Set to make its bow on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD this February 4, Wicked blew into theaters just before last Thanksgiving—and, thanks to the built-in and devoted followings for the stage musical and the source material that inspired…
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Which TV Character’s Death Floored You?
Let’s start out with the obligatory spoiler warning, as there are going be a lot of plot reveals here for those who aren’t familiar with some of the various series mentioned. We get that the availability of DVD and Blu-ray…
Read more →A Mole to Be Looked At: Revisiting The Mole Agent
There’s much anticipation, understandably so, for the forthcoming streaming sitcom A Man on the Inside, which will reunite star Ted Danson with The Good Place’s creator/showrunner Michael Schur. The San Francisco-set series features Danson as former engineering professor Charles Nieuwendyk—retired,…
Read more →Which Movie Santa Would You Least Want to Mess With?
Lifted from a planned streaming release into theaters, the appreciative audience response has already proven strong for the high-concept Christmas action-comedy Red One. The scenario finds that Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) maintains a very high-end operation at the North Pole,…
Read more →Which Is the Best Best Christmas Pageant Ever?
Well, the candy bags are going on closeout to make room for the candy canes, and that means the holiday movie season is starting to ramp up. One of the first offerings out the gate this year is The Best…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Powell and Pressburger Film?
During a collaborative heyday that spanned the 1940s into the early 1950s, British director Michael Powell (1905-1990) and Hungarian-born screenwriter Emeric Pressburger (1902-1988)–or, as per their production company stamp, “The Archers”–crafted A Matter of Life and Death (A.K.A Stairway to…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Liam Neeson Action Movie?
Some 16 years ago, enraptured moviegoers watched as ex-CIA Bryan Mills gave a spare but chilling warning over the phone to the sex traffickers that just abducted his teenage daughter: “…[W]hat I do have are a very particular set of…
Read more →Check Out These Demanded New Fright Flicks—If You Dare
We’re deep into October, and you know what that means, beyond pumpkin spice-flavored everything—horror movies wherever you turn. Right now, we’ll turn your attention to a trio of the more buzzed-about fear cinema finds coming our way, which didn’t skimp…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Horror Franchise of the 2020s?
In the fall of ’22, Smile opened in the U.S.—and as writer-director Parker Finn’s unheralded horror flick proceeded to gross $200 million above its $17 million budget, there was probably no shortage of grins breaking out at Paramount’s front offices….
Read more →Fear As Folk: Check Out These New Folk Horror Finds
The leaves are dropping, you’re stocking up on those bags of fun size bars…It’s Trick or Treat time, and that means connoisseurs of horror movies are going to have to make some shelf space for some worthy new hard media…
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