‘The Book of Life’ has an amazing aesthetic that sets it apart from most animated family films. Unfortunately, beyond the pretty exterior, there’s very little here that hasn’t been seen endlessly before.
War is bad, really bad. It’s also dirty, really dirty. But there are heroes, real heroes. We should respect them, really respect them. Yep, it’s that movie again! Now with Brad Pitt.
Yet another Nicholas Sparks adaptation is here to present yet another ludicrously idealized version of romance that exists only in soft rock ballads and cheesy paperbacks. ‘The Best of Me’ is kind of like a comic book ...
‘St. Vincent’ is a movie that exists for one reason and one reason alone: to share the gift of Bill Murray with the world. Take Murray out of the equation and the flick is a maudlin mess. Include him and he at least ma...
This week’s episode of ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ rather shamelessly borrows a little bit of ‘True Lies’ and mixes in some ‘Mission: Impossible’ with a touch of ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidde...
After a surprisingly decent pilot episode, can the CW’s new version of ‘The Flash’ maintain its momentum? Honestly, the second episode may be a little better than the pilot, in that it doesn’t struggle so m...
As the home video studios focus their efforts on DVD and digital streaming, TV content on Blu-ray is getting to be rare enough in itself these days. For a TV show to get collectible SteelBook releases, it has to be a property with...
I, for one, am very excited about the recent introduction of Dolby Atmos surround sound on Blu-ray. I’ve been making plans to upgrade my A/V receiver to an Atmos model, and have taken some preliminary steps to prepare my hom...
As I was watching this week’s new episode of ‘Gotham’, my main takeaway was to ponder just how exquisitely lit the show is. This episode in particular has some truly gorgeous photography. The show’s crew mu...
Robert Rodriguez’s long-awaited sequel to his cult hit ‘Sin City’ was expected to be a big blockbuster this summer. Unfortunately, the movie wound up fizzling at the box office. Hoping that fanboy audiences will ...
When we last left our ‘Walking Dead’ heroes, they were all (well, most of them) trapped inside a train car at the mysterious compound known as Terminus awaiting their fate. Atypically for the show, the Season 5 opener ...
With a completely new storyline and set of characters every season, FX’s ‘American Horror Story’ is a series in a constant state of reinvention. Even if you don’t like a given season, you never know what th...
