Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Old Scratch, the Prince of Darkness… The Devil goes by many names and has been depicted many different ways in popular culture. This week’s Roundtable looks at some of our favorite ...
It has been a boon for lost films of late. Technology is finally allowing projects thought impossible to finish to finally come to fruition. Digital editing has resulted in the ability to rescue performance works in particular. Am...
Don’t sweat it! The zombie virus outbreak is all the way over in Eastern Europe, so this lads’ holiday in Ibiza ought to have a clean bill of health. Well, except for the undead strippers.
The new Hellboy has awfully big shoes to fill. Not only does the movie reboot and serve as a prequel to the ambitious films by Guillermo del Toro, it also recast the big red guy himself. Sadly, it’s a slog and a mess.
The FX network’s new bio drama Fosse/Verdon examines legendary choreographer and filmmaker Bob Fosse, dissecting his life, his loves, his career and all that jazz.
Stop-motion animation studio Laika might not crank out films in rapid succession, but has been incredibly consistent in the high quality of what it does release. Every Laika film has been nominated for an Oscar, and it would be su...
Imported from the British ITV network (where it’s less imaginatively called Strangers) over to Amazon Prime Video, White Dragon is, at least initially, a fascinating and evocative mystery thriller. Sadly, it runs out of stea...
I, Jane Doe is a nifty little mystery that flips our hallowed justice system on its ear. It’s also a far better film than its lack of notoriety would lead one to believe.
The misleading ads for The CW’s In the Dark do the show a great disservice, leaving the impression that it’s some kind of quirky romantic drama about a blind girl. The main character is indeed blind, that part is true,...
Feral may share its title with several other recent films, but this one is a singular experience of one woman trying to stay warm while homeless beneath New York City.
A couple of the worst-reviewed movies of 2018 hit Blu-ray this week. Both were also box office duds. I suppose it’s no surprise that their respective studios aren’t even bothering to release them on Ultra HD. Let’...
As audiences return this weekend to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, let’s look back to some of our favorite movie pets of the living variety. (At least, they were alive when these films were made. I can’t promise th...
