Screen Reviews
Puppet Monster Massacre
Feb 9, 2012
Pure, wholesome, clean-cut children's puppets are torn to shreds in a horror movie so appalling, you'll laugh most of the time.
Some Girls Live in Texas ‘78
Jan 26, 2012
As this 1978 Dallas concert shows, when the Rolling Stones are good, they are very, very good. James Mann says turn it up!
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Jan 24, 2012
Before the Coca Cola Company co-opted Santa, he was one mean mutha.
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Jan 23, 2012
Kevin Clash grows up with Sesame Street on his TV -- and becomes its greatest character.
Lookin’ Fine on Television
Jan 10, 2012
A riveting and rare glimpse of rock's original glam-punk junkies, onstage and behind the scenes during their short-lived glory days.
Melancholia
Jan 9, 2012
Two sisters fight ancient arguments as a mysterious planet is about to collide with Earth. Where is Michael Rennie when you need him?
The Jesus Lizard: Club
Jan 6, 2012
Matthew Moyer declares this the best approximation of the Jesus Lizard live experience.
The Other F Word
Dec 2, 2011
All the punks who didn't die became middle-aged and had children. Who could have imagined?
House
Nov 10, 2011
Six cute-as-a-bug Japanese teenage girls visit an eccentric old aunt and are devoured by a Satanic cat. And there's nudity!
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Nov 7, 2011
Preppy college kids head out to the woods and meet a pair of hillbillies with a wood chipper and chainsaw. What could go wrong? Ha, ha, that's a trick question.
The Future
Nov 1, 2011
A young couple toy with time and space as they wait to adopt a cat. The cat narrates.
The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
Oct 31, 2011
Rossini's great opera, The Barber of Seville, gets the treatment from The Teatro Regio Di Parma.
Tabloid
Oct 28, 2011
A former beauty queen kidnaps her Mormon lover and chains him to a bed, makes love to him for three days, and goes to jail. It's all good fun until the tabloids get the pictures and she has to have her pitbull cloned in South Korea.
Don Quixote
Oct 26, 2011
The Bolshoi ballet dances Don Quixote on screen at Maitland's Enzian Theater.
The Trip
Oct 18, 2011
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon travel Northern England, reviewing fine restaurants and impersonating Michael Caine. It's a job, I guess.
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
Sep 30, 2011
Finally, a DVD release of the seminal Bon Scott-fronted AC/DC concert film Let There Be Rock.
