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Reviews By Allison Skornick-Rose

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Doom Patrol: The Complete First Season

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 10/7/2019 10:27 AM EST
The Doom Patrol or the "World's Strangest Superheroes" first appeared in DC Comics in June 1963. Made up of a group of misfits with special gifts, they lived in basic isolation as their unique abilities were born out of trauma and pain. This past year this group was introduced on television during an episode of DC Titans a... Read More

Joker

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 10/3/2019 4:03 PM EST
Throughout the years, Batman has had numerous nemeses including Penguin, Catwoman, Two-Face, and The Riddler to name a few. Perhaps one of his most well-known antagonists though is probably Joker. The menacing figure in clown makeup and a purple suit has always come across as highly unstable. However, we never truly knew what made... Read More

Mean Girls

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 10/3/2019 9:32 AM EST
Fifteen years ago Lindsay Lohan was an up and coming young actress in Hollywood and was making a name for herself in movies like The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday remakes. Then in 2004, she was offered the chance to play Cady Heron in the blockbuster hit, Mean Girls. The teen dramedy about high school cliques and popular kids versus nerds ex... Read More

Pan's Labyrinth

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 10/1/2019 9:49 AM EST
Academy award winner Guillermo del Toro has a history of bringing beautiful and disturbing stories to life on the big screen. From 2004's Hellboy to 2017's The Shape of Water, his imagination takes us to places we almost might not want to go. This is true as well for his 2006 movie Pan's Labyrinth. The fairy tale fantasy combines ... Read More

Gremlins

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 9/30/2019 11:53 AM EST
The 1980s were a great time to grow up. There were plenty of movies that one could take their kids to but that everyone of any age could enjoy. E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future and Ghostbusters to name a few. In 1984 Warner Bros. brought a different kind of creature to the screen in the Chr... Read More

Abominable

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 9/26/2019 9:50 AM EST
Throughout history, there have been rumors of mythical creatures roaming the forests, seas, and mountains of the world. From the Loch Ness Monster to Chupacabra and Sasquatch/Bigfoot to its colder weather cousin The Abominable Snowman/Yeti tales have been told as people claim to have seen them. Generally, those people are ridiculed and ... Read More

Shaft

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 9/24/2019 9:05 AM EST
In the 1970's Richard Roundtree (Speed Racer) played streetwise private investigator, John Shaft. After three feature films and a television series, Shaft was done. In 2000, Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) brought a sequel to theaters in the movie called Shaft. He played John Shaft's son, also named John Shaft and he fol... Read More

Anna

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 9/20/2019 3:48 PM EST
Director Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) is known for making movies that combined drama with some action sequences. He also tends to highlight strong female characters, whether it is a young girl following a hitman or a woman who is running out of time. His latest effort, Anna, once again encompasses these element... Read More

The Goldfinch

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 9/12/2019 10:49 AM EST
The Goldfinch is a 1654 painting by Carel Fabritius, which depicts the little bird chained to its feeder that is mounted on a wall. In 2013 author Donna Tartt used the painting as one of the central characters in her novel, The Goldfinch. The book went on to win the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and this week Amazon Studios brings the... Read More

Booksmart

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 9/11/2019 10:52 AM EST
High School… some of the best and worst years of a young person's life has been the backdrop for so many movies throughout history. Time and time again we see the stereotypical characters – the jocks, the popular girls, the nerds, the druggies, etc. all exploring and experimenting as they learn valuable life lessons and gain pers... Read More