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Horrible Bosses 2

(Nathan M Rose) 11/25/2014 10:45 PM EDT
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 EDT
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) 11/7/2014 9:43 AM EDT
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) 11/5/2014 9:00 AM EDT
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 EDT
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

John Wick

(Nathan M Rose) 10/23/2014 3:20 PM EDT
Keanu Reeves has had a very turbulent career. It first started out in mainly comedic and dramatic roles. Then his first big action role was staring as Johnny Utah in Point Break alongside Patrick Swayze (Red Dawn, Dirty Dancing). This was followed up with smash hit Speed, and finally his most well know action films, The Matrix Trilogy. After that t... Read More

Fury

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/17/2014 2:19 PM EDT
I'm not sure what the fascination is with WWII movies in the past 20 years but there have been several made on the subject. Fury is the latest addition to this list. Set in Germany, just before the end of the war, Fury tackles a different aspect of the war than its predecessors had – life inside a Sherman tank. Fury fol... Read More

Book of Life

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/17/2014 11:33 AM EDT
The Book of Life, the latest animated film from producer Guillermo Del Torro (The Strain, Pacific Rim) is a lighthearted, fun movie with a message. Set around the Mexican Holiday of "The Day of The Dead", it portrays love, dishonesty, disappointment and courage in a family friendly way. While it is a cute film that should do w... Read More

The Best of Me

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/17/2014 10:28 AM EDT
Boy meets girl in 1992 in a small Louisiana town. Boy is from the wrong side of the tracks. Girl comes from a well to do family. Boy and girl fall in love but are ultimately torn apart and destined to spend the rest of their lives pinning for each other. It's a story we've heard time and time again and, except for... Read More

Big Driver

(Nathan M Rose) 10/16/2014 10:43 PM EDT
Big Driver, The latest thriller television film based on a novella by Stephen King is coming to the Lifetime this Saturday as part of their big push to diversify themselves from their "lifetime movie" stigmata in most people's minds.The movie premise is very simple, but it works. It tells the tale of a book author, which after a pub... Read More