‘Big Game’ Review: Artfully Dumb
‘Big Game’ serves up the kind of lovably stupid high concept entertainment that used to dominate Hollywood’s summertime output. Samuel L. Jackson stars as the President of the United States trapped in the mountai...
‘The Gallows’ Review: Time to Hang It Up
It’s been almost 15 years since ‘The Blair Witch Project’ exploded into a phenomenon and made Found Footage the go-to production model for upstart indie horror filmmakers. The device can be ingeniously employed a...
‘Minions’ Review: Meh, It’s Fine
The ‘Despicable Me’ franchise might not have been perfect, but it produced some animated icons in the bumbling Minions. Sporting a simple design and sputtering out cute gibberish, the Minions were perfectly calculated ...
‘Self/less’ Review: Stu/pid
There’s a really intriguing sci-fi premise at the center of the completely disposable new sci-fi flick ‘Self/less’. The problem is that it’s pretty much the exact premise of John Frankenheimer’s 1966 ...
‘The Gunman’ Contest Results
Well shoot! It’s time to announce the results of our ‘The Gunman’ Blu-ray contest. Our readers fired off lots of funny entries last week. Which ones hit the target? Let’s find out.
‘Infinitely Polar Bear’ Review: Dysfunctional Family
‘Infinitely Polar Bear’ is about mental illness and the effects that has on a dysfunctional family. By taking on those big themes, the film practically promises to be nauseatingly precious. Somehow, the filmmakers avoi...
‘Suite francaise’ Review: Plodding Hogwash
At least a month has passed since the last Harvey Weinstein-approved Nazi drama, so it’s time for another! As always, a Weinstein production is a handsome affair. How would the movie mogul be able to pander to Oscar voters o...
‘Penny Dreadful’ 2.10 Recap: “Some Scream, Some
For all the complaining I’ve done about this second season of ‘Penny Dreadful’, I’m very surprised to admit that the season finale is far more satisfying than I expected it to be. It’s not a perfect e...
‘The Last Ship’ 2.04 Recap: “If a Fight’s
Ask and ye shall receive! Thank you, ‘Last Ship’, for the fireworks! God Bless America! Although, let’s not all go Yosemite Sam guns blazing just yet. We’ve still got some rough waters to navigate.
‘Hannibal’ 3.05 Recap: “I Haven’t Had a B
Thursday’s episode of ‘Hannibal’ may have started out slowly, but it has one hell of an ending that will surely get fans amped up for the rest of the season.
‘True Detective’ 2.03 Recap: “No Country for Wh
Remember those old movie serials where, at the end of a particular episode, the hero would drive his car off a cliff only to reveal in the next chapter that he jumped out before the car went over the ledge? That’s kind of wh...
Poll: What Will You Buy in the July 2015 Criterion Collection Sal
Ever since Costco started regularly selling Criterion Collection Blu-rays at 50% off MSRP, the semi-annual Barnes & Noble sale has seemed less essential than it used to. However, Costco typically has a very limited selection ...