For too long, men have like Seth Rogen have dominated the “adult child” comedy market, as if women were impervious to the comedic charms of being ludicrously immature twenty-somethings. Thankfully, along comes ‘L...
I mentioned last week how impressed I am with the photography and visual style of ‘Gotham’. In this week’s episode, I found myself really digging the overall vibe of the show. The city of Gotham has a very convin...
Last week, hoping to finally put up a real fight against the hugely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros. announced an aggressive slate of upcoming comic book superhero movies based on its DC Comics properties. Which ...
If nothing else, ‘Horns’ can’t be faulted for lacking ambition. The quirky, Magic Realist comedy with hints of horror desperately wants to be one of those cross-genre head-trips that tosses various influences int...
In an effort to revive interest in a bunch of its catalog titles, Sony has chosen to issue a big batch of new Blu-ray SteelBooks with vibrant, colorful, comic art designs. I expect that these will be greeted with mixed reaction fr...
With our heroes (minus Beth) all reunited after last week’s escape from Terminus, this week’s episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ allows time for a little more character development as the stage is slowly set for...
With the second episode of ‘Freak Show’, it occurs to me that this may be the first season of ‘American Horror Story’ without anything supernatural in the plot. At least so far, there’s been no sign o...
Over this very congested weekend, Brad Pitt and his tank plowed through the competition to win the top spot at the box office.
This week may seem like a breather after the bombardment of new Blu-ray releases we’ve seen recently, but the good titles are really, really good. Of course, you’ll have to wade through a little bit of muck to get to t...
In this week’s Roundtable, let’s look back in time a little and mark some milestones. What was the best movie released the year you were born? This may or may not happen to be the film that won the Oscar that year, but...
The October film schedule remains congested as three more nationwide releases try to dethrone the unstoppable ‘Gone Girl’. Will a Mexican animated musical, some Nicholas Sparks schtick or more Nazi-killing Brad Pitt ha...
Brazen, stylish and confrontational, Justin Simien’s directorial debut has quite a bit going for it. The fledgling filmmaker has delivered one of the most intriguing and playful explorations of American racial tensions in qu...
