both my parents got crazy sick a couple of weeks ago. Then my ...

Five Cool Things and The Disaster Artist

By Mat Brewster | Nov 3, 2017

My wife and I are not party people. We are much more comfortable sitting at home, watching movies, playing games, ...

Five Cool Things and The Square (2017)

By Mat Brewster | Oct 27, 2017

Last week, I noted that I somehow managed to watch quite a few movies even though my in-laws were in ...

Thoughtful & Abstract Take on TV 2017

By Shawn Bourdo | Oct 24, 2017

In which Shawn and Kim take a breath before The Walking Dead starts up again to look at what is ...

Five Cool Things and the Tragically Hip

By Mat Brewster | Oct 20, 2017

My in-laws came in for a visit this week. They are lovely people and I always enjoy their time here, ...

Five Cool Things and The Last Jedi Trailer

By Mat Brewster | Oct 13, 2017

Hi, remember me? I'm your local writer who talks about new releases and cool things each week. Except for the ...

Five Cool Things and Tom Petty

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 6, 2017

I am taking over the reigns this week, the start of which was pretty brutal with the tragic loss of ...

Five Cool Things and Annihilation

By Mat Brewster | Sep 29, 2017

My wife had a birthday this week. I don't want to complain that my wife's birthday screws up my ability ...

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Five Cool Things and Joan Crawford

By Mat Brewster | Sep 22, 2017

I don't know about you but I spend inordinate amounts of time searching for something to watch. You will regularly ...

Five Cool Things and The Shape of Water

By Mat Brewster | Sep 15, 2017

I watched one movie every day in the month of August. This is quite unusual for me as I usually ...

Five Cool Things and Don Williams

By Mat Brewster | Sep 9, 2017

Just jumping right in... Close Encounters of the Third Time There is a scene relatively early in Close Encounters where ...

Five Cool Things and Hurricane Harvey

By Mat Brewster | Sep 1, 2017

As a semi-professional movie reviewer (meaning I get some free perks, but not an actual pay check), I try to ...

Five Cool Things and a Solar Eclipse

By Mat Brewster | Aug 25, 2017

Another week, another five cool things. The eclipse dominated the headlines this week. I didn't have any special glasses but ...

Five Cool Things and Crimetown

By Mat Brewster | Aug 18, 2017

After a long day of work, I typically want to do nothing but lay on the couch, watch a movie, ...

Five Cool Things and a New Cat

By Mat Brewster | Aug 11, 2017

My wife took my daughter to Kentucky to visit her family this week. As anyone who has been in a ...

By Mat Brewster | Aug 4, 2017

A big thanks to Gordon for handling some of my duties while I was gone. The family and I took ...

San Diego Comic-Con 2017: Taking a Step Back for a Look

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 25, 2017

What if I said that the San Diego Comic-Con International has nothing to do with comics? For anyone that has ...

Five Cool Things and San Diego Comic-Con 2017

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 23, 2017

Mat, the normal curator for this column, and his family have gone on vacation, but with San Diego Comic-Con having ...

Five Cool Things and Ready Player One

By Mat Brewster | Jul 14, 2017

As I'm desperately searching for cool things to write about each week, I've come to realize that while I'm discovering ...

Five Cool Things and Edgar Wright

By Mat Brewster | Jul 7, 2017

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver came out last week. I made plans with my cousin to see it on Tuesday afternoon. ...

Five Cool Things and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

By Mat Brewster | Jun 30, 2017

Another week, another five cool things. GLOW I spoke a couple of weeks back about the trailer to the new ...

Five Cool Things and Game of Thrones: Season 7

By Mat Brewster | Jun 23, 2017

I work from home which has all kinds of advantages. One being that I don't have a boss with prying ...

Five Cool Things and Anita Pallenberg

By Mat Brewster | Jun 16, 2017

Summer has come to Oklahoma which means it's hot. Damn hot. Too hot to do anything but sit inside and ...

Five Cool Things and Wonder Woman Getting Spanked

By Mat Brewster | Jun 9, 2017

I spent much of last week catching up on all the DC films to prepare myself for the release of ...

Five Cool Things and Foo Fighters

By Mat Brewster | Jun 2, 2017

I try to go into movies cold, knowing as little as possible about them. I might watch a trailer and ...

Five Cool Things and The Gifted

By Mat Brewster | May 26, 2017

Its been a tough week around here. Last weekend, the cat we've had for 12 years went into kidney failure, ...

