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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yojimbo lobby card on display of the website

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Steven Spielberg Film ET The Extra Terrestrial Poster

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 ...

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 ...