REVIEW: “Murder Mystery 2” (2023)

REVIEW: “Murder Mystery 2” (2023)

(CLICK HERE to read my full review in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) It can be a little challenging to understand Netflix’s metrics for what constitutes a financial success on their platform. To my knowledge the streaming leader hasn’t really opened up about their formula. But rather than box office ticket sales, they seem to mostly rely … Continue reading

REVIEW: “Tetris” (2023)

REVIEW: “Tetris” (2023)

I remember when I first played Tetris, the simple yet joyously addictive puzzle game created in 1984 by Soviet-born computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov. In 1989 the game came packed with Nintendo’s ambitious Game Boy hand-held game console. I was instantly hooked. Between it and a version released a few months later for Nintendo’s home console, … Continue reading

New on Home Video: “Missing” Blu-Ray + Digital

New on Home Video: “Missing” Blu-Ray + Digital

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the home video release of “Missing” from co-directors Nick Johnson and Will Merrick. This taut, savvy, and thoroughly gripping tech thriller is the spiritual successor to 2018’s “Searching”, similarly telling its story through phone calls, text messages, FaceTime, home movies, security cameras, web browsers, etc. It’s a fast-paced and … Continue reading