Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 14th, 2015 – Malfunction,
From hip-hop gangsta robots to the resurrected dead, this week’s Blu-rays sure do feature some wild tales. Welcome to our latest roundup. Let’s get down to business.
Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie & TV Dinosaurs (That Aren
We may never get to see living dinosaurs in real life, but movies and TV have resurrected the prehistoric monsters for decades. As the ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise stampedes back to theaters this weekend, we look at some ...
Weekend Movies: Success Not Guaranteed
This weekend should end any anxiety caused by the unanswered question: “How will a fourth ‘Jurassic Park’ movie compare to the 22-year-old original?”
‘Live from New York!’ Review: Yet Another ‘SNL&
No other television series has spawned more retrospective documentaries than ‘Saturday Night Live’. To be fair, no other show in the history of television has a comparable legacy of launching generations of comedy star...
‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ Review: Quirky Weepi
Reduced down to its logline of a title, ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ sounds like an almost impossibly twee indie film too syrupy to stomach. Mixing together hipster quirk with cancer tears, the movie should be the ...
R.I.P. Christopher Lee
With the death of Sir Christopher Lee, cinema has lost not just one, but several icons.
‘Jurassic World’ Review: Bigger, Louder, Dumber
It’s amazing how a few decades can change standards in moviegoing. In 1993, simply seeing Steven Spielberg throw credible dinosaurs up on the big screen qualified as an unprecedented success of cinematic spectacle. These day...
‘The Wolfpack’ Review: Splendid Isolation
Most great documentaries are found as much as crafted. Crystal Moselle’s Sundance award-winning doc ‘The Wolfpack’ certainly features one of those miraculous subjects that documentarians can spend an entire caree...
‘The Whispers’ 1.02 Recap: “I Made a New Friend
As I pretty much expected, the second episode of ABC’s new sci-fi mystery ‘The Whispers’ is less interesting than the first, which already had some issues. I’m not necessarily ready to give up on the show y...
‘iZombie’ 1.13 Recap: “Live to the Max”
I haven’t written about The CW’s ‘iZombie’ in a while, even though it was one of the past season’s more promising new series. Now that the show has aired its first season finale, let’s do a quic...
‘Slow West’ Review: Worth Waiting For
It’s an interesting time for Westerns. In the big picture, the genre is essentially dead. Yet, on a small scale it’s incredibly vibrant. The only time that Westerns get made these days are essentially as auteur pieces ...
The Trailer Park: Mars Needs Damons
Some of the best known and respected actors are starring in roles that demand pretty big shoes this year. In the past, they’ve proven themselves adequately and, for the most part, to the satisfaction of the box office. Aside...