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HUNGER GAMES:MOCKINGJAY Part 2 – Francis Lawrence

Author Suzanne Collins mega-bestseller, The Hunger Games, was brought to the big screen in 2012. With sequels, Catching Fire in 2013, Mockingjay Part 1, in 2014, and now the final installment to the very successful franchise, Mockingjay Part 2, is now in movie theaters near you.

Posted December 8th, 2015.
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SPECTRE – Sam Mendes

There are many film genre’s throughout film history: The Star Wars franchise, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Friday the 13th, Fast & the Furious just to name a few, but there is one film franchise that is going strong after 53 years …James Bond!

Posted November 12th, 2015.
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CRIMSON PEAK – Guillermo Del Toro

Director Guillermo del Toro (best known for films such as, Hellboy 1 & 2, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Pacific Rim), is also known for bringing an amazing vision of gothic, class, and the unusual to the big screen. In his latest film, Crimson Peak, del Toro spins a tale of mystery, suspense, and horror with a Victorian gothic setting that sends chills down your spine.

Posted October 25th, 2015.
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THE MARTIAN – Ridley Scott

Director Ridley Scott is no stranger to Science Fiction films. He has brought us many great films but he is known for his Syfy hit Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), and Prometheus (2012) which were huge box office hits and way ahead of their time. Scott brings us back to the syfy universe with his latest film, The Martian. Based on Andy Weir’s 2011 best-seller, this is an epic film on the grandest scale with amazing vision, Special Effects, and music set to an incredible story that sucks you in and cheering on the main character of Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) till the very end.

Posted October 8th, 2015.
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THE VISIT – M. Night Shyamalan

Some filmmakers take several films before they have a true box-office hit on their hands. For M. Night Shyamalan, he hit it out of the ballpark his very first film, The sixth sense in 1999. Since then, he has had a string of misses and very few hits…..until now. M. Night has redeemed himself with his latest scarefest, The visit. This “Twilight Zone” style tale is fitting for this time of year…Pre-Fall…Halloween time coming up…and in typical M. Night tradition there is a plot twist you will not see coming!

Posted September 28th, 2015.
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BLACK MASS – Scott Cooper

The Gangster film genre has been around since the very beginning of films back in the 1930′s and 40′s going through the 1970′s with The Godfather and the 1990′s with Goodfellas, and now into 2000-teens with Black Mass. This film is based on the real-life gangster, James “Whitey” Bulger, the worst gang criminal to come out of the very dangerous area of South Boston.

Posted September 26th, 2015.
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STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON – F. Gary Gray

In the 1980′s, among the music of Alternative/New Wave, Heavy Metal, Top 40, and Dance Club techno music – there was the urban music of Rap. Rap wasn’t taken very seriously for many years. It was also a very “young” form of music back then with groups like Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five, Whodini, and Sugarhill Gang. It was up until the mid-80′s when bands like The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Run-DMC were putting songs at the top of the charts and money in the music industries pockets.

Posted August 27th, 2015.
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THE GIFT – Joel Edgerton

There is nothing like a good suspense/thriller to keep you entertained and The Gift is no exception. This is a film on the same lines as anything by Alfred Hitchcock and films like Fatal Attraction. This is a film about revenge taken to a whole new level and it tells us that you should be nice to everyone.

Posted August 27th, 2015.
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PIXELS – Chris Columbus

If there’s one thing about all of Adam Sandler films it’s that he always takes us back to a much happier and simpler time in our lives by bringing us “old school” rock and roll and Pop Culture. There is no other bigger Pop Culture from yesteryear than the video games we all grew up with: Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Space Invaders, Q-Bert, Frogger, and many others.

Posted July 27th, 2015.
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ANT-MAN – Peyton Reed

The Marvel Universe has certainly taken over the box office every summer for quite some time now and this year is no exception. We started the summer with The Avengers:Age of Ultron and now as summer presses on we have Marvel‘s latest superhero film: Ant-man!