Film: Pitch Perfect 2 Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson Directed by: Elizabeth Banks After three years and several national titles, The Barden Bellas have embarked on their biggest adventure yet with Pitch Perfect 2. There is a tried and true recipe to creating a great sequel that involves mixing just the right amount of familiar components […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Is Proof That Sequels Don’t Have To Suck
May 18th, 2015 
James Shotwell 
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Michael Fassbender Shines In First Trailer For ‘Steve Jobs’
May 17th, 2015 James Shotwell Move over, Ashton Kutcher. Michael Fassbender is playing Steve Jobs now, and it looks like he’s doing the job you never could. The first trailer for the Aaron Sorkin penned biopic about Apple founder Steve Jobs has appeared online ahead of the film’s fall 2015 release. The film, which is titled Steve Jobs, stars Shame […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Demolishes Expectations, Elicits Yelps Of Joy
May 15th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Mad Max: Fury Road Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult Directed By: George Miller Every once in a blue moon a summer blockbuster comes and demolishes everything that lay in its path. Mad Max: Fury Road is the film that eviscerates the history of large-scale action films. It throws the gauntlet down at […]
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First ‘Jem And The Holograms’ Trailer Is A Disappointment
May 13th, 2015 James Shotwell The truly, truly outrageous animated 80s rock star known as Jem is getting her own live-action film later this year, and the first trailer is unquestionably bad. In the time before the internet, films and television shows adapted from popular written works could largely ignore the source material as there were far less people able […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Maggie’ Is Brimming With Emotional Tension
May 12th, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Maggie Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin Directed by: Henry Hobson Some say the film world’s obsession with the undead has run its course, but Maggie is proof there are still great stories to be told. It doesn’t hurt that it’s also a gorgeously shot feature, or that the lead performance from Arnold Schwarzenegger is […]
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Sia’s “California Dreaming” Cover May Change Your Life
May 11th, 2015 James Shotwell The song that has made every trailer for San Andreas 50% more enjoyable has now found its way online in full. Sia is pretty much everywhere these days, and she will soon further permeate pop culture as her cover of The Mamas & The Papas’ “California Dreaming” is about to become the best damn thing […]
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First Red Band ‘Vacation’ Trailer Is Hilariously Self-Aware
May 7th, 2015 James Shotwell “…I’ve never even heard of the original Vacation.” The first trailer for the upcoming reboot/sequel of National Lampoon’s iconic Vacation franchise has arrived, and it is every bit as hilariously self-aware as one could hope. Starring Ed Helms as a grown up Rusty Griswold, Vacation finds Helms hoping to keep his family connected by embarking […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: No One Wins In ‘Cowboys Vs Dinosaurs’
May 7th, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Cowboys Vs Dinosaurs Starring: Eric Roberts, Vernon Wells Directed by: Ari Novak In a world where films about people who drive cars through high rise hotels in Dubai can become the fourth highest grossing film in the world, it’s really not that shocking a film called Cowboys Vs Dinosaurs has come into existence. It’s […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Welcome To Me’ Is Kristen Wiig At Her Best
May 7th, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Welcome To Me Starring: Kristen Wiig, Wes Bentley Directed by: Shira Piven As if you needed another reason to love Kristen Wiig. Welcome To Me may be the definition of an offbeat movie. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, the film tells the tale of a mentally unwell woman who uses her lottery winnings to purchase […]
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Latest ‘Human Centipede 3’ Trailer Showcases The Plot
May 6th, 2015 James Shotwell The Human Centipede 3 arrives in theaters and on VOD later this month, but today we have a new trailer for the film that is sure to make your skin crawl. Set in the most violent prison in America, The Human Centipede 3 finds franchise stars Dieter Laser and Laurence R. Harvey returning in new […]
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