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Top Gun

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/13/2020 8:28 AM EDT
If Top Gun was released on May 16, 1986, then why is Top Gun Day celebrated on May 13th? And what exactly is Top Gun day? Well, the answer to the first question is because the organizers of the first Top Gun day made a mistake and the answer to the second question is Top Gun day is similar to Talk Like a Pirate day where people go around quot... Read More

The Photograph

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/11/2020 10:07 AM EDT
They say a picture is worth a 1,000 words. Sometimes, however, it is worth so much more than that. It can evoke emotions, spark memories, and relate what the photographer was trying to relay about the subject. For journalist Michael Block (LaKeith Stanfield; Sorry to Bother You), an assignment about hurricane Katrina victims in Lo... Read More

Fatal Attraction

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/28/2020 10:08 AM EDT
If you've ever thought about cheating on your spouse, you should take a deep breath, sit back and watch Paramount Pictures 1987 film, Fatal Attraction. Directed by Adrian Lyne (Flashdance), the suspenseful, violent thriller gave anyone who was in a relationship pause and made them think. Watching what Alex Forrest (Glenn Close; Air Force One)... Read More

The Rhythm Section

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/27/2020 8:35 PM EDT
The rhythm section is the heart of any band. The drums are the heartbeat that keeps the tempo for the rest of the instruments. It is the same with the human body. The heartbeat can be very fast when a person is angry or agitated or slow and smooth when feeling a sense of calm and serenity. For a trained gunman, the goal is to achi... Read More

King Creole

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/25/2020 8:22 PM EDT
In 1953 Elvis Aron Presley (Jailhouse Rock) walked into a recording studio and cut two songs as a birthday gift for his mother. By 1956 he had a recording contract and was touring all over the country to the screams of adoring teenage girls. His boyish good looks mixed with his "rockabilly" sound made him unique. His outrageou... Read More

To Catch a Thief

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/23/2020 12:22 PM EDT
Over one hundred years ago, film producer, Adolph Zukor, took 22 actors and actresses and gave them contracts to work for him and his partners Daniel and Charles Frohman. Originally called Famous Players Film Company, it later became Paramount Pictures or simply, Paramount. They have one of the highest-grossing films of all time, Titani... Read More

The Gentlemen

(Alyn Darnay) 4/21/2020 10:11 AM EDT
At long last director Guy Richie is back in the territory he knows best - the harsh, talky, violent, clever, funny, sexy, entertaining, and ever ‘British Cool' of Cockney London's underworld. It's a post-modern English pulp fiction gem of a film, presented in a way that only a master of the sub-genre can bring it to the screen; an... Read More

Like a Boss

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/20/2020 5:33 PM EDT
Ever since 2011's Bridesmaids came to theaters a new "sub-genre" has consistently made its way to the big screen. These female based, raunchy, friendship, women's empowerment movies have been popping up with great casts and usually some funny and memorable moments. In 2017, Girls Trip brought together four talented women and... Read More

V: The Final Battle

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/14/2020 9:20 AM EDT
As fans, we can be passionate and overzealous about our favorite shows/movies/music/etc. Just look at all the social media posts about Netflix's sensational documentary, Tiger King. Everyone is talking about this show and if you haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for? Well, Back in 1983 and 1984 colleagues stood aro... Read More

Just Mercy

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/31/2020 11:20 AM EDT
In 1985 Bryan Stevenson graduated from Harvard Law School and instead of going to work in a fancy law firm, making lots of money and working 80 hours a week, he chose to work for the Southern Center for Human Rights. After federal funding for that program was cut he decided to create the non-profit EJI=Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, ... Read More