‘Hostiles’ Review: A Grim Oater
‘Hostiles’ is the first official Western by writer/director Scott Cooper, whose previous movies (‘Crazy Heart’, ‘Out of the Furnace’) have essentially been Westerns minus the period trappings. U...
‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ Review: No
There are some truly wonderful things in ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’, chief among them being Annette Bening’s beautifully measured and heart-wrenching performance. Unfortunately, the movie suffers f...
‘The Alienist’ Pilot Recap: “I’m Not Here
Paramount tried for over two decades to launch a big-budget movie adaptation of Caleb Carr’s bestselling 1994 historical mystery thriller ‘The Alienist’, but every attempt fell through until the project eventuall...
2018 Oscar Nominations
Hollywood is in such a shambles these days that it’s almost a surprise the Academy Awards are going through with an Oscars ceremony this year at all. Nevertheless, tradition must be upheld and too much money is on the line. ...
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 5.08 Recap: “Maybe Non
Repeated several times in the latest episode of ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ is the prophecy: “This is the day it all ends.”. If only. Sadly, we’ve got more of this storyline to go.
Weekend Box Office: Not Strong Enough
You know it’s January when a five-week-old movie is still at the top of charts. Not one of this weekend’s three wide releases was able to defeat the almighty ‘Jumanji’ sequel. Each performed better than exp...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 21st, 2018 – Riders on
Promising Blu-rays this week are mostly focused on art films, 4k upgrades and catalog releases. Sadly, the big headlining titles are pretty much a wash-out.
Weekend Roundtable: 2018 Movies You’re Most Skeptical About
Last week, we talked about upcoming movies we’re looking forward to in 2018. Sadly, a lot of the big movies coming out this year are bound to disappoint, if not outright suck. Which titles have you the most worried?
‘The Road Movie’ Review: A Crash Course in Russian Dr
If there’s any sort of message to be taken from director Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s utterly unique documentary ‘The Road Movie’, it’s that life is lived in constant expectation of disaster. (Well, that and...
‘Den of Thieves’ Review: Waste of Time
‘Den of Thieves’ may not be the worst heist movie ever made, but it sure feels like it at times. The genre should be rooted in great writing, requiring clockwork precision and structure to satisfy. That’s not gen...
‘The Final Year’ Review: Obama Nostalgia
Given the timing and subject matter, ‘The Final Year’ had the potential to be a historic documentary with unprecedented political access. While still an interesting movie, it’s a little too obviously vetted by al...
’12 Strong’ Review: Pretty Weak
‘American Sniper’ wasn’t a film that I was fond of at the time, but its legacy is something that I particularly dislike. Thanks to the success of Clint Eastwood’s rousing “kill all the evil brown peop...