Weekend Roundtable: Medieval Times
Our Roundtable this week is literally about the Round Table. At least, it’s about movies set in the medieval era in which the myth of King Arthur was spawned.
Our Roundtable this week is literally about the Round Table. At least, it’s about movies set in the medieval era in which the myth of King Arthur was spawned.
Even as amazing as it was, the original ‘Alien’ was not the only great movie released in 1979. Our Roundtable this week looks at some other notable titles that hit theater screens that year.
It stands to reason that the week leading up to Halloween will find a lot of horror movies released on Blu-ray. What’s perhaps surprising this year is the breadth of other films, including several really appealing titles (al...
It’s a battle of the bombs on Blu-ray this week, as two of the most critically and audience reviled films of the year come to home video. If we take a closer look, however, we might also find a few titles actually worth buyi...
We movie collectors can be an obsessive bunch who often feel compelled to rebuy new copies of films we already own in order to upgrade to a new format, benefit from a slightly-improved video transfer or obtain some new supplementa...
In last week’s Monster Madness battle, the demonic Balrog proved too much for the mysterious Mist Walker. Meanwhile, we also found out that even the Devil himself can be beat when a master hunter like the Predator is lurking...
You know how, at least once per season, ‘Fringe’ tries to do something totally wacky and experimental in an episode, seemingly from out of the blue? I’m talking about stuff like that musical episode in Season 2, ...
The Fell Beast defeated the lumbering Cyclops by a narrow margin, and Grendel handled the Bride of Frankenstein rather easily. In today’s edition of Monster Madness, we’ll visit two of the tournament’s oddest mat...
“Winter is coming,” goes an oft-repeated phrase in one of last year’s most popular TV shows. Judging by that snowstorm we had in Boston last week, winter is unmistakably already here. It’s a good thing, the...
“A Netflix Original Series.” Bet you never thought you’d see those words. I sure didn’t. The Netflix stream loses some really good sketch comedy this week, as well as one of the few movie reboots that’...
Ever learn something that just absolutely blows your mind? I sure did. Turns out Elvis – one of the undisputedly coolest guys on the planet – loved ‘Monty Python.’ This is true.