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Double, Double Toil and Trouble

Kelsey’s Flick Pick: ‘Double, Double Toil and Trouble’

Kelsey Husnick October 21, 2014

Alright, the Olson twin movies are still, to this day, my guilty pleasure. Their 1993 Halloween film is one of my favorites. The Olson twins aren’t the only set of twins featured in this one, though....

Curmudgeon Films

Kelsey’s Flick Pick: ‘My Sister’s Keeper’

Kelsey Husnick October 14, 2014

I finally saw “Gone Girl” this week, and it reminded me of another favorite film adaption of a novel, “My Sister’s Keeper.” Jodi Picoult’s popular book hit the big screen in 2009 starring Abigail...

Spirited Away

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Spirited Away’

Matthew Merchant October 14, 2014

A witch, a bath house, a boy that turns into a dragon, a ghost or two, a giant baby that becomes a hamster...wait, what? No, this isn’t a freak show. In fact, “Spirited Away” is one of the most creative...

The Untouchables

Matt’s Pick: ‘The Untouchables’

Matt Merchant October 7, 2014

I got this movie at a Redbox at one point because I thought, at first glance of the cover, that it featured Dustin Hoffman and Idris Elba. What an interesting combination of actors, right? It caught me...

The Lego Movie

Kelsey’s Flick Pick: ‘The Lego Movie’

Kelsey Husnick October 7, 2014

Don’t scoff — this movie is awesome. Actually, everything is awesome. It’s literally the movie’s theme song: “Everything Is Awesome,” and it will be stuck in your head for days.Emmet is an...

Changeling

Kelsey’s Flick Pick: ‘Changeling’

Kelsey Husnick September 30, 2014

Angelina Jolie stars in this drama, based on a true story and set during the late 1920s in Los Angeles. When Christine Collin’s son, Walter, goes missing the LAPD set up a search for the boy. Five months...

Rubber

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Rubber’

Matt Merchant September 30, 2014

A tire comes to life, begins to roam a sandy desert landscape, realizes its lust for blood and begins killing humans with psychic abilities.Sounds insane, right? It is. This is one of the most bizarre...

Dreamworks Productions

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘The Last Castle’

Matt Merchant September 23, 2014

In any movie, when you throw a guy like Robert Redford in jail - especially when he’s a likable, war-torn, three-star general in the U.S. Army - expect a good story. With “The Last Castle,” you get...

The Strangers

Kelsey’s Flick Pick: ‘The Strangers’

Kelsey Husnick September 23, 2014

My roommates wasted no time decorating our house for Halloween. On the first official day of fall, we had cobwebs strewn across our bushes, a grim reaper hanging from our porch and black lights above our...

FilmDistrict

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’

Matt Merchant September 16, 2014

It started with an advertisement. “Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only...

Summit Entertainment

Kelsey’s Flick Pick: ‘Divergent’

Kelsey Husnick September 16, 2014

It turns out Shailene Woodley can do more than play a frail girl with cancer, as she did in “The Fault in Our Stars.” It’s hard to see past that, though, when this movie opens with her and her brother...

Red Om Films

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Jesus Henry Christ’

Matt Merchant September 9, 2014

Jesus Henry Christ. Whether the title is considered religious blasphemy or something out of midwestern drama, this comedy is perfect for Wes Anderson-style movie fans.At the age of 10, Henry begins to...

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