After a rather hum-drum Episode 3, I’m happy to report that Hour 4 of ’24’ amps things back up to the crazy level this series is known for. While the episode still has some leaps of logic (which I’ll go int...
Although fans will no doubt balk at the description, ‘Game of Thrones’ may be the greatest primetime soap opera to ever air on television. It has such delightfully awful characters who do such terrible things to one an...
Topping the list of new videogame releases this week are the big revival of a classic franchise and a stylish new indie. It’s nice to have choices.
When we last left our clones, Sarah was tied up in the bathroom of Rachel’s apartment and had just been re-introduced to her sister, Helena, whom she thought she had killed. As Episode 5 of ‘Orphan Black’ begins,...
Sixteen years after Roland Emmerich ruined the good name of Japan’s iconic monster, the giant radioactive lizard is back on top.
At high schools and colleges around the country, late May is graduation season for students. At the movies, however, it’s a season of mass destruction this year. As Godzilla smashes the theatrical box office, our new Blu-ray...
Over the course of his illustrious film career, Godzilla has clashed with King Kong, Mothra and even Roland Emmerich’s in-name-only ‘Zilla impersonator. In this week’s Roundtable, we’d like to pitch some su...
The third weekend of summer brings us a trio of new movies about foreigners immigrating to America. One of them brings new meaning to the term “Green Card.”
No one is better at passing off vaguely lecherous movies as art like the French. Francois Ozon’s ‘Young and Beautiful’ offers one of the finest examples of that softly-lit intellectual pervert’s paradise in...
Hollywood’s obsession with romanticizing baseball has led to some of the greatest and some of the cheesiest sports movies ever made. ‘Million Dollar Arm’ falls squarely into the latter category, but a talented ca...
The last time Godzilla came to America, he was subjected to the indignity of a rap battle with Puff Daddy. This time he gets a genuinely awe-inspiring, if overly serious, blockbuster worthy of his name. Thank God… zilla!
The parade of new TV programs based on old movies continues this week with NBC’s miniseries remake of ‘Rosemary’s Baby’. As a new parent with two infants at home, perhaps this wasn’t the best timing f...
