The Thursday Murder Club Review: Big Stars, Weak Mystery
Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club brings Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley & Pierce Brosnan together for a cozy whodunit, but even an A-list cast can't solve the mystery of a lifeless script.
Ben Kingsley
The Killer’s Game Review: Talented Cast Wasted in Dull, Unimaginative Actioner
A disappointing waste of Dave Bautista's talent, The Killer's Game won't be high on anyone's career retrospective.
CONTEST: Win screening passes for THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL!
That Shelf wants to send you and a friend to see a preview screening of Netflix's The School for Good and Evil! Find out how you can win a chance to attend in Toronto now.
Spoiled Rotten 163: Revisiting Iron Man 3
Ben and Daniel revisit Iron Man 3
comPOSERS Episode 113: Hugo
Martin Scorsese directing a fantastical family adventure film with music by the inestimable Howard Shore?? Sure, why not. It's Hugo, everybody.
Parental Guidance MCU Rewatch: Iron Man 3
As a family, we pledged to embark upon an epic MCU rewatch before we see Avengers: Endgame – and answer the all-important question: should you watch these with your kids? Next up Iron Man 3 !
The Jungle Book Blu-ray Review
Does Jon Favreau's work on Disney's live action Jungle Book make for a That Shelf-worthy Blu-ray?
The Jungle Book Review: More Spectacle Than Special
The only aspect of Disney's live action update of The Jungle Book that doesn't get upstaged by the visual effects is Bill Murray.
Self/less Review
Director Tarsem Singh brings none of the visual flair we've come to know and love him for in this tired sci-fi body-switching action flick that's basically a remake of John Frankenheimer's superior Seconds.
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Orphan Black’s Kristian Bruun
We're happy that Donnie Hendrix has survived another season of Orphan Black , and what a great season it was for him. To celebrate, here are 10 fun facts about the actor who brings Donnie to life, Kristian Bruun.
The Delusional Arrogance of Uwe Boll
The antagonistic director has done nothing to earn the respect of audiences no matter how much he thinks he deserves it.
Exodus: Gods and Kings Review
There's nothing bad about Exodus: Gods and Kings , but there's nothing particularly original about it, either.
Interview: Rob Meyer
We talk to Rob Meyer, director of the coming of age film A Birder's Guide to Everything (now available on DVD and VOD in Canada, and on DVD in the US this coming Tuesday and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Kingsley) about the energy his young stars brought to the production, how he pulled unlikely inspiration from Monty Python, why it’s impossible to look cool while birdwatching, and why he was actually really excited to fight his film’s initial R-rating in front of the MPAA.
Home Entertainment Round-Up: 5/20/14
We play catch up with the DVDs we've accumulated over the past month with Phil looking at Criterion releases for Riot in Cell Block 11 and Breaking the Waves , the recently remastered Sorcerer , a re-cut version of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys , the fourth and final season of Eastbound and Down , and the latest Paranormal Activity film. Dave looks at straight-to-video efforts Mr. Jones and Bad Country , along with new discs for Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Seven Warriors . And Andrew looks back on A Birder's Guide to Everything and Big Bad Wolves .
Home Entertainment Round-Up: 3/9/14
As we dig out from under the pile of Blu-Ray and DVD releases that have come into the office this month, we take a look at Criterion editions of Soderbergh's underrated King of the Hill and Truffaut's Jules and Jim , Blu-rays for Thor: The Dark World , Nebraska , Wadjda , and Blue is the Warmest Color , and a DVD of the found footage thriller Banshee Chapter .
