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.
In this era of so-called Peak TV, there’s simply way too much television content on the air, on cable, satellite, and on streaming to keep up with everything of interest. As a corollary to last week’s Roundtable theme, which TV sh...
The impact of the comedy duo of Laurel and Hardy on early cinema cannot be underestimated. Their trademark look and goofy mannerisms delighted audiences for decades. When the films were silent, physical pratfalls reigned, yet the ...
Private eye Lew Harper returns in The Drowning Pool, a surprisingly satisfying follow-up to 1966’s Harper. Paul Newman is back as the roll-with-the-punches investigator and his real-life wife Joanne Woodward tags along for the rid...
After helping to save the multiverse through the Elseworlds crossover event, The Flash needed a few weeks rest. Now that he’s back, Barry kind of gets sidelined on his own show.
M. Night Shyamalan is his own worst enemy. When he creates small films with deeply personal stories, he shines as a director. However, his grand gestures usually fall flat and earn unintended laughs from the audience. Glass is his...
Cannibalism seems like the sort of thing you’d work your way up to in a game of Truth or Dare, but nope! Alex is munching on bits of her boyfriend in round one.
Save for The X Files and Fringe, Fox doesn’t have a great track record for keeping sci-fi dramas on the air longer than a season. Nevertheless, the network keeps trying. Will The Passage find a path to long-term success, or it is ...
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is beyond preposterous from a story standpoint, but all the grit and toughness we expect from director Fritz Lang are on full display in his final American film. Though it pales when compared to The Woman...
More than three years since HBO’s True Detective aired its kind-of disastrous second season, creator Nic Pizzolatto has finally regrouped and retooled the show for a third run of episodes. Will fans come back and give him another ...
Replicas is unequivocally a terrible film, filled with terrible writing and terrible performances. The experience of watching it may be fun, if the mood strikes, but “so bad it’s good” is not the same thing as actually good.
This is not Halloween, obviously. Nevertheless, movies from Halloween, even some with “Halloween” right in the name, land on Blu-ray and Ultra HD in the middle of January. One of them was a pretty big box office hit.
