Now Streaming: Russian Doll
The premise of Groundhog Day has been imitated so often* that it’s practically a genre to itself. Amazingly, Netflix’s dark comedy series Russian Doll manages to bring some exciting new twists to the time loop formula....
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Hanna Pilot Recap: “If Anyone Asks, That Girl Does Not Exis
Amazon’s new action thriller Hanna doesn’t officially premiere until March, but the streaming service made the pilot episode available for 24 hours after the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, I didn’t find it especially...
Sundance Journal: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Award-winning documentarian Joe Berlinger has spent much of his career investigating issues of justice and going beyond the headlines to find deeper stories of the accused. In collaboration with the late Bruce Sinofsky, his films ...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 3rd, 2019 – All the Te
This week is so chock full of new Blu-ray and Ultra HD releases that you’d have to be a real curmudgeon not to find at least a little something to your liking.
From Silents to the Seventies: The Awful Truth (1937)
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant were a match made in movie heaven. Thanks to their peerless talent – and the brilliance of director Leo McCarey – The Awful Truth stands as one of Hollywood’s funniest and smartest screwball comedi...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 27th, 2019 – I Can̵
Movies about dancing top the Blu-ray releases this week. One is among the most divisive films of 2018, while the other stumbled badly. Also available: a new Oscar nominee and some failed Oscar bait, among other things.
From Silents to the Seventies: The Detective
In some strange, alternate universe, perhaps there exists a world in which Die Hard starred Frank Sinatra and remained a sequel to his 1968 cop drama The Detective. I’d like to think we’re better off not living in that...
From Silents to the Seventies: My Gal Sal
Like most songwriter bio-pics, My Gal Sal plays fast and loose with the facts, but this amiable if undistinguished salute to composer Paul Dresser showcases an up-and-coming (and breathtakingly beautiful) Rita Hayworth to terrific...
From Silents to the Seventies: Under Capricorn
Under Capricorn may be an Alfred Hitchcock film you’ve never heard of, but it’s an Alfred Hitchcock film you need to see. Though it’s not one of his best, this Gothic thriller set in 1830s Australia is better tha...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 20th, 2019 – Over the M
The biggest Blu-ray and Ultra HD title this week is a movie about a very important historical figure from the late 1960s – but not the one we’re meant to celebrate with the holiday on Monday.
Weekend Roundtable: 2018 TV Catch-Up
In this era of so-called Peak TV, there’s simply way too much television content on the air, on cable, satellite, and on streaming to keep up with everything of interest. As a corollary to last week’s Roundtable theme,...
From Silents to the Seventies: The Drowning Pool
Private eye Lew Harper returns in The Drowning Pool, a surprisingly satisfying follow-up to 1966’s Harper. Paul Newman is back as the roll-with-the-punches investigator and his real-life wife Joanne Woodward tags along for t...