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(Nathan M Rose) 12/05/2017 9:37 AM EDT Back in 1999, an up and coming author, Vince Flynn, published a novel entitled Transfer of Power with a minor character named, Mitch Rapp. This character captivated the minds and hearts of Flynn's readers. Now, 17 years later, CBS Films and Lionsgate home entertainment have released the first in a new hopeful series, American Assassin based on ... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/05/2017 9:05 AM EDT Imagine being a nine or ten-year-old boy who is bullied at school and who is so afraid of his father that he lets a good man get fired for a mistake he made. For Alan Parrish (Robin Williams; Mrs. Doubtfire) this is his reality one day in 1969. As he contemplates running away from home, his fate is decided by another turn of events... Read More |
(Jennifer Broderick) 12/04/2017 5:13 PM EDT Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment are bringing us the third movie in the Despicable Me franchise this holiday season. This is clearly not the last movie, as the fourth is scheduled to be released in 2024, which after watching number 3, is exciting. Despicable Me 3 built upon the franchise, introduced new characters and further devel... Read More |
(Jennifer Broderick) 11/28/2017 5:17 PM EDT J.K. Rowling came up with a brilliant idea- a boy who is a wizard and gets into a load of scrapes with his friends. The story continues in the second book and therefore, the second movie, courtesy of - or should we say luckily enough- provided by Warner Bros. Studios. Harry Potter is a mix of fantasy and adventure and mystery ... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/27/2017 11:00 PM EDT Ever wanted to pull off the perfect heist? Ever have the opportunity and think you could plan a way to steal millions of dollars? What if that plan included breaking someone out of prison for less than 12 hours and sneaking them back in before the prison guards noticed they were gone? For Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum; Magic Mike) that is... Read More |
(Jennifer Broderick) 11/27/2017 7:34 PM EDT Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire is really the first movie in the Harry Potter Franchise where we can really see that Harry Potter would be lost without his friends. He is a true Gryffindor- loyal to all his friends and brave to the point of sometimes stupidity (which is why we love Harry Potter)- but clearly not so much as cut out for Rav... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/27/2017 7:19 PM EDT As Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his third year, he once again faces an unknown foe in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Eagerly awaited by fans back in 2004, this third installment of the popular series also saw a changing of the guard with Director Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) replacing Chris Col... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/21/2017 1:12 PM EDT It has been twenty years since we were introduced to "The boy who lived" when J.K. Rowling's first book in the Harry Potter series debuted in the United Kingdom. Originally titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone the name was later changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States for ... Read More |
(Kaileigh Etheridge) 11/14/2017 11:36 AM EDT Wind River takes place on a tight-knit Indian Reservation called Wind River where we are introduced to Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner; The Bourne Legacy), a wildlife officer and outdoor aficionado. While out tracking, he discovers a frozen teenage girl lying in the snow. She is bloodied and barefoot, so it is assume... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/14/2017 11:04 AM EDT Ever since Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) was a ten-year-old boy, he has been fascinated with the French graphic novel Valerian and Laureline and has been trying to make it into a major motion picture for years. He even waived his salary for the film since it was a lifelong passion of his. This year saw the fruit of his labors... Read More |