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Posted inDVDs/Home Viewing

Blu-Ray Review: Despite Mediocre Box Office, ‘Alien: Covenant’ Is a Good Movie

by Bob Grimm August 16th, 2017December 16th, 2020

Ridley Scott’s third Alien movie, Alien: Covenant, is a good one. Sadly, it was not good enough to motivate a lot of domestic viewers to take it in—putting the franchise in jeopardy. A direct sequel to his Alien prequel, Prometheus, Covenant tries to be both a gory monster movie and a philosophical meditation on the […]

Posted inDVDs/Home Viewing

Home Video Review: Terrence Malick Has Made Yet Another Mess With ‘Song to Song’

by Bob Grimm July 11th, 2017December 16th, 2020
Posted inFilm Reviews

Scary Ruminations: Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ Is a Decent Continuation of the ‘Alien’ Franchise

by Bob Grimm May 25th, 2017December 16th, 2020
Posted inFilm Reviews

Head-Scratcher: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Tries to Do More With Less—and the Result Is the Worst Film of the Franchise

by Bob Grimm June 2nd, 2016December 16th, 2020
Posted inSnapshot

Snapshot: Life in Exile at the Far End of the PSIFF Awards Gala’s Red Carpet

by Kevin Fitzgerald January 4th, 2016December 16th, 2020
Posted inFilm Reviews

One Heck of a ‘Jobs’: Michael Fassbender Is Amazing as the Famous Apple Exec

by Bob Grimm October 29th, 2015December 16th, 2020
Posted inDVDs/Home Viewing

Home Video Review: ‘Slow West’ Features a Brilliant Performance by Michael Fassbender

by Bob Grimm May 18th, 2015December 16th, 2020
Posted inFilm Reviews

The Madness of Art: ‘Frank’ Is Silly, but It Makes a Profound Point

by Bob Grimm September 4th, 2014December 16th, 2020
Posted inFilm Reviews

The Mutants Are Back: The Fantastic ‘Days of Future Past’ Has Given the X-Men Franchise New Life

by Bob Grimm May 29th, 2014December 16th, 2020
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Blu-Ray Review: ’12 Years a Slave’ Is a Worthy Best Picture Winner

by Bob Grimm March 3rd, 2014December 16th, 2020

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