On the Table: F.A.B.!
It’s hard to believe that the cult TV adventure franchise ‘Thunderbirds’ is already turning 50 this year. Game publisher Modiphius Entertainment will celebrate the monumental anniversary with a brand-new co-opera...
‘Battle Creek’ Pilot Recap: “Big Smile, Big Lau
Vince Gilligan is a pretty busy guy this year. In addition to the spin-off ‘Better Call Saul‘, the ‘Breaking Bad’ creator has also teamed with ‘House’ (or ‘House M.D.’, whatever you ...
‘The Last Man on Earth’ Pilot Recap: “ThereR
How long can a weekly TV comedy with just one character sustain its joke? Creators Chris Miller and Phil Lord (those goofball geniuses behind the ‘Jump Street’ and ‘Lego Movie’ franchises) and co-creator/st...
‘The Walking Dead’ 5.12 Recap: “That’s Wh
My initial guess is that a great number of ‘Walking Dead’ fans may have found this week’s episode to be somewhat of a snooze because not a whole lot of action takes place. However, unlike some previous entries th...
Weekend Box Office: Soft Focus
Terrible storms throughout the nation have once again taken a toll on the domestic box office. Both of the weekend’s new wide releases debuted lower than anticipated, but some Oscar winners scored a nice little bump.
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 1st, 2015 – Catch That Fo
March gets off to slow start, as far as new Blu-ray releases go. The biggest title of the week is an Oscar nominee that came away empty-handed at the awards last month. Perhaps if you’re a fan of classic singin’ and da...
Weekend Roundtable: Good Movie, Bad Ending
Does a bad ending ruin an otherwise good movie? Can you forgive a film that stumbles in its last act if you enjoyed the rest of it? This week’s Roundtable is all about movies that come so close to greatness, but fail to stic...
Weekend Movies: Flatlining
Which sounds more appealing: yet another con man caper flick that leaves you wondering who you can trust, or a short thriller featuring an interesting cast in a story that you saw unfold on the big screen decades ago?
‘Girlhood’ Review: No, Neither a Sequel nor Rip-off o
Céline Sciamma’s latest feature was retitled ‘Girlhood’ for its North American release specifically to capitalize on the popularity of that award-winning Richard Linklater movie that you might have heard about. I...
‘Elephant Song’ Review: Out of Tune
Translating a play to film certainly sounds like an easy task. After all, if the stage-bound material works you should just be able to point some cameras at it and call it a movie, right? Well, it’s not that simple. The medi...
‘The Duke of Burgundy’ Review: ’50 Shades’
Back when I first saw ‘The Duke of Burgundy’ at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, it felt like a delightfully naughty art house romp. In the post ’50 Shades’ world that we all unfortunately live in, ...
‘Focus’ Review: Gettin’ Conned While GettinR
Pretty much as soon as the sound era started in movies, the con man has been charming and lying his way into audience’s hearts. It makes sense; the art of the con is all about putting on a show and making magic with words, s...