After a couple years of debating whether I needed to add more bass to my home theater system, I finally decided to go ahead and do it. It’s not that I felt my previous setup was lacking in that department; I simply wanted mo...
While action-hungry audiences debated between ‘Avengers 2’ and the new ‘Mad Max’ installment, comedy moviegoers drove their choice to a killer opening weekend victory.
Will the heightened clarity of Blu-ray only serve to make Bradley Cooper’s ridiculous doll baby even more distracting? That’s one of the questions posed by this week’s batch of new titles on the format.
As audiences line up to see ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ this weekend, they may be surprised to find a bald, robo-armed Charlize Theron on equal footing with the title hero of the film. For this week’s Roundtable, we wan...
Not that I think ‘Avengers’ won’t take the top spot at the box office for the third consecutive week, but it’s certainly nice to have some worthwhile new movies hit the big screen this weekend.
‘Pitch Perfect’ was a little comedy that could. It arrived with no expectations, performed better than anticipated, and then gradually built up a cult audience of fans who couldn’t believe they were watching the ...
There’s a fascinating experiment at the heart of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s ‘Spring’. The filmmakers wanted to see whether or not it’s possible to create a movie that is both a slow and delica...
At a certain point, I need to stop falling for the Andrew Niccol trap. Every time I hear about a new movie from the director, I think the concept is brilliant. Then, every time I see the movie, I’m inevitably disappointed. T...
Until I was actually sitting in a theater watching ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, I wasn’t entirely convinced that it had actually been made. Sure, I’d seen the trailers, but after years of false starts the promise ...
Longtime comedian and character actor Kevin Pollak makes his directorial debut with this oddball, entertaining and endearing little documentary about comedy. It’s ultimately just a series of talking head interviews slammed t...
I really like ‘The Flash’, but the show continues to get bogged down by dumb plotting issues. Sadly, this week’s episode is a prime example.
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ wrapped up its second season with a big, action-packed, two-hour finale. I’ve read some grumbling both here and on other forums from viewers who didn’t care for the season or the In...
