What’s New on DVD and Blu-Ray
This week sees the premiere of this year’s secret guilty pleasure (horror edition), Unfriended. Taking…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: A. I. (2001)
In the spring of 1999, Stanley Kubrick, tired of negotiating with recalcitrant Warner Bros. executives,…
The Solute Record Club: Results/Album Dates
Time is up, and the results are in. Again, the top three were so close…
Taco Break: The Tyranny of the Twist
The twist has been around for ages. Many mysteries of old depended on the twist,…
The Gift Proves That It’s Thought (That Goes Into The Filmmaking) That Counts
You may have only noticed it in passing, if it all, but Warrior is one…
American Underworld – Part 2: Enemies at the Gates
“Gangsters are foreigners. He’s an American.” – “Gramp Maple” in The Petrified Forest (1936) In 1931, the…
Film on the Television (8/9/15): THE WOMEN and TROG on TCM
Tonight’s edition of TCM’s Summer Under the Stars is a tribute to Joan Crawford, presenting…
TRUE DETECTIVE season 2, ep. 8: “Omega Station”
True Detective‘s final episode this season comes close to double-length, and it divides neatly into…
The Solute Record Club: Polling Day #1
Well, it’s that time again! We need a selection of artists for Record Club, so…
Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation Clobbers Fantastic Four At The Box Office
As The Thing might put it, “Ain’t this a revolting development”. Not only did 20th…