This week, there are 7 releases on the home video market. Basically, it’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and 6 other films you could watch but why would you when you could watch Rogue One: A Star Wars Story again. Here’s what you should buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of April 4, 2017:Read More →
This week’s BuRStS features an 8-pack of films with a box office juggernaut that leeched success from its Harry Potter roots (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), an overlooked film that received some Awards chatter (20th Century Women), another Berg/Wahlberg project (Patriots Day), one of the many James Franco movies from 2016 (Why Him?) and not one but two films that the mere presence of Liam Neeson improves (Silence and A Monster Calls). Read on to find out about the two unmentioned releases and which films MHT recommends to buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of March 28:Read More →
With 6 options this week, there’s something for almost everyone. There’s a character-driven drama (Miss Sloane), something for the family (Sing), another try at bringing a video game to the big screen (Assassin’s Creed), an unintentionally funny gangster flick starring Ben Affleck (Live by Night), a pretentious James Franco film (In Dubious Battle) and one of those films where you recognize the entire cast but never remember the movie making it to theaters (A Kind of Murder). Without further adieu, here is what to buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of March 21st:Read More →
A 7-pack of films hits DVD this week. The best of the week is Fences featuring great performances by Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. The rest could be alternatively titled “The Not Too Spectacular Now Playing” although Elle (Best Actress) and Passengers (Best Original Score, Best Production Design) also received Oscar nominations. Here’s what you should be buying, renting, streaming (Legally! Drop the Fire Stick now!) and skipping for the week of March 14th:Read More →
8 movies were made available for home viewing this week with Jackie & Moana leading the way. Here’s what you should buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of March 7th:Read More →
With 10 movies to be released on February 28th including this year’s Best Picture nominee winner, Moonlight, it’s a big week in terms of quantity. However, there’s plenty to wait to stream or just plain skip this week with less than half of the releases making the rent or buy list. Here’s what you should buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of February 28th:Read More →
The return of BuRStS with a slightly different format. We’ll still list every movie released on home video this week but the format has slightly changed. Now, we’ll start with what you should do and then list the film. Here’s what you should buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of February 21, 2017:
Buy It!
Manchester by the Sea —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: Why Casey Affleck should win Best Actor at this weekend’s Academy Awards.
Why Buy?
It’s a well written drama with enough dry humor to keep you from completely falling into infinite sadness with incredible performances from Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges. Plus, it has the most gutwrenching scene in recent memory. No, not that one. THAT ONE!
The first home video releases are available today and 2017’s home options start off with a fizzle instead of a bang. Denial (currently #29 on MHT’s Top Movies of 2016) is joined by Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (currently #111) and Blair Witch (currently #119) and 4 other films that did not find the MHT radar in 2016. Here’s what to buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of January 3rd:Read More →
It’s been three weeks since BuRStS has been published and during that time, 32 (THIRTY TWO!) movies have been released to the home market. (Blame Christmas!) So, the options were to do an 8 part BuRStS or do a quick recap of the movies released by category and start fresh with the new year next week. Considering how long it would take to write 8 parts and how decreasingly funny each part would get, here’s a quick recap of the last 3 weeks of releases with recommendations of the 8 movies to Buy, 8 movies to Rent, 8 movies to Stream and 8 movies to Skip:Read More →
For the 2nd half of BuRStS, the biggest film of the week — The Secret Life of Pets — isn’t the one MHT is recommending to buy. I’m sure if you have kids, there’s probably no shot you can’t buy it and I’ll be the first to say, “Sorry!” to you about that. However, check out this week’s 2nd batch of recommendations of what to buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of December 6:Read More →