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Mallrats: 2-Disc 25th Anniversary Special Edition

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/16/2020 10:00 AM EST
Kevin Patrick Smith (Clerks) was born and raised fifteen minutes from me in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and is a mere six months older than me (yet abundantly more financially successful). When his first feature film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, won two awards and later screened at the Cannes International Film Festival, where it c... Read More

Freaky

(Alyn Darnay) 11/14/2020 8:20 PM EST
What do you need to spin a yarn about teenagers in danger, that twists the usual Slasher/Comedy film in some unique way, yet stays true to the original genre?Simple. First, you borrow every cliché in every film of its type that came before it and blends it into a slickly shot, gory, playtime piece that your projected audience is both used to... Read More

Dreamland

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/13/2020 12:59 PM EST
Bonnie and Clyde were probably two of the most notorious criminals of the great depression error who died together in 1934. However, have you ever wondered what would happen to Bonnie without Clyde? What if she was only slightly wounded, hiding, a fugitive from the law?What if you were a young man living in poverty with your family in t... Read More

The Last Dance

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/12/2020 3:15 PM EST
The top athletes in almost any sport are revered all over the world. Their talent, their competitive spirit, their hard work, their strength and agility, and their mindset make them the best and they are celebrated for it. They are paid handsomely, and they become celebrities. Their goals are to play as long as possible and win of... Read More

Freaky

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/11/2020 2:09 PM EST
How often do you see on the internet a film categorized as Horror/Comedy? It's a rare event indeed as one would not normally think of those two film genres together. Some might argue that the Scream franchise has some hints of comedy in them but not enough to label them as such. Interestingly, Happy Death Day is listed as Horror/Mystery... Read More

Come Away

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/10/2020 1:17 PM EST
So many childhood fairytales began in some semblance of reality. The basis for these stories were real people – both good and evil- and how other imaginations of those individuals evolved into beloved bedtime stories. But what if the character weren't just based on real people but real people became characters? This... Read More

Bill & Ted Face the Music

(Nathan M Rose) 11/9/2020 5:22 PM EST
In the mid-1980s Comedians Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon started doing a stand-up routine in which they played two, bodacious dudes called Bill & Ted. The stand-up was such a hit that they went on to create a film in 1989 entitled Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, which both kids, teenagers, and teachers alike got behind.The movie immediate... Read More

Antebellum

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/2/2020 10:51 PM EST
The more things change…the more they stay the same. There was a time in the United States when African Americans were seen as property instead of human beings. A time when the northern states and the southern ones disagreed about slave ownership which ultimately led to war. There are some who still hold these beliefs today,... Read More

V For Vendetta

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/2/2020 12:56 PM EST
"Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot". So begins the John Milton (Paradise Lost) poem about the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes, along with a group of fellow soldiers, decided to assassinate King James I by blowing up P... Read More

Once Upon A Snowman

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 10/22/2020 10:06 AM EST
It's hard to believe it has only been seven years since we were introduced to Elsa (Idina Menzel; Rent), Anna (Kristen Bell; The Good Place), Kristoff (Jonathan Groff; Hamilton: An American Musical), and Olaf (Josh Gad; Beauty and the Beast) in Disney's blockbuster, animated film, Frozen. In a short time, the franchise has grown to epic propo... Read More