Cats Review: An Embarrassment for Cats, Humans, and All Involved
There’s a reason Cats has been called an “unfilmable musical”, but the music in Tom Hooper’s bizarre CGI monstrosity is the least of the movie’s problems.
Rebel Wilson
Cats Trailer: The Year’s Most Bizarre Oscar Contender
With its star-studded cast, Tom Hooper’s upcoming Cats adaptation is by far the year’s most bizarre awards contender.
Jojo Rabbit Trailer
Taika Waititi is back to charm the pants off us as history’s most hated man.
Pitch Perfect 2 Review
Pitch Perfect 2 is an entertaining film in the tradition of other unnecessary comedy sequels. A shadow of its predecessor that reaches for emotional payoffs that are unearned and cheap laughs that are still funny.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Review
It won't blow your mind or anything, but Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is an entertaining enough 97 minute lark.
Pain & Gain Review
Welcome to Michael Bay’s American dream.The world of the thoroughly batshit insane and coal black comedy Pain & Gain is one of dreamers who are willing to cause abject nightmares to those around them to achieve their ends, and there’s no better vulgar auteurist capable of bringing this South Florida sleaze-fest to the big screen than Bay.
Contest: See PAIN & GAIN in Toronto or Montreal!
Enter for a chance to win one of ten pairs of passes to an advance screening of Pain & Gain in Toronto or Montreal on Wednesday, April 24th, courtesy of Dork Shelf and Paramount Pictures.
This Week in DVD: 1/8/13
As we dig out from piles of new releases from before and after the holiday season, we take looks at the home video releases for Looper, Frankenweenie, Cosmopolis, Dredd, Pitch Perfect, Compliance, The Words, Hit and Run, and season one of Anger Management
Pitch Perfect Review
Pitch Perfect is a pure fun film. It aspires to nothing more than putting a smile on your face, making you laugh and getting your toes tapping. On all three counts it’s a total success. The film is basically an unholy mix of Bring It On, Glee and Mean Girls; taking the best elements of all three, shaking them all up and spitting out one of the most simply entertaining films of the year
