Synopsis: An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. [springboard type=”video” ...
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[springboard type=”video” id=”1588813″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] A boy who has a bad Christmas ends up accidentally summoning a Christmas demon to his family home. If Krampus (directed by Michael Dougherty of 2007’s Trick ‘r Treat fame) is what is out there for ...
[springboard type=”video” id=”1588815″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJP3db3R014 This winter, Bill Murray brings an extra-special dose of holiday cheer to Netflix with the premiere of an all-star musically-driven holiday special, A Very Murray Christmas. Set inside New York City’s iconic Carlyle hotel, A Very Murray Christmas opens ...
Synopsis: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. (Imdb) [springboard type=”video” id=”1587963″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] Spike Lee is taking on the Chicago violence, ...
This review is going to be a little longer than most due it being an entry based on a thirteen episode show versus a two and a half hour movie. Which leads me to my next thought. Sorry for taking ...
Writer and Director: Paul Bettany Starring: Jennifer Connolly, Anthony Mackie, Rob Morgan, Amy Hargreaves, and Bruce Altman Academy Award Winner Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie (The Avengers) star in a riveting story of survival. Two strangers will find each other and ...
Synopsis: A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered. (Imdb) [springboard type=”video” id=”1583427″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] Secret ...
[springboard type=”video” id=”1584889″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman. Todd Haynes’ 2002 maniacally melodramatic Far From Heaven was soaked in Sirkian influence. ...
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavy weight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary ...
Synopsis: Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days. [springboard type=”video” id=”1583423″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] When the real life story of the Chilean miners ...
Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they’re entering adulthood, the ...