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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 15th, 2019 – Out of the Ashes and Right Back Again

Josh Zyber — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:00:43 +0000

If you spent all your money last week replacing half of your Disney movie collection, the good news is that that week’s new Blu-ray and Ultra HD titles will probably not seem nearly as appealing. As always, however, you might find something interesting if you dig into them. New Releases (Blu-ray) X-Men: Dark Phoenix –...

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Legion Series Finale Recap: “I Think We Saved the World”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:00:45 +0000

FX’s Legion wrapped up its third and final season this week, and series creator Noah Hawley was allowed to end the story on his own terms. As you’d expect, it gets pretty weird. I’ll do my best to make some sense of it. Aside from a check-in at the season premiere, I haven’t attempted to...

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Legion 3.01 Recap: “All Past Is Future”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:00:46 +0000

After its deeply confusing and, let’s be honest, frequently incoherent second season, FX’s bizarre superhero drama Legion saw its viewers throw their hands in the air and its ratings nosedive. However, the show still has a small cult audience, and the network was generous enough to grant it a third season to finish the story...

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SteelBook Alert: I Think It’s Gonna Be a Long Long Time

Josh Zyber — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:00:17 +0000

The latest wave of Ultra HD Blu-rays up for preorder at Best Buy include monsters, gremlins, a phoenix, and other assorted unusual pets – plus whatever the hell crazy animals Elton John dressed up as during the 1970s. Rocketman Video Formats: Ultra HD/Digital Available at: Best Buy (ORDER HERE) Release date: TBD Price: $34.99 I...

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Dark Phoenix Review: X-Men Flame Out

Jason Gorber — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:00:03 +0000

The X-Men series has felt like a bit of a misfire from the very start. Even by the convoluted standards of comic book fare, the ensemble pieces never quite managed to thread the needle between world-building and giving each member of the team time to shine. In what’s alleged to be the last of the...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 28th, 2019 – I Am a Leaf on the Wind

Josh Zyber — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:00:38 +0000

Don’t let the lack of major new Blu-rays this week stress you out. Take a deep breath and center yourself. Repeat after me: It’s going to be all right… all right… all… right… New Releases (Blu-ray) Serenity – In what must surely be the weirdest possible remake of Joss Whedon’s 2005 sci-fi cult favorite, Matthew...

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Weekend Roundtable: Going Solo

Josh Zyber — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:00:22 +0000

This week, Justice League superhero Aquaman and Transformer Bumblebee each break out with solo movies. For our Roundtable, we consider other fictional characters famous for being part of teams that might get their own standalone spinoff adventures next. Shannon Nutt I love the Mission: Impossible movies, but Tom Cruise can’t keep doing these things forever....

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Once Upon a Deadpool Review: Only Mostly Deadpool 2

Deirdre Crimmins — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:00:25 +0000

If Deadpool is known for two things, they’re his metatextuality and the fact that he’s definitely not for young kids or those with delicate sensibilities. With this week’s release of Once Upon a Deadpool, the naughty superhero is limited (for the first time) by a PG-13 MPAA rating, so he instead amps up the meta...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 23rd, 2018 – Alone Again

Josh Zyber — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:00:44 +0000

It used to be that the release of a new Star Wars movie to either theaters or home video was a major event. Has Disney’s plan to churn out new Star Wars content non-stop in perpetuity already triggered franchise fatigue among fans? New Releases (Blu-ray) Solo: A Star Wars Story – As was extensively publicized,...

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‘Deadpool 2’ Belated Review: Wade on In, the Water’s Fine

Deirdre Crimmins — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:00:13 +0000

‘Deadpool 2’ is the rare but welcome sequel that not only lives up to expectations, but does so by not completely rehashing the first film. Let’s be clear, there is plenty of rehashing. ‘Deadpool 2’ opens in a similar style to the first movie. Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) is sitting atop an apartment’s worth of fuel...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2018 Oscar Snubs

Josh Zyber — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:00:31 +0000

Oscar season finally ends this Sunday. As the Hollywood elite declare which movies they think were the best of 2017, let’s look at a few the Oscars ignored this year. Luke Hickman I loved five movies in 2017 that were completely ignored by the Academy. ‘A Ghost Story‘ – I haven’t loved any of director...

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Poll: How Many of the 2018 Oscar Nominees Have You Seen?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:00:05 +0000

Every year, as soon as the Oscar nominations are announced, movie fans begin the process of trying to catch up with some of the nominated movies they missed during the year. How many of the 2018 batch have you watched? Year after year, the Academy Awards often reward movies that weren’t widely seen by paying...

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