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A Wrinkle in Time (Cinema Review)

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Starring: Storm Reid, Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine
Directed By: Ava DuVernay
Running Time: 109 Minutes
UK Release Date: 23 March 2018
BBFC Certificate: PG

Our Score

Disney are having a huge amount of financial and critical success with live action remakes of their classic animated features, but not so much with original properties. For example, I was hyped at the prospect of Tomorrowland (2015), but was disappointed with the result and, unsurprisingly, it was a flop. This is a shame as big studios with big budgets need to take risks in order to bring fresh stories to the screen. There are successes such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), but also some misfires along the way and unfortunately this movie is one of them. [Read more…]

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Under the Silver Lake Trailer – Andrew Garfield gets into a neo-noir mystery

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The supernatural horror It Follows got writer/director David Robert Mitchell plenty of attention, and also ensured his next movie was going to be bigger budget with a better known cast. That follow-up is Under The Silver Lake, which stars Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough and Topher Grace.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From the dazzling imagination that brought you It Follows comes a delirious neonoir fever dream about one man’s search for the truth behind the mysterious crimes, murders and disappearances in his East L.A. neighborhood. Sam (Andrew Garfield) is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious woman, Sarah (Riley Keough), frolicking in his apartment’s swimming pool. When she vanishes, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy in the City of Angels.’

The film will be out in the US in June, but no UK date is currently set. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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The Spy Who Dumped Me Trailer – Kate McKinnon & Mila Kunis get caught up in some international espionage comedy

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Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis​ seem like they should make a great medic pairing. We’ll get to see whether they are with The Spy Who Dumped Me, where the duo get in way over their heads for some buddy comedy action.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me tells the story of Audrey (Kunis) and Morgan (McKinnon), two best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.’

Justin Therouz plays the ex, with Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj, and Gillian Anderson also starring. The film is due to hit cinemas in the summer. Take a look at the first trailer below. [Read more…]

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Can You Ever Forgive Me? Trailer – Melissa McCarthy goes dramatic & turns to forgery

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Melissa McCarthy has had tremendous success as a comedy actress, but it appears she wants to show there’s more to her than that. Can You Ever Forgive Me? sees her showing off her dramatic chops (which also seems to involved wearing less makeup – a trick everyone from Charlize Theron and Renee Zellweger has used when they were trying to get people to see them differently).

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Melissa McCarthy stars in the adaptation of the memoir CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats) Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant).’

The movie is due in cinemas towards the end of the year. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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New Hotel Transylvania 3 – Adam Sandler’s vampire family are going on vacation

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Quite often when filmmakers don’t know what to do with a sequel, they send the characters of vacation. Unfortunately that’s accompanied by a lack of ideas in the finished movie and a sense of desperation. Hopefully though, that won’t be the case with Hotel Transylvania 3.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation, join our favorite monster family as they embark on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel. It’s smooth sailing for Drac’s Pack as the monsters indulge in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer, from monster volleyball to exotic excursions, and catching up on their moon tans. But the dream vacation turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka, who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy all of monsterkind.’

Hotel Transylvania 3 is due out in July. Take a look at the new trailer below.  [Read more…]

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Tag Trailer – Ed Helms, Jon Hamm & Jeremy Renner don’t want to be ‘it’

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Synopsis: ‘For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade — risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry: “You’re It!”

‘This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they’re coming… and he’s ready.

‘Based on a true story, the New Line Cinema comedy “Tag” shows how far some guys will go to be the last man standing.

‘“Tag” is directed by Jeff Tomsic (Comedy Central’s “Broad City”), with a starring ensemble cast led by Ed Helms (The “Hangover” movies, “We’re the Millers”), Jake Johnson (TV’s “New Girl”), Annabelle Wallis (“The Mummy”), Rashida Jones (TV’s “Parks and Recreation”), Isla Fisher (“Now You See Me”), Leslie Bibb (“Iron Man 2”), Hannibal Buress (“Neighbors”), with Jon Hamm (“Baby Driver,” TV’s “Mad Men”) and Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker, “The Town”).’

Tag is due in cinemas in July. Take a look at the first trailer before. [Read more…]

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