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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/10/2014 3:19 PM EDT
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the follow up to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, picks up where the first movie left off. When it starts we see the news reports discussing the spread of the simian flu worldwide and the destruction of the human race. The movie then switches to the woods where hundreds of apes, led by Cesar portrayed via ... Read More

Tammy

(Paul Kates) 7/7/2014 4:05 PM EDT
Love them or hate them, you have a fairly good idea what could happen in road trip movies, before you start watching them and usually it ultimately does. Tammy, while having a little bit of originality fails to make the most of itTammy is Melissa McCarthy's (The Heat, Mike and Molly) latest character creation for the big screen. She is a woma... Read More

Earth To Echo

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/2/2014 12:10 AM EDT
What happens when you cross an alien with "The Blair witch project" film style and the latest social media? You get this generation's version of "ET: The Extraterrestrial" –"Earth to Echo". Earth to echo is set up as video blog ("fount footage") narrated by Tuck played by actor, ... Read More

22 Jump Street

(Nathan M Rose) 6/12/2014 10:40 AM EDT
The boys are back in school for another round of parody comedic action fun in 22 Jump Street, starring Jonah Hill (Superbad, Wolf on Wall Street) and Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Haywire). The first film, 21 Jump Street, based on the 80s television show of the same name, was a smash success by taking a serious drama show and making ... Read More

The Fault in Our Stars

(Emily Hazlett) 6/5/2014 4:22 PM EDT
The latest young adult book turned movie, "The Fault in Our Stars", will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions. This film tells the love story of Hazel Grace Lancaster, (Shailene Woodley, Divergent), and Augustus (Gus) Waters (Ansel Elgort, Divergent), and how they come to support each other through some of the most unimagina... Read More

Edge Of Tomorrow

(Paul Kates) 6/4/2014 8:52 AM EDT
Tom Cruise ("Vanilla Sky", Collateral") follows up his 2013 sci-fi movie "Oblivion" with another sci-fi offering, "Edge of Tomorrow", alongside Golden Globe winner Emily Brunt ("The Adjustment Bureau", "The Devil Wears Prada") in a movie based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel All You Need Is K... Read More

Maleficent

(Sean Ferguson) 5/29/2014 11:29 PM EDT
And I know it's trueThat visions are seldom all they seem….. When it comes to the tale of Sleeping Beauty, the previous visions are definitely not what they have seemed. With the current release of Disney's "Maleficent", it seems as if the fairytale of our youth was a simplified, one sided tall tale. Yes, as we all know, t... Read More

A Million Ways to Die in the West

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 5/29/2014 11:18 PM EDT
Dubbed this generation's "Blazing Saddles", A million ways to die in the West won't disappoint Seth McFarlane's (Ted, Family Guy) die hard fans with it's abundant cursing, overt sexual references and graphic potty humor. Co-written, directed by and starring Macfarlane, A million ways follows Albert (Macfarlane), a not so successful ... Read More

X-Men: Days of Future Past

(Nathan M Rose) 5/22/2014 11:42 AM EDT
X-Men: Days of Future Past can best be summed up with a quote from one of my favorite movies, Total Recall (1990). "I've got to hand it to you… that's the best mindf**k yet." However, just simply stating this quote is taking the easy way out when trying to write a review of one of the most head-spinning comic book movies to dat... Read More

Godzilla

(Nathan M Rose) 5/14/2014 10:08 AM EDT
It has been 60 years since Ishirô Honda' Godzilla graced the silver screen, and to commemorate the occasion Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have brought the "King of Monsters" back to theaters.Most American's younger than 30 mainly associate the name Godzilla with the 1998 remake by Emmerich and Devlin (Independence Day), w... Read More