Contest: Win ‘The Mummy’ (2017) on Blu-ray!
Are you ready to take the wraps off another contest? We have five Blu-ray copies of the Tom Cruise reboot of ‘The Mummy‘ to give away. Come get ’em!
‘The Orville’ Pilot Recap: “There Is No Pizza P
Seth MacFarlane’s new live-action sci-fi series ‘The Orville’ gets just about everything right to look and even sound like a spot-on ‘Star Trek’ spoof. Inexplicably, the creator of ‘Family Guy&#...
TIFF Journal: ‘Molly’s Game’
Aaron Sorkin finally directed one of his screenplays and the results are pretty much what you’d expect. That snappy, Sorkiny dialogue explodes out of characters’ mouths at a fever pitch. Rat-a-tat snark and smarm slowl...
TIFF Journal: ‘Stronger’
As far as inspirational triumph-over-adversity” Oscar bait pictures go, ‘Stronger’ is a surprisingly complex effort. At its best, the film questions the nature of what constitutes heroism and never panders. Well,...
TIFF Journal: ‘The Florida Project’
A couple years ago, writer/director Sean Baker had a hell of an indie breakout with his heartfelt, shot-on-iPhone ‘Tangerine’. His follow-up, ‘The Florida Project’, has higher production values (plus Willem...
TIFF Journal: ‘Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the Whit
When the team behind ‘Mark Felt: The Full Title Is Way Too Long’ starting working on this bio-pic, it must have felt like a forgotten political period piece that they weren’t quite sure viewers could relate to. S...
Weekend Box Office: You’ll Float Too
What an absolutely killer weekend! After weeks and weeks of terrible movies, we finally have a new one that’s not only worthwhile, but doubled pre-weekend estimates and crushed several box office records. Juxtaposed next to ...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 10th, 2017 – Mum̵
Is there such a thing as a week with too many new Blu-ray releases? I think we may have one on our hands. The release slate is clogged with 4k upgrades and other reissues of old titles. Also, Tom Cruise fights a sexy mummy.
Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Streaming TV Series
Although this blog covers a lot of broadcast and cable TV shows, those that air exclusively via streaming have been a notable blind spot for some time. Whether it be by Netflix, Amazon, Hulu or some other provider, which streaming...
TIFF Journal: ‘Manhunt’
After a Hollywood burnout and a few fanciful propaganda epics in China, John Woo is finally back to doing what he does best in ‘Manhunt’. Of course, those looking back on the man who gifted the world the image of a dou...
TIFF Journal: ‘The Square’
The surprise Palme d’Or winner at Cannes, ‘The Square’ marks the return of queasy art comedy specialist Ruben Östlund following his 2014 breakout success ‘Force Majeure’. Östlund’s latest is a 2...
TIFF Journal: ‘In the Fade’
Proving that film festivals are never short of artistically-mounted misery, ‘In the Fade’ arrives in TIFF after a successful and award-winning run at Cannes. Despite the deserved accolades, it’s not exactly a mov...