Crystal Swan is the official submission from Belarus to the Academy Awards this year, a recognition that it rightly deserves. The film is smart and steeped in decades of Belarusian history, and yet it features relatable characters...
Serenity may be an admirable film on some level, but it’s certainly not a good one. While writer/director Steven Knight (Locke) should be given credit for taking risks and attempting a stylized approach to character and stor...
With the 50th anniversary of the moon landing approaching, it’s obvious that attention will be brought to this astonishing feet of engineering and logistical achievement. Last year’s First Man was an underloved treasur...
Movies about dancing top the Blu-ray releases this week. One is among the most divisive films of 2018, while the other stumbled badly. Also available: a new Oscar nominee and some failed Oscar bait, among other things.
Our Roundtable this week is literally about the Round Table. At least, it’s about movies set in the medieval era in which the myth of King Arthur was spawned.
Arthurian legends are hard to translate to screen, but that has never stopped filmmakers from trying. Though Joe Cornish’s The Kid Who Would Be King looks to be just another take on Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in...
In the revolving cast of The Flash this season, Ralph is back, with no explanation for where he’s been. Meanwhile, Cisco takes some time off and Joe hasn’t been seen in weeks.
In some strange, alternate universe, perhaps there exists a world in which Die Hard starred Frank Sinatra and remained a sequel to his 1968 cop drama The Detective. I’d like to think we’re better off not living in that...
Like most songwriter bio-pics, My Gal Sal plays fast and loose with the facts, but this amiable if undistinguished salute to composer Paul Dresser showcases an up-and-coming (and breathtakingly beautiful) Rita Hayworth to terrific...
Despite all the brouhaha about Kevin Hart being invited to host, and then being uninvited to host, and then maybe being reconsidered for an invite, and so forth, there will in fact still be an Oscar Award show this year. The nomin...
Under Capricorn may be an Alfred Hitchcock film you’ve never heard of, but it’s an Alfred Hitchcock film you need to see. Though it’s not one of his best, this Gothic thriller set in 1830s Australia is better tha...
The biggest Blu-ray and Ultra HD title this week is a movie about a very important historical figure from the late 1960s – but not the one we’re meant to celebrate with the holiday on Monday.
