Fantastic Fest Journal: The Wind
Emma Tammi’s The Wind is based on terrifying true stories. Back in the Old West, “prairie madness” would actually drive people mad. From the isolation to the unfamiliar surroundings, just about everything involve...
Fear the Walking Dead 4.16 Recap: “There’s Some Fish
The fourth season of Fear the Walking Dead started off with such promise, enough to convince some fans that it had surpassed the flagship show. Sadly, much of that flittered away in the back-end of the season, which drew to a clos...
Review: DC Universe Streaming Service
On September 15th (actually a couple days earlier if you were paying attention), Warner Bros. and DC Comics launched the new DC Universe streaming service, promising a one-stop shop for all things DC Comics related, including movi...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 30th, 2018 – Soldieri
The biggest Blu-ray releases this week are a pair of sequels that nobody really asked for and probably weren’t needed. Isn’t that the case with most sequels, though?
Weekend Roundtable: Favorite High School Comedies
High school is a (nearly) universal experience we all have to suffer through, and it’s such a defining time in most of our lives that of course filmmakers would want to mine that ground for screenplay material. Our Roundtabl...
TIFF Journal: One Last Deal
A gentle drama about a hapless art dealer looking to make one last score before retirement, Finnish filmmaker Klaus Härö’s One Last Deal provides a satisfying if not exceptional melodrama about aging, paintings, and the thri...
TIFF Journal: Mouthpiece
Mouthpiece finds veteran Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema at the top of her game. It’s an emotionally rich and stylistically assured drama that traces one young woman’s coming to terms with the death of her mother.
Murphy Brown 11.01 Recap: “What If It Tarnishes Our Legacy?
If we really must live in an era where every popular TV show from 20 or 30 years ago is going to get brought back on the air, at least CBS’ venerable journalism sitcom Murphy Brown actually makes sense to revive in the era o...
One Man’s Trash: Cargo
The end begins with a thoughtful gift.
Fantastic Fest Journal: Between Worlds
With the recent explosion of Mandy on social media and the big screen, the cult of Nic Cage has been given new life. With these “Rage Cage” flicks, it just makes sense to give the actor a character and a rough plot, an...
TIFF Journal: Freaks (2018)
Freaks is a highly allegorical tale that combines comic book fantasy, sci-fi tropes, and political metaphor that vacillate between being effective and messy. It’s a work of great ideas where the execution isn’t always ...
Poll: Do You Use Front Wide Speakers?
In all the years I’ve had surround sound, I’d never given much thought to implementing Front Wide speakers between my main Left and Right channels and the Surround speakers. Recently, however, I gave it some considerat...