Posted in No Huddle by J C on September 11th, 2018
“It’s hard to believe your pathological inability to make a decision finally paid off.” Since its debut, Silicon Valley has brilliantly lampooned the tech industry by showing us both the proverbial “guys in a garage” and the self-important, aggressively eccentric billionaires obsessed with staying ahead of the curve. Given the fact that we’re now in […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on September 22nd, 2017
“I don’t want to be just guys in a house.” Since its debut, Silicon Valley has brilliantly lampooned the tech industry by showing us both the proverbial “guys in a garage” and the self-important, aggressively eccentric billionaires obsessed with staying ahead of the curve. The show’s central tension (and cruel joke) is that the ultimate […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on April 13th, 2017
“Think inside the box.” One of the major through lines in season 3 of Silicon Valley is that our heroes at Pied Piper have created a product so ahead of its time that it is failing to connect with consumers, which puts the start-up company in peril. Fortunately, HBO’s brainy and bawdy tech comedy hasn’t […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on April 20th, 2016
“Billionaires are people too.” HBO’s Silicon Valley, which takes merciless aim at the tech capital of the U.S., was impressive right out of the gate. The series struck comedy gold in its debut season by making fun of both self-important, aggressively eccentric billionaires and the bumbling “guys in a garage” who are trying to get to […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on March 30th, 2015
“There’s money flying all over Silicon Valley, but none of it ever seems to hit us.” There’s a lot to like about HBO’s Silicon Valley, which debuted last year with a confident, clever freshman season that took merciless aim the tech capital of the U.S. My favorite thing about the show — besides hyper-specific jokes […]
Posted in No Huddle by Jeremy Butler on July 2nd, 2024
“I have a ghost to bust.” When Afterlife was initially announced back in 2021, my thoughts were: why do we keep messing with things instead of preserving them? Ghostbusters was an iconic film franchise that already suffered one failed attempt at reboot. So when I went to see Afterlife, I was expecting the law of […]
Posted in The Reel World by Jeremy Butler on March 22nd, 2024
“I have a ghost to bust.” When Afterlife was initially announced back in 2021, my thoughts were: why do we keep messing with things instead of preserving them? Ghostbusters was an iconic film franchise that already suffered one failed attempt at reboot. So when I went to see Afterlife, I was expecting the law of […]
Posted in No Huddle by Jeremy Butler on June 16th, 2021
Nothing like being framed for murder to revitalize a dying relationship. Or least that is the premise that fueled this Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani-led romantic comedy. Now in recent years, both Rae’s and Nanjiani’s star powers have been on the rise, interestingly enough as a result of stellar performances in television series (Rai on […]
Posted in Holiday Gift Guides by J C on December 20th, 2017
The countdown to Christmas has reached single digits! Hopefully, that means everyone on your naughty/nice list (which, I assume, you’ve checked twice) has been accounted for. But maybe that’s not the case, and you’re racking your brain for a last-minute gift idea. Fortunately, Upcomingdiscs has come to the rescue every Christmas with our Gift Guide […]
Posted in Tuesday Round Up by J C on September 19th, 2017
You probably heard that we had a very unwelcome visitor blow through town last week. And while UpcomingDiscs HQ is still standing, we did experience some stressful moments and a power outage that caused us to go off the grid for about a week. Fortunately, things are starting to get back to normal and we […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on May 17th, 2017
“Look, as lousy as the marriage is, the divorce is going to be much, much worse.” The subject of divorce isn’t exactly a laugh riot in real life, so the makers of HBO’s comedy series tracking the dissolution of a decade-long marriage had their work cut out for them. Divorce (not surprisingly) takes a darkly […]
Posted in Tuesday Round Up by J C on April 11th, 2017
Election season is firmly in the rearview mirror, but I reckon this week’s weekly Round Up could easily be dubbed “Super Tuesday.” Veep is in its second term as the Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy Series…that being said, I’m not sure anything in this fiercely funny and profane show can match the levels of ridiculata […]
Posted in The Reel World by Archive Authors on July 23rd, 2016
Captain Fantastic has nothing to do with Elton John. (It turns out that’s not entirely true, because director/writer/actor Matt Ross (Big Love, Silicon Valley) found out his mother played Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy all the time, and it must have imbedded itself in his subconscious). The story in the movie starts in […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on April 25th, 2016
“We’re making history with the first woman president.” That statement may or may not become a reality in a matter of months, but HBO has real-life politics beat either way. Season 3 of Veep, the caustic, constantly-cussing comedy series, concluded with U.S. Vice President Selina Meyer ascending to the highest office in the land. But […]
Posted in Tuesday Round Up by J C on April 19th, 2016
We’ve got a bear of a Round Up for you this week, my friends! Leonard DiCaprio tussled with a vicious grizzly and took home his first Oscar for The Revenant. And now, thanks to Fox, we’ll bring you a Blu-ray review of the hit survival drama. Lionsgate also engages in some gross Misconduct, while Entertainment One […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on November 16th, 2015
The geriatric care wing of a hospital — where the employees are undermanned and overworked, and many of the patients are in a near-catatonic state — is not the most obvious sitcom setting. That’s partly the reason it took me a while to warm up to the first season of HBO’s Getting On, an adaptation […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on May 7th, 2015
“An early computer command that sent the machine into a race condition, forcing all instructions to compete for superiority at once. Control of the computer could not be regained.” That command? It’s Halt And Catch Fire. Television is very much like that. So many shows out there are competing for your attention. Even on the […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on April 2nd, 2015
“For the first time in four years, I can say what I really think.” It may have taken four years for fictional U.S. Vice President Selina Meyer to make her boldest political move yet, but Veep was finally able to achieve all-around greatness in just three. I know there are fans of HBO’s caustic comedy […]
