The new ‘Veronica Mars’ feature film probably ought to be called ‘Fan Service: The Movie’. The film was produced with significant financial backing (via Kickstarter) directly from fans of the short-lived bu...
New to Blu-ray this week are a bunch more Oscar movies, including the most popular Disney musical in quite some time. What will you buy?
One of the drawbacks of owning a lot of varied home theater equipment (HDTVs, Blu-ray players, A/V receivers, cable boxes and more) is that you wind up with a clutter of remote controls that manage separate functions on separate d...
Ready. Set. Go! This weekend’s most noticeable movie releases belong to three franchises – that is, if you consider Tyler Perry’s schtick a franchise. Which I do. Along with Perry’s latest, cruising towards you i...
If ‘Bad Words’ had been released in the early 1990s starring Bill Murray, it probably would have been a big mainstream hit. Twenty years later starring and directed by Jason Bateman, it’s now a small indie that s...
There are few things more thrillingly cinematic than a car chase, which is why it’s odd that so many movies based around that twisted metal thrill tend to be so dull. ‘Need for Speed’ is a perfect example. Here&#...
The new reboot of classic science educational series ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ launched this week simultaneously on the Fox network, the National Geographic Channel and several of their sub-channels. In this day an...
Barely a month since I expressed my disappointment with Funko’s line of retro-styled movie action figures, rival toy company Bif Bang Pow! shows them how it’s done with a really superb line of figures based on classic ...
A funny thing happened during my attempt to watch ‘Bates Motel’ this week. I tuned in to watch it, but suddenly I found myself smack dab in the middle of an episode of ‘Glee. If I’ve confused you, imagine h...
Alfonso Cuaron, you’ve just won the Oscar for directing ‘Gravity’. What will you do next? “I’m going to direct a mediocre and derivative TV pilot for a fourth-place broadcast network!”* Sigh.
‘True Detective’ wrapped up its eight-episode storyline this week… and I’m still not sure how to feel about it. After teasing viewers for weeks about hidden connections and even possibly a surprise villain, the f...
This week brings us another episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ without star Andrew Lincoln. Instead, we continue to find out what’s going on with Daryl and Beth, as well as catch up with Maggie, Sasha and Bob Stookey.
