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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

(Sean McCloskey) 1/28/2019 4:13 PM EDT
The Nutcracker story is synonymous with the Christmas holiday season. The famous ballet is known the world over and has been enchanting audiences for well over a hundred years. Disney took this classic story and released The Nutcracker and the Four Realms back in November to some pretty critical reviews. Now, the film will be available on 4K UHD to... Read More

The Hate U Give

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 1/22/2019 10:51 AM EDT
Racial Profiling is defined as the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense and it is a problem that plagues cities across this country. Recently a number of unarmed young, black men have been killed by police officers who saw them as a threat simply based on the color of their skin. When... Read More

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 1/21/2019 5:14 PM EDT
Known as the Stephen King of children's literature, R.L. Stine created a series of scary stories from 1992 through 1997 entitled Goosebumps. The books have a number of monsters but a ventriloquist's dummy named Slappy is prevalent in many of them. In 2015 Slappy was brought to life when Goosebumps the movie came to theaters. With ... Read More

Cliffhanger

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 1/14/2019 11:18 AM EDT
Sylvester Stallone (Rocky) had a string of hit action movies in the 1970s and 1980s but those hits waned by the latter part of 1980s and he didn't make movies for a few years. Then in 1993, he starred in another action film called Cliffhanger. Based in the mountains of the Northwestern United States and filmed in the Italian Alps, the Renny H... Read More

Bad Times at the El Royale

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 1/9/2019 11:17 AM EDT
It's been a while since we've been treated to a highly stylized film in the vain of film noir. During the 1990's we saw quite a bit of that genre but we seemed to have lost sight of it with all the action/superhero films of this millennia. Bad Times At the El Royale reminds us of why we loved these types of movies and what a beautifully... Read More

Castle Rock

(Nathan M Rose) 1/7/2019 11:23 PM EDT
Hailing from the mind of Stephen King, Castle Rock is a town used in most of his novels, and now with the resurgence of Stephen King films, Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason took the opportunity - with the blessing of the master of horror himself- Stephen King, to create an Anthology Series entitled Castle Rock, with a cast of actors from some of ... Read More

Night School

(Sean McCloskey) 1/2/2019 8:46 PM EDT
Giving the go-ahead to a comedy with Kevin Hart (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip) set in a high school, being directed by the proven Malcolm D. Lee, had to have been one of the easiest movie studio decisions of the year. Neither actor ever really strays too far from their standard material and you generally kn... Read More

The Predator

(Sean McCloskey) 12/28/2018 11:17 AM EDT
Being a fan of the Predator series I was excited when a new one was announced and was released in theaters this fall. However, The Predator just didn't live up to my expectations. The problem is I can't exactly pinpoint exactly why. The movie wasn't bad - I was entertained but for some reason, I just didn't like it. The... Read More

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

(Leonard Buccellato) 12/21/2018 4:28 PM EDT
I have a Love-Hate relationship with Eli Roth.I can count the number of movies of his, which I have actually enjoyed, on 2 fingers. On the other hand, I think his enthusiasm and love for, and knowledge of, classic horror, and Genre movies, in general, is really admirable. Not to mention, he really seems like a genuinely good guy. But back to ... Read More

A Simple Favor

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/18/2018 9:32 AM EDT
Actor/ Director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) is known for his quirky, offbeat comedies so it's no surprise that he decided to tackle Darcey Bell's dark comedy/thriller A Simple Favor. Outwardly, It seems like a perfect match as he infuses his personality into every thread of the movie but there is a seriousness that permeates which is some... Read More