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Size Matters In the Boyhood Honest Trailer
As impressive as director Richard Linklater’s award-winning film Boyhood is, there are a few criticisms that have been brought against it. These critiques have gone largely unanswered. That is, until now. Not content to let any film off without a skewering, the folks over at Honest Trailer and Screen Junkies aim their guns on this year’s Best Picture front-runner, a simple tale a mere ...[Read More]
Aca-Awesome New Pitch Perfect 2 Trailer Released
Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and the rest of the Barden Bellas are featured in this hilarious new trailer for the upcoming comedy Pitch Perfect 2. Whereas the film’s first trailer gave us only a taste of what the film has in store for us, this one seems to suggest thing might be a bit more raucous than we first thought. I have to admit, I absolutely loved Pitch Perfect (2012). There arenR...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Sniper Washed Out By SpongeBob
Warner Brothers has reasons to shout with both joy and shame this week. The studio’s American Sniper estimated $24.1 million puts it at $282.3 million and, most likely, the film to beat for 2015 box office (at least at this point), but it was finally topped in weekend earnings by The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (estimated $56 million). Adding major injury to this minor insult, Warner came...[Read More]
A Kid Film Critic Reviews The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
This movie sucked. It had barely any good parts. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water starts off with this evil pirate (Antonio Banderas) trying to get a special book. He grabs the book and reads it to pigeons. The book is about Bikini Bottom and as the pirate reads the story the camera pans down to Bikini Bottom where SpongeBob and Patrick are trying to destroy Plankton for the hundredth time...[Read More]
Commercialism Runs Amok in The LEGO Movie Honest Trailer
Of course everything is awesome when you’re the #1 toy brand in the world! It’s also quite awesome when the ninety-minute commercial based on your product was one of the most beloved movies of 2014. Not content to let any film off without a skewering, the folks over at Honest Trailer and Screen Junkies take on the much-beloved LEGO Movie – with some help from Epic Rap Battles of ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Super Bowl XLIX Movie Spot Roundup
Another Super Bowl has come and gone – my congratulations to the New England Patriots, and my sympathies to the Seattle Seahawks. But for cinephiles like me, the main draw of the Big Game is the new TV spots for upcoming movies. This year, there were a staggering fourteen movie spots shown during Super Bowl XLIX, and in this edition of Trailer Trashin’, I’ll give you my quick takes on ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Marvel’s First Family is Back in Fantastic Four
I hope that you all enjoyed the Super Bowl dear readers! For all you football fans, whether you supported the Patriots or the Seahawks, I hope you enjoyed the game. Personally, I’m just wait to see all the movie spots that are shown during the game. In the meantime, this week’s belated installment of Trailer Trashin’ is our third Marvel Comics adaptation in a row, with the first ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Third Times a Charm for Sniper
There were three new releases this week, but with American Sniper reigning once more at the top of the box office with an estimated $31.9 million…and at $248.9 million and counting, it is the fifth highest earning R-Rated film of all time…it is understandable that they are not exactly the top draws, especially considering their critical reception. Even Paddington, for instance, entered...[Read More]
Interview with Anthony Mackie and Mike Binder, star and director of Black or White
Black or White is the story of a grandfather, Elliott Anderson (Kevin Costner), who is suddenly left to care for his granddaughter, Eloise (Jillian Estell), by himself. But, when her paternal grandmother, Rowena Jeffers (Octavia Spencer), seeks custody with the help of her lawyer brother (Anthony Mackie), poor Eloise is caught between two families. With the best intentions, both families fight for...[Read More]
Movie Review: Paddington
When reviewing a movie intended for a younger audience, I try to put myself in the shoes of the film’s key demographic. With a movie like Paddington, I immediately found myself whisked away into the world of everyone’s favorite bear from deepest, darkest Peru. Watching the movie brought back my childhood memories of reading Michael Bond’s book series. I’m happy to report th...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: American Sniper Still Busting Box Office
There seems to be no stopping American Sniper. With an estimated $64.4 million, it not only handily took the weekend box office by storm, it surpassed $200.1 million in revenue. It stood head and shoulders above even second-place finisher The Boy Next Door, which brought in only an estimated $15 million in comparison, but budgeted at only $4 million, it managed to be a wild success on its own meri...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are Back in Avengers: Age of Ultron
It’s an embarrassment of riches for fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), dear readers. Hot on the heels of last week’s examination of the Ant-Man teaser trailer, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ looks at what will probably be the biggest movie of summer 2015, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. Premise: With S.H.I.E.L.D. destroyed and the Avengers needing a hiatus f...[Read More]