‘Constantine’ 1.11 Recap: “Suffering Is Unavoid
With Harold Perrineau, Jeremy Davies and William Mapother, Friday’s episode of ‘Constantine’ was a right little ‘Lost’ reunion. I wonder if that was intentional?
‘Red Army’ Review: A Hock-Doc Masterpiece
In theory, a documentary about the legendary Iron Curtain Soviet hockey team should be about as niche as a movie can get. It should appeal exclusively to sports aficionados and air only on ESPN in the middle of the night where not...
‘Gotham’ 1.14 Recap: “I Love a Road Trip”
‘Gotham’ introduces one of Batman’s most famous foes this week. Well, it sort of does. Honestly, that’s not even the most interesting part of the episode.
‘Suburban Gothic’ Review: Cutesy Horror
Horror comedy is a fickle beast. The tonal balancing act is incredibly tricky. Tension-busting humor tends to undermine creeps and suspense, while unnerving scenes and graphic gore can suck laughs out of the room. Get the balance ...
‘The Flash’ 1.11 Recap: “We Both Know What You
Last week’s episode of ‘The Flash’ (yes, I’m late in catching up with last week’s TV) was a pretty good one overall, but is unfortunately undercut by the silliness of Flash’s latest villain.
‘Agent Carter’ 1.04 Recap: “I Like Predictable&
Five seconds. That’s about how much of last week’s episode of ‘Agent Carter’ was of even the slightest interest. This show started in a position of weakness and has rapidly slid downhill in every successive...
On the Table: ‘DC Comics Deck-Building Game: Heroes Unite&#
This week, I thought I’d take a look at a superhero-themed card game. On the table is the ‘DC Comics Deck-Building Game: Heroes Unite’, published by Cryptozoic Entertainment. The standalone/expansion set brings n...
Weekend Box Office: Super Bowl Steals Everybody’s Thunder
As expected, the big game kept many moviegoers at home and out of theaters over the weekend. Estimates projected the rough patch, but even the studios didn’t foresee the blow being as heavy as it was.
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 1st, 2015 – The Wick a
Sorry, I don’t have any free movies to give away this week. However, we still have a lot of notable new Blu-rays to talk about. Let’s do that.
Weekend Roundtable: Your 2014 in Movie Titles
Here we are at the end of January, and it just now occurs to me that we never did our annual “Your Year in Movie Titles” Roundtable for 2014. If you had to describe how your past year went using only movie titles (from...
Mystery Contest Results: Here Comes ‘The Judge’!
Thank you to everyone who entered this week’s Mystery Contest. As you can tell from today’s post headline, the prize we kept hidden until now is the Robert Downey, Jr. legal drama ‘The Judge’. One of you is...
Weekend Movies: Lofty Expectations
No matter which team wins, the Super Bowl and its over-hyped commercials will be a bigger winner than any of this weekend’s theatrical releases. Between the big game and the continued juggernaut of ‘American SniperR...