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Joseph Szadkowski

Joseph Szadkowski

jszadkowski@washingtontimes.com

A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in communications, Joseph Szadkowski has written about popular culture for The Washington Times for the past 30 years. He covers video games, comic books, new media and technology.

Articles by Joseph Szadkowski

Zen Studios' Aliens vs. Pinball features  a table based on the film "Alien vs. Predator."

Zadzooks: Aliens vs. Pinball review

Three new virtual pinball tables highlight memorable moments, dialogue and characters in the movies "Aliens" and "Alien vs. Predator" and the popular 2014 video game "Alien Isolation."

May 7, 2016
A gingerbread man helps celebrate the holidays in "Krampus," now available from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Blu-ray review: ‘Krampus,’ horror and holiday hilarity

Director Michael Dougherty's holiday horror homage to "Gremlins" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" gives home theater audiences an amusing as well as terrifying look at what happens to those who do not trust in Santa Claus.

May 6, 2016
An alien invasion threatens humanity in "The 5th Wave," now available on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Blu-ray review: ‘The 5th Wave’

The latest alien invasion of Earth film moves to home theaters highlighting director J Blakeson's attempt to adapt the first book of author Rick Yancey's young adult, science fiction trilogy.

May 5, 2016
The documentary "Jackie Robinson,"  now available on Blu-ray from PBS Distribution, focuses on the legends efforts on and off the field to fight segregation. (Robinson photo Associated Press)

Blu-ray review: Jackie Robinson

Documentarian Ken Burns and a team of filmmakers offer home theater owners a more comprehensive look at one of Major League Baseball's formidable legends.

April 13, 2016
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren and Daisy Ridley as Rey in "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens," now available on Blu-ray from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

Blu-ray review: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Director J.J. Abrams' triumphant continuation of George Lucas' cinematic Skywalker saga arrives on Blu-ray to take audiences back to a galaxy far, far away in the confines of their multimedia entertainment room.

April 5, 2016
Samuel L.  Jackson and Walton Goggins co-star in "The Hateful Eight," now available on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Blu-ray review: ‘The Hateful Eight’

Director Quentin Tarantino's Academy Award-winning murder mystery set in post Civil War America challenges home theater screens with its Ultra Panavision 70 homage.

April 4, 2016
A near desolate and bleak New York City greets agents in the third person shooter Tom Clancy's The Division.

Zadzooks: Tom Clancy’s The Division review

A biological weapon infects the citizens of New York City and only one covert government organization can save the Big Apple from devolving into a state of anarchy in an addictive third person shooter.

March 26, 2016
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star in the coming-of-old-age comedy "Sisters," now available from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Blu-ray review: ‘Sisters: Unrated’

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's raunchy coming-of-old-age comedy from last year delivers the improv laughs in a special cut for home theater viewers.

March 18, 2016
Snoopy battles the Red Baron in "The Peanuts Movie," now available on Blu-ray from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Blu-ray review: ‘The Peanuts Movie’

Charles Schulz beloved band of eccentric children finally got the big-screen treatment they deserved in a dazzling computer-animated film and an extras packed home theater release.

March 16, 2016