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(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 01/19/2016 11:05 AM EDT For some, Mount Everest is the pinnacle (pun intended) of extreme outdoorsmanship. The highest peak in the world, hundreds of people gather at its base each year in an attempt to reach the top, over 29,000 feet above sea level. Along the way, any number of things can go wrong resulting in fatalities. The 2015 movie, Everest,... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 01/19/2016 9:53 AM EDT Being a teenager, especially a girl, is no easy task. Hormones and emotions run high and everything in your life is exaggerated. Being a fifteen-year-old girl in 1976 during a time of free expression, and drugs and alcohol readily available, makes that task even more challenging. Add into that scenario your first sexual encounter,... Read More |
(Nathan M Rose) 01/19/2016 8:40 AM EDT Retirement - the goal of most working class citizens of the world. But once the excitement and novelty of having your life to yourself 24 hours a day is over, what do you do? What would society let you do? Are you still relevant in today's workforce? Can today's generation learn from the elderly? These questions, and more, are th... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 01/15/2016 9:11 AM EDT In 2014, Ice Cube (Boyz in the Hood) and Kevin Hart (Get Hard) teamed up for the hilarious comedy Ride Along. Now they are back for round two and the laughs are as abundant as ever. In Ride Along 2, the soon to be brothers-in-law once again find themselves caught up in a web of illegal activity while trying to solve a crime.Ben Barber (... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 01/12/2016 5:21 PM EDT The year is 2035, and the Ares 3 mission on Mars has gone horribly wrong. The crew has to abandon the planet or risk their own lives when an unexpected storm threatens them. Unfortunately, as they make their way to their ship, one of their own team is impaled by an antennae and Captain Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain; The Help, In... Read More |
(Leonard Buccellato) 01/12/2016 2:17 PM EDT Making movies is a difficult process - from budgeting to casting, writing the screenplay, as well as scoring and special effects. That being said, writing a great movie is, truly, like catching lightning in a bottle. When the perfect storm of events and talented people come together we are gifted with films like Jaws, The Godfather, Schindler's... Read More |
(Emily Hazlett) 01/11/2016 5:01 PM EDT The latest project from M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), The Visit, is available now on Blu-ray, and while The Visit has some cringe worthy moments and a few frights it's a little on the tame side as far as horror movies go.Becca (Olivia DeJonge; Hiding) and Tyler's (Ed Oxenbould; Alexander and The No Good, Very ... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 01/06/2016 9:40 AM EDT The Transporter, starring Jason Statham (The Expendables), was a trilogy in the early 2000's that all but put Statham on the acting map, proving he could carry a film as a leading man. As Frank Martin, he was the perfect combination of calm, cool and collected, with an element of "thug" underneath. The first film in the series... Read More |
(Leonard Buccellato) 01/05/2016 3:22 PM EDT The Green Inferno, the latest film by Eli Roth (Hostel), was clearly inspired by Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust. It is also clear that Roth owes a debt of gratitude to the Italian filmmaker, since he was the king of low-budget gore. Deodato's film was banned in many countries, and most people at the time were uncertain of the origin o... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 01/04/2016 11:45 AM EDT Whether or not you watched The X-Files from 1993- 2002, you would have had to been living under a rock to not know the names Scully and Mulder. The characters, the actors who played them, and even the theme song for the television series, were widely known and easily identifiable. For nine seasons, these FBI agents invest... Read More |