While many year-end lists simply focus on either the best or the worst, this feels like a good opportunity to take a look at a year-end aspect that seems to go overlooked: the things that we didn’t see coming.  There’s …

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include one of the year’s most successful YA adaptations, a reboot of a popular comic book property, an underrated indie featuring two SNL alums, and more.  Briefly: Maze Runner [Blu-ray] – $19.99 (50% off) Teenage …

One of the best films I saw at Sundance this past January was director Craig Johnson’s dark comedy The Skeleton Twins.  The film stars Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as estranged twin siblings who are drawn back together after Hader’s …

[Note: This is a re-post of my The Skeleton Twins review from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.  The movie opens in limited release this weekend.] Comedic actors moving into dramatic territory is not a new concept.  Many make the transition with ease, …

Directed by Craig Johnson, the dramedy The Skeleton Twins finds estranged twins Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader) at the end of their ropes and having an unexpected reunion that forces them to confront why their lives have gone …