Recommended The Movie:The good thing about much-respected and prodigious artists is that they tend to have done a lot of work that most of their fans may not have known about. Take Kurosawa for instance. He wrote a screenplay which he intended to direct after his 1965 film Red Beard, and was intended to be his first color film before financial backing fell through. He didn't get to make a color film for five years, but the screenplay he wrote was proverbially tucked into a drawer for a while and didn't pop up for years, until it became 1985's Runaway…

Recommended In 10 Words or LessYoung superheroes have fun and fight evilReviewer's Bias*Loves: Animation, superheroesLikes: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Teen Titans Go!Dislikes: DC Comics in general, overtly moralistic cartoons, most "girl" cartoonsHates: Harley Quinn overexposureThe MovieWith the notable exception of Patty Jenkins' recent Wonder Woman, DC's film output has long lagged behind its TV series, whether it's the small-screen live-action series that populate the CW or the many excellent animated adaptations, including the wonderfully silly Teen Titans Go!. Part of that success is a very clear view of each series' audience, focusing on adventure, laughs or drama...Read the…

Recommended An Art That Nature Makes:Photographer Rosamond Purcell isn't a household name, except maybe among serious photography fans, but this documentary, highlighting the journey of her breathtaking work, should deservedly make you glad you're now in the know. Artists and those predisposed to staring at nature in all its forms will absolutely be drawn in to this excellent treatise on Purcell's work. But even if you 'don't get' art, Molly Bernstein's film will help you considerably on your way.Bernstein catalogs Purcell's work through the development of her oeuvre, slyly revealing the artist as well. At first, Purcell might put off…

Rent It Director: Howard AvedisStarring: Mary Beth McDonough, David Wysocki, Bill PaxtonYear: 1983Director Howard Avedis dappled in sexploitation cinema in the 70s, although really, who didn't. He carried the style over into the 80s, adding murder and crime and thrills, but keeping the older women with large breasts. It it's not broke don't fix it I guess; there will always be a market for b-movies with nudity and fake blood because, for some strange reason, we will always love them. Mortuary is just another in a long history of intentionally bad films, but with a few key elements that deserve…

Skip It Produced between 2010 and 2012, 8-Bit Generation's The Commodore Wars (2016) promises to deliver an inside look at the home computer explosion of the 1970s and early 1980s: one populated by the likes of Apple, Atari, Texas Instruments, and Tandy, but eventually dominated by Comm...Read the entire review Source: DVD Talk

Recommended Except for hazy memories of my parents watching Mannix when it was new, and, of course, Lalo Schifrin's jazzy theme music, the kind of classic TV opening that, once heard, is never forgotten. Strange then to watch the series for the first time only now, despite the high pedigree of talent involved. Mannix (1967-75) was the creation of Richard Levinson and William Link, just prior to their finding much greater and more lasting success with Columbo. It was the last hurrah of Desilu Productions before Lucille Ball sold the company lock, stock, and barrel to the adjacent Paramount Pictures…

Recommended Director: Dana Ben-AriYear: 2014For a natural experience that is older than modern, upright homo sapiens and is shared among countless species of mammal across the globe, breastfeeding carries a stigma around inside the borders of our society that is as nonsensical as it is undeniable. Whether it occurs at the hospital after birth, at work in a dark room, at a restaurant table, or at home lying comfortably on a bed, breastfeeding is constantly under judgement and scrutiny. Women are told how to feel about it, men are taught to look away from it, strangers become entitled to share…

Highly Recommended The Show: Yas, Queen. Stoners Abbi and Ilana are back at it in season 3 of the New York-set Broad City. As in the offbeat sitcom's earlier seasons, this batch of 10 episodes maintains a slacker-Seinfeld vibe of busy aimlessness while intermittently forcing its characters to confront their own selfish failings and grow up a little.Creators and stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer don't majorly shake up the "smoke weed and act self-absorbed" formula that has been such a winner up until this point. As ever, their characters' bulletproof friendship anchors a show that otherwise takes off in…