There’s being a fan, and then there’s being a fan for all of eternity. One funeral home in Arkansas has introduced a Ghostbusters urn — which looks like the group’s famous Ecto-1 vehicle — which can hold a true fan’s ashes in perpetuity. If you’re dead-set on a Ghostbusters-inspired funeral, this could be the way to go. The … Read more
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “1917”“Aftersun”“Ali”“Carol”“The Conjuring”“Crazy Rich Asians”“Fatal Attraction”“Godzilla Minus One”“Miami Vice”“Wonder” 14 NEW ON BLU-RAY/DVD “American Gigolo” Paul Schrader has had a remarkable late-career resurgence after the low points of films like “The Canyons,” bouncing back with the acclaimed thematic trilogy of “First Reformed,” “The Card Counter,” and “Master Gardener,” and his latest film, … Read more
(If you know how I can capture my other white whale, that is, the director’s cut of “The Meteor Man,” you’d be doing me a solid. I know most film critics would cite the missing footage from “The Magnificent Ambersons” as their most desired cinematic dream—and I’d like to see that, too. But my white … Read more
“Fletch”https://www.rogerebert.com/”Fletch Lives” There was a time, young readers, when Chevy Chase was one of the biggest stars in the world. His reputation as a notorious jerk has forever damaged the way a lot of people view his heyday. Still, the truth is that a lot of his ’70s and ’80s comedies have held up well, … Read more
The Strangers first hit theaters in May 2008, leaving a major mark in pop culture and scarring moviegoers as one of the most memorable home invasion movies. Now, The Strangers: Chapter 1 hits theaters on May 17, creating a franchise out of the original film. While the first Strangers film is one of the most … Read more
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “The Act of Killing”“Amadeus”“Anyone But You”“Happy Gilmore”“The Killing Fields”“Knocked Up”“Lucy”“Strange Way of Life”“Suzume”“The Thin Blue Line” 11 NEW ON BLU-RAY/DVD “Andor” (and Disney+ Shows) There seems to be a trend back towards physical media (at least I hope so), partially due to the realization over the last year or so that … Read more
The Horror Collective is bringing festive fear with the Christmas horror movie He Sees You When You’re Sleeping. The film, directed and produced by Charlie Steeds (The Barge People, Gods of the Deep), sees a young man’s Christmas homecoming turn into a nightmare as a killer in a Santa suit gruesomely picks off his estranged, … Read more
10-year-old Connor Esterson successfully got his pitch for a Home Alone meets The Godfather movie into the hands of an Oscar winner. “Ma’am, I’m 10 years old, you think I could write this alone? I don’t think so.” The age demographics in Hollywood are about to skew a lot younger because a pre-teen has pitched … Read more
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “The Accountant”“Alone”“The Autopsy of Jane Doe”“Bodies Bodies Bodies”“Four Daughters”“Godzilla”“Pineapple Express”“Step Brothers”“To Kill a Tiger”“Wanderlust” 15 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “The Abyss” James Cameron’s 1989 blockbuster has been one of the hardest films to find on physical media or streaming for over a generation now. Its long-delayed arrival on 4K technically happened at … Read more
Considering only one week separated the beginning of True/False and the end of the Berlin International Film Festival, I can’t help but compare the two. There are of course the superficial differences: Berlin is a major city; the theaters are resplendent gigantic movie houses; the attendees are more generally from across the globe. True/False has … Read more