The X-Men series has felt like a bit of a misfire from the very start. Even by the convoluted standards of comic book fare, the ensemble pieces never quite managed to thread the needle between world-building and giving each member...
Even as his American Gods fell apart in its second season, allegedly due in some part to the author’s interference, Neil Gaiman split his attention to a second television project more under his direct control. Amazon’s...
Based on a novel by author Joe Hill (son of Stephen and Tabitha King), AMC’s new horror series NOS4A2 is unfortunately not very good. However, it seems marginally more interesting to look at it as a really f’ed up rete...
Last season’s semi-reboot of Fear the Walking Dead started off with what seemed to be a lot of promise, only to turn frustrating and dumb as it went, leading to a very disappointing finale. Now the show is back for a fifth s...
This tuneful take on Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok, and the dangerous town of Deadwood is a whole lot more wholesome than HBO’s beloved series and only for diehard Doris Day devotees. It’s a calamity, all right!
Of all the TV shows unceremoniously canceled too soon, HBO’s beloved Western series Deadwood was one of the most painful losses. After talking about it for thirteen years, creator David Milch has gathered almost the entire c...
In contrast to last week, which didn’t have a single new Ultra HD disc to offer, this is a very big week for 4k upgrades of beloved movie franchises. Once again, however, catalog titles are far more interesting than the day-...
In addition to the fame and the groupies and (for a lot of singers) all the drugs, one of the main perks of being a musician of any note is the assurance that, inevitably, a famous actor will play you in a bio-pic. For this week&#...
Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables is a far cry from the musical that popularized the tale of star-crossed love and political upheaval in revolutionary France. This one is more akin to a Spike Lee joint, full of fury and poignancy, pi...
There are many things disheartening about Domino, a below average terrorist thriller that feels more like a misjudged TV movie than the work of an iconic director. Such has been Brian De Palma’s fall from grace, the result i...
Ma is a rare gem of a horror film. Its cast is award-winning and its premise is promising, but despite this pedigree it never takes itself too seriously.
Godzilla has always been a tale of unintended consequences. The original monster was a parable about the dangers of atomic warfare created in the country where the bomb was dropped. After more than three dozen movies involving the...