Five Cool Things and Chris Cornell

By Mat Brewster | May 19, 2017

It was a good week for movies in the Brewster house. I watched a couple of things I've been wanting ...

Five Cool Things and Blade Runner 2049

By Mat Brewster | May 12, 2017

My wife came down with something nasty last week. I'm sure I've complained in these pages about the numerous times ...

Five Cool Things and Jonathan Demme

By Mat Brewster | Apr 28, 2017

Let's just get to it, shall we? Here's five cool things I discovered this week. Fargo: Season 3 I've not ...

Five Cool Things and Earth from Saturn

By Mat Brewster | Apr 21, 2017

If I spent most of last week preparing for my daughter's birthday and the visitation of her grandparents, then this ...

Five Cool Things and Good Friday

By Mat Brewster | Apr 14, 2017

This week I spent a lot of time preparing for both my daughter's birthday and the arrival of my in-laws ...

Five Cool Things and the New Pornographers

By Mat Brewster | Apr 7, 2017

Last week, I had a lot of fun with my new Amazon Fire TV, streaming shows I'd previously not been ...

My Most Anticipated at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival

By Lorna Miller | Apr 3, 2017

One of the things I look forward to most every year is the TCM Classic Film Festival. It is a ...

Five Cool Things and Christopher Walken

By Mat Brewster | Mar 31, 2017

For my birthday last week, my wife bought me an Amazon Fire TV. We've had an Apple TV for several ...

Five Cool Things and My Birthday

By Mat Brewster | Mar 24, 2017

I'm running out of interesting things to say in the intro to these things so lets just get to it. ...

Five Cool Things and St. Patrick’s Day

By Mat Brewster | Mar 17, 2017

It seems like every time I write one of these I'm making excuses. Someone in my family was sick, or ...

Five Cool Things and Robert Osborne

By Mat Brewster | Mar 10, 2017

I've been writing this column for a little while now so I'm getting pretty good at making little lists of ...

Five Cool Things and Logan

By Mat Brewster | Mar 3, 2017

It's been a busy week in the Brewster home. Work has been absolutely insane. keeping my days mostly pop-culture free. ...

Five Cool Things and an Early Spring

By Mat Brewster | Feb 24, 2017

I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but once again sickness found its way into the Brewster house this ...

Five Cool Things and George “The Animal” Steele

By Mat Brewster | Feb 17, 2017

A great big thanks to Gordon and Shawn for helping out last week. A couple of weeks ago I noted ...

Five Cool Things and Greta Anderson

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 10, 2017

As Mat mentioned in the previous installment of Five Cool Things and..., "For the last couple of months, my wife ...

Five Cool Things and Frederick Douglass

By Mat Brewster | Feb 3, 2017

For the last couple of months, my wife and I have been passing The Crud back and forth between each ...

Five Cool Things and Mary Tyler Moore

By Mat Brewster | Jan 27, 2017

It has been a long, weird week in the Mat Brewster home, culturally speaking. Work has been busy, keeping me ...

Five Cool Things and Moe Howard

By Mat Brewster | Jan 20, 2017

To let you in on a little behind-the-scenes action here at Cinema Sentries, me and boss-man Gordon spent some time ...

Five Cool Things and a Larch

By Mat Brewster | Jan 13, 2017

It is universally acknowledged that 2016 sucked. The world of entertainment and art lost an unimaginable number of talented creators. ...

Best Comic Releases of 2016

By Cinema Sentries | Jan 11, 2017

Written by Katelyn Powers It felt like a dumpster fire kind of year, but let me tell you - it ...

The Best TV Shows of 2016

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 3, 2017

In which Shawn and Kim take a look back at the brilliant storytelling shows from 2016. Shawn: If T&A is ...

Artists Overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2016 Edition)

By Cinema Sentries | Oct 23, 2016

Last week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their nominees for their 2017 induction ceremony, which will be ...

Top 10 TV Shows That Deserve More Attention

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 24, 2016

Rolling Stone just conducted a major poll involving actors, writers, producers, critics, and showrunners to come up with the 100 ...

Gene Wilder’s Other Films

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 30, 2016

It would be too easy to pick my five favorite Gene Wilder films. It would include the favorites like Willy ...

By Cinema Sentries | Aug 26, 2016

The editors of BBC Culture "decided to commission a poll of critics to determine the 100 greatest films of the ...

Maron Ended and My Dad Died, but Not in That Order

By Darcy Staniforth | Jul 27, 2016

Three years ago today, my family and friends gathered at my parent's house to celebrate the life of my father ...

