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Film and Television Reviews
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(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 09/04/2018 10:30 AM EDT Bad Boys, Bad Boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? …Now you have the song stuck in your head too just like I do since watching both Bad Boys and Bad Boys II on 4K. The Michael Bay (Transformers) directed films were a hit when they came out in 1995 and 2003 respectively and there have been rumors since then t... Read More |
 
(Jennifer Broderick) 08/30/2018 10:50 AM EDT Tuesday nights are a flurry in my house when 8 p.m. comes because my son absolutely refuses to miss The Flash. Developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, The Flash is about a young man who gets super speed when a local lab explodes, creating "meta-humans". Luckily, our Flash is... Read More |
(Leonard Buccellato) 08/29/2018 10:37 AM EDT It's difficult to believe that eight seasons of this show have passed, and in fact, in just a few short weeks, season 9 will begin. When it was first announced that TWD was being picked up by AMC, I was beyond excited. Being a fan of the comic books, as well as Zombie movies/books, in general, I couldn't wait. Like many fans I have spoken... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 08/28/2018 9:42 AM EDT Tom Clancy's first novel, The Hunt For Red October, was sold to Naval Institute Press for $5000 in 1984. The book, which Clancy had hoped would sell 5,000 copies ended up selling almost 10 times as much and was complemented by President Reagan causing it to become a national bestseller. A few years later the second Jack Ryan book – Patriot Ga... Read More |
(Jennifer Broderick) 08/27/2018 5:15 PM EDT Can you imagine a world without the Winchester Brothers- or their car? Supernatural Season Thirteen, like any suspicion of the same number, centers on what the world would have been like if the Winchester brothers had not been born. Season Thirteen introduces us to a world without the Winchester Brothers- Sam (Jared Padalecki; Gilmore Girls a... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 08/21/2018 9:54 AM EDT Whether you love him or you hate him…he doesn't really care. He's the Merc with a mouth, the Frozen to your Yentl, the X - Force to your X-Men, the.. well you get the picture. Or do you need me to draw you one? After the incredible worldwide success of Deadpool in 2016, you knew it was inevitable that there would be... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 08/14/2018 6:48 PM EDT It's been a little over 30 years since we first watched Alan "Dutch" Schaefer (Arnold Scharwzenegger; Terminator) battle an alien "big game" hunter in the Film Predator. In 1987 The film opened to mixed reviews but has since become a "new classic" and shows up on endless "top 100" lists. Three years... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 08/09/2018 10:07 AM EDT In 2002 audiences were introduced to Frank Martin (Jason Statham; Crank) - the quiet, brooding, self-employed transporter. He has a set of rules he doesn't break. One – don't look in the package, two – he doesn't "deal" in people, and three – he works alone. His work is dangerous and he gets paid handsomely f... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 08/07/2018 8:47 PM EDT It's been ten years and 18 films in the making. Avengers: Infinity War was one of the most anticipated movies of the Spring 2018 and depending on who you ask, it didn't disappoint. It brought together over 20 Marvel superhero characters and melded all their worlds into the fight to end all fights…the fight for the universe and ha... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 08/06/2018 3:46 PM EDT In 1992, DC Comics decided to create a crossover story that saw the Justice League battle Doomsday. However, unlike most of the DC comics, this story didn't end so well for our superhero friends and, shockingly, ended with Superman's demise. While some of the media felt it was nothing more than a publicity stunt, it created a th... Read More |