Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 12th, 2018 – Beyond the
That small Blu-ray drought we experienced the last couple of weeks ends in spectacular fashion with a surge of new disc releases, including the biggest movie of the year.
Weekend Roundtable: All About That Bass
For home theater fans who’ve invested a decent amount of money into a quality audio system, few things are as satisfying as listening to a movie soundtrack with deep, room-shaking bass. Our Roundtable this week calls out som...
Puzzle Review: No Relation to Jigsaw
Anything can be a competition. We’ve got cooking shows on Reality TV that pit one chef against another. Singing competitions. Muscle growing showdowns. Magic the Gathering tournaments. Heck, even dog agility can be quantifie...
The Meg Review: Statham vs. Mega Shark
Is it possible that a movie like The Meg isn’t dumb enough to be fun? Is it better to aim lower, to throw in tornadoes or genetically modified beasts or other ridiculousness to amplify the stupidity and thus, hypothetically,...
SteelBook Alert: A Bug in the System
Collectors of Marvel SteelBooks can get their preorders in for the studio’s third superhero adventure of 2018. Meanwhile, fans of the Matrix film franchise have another excuse to rebuy three movies they probably already own ...
Dog Days Review: Don’t Let These Dogs Out
Dog Days is a really tough film to watch. It’s a godawful slog to get through, but the even greater sin it commits is wasting the talents of an enormous cast of some of the best comedic actors working today.
Off the Shelf: Ghosts of the Abyss
My sons have recently become obsessed with the story of the Titanic. Because they’re still a little young to watch the famous blockbuster about that disaster, which would be too long and too scary for a couple of 4-year-olds...
One Man’s Trash: Extinction
First, Netflix picked up Annihilation, and now it’s got Extinction. I’m starting to feel pretty good about next week’s pitch for my humanistic sci-fi opus, Obliteration.
Book Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth – Novel to Film
Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth is a seminal work of cult science fiction cinema. Decidedly more art film than special effects or action showcase, the movie invites and practically requires multiple viewings to...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 5th, 2018 – Party Pooper
If you’re eager to spend some money on Blu-rays this week, I regret to inform you that the start of August may not be much more exciting than the end of July was. Notable titles include a Melissa McCarthy comedy, some UHD up...
Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Children’s Books
Disney’s new Christopher Robin movie hopes to remind us all about the joys of children’s literature. What were your favorite books when you were a kid? If you have children of your own, what have you enjoyed reading wi...
The Darkest Minds Review: Darkness Fails
August has long been associated with the doldrums of cinema. It’s too early for Oscar bait and too late for big blockbuster fun. Unfortunately for us, The Darkest Minds does everything in its power to rise to that level of e...