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(Leonard Buccellato) 10/8/2019 9:08 AM EST Ari Aster is an Auteur on a mission: to make us question, and sometimes fear our relationships, family, and friends. And especially in Midsommar's case, strange cults.His previous film, Hereditary, was a masterclass in suspenseful storytelling, unraveling the plot, as the sanity of each character unravels along with it. In Midsommar, we are tr... Read More |
 
(Eric English) 10/7/2019 5:00 PM EST Toy Story is an entertainment juggernaut for Disney. Having most recently inspired an entire "Land" at Disney theme parks, the decades long franchise gets a fresh revitalization for a new generation of fans in the digital age. Its story remains mostly the same while quirky characters and fresh locations breathe new life into the toys who ... Read More |
(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 |
(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 |
(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 |
(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 |
(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 |
 
(Alyn Darnay) 9/27/2019 10:21 AM EST I went to see the new biopic "Judy" fully expecting to watch Renee Zellweger in performance, but she never showed up. That was ok though, because Judy Garland was there on the screen filling in for her, and was she ever good.Playing a real-life person is the hardest challenge facing any actor, especially if that person is well known and b... Read More |
(Nathan M Rose) 9/26/2019 3:47 PM EST When the original Child's Play came out in 1988 it was a smash hit spawning over six sequels and a new horror icon that would be forever in moviegoers heads. Fast forward to 2019 and a new take on the story has come out, and it is the best remake/reimagine made in a very long time.Based on the classic lore of Robert The Doll, the orig... Read More |
(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 |
