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(Allison Skornick-Rose) 8/5/2019 9:48 PM EDT Every culture has its folklore and tall tales. Some are sweet and build on traditions that bring a community together while others are bedtime stories. Still, others are scary and used to keep children on their best behavior. One of the latter is the Mexican story known as La Llorona or the weeping woman. For centuries child... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 8/5/2019 1:19 PM EDT Do you believe in miracles? What about the power of prayer? Every year people defy the odds medically and astound doctors by recovering from seemingly fatal injuries or illnesses. One such story was made into a book in 2017, The Impossible, and was Joyce Smith's retelling of her journey with her religion and how it helped her thro... Read More |
 
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/31/2019 4:46 PM EDT In 2001 we were introduced to Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel, xXx), Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker, Running Scared) and a host of other colorful characters in Universal Pictures' The Fast and The Furious. The movie centered around the idea of family and what that means surrounded by a backdrop of fast cars. Since then there have been seven ot... Read More |
 
(Maureen Buccellato) 7/31/2019 9:34 AM EDT John Hughes is responsible for so many classic 1980s coming of age stories. The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, just to name a few. He is also responsible for 1985's Frankensteinesque feature film, Weird Science, which is available now on a special collector's edition Blu-ray from Arrow. Weird Science tells t... Read More |
(Maureen Buccellato) 7/30/2019 2:54 PM EDT Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen - power couple? One may not immediately think of this duo in such a way but in Long Shot, you are quickly convinced. Released in May 2019 to theatres, this funny and heartwarming film is now available on Blu-ray for your home entertainment collection.When Brooklyn Advocate journalist Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogan; Knocked ... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/29/2019 5:10 PM EDT There have been numerous television shows and movies that involve airplanes. Some of them, including Wings and Airplane!, were humorous others held a more dramatic slant, i.e. Lost or Air Force One. In most cases, these stories involved action taking place on an airplane or in an airport and in the case of the dramatic offers often... Read More |
(Maureen Buccellato) 7/26/2019 4:28 PM EDT Laika Studio, who brought us, Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings, has brought us another impressive feature titled Missing Link, starring the voices of Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover series) and Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman). The film hit theaters in April of 2019 and now you can own this title on Blu-ray.An ex... Read More |
(Maureen Buccellato) 7/26/2019 12:00 PM EDT Alita: Battle Angel is a film that was a long time in the making. James Cameron first read Yukito Kishiro's Manga, Gunnm, twenty years ago. He wanted to make this into a film but due to his "Avatar" projects, "Alita" was put on the back burner. As time went on Cameron knew that he just couldn't fit the film in... Read More |
(Maureen Buccellato) 7/24/2019 10:47 PM EDT Hellboy first came onto the scene in 1993 with the release of the San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 and has gone on to make appearances in various film and tv projects including 2004's Hellboy and 2008's Hellboy II: The Golden Army, both starring Ron Perlman. In May 2017, it was announced that a reboot to the franchise would take... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/24/2019 10:25 PM EDT Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) has made quite the name for himself as a filmmaker. In 1992 his movie Reservoir Dogs became an instant hit after being screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Then in 1994 Pulp Fiction won over audiences with its non-linear style of storytelling and its eclectic soundtrack. Since then he has had nu... Read More |
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