This week brings a truly monstrous assortment of new Blu-ray and Ultra HD discs. From tiny dancers to giant lizards, and even an all-puppet musical sex comedy if that’s what you’re into, there should be a little something for just...
We have a simple question for this week’s Roundtable: Do you enjoy listening to any podcasts? If so, what are your favorites and what do you recommend?
Between the killer-gator flick Crawl a few weeks ago and real-life shark attacks on the news seemingly every day, this is shaping up to be quite the summer of aquatic horrors. Now here to make the waters unsafe are the killer shar...
Ready or Not is everything you want out of a solid horror comedy: blood, humor, and a kiss of social commentary.
The awkwardly lengthy title of Showtime’s new dark comedy On Becoming a God in Central Florida seems indicative of a problem with the series: It doesn’t know when or how to stop.
Some message films lose their sting as the years pass, but A Patch of Blue isn’t one of them. This touching, beautifully mounted movie still has something very powerful to say about racial tolerance and human understanding. It’s j...
If going through a checklist of action film clichés were a competitive sport, Angel Has Fallen would be the all-time world champion. The predictable plot, two-dimensional characters, and lust for guns are all tone-deaf overkill (p...
The Last Movie almost was the last movie for Dennis Hopper. As much as Easy Rider set him up to be a powerhouse director, his follow-up was a notorious fiasco that nearly destroyed Hopper’s career. Little-seen for decades, the fil...
After the Wedding has a praiseworthy cast all performing at their peaks, but never quite gets to the emotional core of the characters’ lives.
Fear the Walking Dead does what I have to assume is intended as an extended Dawn of the Dead riff this week. More importantly, the show returns to regular high-definition (albeit dull and colorless) photography.
Shirley MacLaine’s irrepressible vivacity and Bob Fosse’s iconic choreography sweeten Sweet Charity, but the lumbering story of a not-so-happy hooker’s quest for love leaves a slightly sour aftertaste.
Trapped right between the hustle and bustle of last week’s Marvel onslaught and next week’s giant monster smackdown are a handful of movies that you may have forgotten were released earlier this year. In some cases, that could be ...