Ghostbusters Reboot: Why We’re Cautiously Optimistic

By Cinema Sentries | Jul 13, 2016

Written by Elizabeth Eckhart The past few years have been met with constant reboots and remakes of old classics, such ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: DC TV

By Shawn Bourdo | Feb 1, 2016

In which Shawn and Kim discuss the weekly DC Comics-based shows and shirtless heroes. Shawn: I've caught up on most ...

My Favorite David Bowie Songs

By Davy | Jan 14, 2016

David Bowie was a genius, a rebel, a god, and a musical innovator who had no equal. He was brilliant, ...

David Bowie, The Heart’s Filthy Lesson, Se7en, and Me

By Kent Conrad | Jan 13, 2016

David Fincher led me to David Bowie. I doubt that was a typical path to the Thin White Duke, but ...

Remembering David Bowie and “Under Pressure”

By generaljabbo | Jan 12, 2016

Being an only child, but having some hip uncles who were more like older brothers, I got exposed to a ...

By Kit O'Toole | Jan 11, 2016

Against a blindingly white background, a man stands alone. Clad in a sky-blue suit and sporting technicolor makeup, the figure ...

T&A Take on TV 2015

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 4, 2016

In which Shawn and Kim reflect on their favorite television programs and the disappointments. Shawn: We've had a few opportunities ...

Holiday Gift Guide 2015

By Cinema Sentries | Nov 26, 2015

Before heading out to brave the sales-hunting crowds or shopping from the comfort of the Internet, some of us thought ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: The Bastard Executioner

By Shawn Bourdo | Nov 19, 2015

The following entries were written simultaneously by Shawn and Kim as a summary of the one and only season of ...

Why We Watch: Looking at Our TV Choices

By Cinema Sentries | Nov 8, 2015

Written by Scott Blitstein Even with DVR and on-Demand viewing to allow maximum scheduling opportunities, the amount of tv content ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear The Walking Dead: “Cobalt”

By Shawn Bourdo | Oct 2, 2015

In which Kim has questions and Episode 5 (Shawn) has answers. Kim: Episode 5, I kind of liked you. You ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear the Walking Dead: “Not Fade Away”

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 23, 2015

In which Shawn and Kim are grateful there are only two episodes left. Shawn: Well, I got what I asked ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear the Walking Dead: “The Dog”

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 17, 2015

In which Kim and Shawn search for something positive to say about Fear the Walking Dead. Kim: Maddie! Travis! Liza! ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear the Walking Dead: “So Close, Yet So Far”

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 1, 2015

In which Shawn and Kim (and some fictional characters) offer advice to the gang from Fear the Walking Dead. Shawn: ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Fear the Walking Dead: “Pilot”

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 28, 2015

In which Kim and Shawn offer their initial thoughts on the first episode of the Fear the Walking Dead. Kim: ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Looking at The Walking Dead’s Glenn Rhee

By Shawn Bourdo | Apr 1, 2015

Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee - The Walking Dead _ Season 6, Episode 7 - Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC In ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Catching up on the Current TV Season

By Shawn Bourdo | Mar 16, 2015

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) riff on some recent TV thingies... Shawn: It's been far too long since ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Looking at The Walking Dead’s Dr. Eugene Porter

By Shawn Bourdo | Mar 14, 2015

In which Kim (@kimfreakinb) and Shawn (@genx13) step back to look at one of their favorite characters. "The smartest man ...

Remembering Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 28, 2015

Leonard Nimoy died on February 27 due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which he claimed was due ...

Remembering Bruce Sinofsky and How He Changed My Life

By Darcy Staniforth | Feb 22, 2015

Part of the reason I tend to review a lot of documentaries for Cinema Sentries because I know, on a ...

Favorite Films of 2014

By Cinema Sentries | Jan 15, 2015

When the Academy Award nominations are revealed in just a few hours, the final stage of marketing/recognizing films and filmmakers ...

Adam Blair’s 2014 Movie Roundup

By Adam Blair | Jan 11, 2015

I saw about 30 movies in theaters in 2014. Some are getting tons of attention during awards season, and rightfully ...

These Are a Few of My Favorite Saturday Morning Shows

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 4, 2014

September 27, 2014 was the last airing of the CW's Saturday morning cartoon line-up, known in its final iteration as ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Sons of Anarchy: Season One: Ain’t Your Father’s MC

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 4, 2014

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) reminisce about Season One of Sons of Anarchy. Shawn just started watching the ...

