VIFF Journal: Central Airport THF
Many documentaries have been made about the refugee situation in Europe, but few manage to provide such a boldly humanistic take as Central Airport THF.
VIFF Journal: Ray & Liz
Ray & Liz is an acerbic, autobiographical tale of life in a sordid flat in Thatcher’s England. Its miserable Midlands locale is made even rougher by a chain-smoking mother, a brew-swilling father, and two children left ...
SteelBook Alert: Your Worst Nightmare
The troubling trend of ugly SteelBook cover art has perhaps hit its unfortunate zenith as the Rambo franchise (at least some of it) makes its debut in 4k Ultra HD.
VIFF Journal: Collette
Collette is one of many perfectly serviceable British period dramas, a film that mixes in just the right amount of ribaldry and rabble rousing to keep audiences engaged if not overly challenged. Wash Westmoreland, the director who...
The Walking Dead 9.01 Recap: “This Is Gonna Work”
New season. New storyline. New show-runner. Even new opening credits. After a couple very disappointing seasons of narrative wheel-spinning, can The Walking Dead get back on track and maintain its tenuous stature as the most-watch...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 7th, 2018 – Turndown Se
New Blu-rays this week put a peculiar focus on hotels and the number eight. I feel like there’s a secret Masonic code in there that we need Dan Brown to crack.
Weekend Roundtable: Superhero Spinoffs
If Spider-Man’s nemesis Venom can score his own movie (despite his only prior screen appearance being in the reviled Spider-Man 3), it seems like the doors are wide open for all manner of other superhero spinoffs. Who will b...
VIFF Journal: The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos has carved out a wonderful niche space, crafting films that mix whimsy and darkness in equal measure. From Dogtooth and Alps to The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, each of his movies forms a strange litt...
Venom Review: Toxic Schlock
Most superhero movies gross enough money to make small nations look broke, regardless if the movie is any good or not. Because of this, it would be understandable if studios stopped trying so hard. So far, Marvel and DC have been ...
Poll: What Device Do You Use for Streaming Video?
These days, it seems like pretty much any piece of consumer electronics you can get your hands on will stream video from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and more. For home theater purposes, what streaming device do you favor? Are you ...
Bad Times at the El Royale Review: Not All Bad, But Not All Good
After the clunker that was Hotel Artemis, it’s not unreasonable to feel that we’re owed a better hotel-themed movie in 2018. Bad Times at the El Royale is slightly more successful, but still comes a little short of gre...
SteelBook Alert: Take a Stress Pill and Think Things Over
Even as Best Buy’s brick-and-mortar stores scale back physical media, the corporation continues to cater to SteelBook fans. The retailer’s latest batch of exclusives put an interesting emphasis on spaceships named Disc...