‘The Returned’ 1.10 Recap: “You Don’t Bel
A&E’s American remake of ‘The Returned’ closed out its first season this week. The show’s ratings have been borderline for most of its run, and the network hasn’t yet announced whether it will be...
‘Bates Motel’ 3.10 Recap: “Mother, What Have Yo
The season finale of ‘Bates Motel’ turns out to be more of a slow burn that an action-packed endeavor, but rest assured that the ending, while perhaps predictable, doesn’t disappoint.
‘Penny Dreadful’ 2.02 Recap: “I Understand the
This week’s episode of ‘Penny Dreadful’ brings back a couple of characters I didn’t much care for during the first season. One of them is growing on me, but the other, unfortunately, still bores me.
‘Game of Thrones’ 5.05 Recap: “Long Sullen Sile
I need to keep reminding myself that ‘Game of Thrones’ has always been a slow burn. We’re halfway through the current season now and most of the storylines have had very little movement. Watching week-to-week, it...
Weekend Box Office: Pursuit of Crappiness
As expected, the second assembly of Marvel’s Avengers dominated the weekend yet again. Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara’s road trip comedy sure didn’t put up a fight against it.
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 10th, 2015 – By Your Comman
Could the most interesting Blu-ray release of the week be a famously cheesy television series from the 1970s? If so, what does that say about everything else?
Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movie & TV Moms
With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend, this might be a good time to praise some of our favorite fictional moms. Problem is, we already did that a couple years ago. Failing that, let’s flip this around and look at so...
Weekend Movies: Bringing No Heat
With ‘Age of Ultron’ still dominating the global box office, this weekend is all about one thing: counter-programming.
‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’ Review: Diary as Docum
Kurt Cobain was a rock & roll tragedy for a generation who were already bummed out and expecting the worst. He became a legend almost immediately after his death, and the 20 years that have passed since have only further elev...
‘Adult Beginners’ Review: Because “Adult Swim&#
As the title suggests, ‘Adult Beginners’ is another one of those comedies about theoretically grown-up humans who are still little kids inside – you know, the type of comedy that’s been cranked out regularly sinc...
‘Hot Pursuit’ Review: Hot Mess
The only possible justification for the existence of ‘Hot Pursuit’ is to prove to audiences that ‘The Heat‘ actually wasn’t so bad. It seems strange to think that a rival studio would waste the resour...
‘Maggie’ Review: Hasta la Vista, Zombie
For years, there has been a collective fantasy of a film pitting Arnold Schwarzenegger against a zombie apocalypse. Between all the opportunities for exploding heads and one-liners, the thing just felt like a can’t miss oppo...