I have to admit that I was originally skeptical of the 'old school' reboots that were dragged out during the 2016-17 television season.?MacGyver? Seriously??Lethal Weapon? C'mon. But my wife and I checked out each - and found ourselves hooked. Maybe it's the script,...
Kumail Nanjiani wrote the script for?The Big Sick?with his real-life Anglo wife, Emily Gordon, and then starred in the subsequent film about a Pakistani comedian in Chicago. And it's hilarious; in fact, it's the funniest film I've seen this year. Kumail as Kumail is...
Sam Elliott is the voice of Dodge, the actor you've seen in Westerns even if you couldn't name him then, and a chiseled-looking guy you'd say 'yessir' to if you met. But lately, Elliott has been playing type against type (see:?The Ranch), and now he appears in Brett...
In the tenth season of CBS' long-running comedy about a circle of seven friends (and some of their hangers-on), the subjects have turned primarily from video games, comic books, science fiction, and dating to... marriage and children. The humor is still quirky and...
In Angels Memorial Hospital, the staff are overworked, underpaid, and without resources. But they've got Marcia Gay Harden! In the second season of the intense medical procedural, the crew at the hospital tackle rape, autism, Parkinson's, and levels of grief that have...
When Dr. Beth McCord became Secretary of State, she had the background as a CIA analyst and poly-sci professor from UVA to make her a solid choice by the sitting president. But McCord could never have imagined the level of personal trauma the position would cause her,...
Thirty-five years after Steve Spielberg unveiled the gnarliest alien this side of Yoda,?E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?arrives in a bike on Blu-ray and Digital HD. See how Elliott (Henry Thomas), Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and Michael (Robert MacNaughton) survive '70s and...
So, let's be clear: Tom Cruise has battle just about everything. The Russians. Autism. Aliens. Futuristic governments. The future itself. But he's never fought the ancient evil of the Mummy before. In a remake of the 1999 Brendan Fraser film (and to be clear, "remake"...
Three seasons ago, CBS unleashed a serial about the exploits of the overly smart (IQ-wise, not EQ-wise) Walter O'Brien, played in stunning fashion by Elyes Gabriel. O'Brien is joined on his team of unique experts working for Homeland Security by psychologist Toby...