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It’s important during the busy holiday season to take a little time off and just … relax. A snow day, or a day your family blocks off in order to stay at home and hang together during winter break, is the perfect time to reconnect and unwind.
I don’t know how it is where you live, but here in Chicago my kids get a full two weeks off of school for their winter break. And if we’re not traveling during that time, it doesn’t take too long before everyone catches a serious case of cabin fever.
Yes, you’re reading the title of this post correctly. Even though I write for Redbox, and Redbox in the business of renting and selling movies, and part of my job is to help you find movies you might enjoy, I have my limits. There are some movies I just can’t
If you’re like me, sometimes you want to get the ol’ heart pumping but are too lazy to actually work out. Thankfully we have action movies to assist in such situations. Here are 4 that will satisfy even the most hardcore adrenaline junkie:
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Any
This is it, guys and gals: the end of 2018 is nigh. I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted … and the most intense part of the holiday season isn’t even here yet. That’s why I plan to escape with a good movie or five as often as I
When you’ve been a film critic as long as I have (10 years! WHUT), at the start of every screening you hope — nay, you yearn — for something new. Something you haven’t seen before. It doesn’t have to be a new story or plot, necessarily. It could just be
Temperatures are dropping, leaves are changing color and falling, and there’s most definitely a chill in the air as winter quickly approaches. That’s why the timing is right for a date night — cuddling together during a movie is a surefire way to stay warm.
Here are 3 perfect picks
‘Tis the season to give thanks, and one thing I’m always thankful for is the ability to escape into another world for a few hours while enjoying a movie. Here are 4 I’ve watched recently that I’m especially grateful for.
BlacKkKlansman – This is one of those true stories
When Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them came out in 2016, I have to admit I wasn’t that into it. I was still carrying a torch for Harry, Ron, Hermione and the other characters we’d all come to know and love over the course of a magical (pun intended)
When my son was 4, he was obsessed with sharks. There wasn’t a piece of clothing he owned without a shark on it — he was even a shark for Halloween that year. He had countless books about sharks as well, and that is when he started talking nonstop about
When I learned that Disney’s Christopher Robin was coming to the Box, I immediately thought, “What to do, what to do, what to do?” The movie stars Ewan McGregor and is all about the little boy who used to pal around with Winnie the Pooh — only now he’s all
In The Darkest Minds, a mutant teenage fugitive strives to outwit an oppressive government in a dystopian future where a pandemic has killed most of America’s children and left the surviving children with psychic powers. Sound intriguing enough? We think so. Check out the extended preview below and rent it
As a mom of two young kids, I must admit that whenever I hear a new animated or otherwise family-friendly movie is about to be released, I experience a brief moment of dread. Because with each kids’ movie that my son and daughter are interested in comes the possibility that
Last night I watched our video monitor in amazement while my three-year-old daughter, in bed for the night, rolled around with her stuffed animals singing, “We will … we will… ROCK YOU!” I kid you not. She was mimicking her six-year-old brother, who’s learning the song in his School of
I personally view November as the month that represents the calm before the storm. We’ve got about three weeks into the month before Thanksgiving — and then holiday craziness will kick in full force for the rest of the year. So enjoy that downtime with one of these movies that
Ever since I had kids I’ve had mixed feelings about Halloween. Sure, little ones love to dress up and go trick-or-treating and all that, but what they do NOT love is when someone in the neighborhood chooses to turn their yard into a horrifying scene that looks like it’s straight
Simple fact: Halloween movies are more fun with friends. Because they’re a blast. And because, hey, if you’re alone who will hear you scream?
Back for another year to sustain you while you jump out of your seat, it’s Poptoberfest. We teamed up with Jolly Time popcorn to offer you
I know it’s a risky move to make a bold statement that includes the words “everyone,” “no one,” “always” or “never,” but I’m still going to do it because I honestly believe this: Everyone loves John Krasinski.
My theory is that it’s because most of us watched the US version
Every year around this time, I get a little down in the dumps. I’m sure it’s a combination of the cold weather sweeping in, my kids inevitably picking up some illness from school, and holiday dread.
But then I’ll watch a movie that features a woman so kick-butt that
I’ve said it before and I know I’ll say it again: I’m a sucker for “true story” films. I recently watched two (the first two on the list below) that blew my mind, and now I feel compelled to spread the word.
Three Identical Strangers – I have several
A lot of movie fans still associate Jonah Hill most strongly with his hilarious performances in comedies like Superbad and 21 Jump Street. It’s easy to forget that he’s actually an Academy Award nominated actor for not one, but two films: Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street. And this
Can you think of any celebrities you wouldn’t want to run into in real life because you’d be too disappointed if they ended up being rude or dismissive? I have a few such stars on my list.
But someone who I’d loooooove to meet in person is Sterling K. Brown
The Monster family is going on vacation! In the third installment of the popular Hotel Transylvania franchise, Drac and the crew are taking on all the cruise ship fun they can handle. Monster volleyball, anyone? How about a old-fashioned moon tan?
Check out the 10 minute preview for Hotel Transylvania 3 and
Over the course of my life to date, I have witnessed only two things that can bring large numbers of drastically different people together with positive, uplifting results: movies and music. (OK fine and maybe cat videos.)
That’s why I go to as many concerts as my budget will allow
Let’s get something out of the way, I never played the original games. So, how do you review a nostalgia-based game that you have no nostalgia about? Firstly, I tackled at least 1/3rd of each game to get my toes wet on all of them. Second, the graphics updates are
At San Diego Comic-Con this summer I was lucky enough to get to see The Predator panel featuring writer/director Shane Black and cast members Sterling K. Brown, Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, Trevante Rhodes, Augusto Aguilera, Thomas Jane and Jake Busey. Truth be told, I didn’t have much interest in the
Sometimes a movie comes along that just screams “Girls’ night!” Fifty Shades of Grey, Magic Mike, Bridesmaids, Book Club … and now Ocean’s 8.
As you probably know, Ocean’s 8 is the all-female spinoff of the Ocean’s Eleven franchise, with Sandra Bullock playing Danny Ocean’s (George Clooney) sister Debbie. Like
What goes great with a futuristic sci-fi movie set in 2045? A game that’s been around for centuries! Mixing new movies and old-fashioned fun is a recipe for an awesome family movie night – it gives everyone something to relate to and bond over. So we created an exclusive “Ready
The summer’s biggest blockbuster is now at the Box, and it’s not the kind of movie you want to watch alone. Whether you already saw it at the theater or not, you’ve probably heard that the final act is best viewed with others that you can cling to, shout at
Chappaquiddick, achieves the seemingly impossible. It’s a movie about the powerful Kennedy political family that was acclaimed by both liberal and conservative critics.
Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan, who met at the University of Texas at Austin, co-wrote the screenplay, their first feature film script. It first attained industry buzz