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Now Streaming: Jack Ryan Season 1

Josh Zyber — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:00:35 +0000

Now on its fifth actor to play the lead role, the Jack Ryan franchise has had nearly as many reboots as James Bond in half the time. The latest iteration brings Tom Clancy’s famed intelligence analyst to the small screen courtesy of Amazon Prime streaming. How well does the property translate to episodic television? Perhaps...

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‘A Quiet Place’ Review: Silence Is Golden

Luke Hickman — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 15:00:20 +0000

The intense horror thriller ‘A Quiet Place’ features a premise I’m surprised hasn’t been brought to the screen before. It’s so simple, yet insanely fruitful for the genre. I’m sincerely grateful for little-known co-writers Brian Woods and Scott Beck for creating it and for star/director/co-writer John Krasinski for bring it to life. Monsters have overtaken...

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‘Born in China’ Review: Animals Are Cute, Vol. 24,578

Philip Brown — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:00:04 +0000

It’s hard to even know what to say about DisneyNature documentaries anymore. They have a formula: Send brilliant nature documentarians out into the field to gather extraordinary footage, then cut it down to the cutest beauty shots of critters and toss on a celebrity narration to give them a bit of anthropomorphized personality. It works,...

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’13 Hours’ Review: Zero Brains, Dirty

Philip Brown — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:00:21 +0000

Before I get into this review, I should start with a semi-apology. I did this with ‘American Sniper’ as well, even though it didn’t make a lick of difference when the comments piled up. I want to make it clear that obviously I’d admire those who are willing to risk their lives for their country...

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‘Aloha’ Review: Cameron Crowe’s Current Catastrophe

Philip Brown — Fri, 29 May 2015 13:00:47 +0000

A strange thing has happened over the last few years. The romantic comedy, once a lynchpin of Hollywood’s desire to profit off date nights, has slowly disappeared after a few too many Katherine Heigl crap-heaps soured anyone’s interest. Presumably, Sony hoped that giving former rom-com champ Cameron Crowe a crack at the bat might help...

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Cease Your Laboring – Win ‘The Office: Season Nine’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:00:28 +0000

Monday is a holiday in the United States. I had planned to close the blog for the day, but our contest this week ties in nicely with the Labor Day theme, so I decided to run it early. This will be our only post for the day, but we’ll be back tomorrow with a normal...

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New Year’s Weekend Movies: Oh Frack…

Luke Hickman — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:00:29 +0000

This week, three new movies opened on Christmas Day: ‘Django Unchained’, ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Parental Guidance’. The first two performed very well on Christmas, so don’t expect any of today’s small releases to put up much competition. The big films will certainly hog all the box office revenue. The widest new debut this weekend is...

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Weekend Movies: Madea and the Haunted House

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:00:09 +0000

None of the movies opening wide this weekend curb my anticipation-slash-curiosity for next week’s ‘Cloud Atlas’. In the meantime, all we get are yet another found-footage sequel and Tyler Perry’s attempt to become an action star. This week’s biggest release is ‘Paranormal Activity 4‘. Instead of playing out like the prequel third chapter, this one...

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Now Playing: A Whale of a Tale

Luke Hickman — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:58 +0000

While watching ‘Big Miracle’, thoughts will continually flood into your mind about how contrived, by-the-book and formulaic this story of a multinational effort to free three whales trapped in the arctic ice of northern Alaska is. Yet as cheesy and made-up as the whole thing appears, when actual footage of the real-life people and events...

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Weekend Movies: It’ll Take More Than a ‘Miracle’ to Get Audiences Out This Weekend

Luke Hickman — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:52 +0000

Although the worst movie month of the year is over, the first weekend of February still feels like it belongs back in January. This weekend’s releases consist of one bad movie, one fluffy movie, and one slightly above par. Once again, this might be a great weekend to catch up on those Oscar nominated films...

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Sundance 2012 Preview: U.S. Dramatic Competition

Aaron Peck — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:00:22 +0000

Sundance 2012 is right around the corner. I’ll be attending the festival again in January, along with fellow High-Def Digest writer Luke Hickman. Last week, the festival started announcing the films that will be shown to audiences. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll highlight some of the titles that have caught my attention. Today,...

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