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The 15:17 to Paris

(Leonard Buccellato) 5/24/2018 9:00 AM EST
Clint Eastwood is an icon. There's no debate here, his impact on Hollywood as an actor, producer, and director cannot be overstated. His last three films have been about everyday heroes that have managed extraordinary feats of courage and it seems his goal is to counteract the superhero culture prevalent in Hollywood today. I fo... Read More

The Patriot

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 5/22/2018 10:52 PM EST
Why are we so fascinated by war? Time after time movies depicts historical battles with dramatic flair and an increasing level of blood and violence. If you were to Google movies about World War II I'm sure there will a plethora of films listed and probably the same for the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Once such film was 2000's T... Read More

Early Man

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 5/22/2018 6:58 AM EST
Let's face it, you can't stop progress…or can you? One age led into another and made way for innovation and change. But what if the older age fought back? From the people who created Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run they now give you Early Man. The stop-motion/claymation animated fea... Read More

Red Sparrow

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 5/21/2018 11:53 PM EST
The world of espionage is a never-ending game of cat and mouse. Countries spying on each other in an attempt to find out their dirty little secrets. Agents all over the world working with and against each other simply to get the upper hand. While most of us live in ignorant bliss and think these dealings only happen in the movies,... Read More

Die Hard

(Nathan M Rose) 5/21/2018 4:50 PM EST
Back in the late 1980s, a little film called Die Hard, starring an unknown action star at the time whose only previous body of work was in comedy, came crashing onto the screen and the action genre has never been the same. Now, for its 30th Anniversary, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the film like it has never been released b... Read More

The Matrix

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 5/21/2018 8:24 AM EST
"There's a glitch in The Matrix". Anyone who was over the age of ten in 1999 should know what that statement means. The film, directed by the Wachowski Brothers - now Sisters- changed the face of action movies forever in one two hour block of time. The highly stylized look of The Matrix has been talked about and studied ... Read More

Black Panther

(Nathan M Rose) 5/15/2018 7:50 AM EST
In the 1960s, during the height of the civil rights movement, Marvel comics took a big chance and created a new superhero, Black Panther, from the nation of Wakanda. This land was a more technologically advanced nation than any on Earth. Over time, the character became of the most beloved in the Marvel Universe, and now, in 2018, he finally h... Read More

Peter Rabbit

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 5/9/2018 4:33 PM EST
In 1902, the world was introduced to an adorable yet mischievous rabbit named Peter. British author Beatrix Potter wrote six books over ten years showcasing the anthropomorphic bunny, his family, and friends. Over the next one hundred years the Peter Rabbit books and merchandising have earned over $150 million worldwide and this year Columbia... Read More

Source Code

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 5/8/2018 10:43 AM EST
Imagine you have the power to stop a terrorist attack before it ever happened. You are an Army pilot in a simulator and every eight minutes you end up looping back onto a commuter train outside Chicago that blew up earlier in the morning. Your job is to find the bomb and the bomber to stop an even larger bomb from exploding in the City limits... Read More

Fifty Shades Freed

(Maureen Buccellato) 5/8/2018 8:31 AM EST
"Mr. Grey will see you now"…six simple words that launched a global phenomenon and ushered in a new era of "soccer mom porn". The series of films based on the book trilogy sparked the imaginations of women worldwide and gave them a new fantasy to dream about. It opened up a new sexual world for many and made BDSM a ... Read More