‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Pilot Recap: “
Four years after ‘Rescue Me’ went off the air, Denis Leary returns to the FX network with a new series. Although ‘Sex&Drug&Rock&Roll’ is a half-hour comedy rather than an hour drama, the show wa...
‘Under the Dome’ 3.05 Recap: “Screw You for Rui
For our latest adventures in Domesville, Barbie’s bromance goes terribly wrong, Big Jim gets all mushy for a dog, and the evil alien butterfly queen lady smears sex lube over everybody’s faces. Yup, it’s just ano...
‘True Detective’ 2.05 Recap: “Never Too Late to
I won’t go as far as to call this week’s episode of ‘True Detective’ a good one – the season is far too much of a mess to make that proclamation – but I will say that in terms of storytelling, this is one o...
Weekend Box Office: Micro Machines
Not that the studio is worried, but the latest installment to the Cinematic Universe opened below expectations and became Marvel’s second-weakest debut behind 2008’s ‘The Incredible Hulk’. At the same time,...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 19th, 2015 – Shadow Play
So few new titles are being released this week, I feel like it’s barely worth the effort to write a new Blu-ray roundup post. What’s with this sudden drought? It’s not a holiday week or anything, so the studios c...
Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Nintendo Games
The unexpected passing of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata last weekend got us thinking about how big a role the videogame company has played in the lives of so many of us here at High-Def Digest. With that in mind, we dedicate thi...
Weekend Movies: Beautiful Disasters
This weekend offers a variety of trainwrecks – small, emotional, geriatric and existential.
‘Trainwreck’ Review: Filthy, Feminist and Oddly Old-F
It’s been a hell of a year for Amy Schumer, who seemed to pop up almost everywhere as her cable sketch-comedy series hit its stride. She’s at once on point with the social climate of her time and willing to push bounda...
‘Ant-Man’ Review: A Small Victory
After Edgar Wright quit ‘Ant-Man’ a few weeks before filming, the internet kicked up a big fuss. The news immediately transformed an exciting take on an obscure Marvel property into a controversial project that most ne...
‘Mr. Holmes’ Review: Elementary Fan Fiction
‘Mr. Holmes’ seems to have so much promise as the opening scenes establish the tale. It’s a layered, meta take on an aging Sherlock Holmes that imagines the great detective as a real person who was spiced up into...
The Trailer Park: What You Missed at Comic-Con
The post title is pretty self-explanatory. Here are a few trailers from last weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con 2015, along with one extra to remind readers of a movie set to release in August.
Contest: Win ‘Ex Machina’ on Blu-ray!
This week, we have a contest prize so good I wish I could win it myself! Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller ‘Ex Machina‘ is one of the best reviewed films of the year. One of our lucky readers will get to take home a...