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13 Reasons Why: Season Two

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/20/2019 11:59 AM EST
Author Jay Asher wrote a novel in 2007 called Th1rteen R3asons Why which has become both praised and criticized across the country. Some schools banned it while others made it required reading and used it in its teaching curriculum. Last year Netflix created a drama series based on the book which has been met with critical acclaim for its wri... Read More

Cold Pursuit

(Maureen Buccellato) 5/14/2019 2:29 PM EST
Liam Neeson has certainly carved out a niche for himself in the entertainment world as the dad seeking revenge for his child being harmed/wronged. In 2008's Taken, he proved that messing with his kid could have biblical repercussions for those responsible. Now, in the black comedy Cold Pursuit, available now on 4K UHD Blu-ray, Neeson conti... Read More

Godzilla

(Nathan M Rose) 5/13/2019 4:34 PM EST
Back in 1990, an Americanized version of Godzilla was shopped around to various "hot" directors at the time such as James Cameron, Time Burton, Paul Verhoeven, and Jan de Bout, with it eventually landing in the laps of the team responsible for the hit 1996 film Independence Day, Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.The story, un... Read More

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/7/2019 10:27 AM EST
Lego Toys- The building blocks of our childhood. Lego Toys - The nightmare of every barefoot parent as they wander around the house in the dark late at night. Lego Toys- those interlocking, plastic pieces that clicked and snapped into place and fueled one's imagination. Remember the hours of enjoyment spent building people and things?&n... Read More

The Prodigy

(Maureen Buccellato) 5/7/2019 9:22 AM EST
When people start their families, they dream about what kind of person their child will be - successful, happy, kind, etc. But what if the child you have always been dreaming of becomes an evil nightmare? In The Prodigy, we see just that - a true birth of evil (although not as good as Rosemary's baby). Now, you can grab this title on Blu-ray fo... Read More

Better Call Saul: The Complete 4th Season

(Leonard Buccellato) 5/6/2019 1:47 PM EST
There are two types of people, those that love the Vince Gilligan/Peter Gould, Breaking Bad Spinoff Series, Better Call Saul, and those that are wrong! Especially if you are a fan of Breaking Bad, you owe it to yourself to watch this well thought out and incredibly well-acted series.Gilligan/Gould have created an amazingly watchable world, populate... Read More

Black Hawk Down

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/6/2019 12:04 AM EST
In 1992 United Nations forces were attacked in Somalia while trying to deliver food to the starving people. Civil war and underhanded tactics by those in power had left that country in a state of desperation. By 1993 Mohamed Farrah Aidid had a great influence over a number of citizens and commanded an army of insurgents who went around ... Read More

Destroyer

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 4/22/2019 11:14 PM EST
Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman (Cold Mountain) is such a versatile actor that one could imagine her playing almost any type of role. She was Satine in Moulin Rouge! and English author Virginia Wolf in The Hours won an Oscar for her performance in the film. Therefore it's no surprise that she fully engrosses her self in her late... Read More

Alien

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 4/22/2019 8:15 PM EST
The year was 1979. The director was a mostly unknown individual named Ridley Scott (Blade Runner). The film, that changed the future look and ideas of what creatures should look and act like, was called Alien. The movie became a huge hit and made both Scott and the film's star, Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), household names. ... Read More

Welcome To Marwen

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 4/19/2019 3:35 PM EST
Robert Zemeckis has been making films since 1978. Considered an innovator of visual effects, he is known for having directed some of this country's most iconic movies including Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump – the latter one which he won a Best Director Oscar. In 2004 he co-wrote and directed the live... Read More