Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 23rd, 2014 – The Show Goe
This week’s new Blu-ray release slate is overrun with wolves, dinosaurs and babies. I’m not sure which is more dangerous.
Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie Heroines
I happen to know a 14-year-old girl who is very excited to see this week’s theatrical release of ‘Divergent’. Whether Shailene Woodley’s character in that film turns out to be as empowering a female role mo...
Weekend Movies: Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood
Hollywood wants to appeal to the youngsters this weekend. After a slew of recent Young Adult adaptations flopped (including ‘Beautiful Creatures’ and ‘The Mortal Instruments’), the studio behind the puzzlin...
‘Divergent’ Review: Doesn’t Diverge Enough
Despite its title, ‘Divergent’ is a perfect example of Hollywood’s desperate need for conformity: find an idea as similar as possible to the last success and get it in theaters before anyone notices the differenc...
‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Review: An Almost Equal Sequel
The Muppets had fallen on hard times by the time Disney picked them up and hired Jason Segel and Nick Stoller (based primarily on a single joke in ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’) to revive their felty ways. Yet, thanks to...
George Lucas: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Did you think that George Lucas would simply fade off into obscurity after selling his Lucasfilm dynasty to Disney and handing the reigns of the ‘Star Wars’ franchise to J.J. Abrams? These days, the former mogul can be...
Poll: Is Your HDTV or Projector Calibrated?
If we home theater fans demand that every Blu-ray release be the best quality it possibly can, we should also put in the effort to make sure that our high-definition displays are fine-tuned to their optimal performance. Is your HD...
‘Bates Motel’ 2.03 Recap: “A Lot of Things Seem
I’ve mentioned in my past couple of recaps that I haven’t found Season 2 of ‘Bates Motel’ to be nearly as much fun as the first season. Sadly, that doesn’t change much in Episode 3 (titled ‘Cale...
Lo and Behold, Twilight Time Is Having a Blu-ray Sale
As we discussed in our poll a few weeks back, one of the biggest complaints that some people have against indie label Twilight Time is that its Blu-rays are quite expensive for catalog titles and never go on sale. Well, in an unex...
Videogame Releases: Week of March 16th, 2014
March powers on as the PS4 gets ‘Infamous’, and the legend of Big Boss continues to grow. It’s all here to see in this week’s videogame releases.
‘The Walking Dead’ 4.14 Recap: “The Whole World
Although this week’s episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ yet again focuses on just one group of characters, it turns out to be one of the most daring (and should I say controversial?) episodes of the entire series. Som...
Weekend Box Office: Audiences Don’t Feel the Need
Lots of money was made at the box office this weekend, but not so much from Friday’s new releases.