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Blackhat

(Nathan M Rose) 01/15/2015 11:03 PM EST
Almost as if the plot of the film was ripped from today's headlines, Michael Mann's Blackhat hacks in to theaters this weekend, January 16th, 2015.Blackhat, starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Avengers) and Viola Davis (Enders Game, Get On Up), is Michael Mann's (Heat, Collateral) latest crime story about a cyber-terrorist attack at a n... Read More

Into The Woods

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/24/2014 11:17 AM EST
Musical theater fans have a reason to celebrate this holiday season. The beloved Broadway show Into The Woods opens in theaters on Christmas day. Directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Nine), the film boasts an all-star cast and enjoyable two hours of drama and song. Into The Woods opened on Broadway in 1987 and won several Tony awards... Read More

The Imitation Game

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/23/2014 1:42 PM EST
If you want to see an Oscar worthy film before the end of 2014, go to see The Imitation Game. Based on the novel by Andrew Hodges, the movie tells the story of Alan Turing, a brilliant yet awkward Mathematician who basically won WWII. Starring Benjamin Cumberbatch (Sherlock, The Fifth Estate), The Imitation Game is one of the best movie... Read More

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

(Paul Kates) 12/12/2014 10:27 AM EST
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies starts exactly where the previous Hobbit movie left off. In the final throws of "The Desolation of Smaug", Smaug is seen flying towards Lake Town with the sole aim of releasing his vengeance on its town's folk. The first scenes of The Battle of the Five Armies see him delivering his dose of reptil... Read More

The Penguins of Madagascar

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/25/2014 11:08 PM EST
After three movies of playing bit characters in the background, the Penguins of Madagascar finally have gotten their starring roles. The black and white, flightless birds that have always had about ten minutes of screen time are now the main players of the hour and a half The Penguins of Madagascar. With their crazy strategic missions, ... Read More

Horrible Bosses 2

(Nathan M Rose) 11/25/2014 10:45 PM EST
In 2011 New Line Cinema's unleashed a movie that most of Middle America could relate to entitled Horrible Bosses. The movie had a simple premise. What if your boss was so "horrible" and destroying your life so much that the only out you had was to kill him? This fantasy was so common for most of working America that the act of living vica... Read More

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/20/2014 4:54 PM EST
How do you milk a successful book series for as much as you can? You split the last book in half and open the movie on Thanksgiving weekend. Mockingjay Part I is the third of four movies in The Hunger Games Series opening next week. The highly anticipated film continues the saga of Katniss Everdeen played by Jennifer Lawrence (Sil... Read More

Big Hero 6

(Nathan M Rose) 11/07/2014 9:43 AM EST
Disney just unleashed another Marvel project on the silver screen without most movie patrons even realizing it. That film is known as Big Hero 6. Yes, that film, the one with the cute Stay Puft Marshmallow Man figure known as Baymax. Big Hero 6's story centers around a boy genius, Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter), who has been on the wrong ... Read More

Interstellar

(Nathan M Rose) 11/05/2014 9:00 AM EST
How to make a movie 101 – Open up a proverbial can and add a little bit of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a star studded cast, a bit of family conflict, a three hour runtime, and a horrible twist, and you have Interstellar. Interstellar, the latest big budget, big concept film from Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight), written by ... Read More

Before I Go To Sleep

(Nathan M Rose) 10/30/2014 9:46 PM EST
With most films coming out before this Friday since most of America will be out celebrating Halloween, Before I Go To Sleep takes the opportunity to come out in "not so crowded" weekend. Before I Go To Sleep is a British-American thriller film adapted from a novel of the same name by S. J. Watson, written and directed by Rowan Joff&e... Read More