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X-Files: The Collector's Set

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 1/4/2016 11:45 AM EDT
Whether or not you watched The X-Files from 1993- 2002, you would have had to been living under a rock to not know the names Scully and Mulder. The characters, the actors who played them, and even the theme song for the television series, were widely known and easily identifiable. For nine seasons, these FBI agents invest... Read More

Concussion

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/24/2015 10:50 AM EDT
Professional sports is big business. Billions of dollars a year are spent on tickets and merchandising, not to mention players' contracts. The NFL is so big they have their own day of the week, and commercial airtime for the Super Bowl costs an exorbitant amount of money for a 30 second spot. You can only imagine what would happen... Read More

Daddy's Home

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/23/2015 4:50 PM EDT
I think I have finally figured out why Will Ferrell (Elf) has a movie career. It's so he can make moronic comedies that really aren't very funny. His latest endeavor, Daddy's Home, is more of the same mind numbing antics we have come to expect from him. I can only hope at some point someone has the common sense to stop... Read More

Pan

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/22/2015 9:01 AM EDT
Whether or not you have seen one of the many versions of the classic story, everyone has heard the tale of Peter Pan. Peter is a young boy who lives in Never Never Land, and flies all over the world looking for "lost boys who, like himself, don't want to ever grow up. He has a fairy named Tinker Bell for a friend and his archen... Read More

The Hateful Eight

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/21/2015 3:04 PM EDT
I can't decide if Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) is incredibly brilliant or deeply disturbed; probably some combination of both. And, I wonder what type of upbringing and young adult experiences shaped him into the person he has become today. Whatever the answers are it has made him a successful filmmaker with a cinematic footprint al... Read More

The Big Short

(Judith Raymer) 12/21/2015 11:01 AM EDT
A (less than) funny thing happened on the way to the keyboard. Under my usual rock, I had no clue what the The Big Short was about (don't ask), much less what names would appear on the marquee (Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt...). Not 10 seconds into the trailer, I knew I had to see this film. I had to write ... Read More

Sisters

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/18/2015 9:40 AM EDT
Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) are pure comedy gold. Practically everything they touch turns out to be a success and their latest collaboration, Sisters, is no different. These two women can rival the best comedy duos of all time, and seeing them together on the big screen is a treat no one should miss.Fey and... Read More

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

(Nathan M Rose) 12/16/2015 3:05 AM EDT
In 1977, the words "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... " kicked off what would become one of the largest pop culture phenomenons in history, the Star Wars saga. The six films, countless TV shows, books, and video games that have been released have created their own little niche in today's society the world over.Now, 32 years... Read More

Ted 2

(Nathan M Rose) 12/15/2015 9:51 AM EDT
A couple of years ago, a foul mouthed teddy bear named Ted took the box office by storm, and, in true Hollywood fashion, a sequel was greenlit before the movie hit home release. While the first film was just exploring the world of Ted and his best friend, John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg; Transformers: Age of Extinction), ... Read More

In The Heart of The Sea

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/10/2015 3:06 PM EDT
There has been so much written about the almost mystical, great white whale that haunted Captain Ahab's dreams in Moby Dick. Herman Melville's novel is the quintessential story that has enraptured people for over 150 years. Lesser known is a nonfiction book, by Nathaniel Philbrick, retelling the tale of the whale ship Essex, destr... Read More