As most of the TV season’s other series take a break for a few weeks (or months), Syfy is happy to offer viewers something interesting to watch through the holidays. The third episode of its terrific space drama ‘The E...
In its second weekend, ‘Star Wars’ retained the top spot at the box office and continued to break records. No surprise there. In addition, despite the density of new releases, it was a successful weekend for (nearly) a...
Did everyone have a nice long Christmas weekend? We’re back, but as will surprise no one, this is going to be a slow week between holidays. On the Blu-ray front, only a tiny trickle of new discs hit stores, and they’re...
Before we leave you for a long holiday weekend, we have some last-minute Christmas presents to deliver. Three of our readers will take home free copies of the action blockbuster ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ on ...
Four new movies open nationwide this week, plus three awards hopefuls in limited release, one wide expansion, and a partridge in a pear tree. Nothing (worthwhile) dared to open against ‘Star Wars’ last week, but that&#...
This year has been surprisingly and pleasingly light on star-driven, painfully earnest Oscar bait, but along comes ‘Concussion’ to make up for lost time. The film’s title is wholly appropriate to how viewers will...
Undeniably powerful and formally daring, ‘Son of Saul’ represents a remarkable debut for first time filmmaker László Nemes, a former assistant to Bela Tarr. The Hungarian director didn’t make things easy for hims...
‘Daddy’s Home’ is a movie perfectly summed up by its poster. Will Ferrell is an uptight stepfather and Mark Wahlberg is his cool dad competition. You’ve probably already got a pretty good idea of where thin...
When you think about the Christmas movie season and the heartwarming populism therein, a blood-soaked Quentin Tarantino Western isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind. Yet ‘The Hateful Eight’ marks the ...
‘Joy’ is above all else an ambitious movie. It’s writer/director David O. Russell’s ode to the plight of independent women, the struggle of outsiders, the necessary pain of family, the battle to innovate, t...
If one were to write a list of the filmmakers most likely to cover the great financial collapse of 2008, writer/director Adam McKay wouldn’t even be in the running. We’re talking about the man behind ‘Anchorman&#...
After six seasons on the air (don’t buy into the network’s games labeling this last run of episodes as “Season 5 Part 2”), Syfy’s supernatural mystery ‘Haven’ finally drew to a close last ...
