Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 26th, 2016 – Purity of Ess
A part of me is grateful for slow periods like this. I don’t have a lot of money to spend on Blu-rays right now anyway. Regardless, I still covet at least one disc this week.
Weekend Roundtable: Worst Alien Invasions
Earlier this year, we did a Roundtable about favorite alien invasion movies and TV series. With the belated ‘Independence Day’ sequel arriving this week under heavily negative buzz, let’s turn that topic around a...
Weekend Movies: Keeping Up with the Joneses
This weekend is an odd one. While Fox and Sony hope for massive hits with their respective alien invasion sequel and shark thriller, a Matthew McConaughey Civil War drama opens on nearly 3,000 screens with next to no marketing, an...
‘Free State of Jones’ Review: Historically Accurate,
‘Free State of Jones’ is a well-meaning movie that everyone involved clearly treated with reverence and took very seriously… perhaps a little too seriously. Though filled with some extraordinary moments, director Gary ...
‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Review: Payback’
Twenty years ago, Roland Emmerich became an open wound on the side of Hollywood that still refuses to heal. His “Aliens make monuments go boom” disaster movie ‘Independence Day’ served up some of the finest...
‘The Shallows’ Review: It Sure Ain’t Deep
Tis the season of sun and stupidity at the movies, so ‘The Shallows’ is here to serve up buckets full of both and disappear before tedium sets in. The premise couldn’t be simpler and the style couldn’t be m...
‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ Review: Finally, First Bl
‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ is technically a coming-of-age movie for youngsters, but you should probably remove any and all preconceptions about that genre before diving in. As writer/director Taika Waititi has proven ...
‘The Last Ship’ 3.01 & 3.02 Recap: “Let
The two-part Season 3 premiere of ‘The Last Ship’ was all set to air on Sunday, June 12th, but was pulled at the last minute and postponed a week due to real-world events that happened on that day. Watching the episode...
‘The Neon Demon’ Review: Beautiful Trash
Nicolas Winding Refn has carved out an amusing place for himself as a divisive art house provocateur over his last handful of movies. His films are practically pranks on a certain type of cinemagoer, and if ‘The Neon Demon&#...
‘Penny Dreadful’ Series Finale Recap: “We Make
Showtime aired two back-to-back episodes of ‘Penny Dreadful’ on Sunday, closing not just this season but bringing the entire series to an abrupt end. Creator John Logan has confirmed that this is the end of the line fo...
Poll: Does It Worry You If a Movie Isn’t Screened for Criti
20th Century Fox spent $200 million making this summer’s alien invasion sequel ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ and probably nearly as much advertising it. And yet, with the movie’s theatrical release coming ...
‘Game of Thrones’ 6.09 Recap: “Who Owns the Nor
The penultimate episode of the season is here, and ‘Game of Thrones’ fans know what that means. It’s time for a really big action set-piece. They’ve gotten to be predictable, and (in my opinion) often disap...