In the dramatic prequel based on Erle Stanley Gardner’s books (and the Raymond Burr television series), Matthew Rhys (The Americans) plays Perry Mason pre-law days. He’s a sad-sack private eye in 1932 Los Angeles, dealing with his PTSD after the war and divorce, suffering through the Great Depression like everyone else. He’s rumpled, depressed, and…
When Kenny Daglish made the transition from Celtic in Scotland to Liverpool in the English Premier League, John Dower?s Scottish father found his European football allegiance transitioning, too. Over the years, the Dower family avidly followed their team, attending the miracle win in Istanbul in 2005 and now enjoying the latest spoils of success under…
Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, and William Sadler reunited after almost thirty years for the sequel that 2020 couldn’t have seen coming but sorely needed. As Bill, Ted, and Death, they go meta and maybe meta, again? But who is counting? This is about the journey. Four years ago, I wrote, “Richard Matheson wrote many science…
In Alan Moore’s graphic novel, a vigilante rises up against a neo-facist police state, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. He serves as a lightning rod for the unrest in the United Kingdom in the future – 2027. Fifteen years ago, the Wachowskis (The Matrix) teamed with director James McTeigue again to deliver the big screen…
Just in time for the holidays, the press release says, you can own all eight seasons of Game of Thrones in 4K HD. But what is even more ironic is that on the day of Election 2020, you can own all the espionage and court intrigue of one of the best shows to tackle politics…
After a few weeks’ hiatus for moving and changing jobs, I’m back with a home media vengeance – a Warner Bros. explosion of 4K HD and Blu-ray films from the vault, mixed in with several animated films of serious DC Comics caliber. There’s something here for the whole family — especially those who love some…
French director Julius Berg’s directorial debut provides a cinematic translation of the graphic novel Une nuit de pleine lune by Hermann and Yves H. Starring Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams, the film follows three would-be thieves as they case the home of an elderly couple, who prove to be more dangerous (and more intelligent) than…
In the second season collaboration of Stephen King and J.J. Abrams, Lizzy Caplan’s Annie Wilkes is a mentally ill nurse, a murderer, and a woman on the run. She may be so much more than that, too, but that’s the way mysteries work when King and Abrams are up to their normal hijinks. Returning to…
Other movies have shown us class warfare: District 9, The Hunger Games, Fight Club, Mad Max, even last year’s Knives Out. But the Universal film that was released early digitally because of COVID-19 is now available for purchase and download, delivering a crazy, violently comic story about the way that classes just can’t get along,…
If Steve Carrell’s Michael Scott had cursed more and been in charge of the new presidential directives to put boots in space, The Office would be Space Force. Here, Carrell is General Mark R. Naird, the Chief of Space Operations. He’s a hardworking soldier who has always played fair, hoping to one day direct the…
