Weekend Box Office: The Dark Knight Rises Again
The big-screen Batman/Superman crossover event may have barely met its domestic box office expectations (which were admittedly huge), but it blew its predicted overseas totals out of the water!
‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’ Review: Bigger, Greeker,
Say what you will about the decade-late sequels to ‘Anchorman’ and ‘Zoolander’, but at least those movies had adoring cult audiences that demanded sequels for so long that their creators eventually gave in....
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 27th, 2016 – Don’t
Don’t you just hate returning to work after a long holiday weekend? We hope you got your fill of chocolate bunnies, Peeps and jelly beans, because it’s time to look at a new week’s worth of Blu-ray releases.
Weekend Roundtable: Lamest Character Death Ret-cons
The character death ret-con, in which a fan-favorite character is traumatically killed off, only for the story’s writers to miraculously bring him or her back later through an unbelievable plot contrivance, is one of the mos...
Easter Weekend Movies: And Justice for All
Who would dare to open a new movie opposite both Batman and Superman? A one-hit-wonder filmmaker who’s smack-dab in the heart of a mid-life crisis, that’s who.
‘The Clan’ Review: Disturbed Kidnapping for the Whole
A peculiar domestic crime thriller laced with political allegory and morbid wit that’s also somehow based on a true story, Pablo Trapero’s ‘The Clan’ is absolutely fascinating and well worth seeking out for...
‘The Flash’ 2.16 Recap: “There’s Beauty i
Barry Allen really needs to stop describing himself as “the fastest man alive” in the intro to every episode of the ‘The Flash’ if he’s going to keep getting outraced by other speedsters. First was th...
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 3.13 Recap: “You Wanna
The last two episodes of ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ have disappointed me quite a bit. This week’s in particular is basically a pointless waste of an hour that exists only to set up a spinoff show that, at this poin...
‘Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Review: Well, A
After three years of studio hype and internet hate, ‘Batman v. Superman’ is finally here. Predictably, the first wave of reviews have been overwhelmingly harsh. However, for the most part, that reaction has been a litt...
‘The Lobster’ Review: My Big Fat Greek Surreal Allego
The best part of sitting down to enjoy a new feature by Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos (‘Dogtooth‘, ‘Alps’) is knowing that there’s no point in having expectations. Lanthimos doesn’t make movies ...
‘Bates Motel’ 4.03 Recap: “Sleep Well, Mrs. Rom
Last week’s episode of ‘Bates Motel’ concluded with Norman voluntarily signing the papers that would commit him to the Pineview mental health facility. This week is all about the aftermath of that. Norman has to ...
‘Gotham’ 2.15 Recap: “?”
Holy worlds colliding, Batman! A cast member from the old Tim Burton movie franchise reprises his character in this week’s episode of ‘Gotham’. Does this mean that young David Mazouz will grow up to be the Michae...