Movie Reviews, Digital HD Reviews, and Television Reviews

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The Greatest Show on Earth Blu-ray Review

Paramount Presents: The Greatest Show on Earth

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 01/04/2021 22:11 EDT
I'm not sure about younger generations, but when someone says the words, "The Greatest Show on Earth" those of a certain age automatically think of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus. The traveling show, which was created in 1919 after the merger of two smaller traveling circuses, boasted everything from trapeze artists and c... Read More

The Undoing

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 29/03/2021 14:53 EDT
How well do we really know the people who are closest to us? What deep, dark secrets dwell inside locked doors somewhere in the back recesses of a person's mind? What if you discovered one of your parents was gay? Or if one of your siblings had a drinking problem? Or what if your husband, that you had known for seventeen years was r... Read More

Promising Young Woman

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 13/03/2021 20:13 EDT
In the past few years, the country has been flooded with stories from individuals who have been sexually harassed and/or assaulted. The #metoo movement has taken over social media and celebrities along with the average American have been sharing their stories with much less fear of victim shaming. However, this country wasn't always... Read More

Rick and Morty: Seasons 1-4

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 10/03/2021 11:44 EDT
Animation's history can be traced back to the old stone age 3.3 million years ago when cave dwellers would depict people and animals in motion in drawings on cave walls. In the 1600s, shadow play and the magic lantern would spark the imaginations of young and old alike, but it would be another 200 years before the invention of the stroboscopi... Read More

Horizon Line

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 02/03/2021 21:41 EDT
Hypothetically, what if you found yourself on a small, twin-engine plane without a pilot. Would you know what to do? Would you be able to fly the plane? What if you only had a few, informal lessons? Would it be enough? That is exactly the dilemma Sara (Allison Williams; Get Out) is faced with in the Mikael Marcimain (Call G... Read More

Harley Quinn: The Complete First and Second Seasons

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 16/02/2021 12:09 EDT
Harley Quinn was first introduced on Batman: The Animated Series as a supervillainess and Joker love interest in the fall of 1992. She was then incorporated into the comic books a year later. Through the years she has been voiced by numerous actresses including Tara Strong (Rick and Morty), Jenny Slate (Gifted), and Melissa Rauch (The B... Read More

Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 15/02/2021 23:00 EDT
Howard Phillip (H.P.) Lovecraft was born just over ten years before the start of the Twentieth Century and grew up in New England. His family was affluent until his grandfather's death in 1904 by which time Lovecraft's grandfather had numerous business setbacks. Lovecraft's grandfather helped raise him after his own father passed away a... Read More

Love Story

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 05/02/2021 16:58 EDT
Fifty years ago, a writer named Erich Segal (Yellow Submarine) penned a screenplay and sold it to Paramount Pictures. While the film was in production, Paramount decided Segal should release it as a novel first, in order to garner interest in the upcoming movie. The novel did exactly what Paramount had hoped it would do…it became... Read More

Let Him Go

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 02/02/2021 08:43 EDT
When writer/director Thomas Bezucha (The Family Stone) read Larry Watson's novel entitled, Let Him Go, he knew he wanted to make it into a movie. With rich, complex characters and a gut-wrenching story, Bezucha brought his expertise to this neo-western, thriller and guided an all-star cast through a physical and emotional journey. Thoug... Read More

Snowpiercer

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 25/01/2021 09:10 EDT
Climate change – it's a huge debate between scientists and (mostly) religious groups. But what if it really is true? What if the earth is warming so much that it will become uninhabitable? If it could be reversed, would you want it to be done? What if it all goes horribly wrong bringing about another ice age destined t... Read More