Battling the Bear: Reflections on Robin Williams (1951-2014)

By Darcy Staniforth | Aug 13, 2014

“Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you” - Preacher Roe That quote is what has been ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: The Killing: Season Four Gets Sent Off

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 13, 2014

This conversation takes place between Kim (@kimfreakinB) who watched The Killing as it aired and Shawn (@genx13) who watched every ...

Favorite Robin Williams Performances

By Cinema Sentries | Aug 13, 2014

As news of Robin Williams' death at the age of 63 broke across the media landscape, there was a slow ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: An Awesome Mix of Ideas about Guardians of the Galaxy

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 6, 2014

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@KimFreakinB) consider Guardians of the Galaxy and other Marvel Comics movies: Shawn: I am Groot! Spoiler alert - I ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: Changes at Marvel Comics Fail to Impress

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 20, 2014

In which Shawn and Kim consider the news about changes coing to a couple Marvel Comics characters: Shawn: This past ...

By Cinema Sentries | Jun 7, 2014

Over the past 30 years, few actors have been as big a movie star as Tom Cruise has. With his ...

Favorite Time-travel Movies

By Cinema Sentries | May 24, 2014

This weekend the X-Men franchise returns to theaters with Days of Future Past, which finds Wolverine being sent back in ...

Favorite Monster Movies

By Cinema Sentries | May 15, 2014

With Gareth Edwards' Godzilla roaring into theaters this weekend, it seemed as good a time as any to reveal our ...

Songs Ruined by Movies

By Cinema Sentries | May 9, 2014

Even before the advent of sound, movies had live accompaniment as they played in theaters. That's because music's intrinsic ability ...

Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2014

By Cinema Sentries | May 2, 2014

While the calendar says different, movie-goers know the first weekend of May is when summer begins. Over four months, Hollywood ...

My Top Picks for the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival

By Lorna Miller | Apr 9, 2014

Each year when the schedule for the TCM Classic Film Festival is posted, I feel equal levels of excitement and ...

The Best and Worst of Summer 2013

By Cinema Sentries | Sep 6, 2013

Although summer officially ends on September 21, for movie fans, summer ends Labor Day. Hollywood blockbusters fade from the multiplex ...

The Sentries Select Their Favorite Film of 2012

By Cinema Sentries | Jan 13, 2013

Joining in the award-season festivities, we here at the site wanted to mention a few of our favorites from 2012. ...

Our Favorite Christmas Movies

By Cinema Sentries | Dec 22, 2012

As a gift to our faithful readers, Cinema Sentries offers up a few of our favorite Christmas movies. Christmas in ...

Pulp Fiction: The Five Things I Love About It

By Cinema Sentries | Dec 7, 2012

Written by Kristen Lopez What can be said about Pulp Fiction that hasn't been written since the film's release in ...

Reflections on Paul McCartney’s ‘Live and Let Die’

By Cinema Sentries | Aug 30, 2012

James Bond films are known for many things, especially the gadgets, the girls, and the music. John Barry's "James Bond ...

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 20, 2012

I know that seems an odd statement coming from a website that revels in movies, but that was my immediate ...

By Rons Reviews | Jul 5, 2012

The season opened solidly on May 4th with the debut of the much anticipated Avengers. Directed by Joss Whedon, The ...

Iconic Movie Scenes from the ’80s

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 23, 2012

You never know where inspiration is going to come from. Earlier in the month before he began contributing to the ...

Classic Films Made After 1991

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 8, 2012

Written by Staff Sentry Greg Barbrick reviewed the book Reel Culture where author Mimi O’Connor chose “50 films you should ...

Cinema Sentries Select the Best of 2011

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 26, 2012

With the Oscars just hours away from honoring the best of 2011, a few Sentries have gathered to name their ...

By Cinema Sentries | Jan 27, 2012

Written by Amanda Salazar Max Naylor: Hi everybody. I’d like you to meet Amanda. She’s a programmer from an independent ...

Most Anticipated Films of 2012

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 1, 2012

With a new year upon us, it's the perfect time to start marking the calendar with release dates. What follows ...

My Last Movie Before the Rapture

By Gordon S. Miller | May 21, 2011

While I don’t understand it myself, a number of people in the media have apparently decided to stop paying attention ...

By Shawn Bourdo | Jan 9, 2011

Each year I predict what my favorite movies for the upcoming year will be. I'm usually so far off that ...