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Reviews By Nathan M Rose

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Big Driver

(Nathan M Rose) 10/16/2014 10:43 PM EDT
Big Driver, The latest thriller television film based on a novella by Stephen King is coming to the Lifetime this Saturday as part of their big push to diversify themselves from their "lifetime movie" stigmata in most people's minds.The movie premise is very simple, but it works. It tells the tale of a book author, which after a pub... Read More

Dracula Untold

(Nathan M Rose) 10/09/2014 11:08 PM EDT
At this point in your life you might be asking why do we need another vampire movie. However, if you discount all the sparkling vampires, the 90210/Melrose Place CW vampires, and vampires that drink synthetic blood. The last true Dracula movie was Wes Craven produced Dracula 2000 back in as you probably guessed 2000. Most people are familiar w... Read More

A Million Ways to Die in the West

(Nathan M Rose) 10/08/2014 9:03 PM EDT
Quick off the top of your head how many western comedy films can you name? If you got four of them you did pretty well as the list is quite short. You have Blazing Saddles, Three Amigos, Back To The Future III, and Maverick. Now you can also safely add A Million Ways to Die in The West to your list. A Million Ways To Die in The West, written, ... Read More

The 100

(Nathan M Rose) 09/26/2014 12:17 PM EDT
The 100, the new hit CW show based on Kass Morgan's bestselling young adult book of the same name, takes place ninety-seven years after nuclear Armageddon destroyed earth. The remaining survivors live on the Ark, an aging space station experiencing overpopulation and inadequate resources. Consisting of the space stations previously representing the... Read More

Supernatural Season Nine

(Nathan M Rose) 09/11/2014 12:10 PM EDT
The boys are back for season 9 in the very successful series, Supernatural, on the CW. With Season 10 waiting in wings, Warner Bros. has brought season 9 to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD, so everyone can catch up on the Winchesters before the new season starts.Last time we visited the world of Supernatural in season 8, the angel Metatron (Curt... Read More

The Originals: The Complete First Season

(Nathan M Rose) 09/04/2014 9:22 AM EDT
Following in the footsteps of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CW's The Vampire Diaries series created a spin-off television show called the Originals, which premiered the fall of 2013. The spin-off series debuted during season four of Vampire Diaries during an episode entitled "Originals".As the title suggests, The Originals continues... Read More

The November Man

(Nathan M Rose) 08/27/2014 9:19 AM EDT
Proving you can't keep a good agent down, Pierce Bronson, 007 himself, has just gotten his license to kill reinstated in the new thriller, November Man. November Man, director by spy thriller veteran, Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job, The Recruit), based on the first in a thirteen part book series by author Bill Granger, is about a retied CIA... Read More

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

(Nathan M Rose) 08/07/2014 11:07 AM EDT
For years various studios and companies have been trying to find a way to get the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle property back on the big screen, and this August it will be finally accomplished by Platinum Dunes, Nickelodeon, and Paramount.The premise is simple – Four turtles and a rat come into contact with a mutagen agent that transforms then ... Read More

Lucy

(Nathan M Rose) 07/24/2014 4:06 PM EDT
This week Universal Pictures hopes to breathe life into a dead summer with their new film Lucy. Lucy, stars Scarlett Johansson, is Luc Besson's (The Professional, The Fifth Element) latest action thriller. The premise although a little far fetched is simple. Lucy is a student studying abroad in Taipei who, through a series of mishap... Read More

22 Jump Street

(Nathan M Rose) 06/12/2014 10:40 AM EDT
The boys are back in school for another round of parody comedic action fun in 22 Jump Street, starring Jonah Hill (Superbad, Wolf on Wall Street) and Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Haywire). The first film, 21 Jump Street, based on the 80s television show of the same name, was a smash success by taking a serious drama show and making ... Read More