They’re back, pitches!!! Directed by: Elizabeth Banks Written by: Kay Cannon, Mickey Rapkin Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld It’s been three years since the events of Pitch Perfect. The Barton Bellas are three-time a capella champions and are performing for the President’s birthday celebration. Unfortunately, Fat Amy (Wilson) forgets her … [Read more...] about Pitch Perfect 2
Archives for May 2015
Ex Machina
Written/Directed by: Alex Garland Cast: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac Robocop. The Terminator. Bicentennial Man. A.I. All of these have one thing in common: human-like artificial intelligence. It used to be purely science fiction to see robots almost completely indiscernible from their human counterparts, but as each day ends, we are that much closer to … [Read more...] about Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
We all go a little Mad sometimes… Directed by: George Miller Written by: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Zoe Kravitz The H-Bomb: Mad Max fans rejoice, the series no longer ends with the depressingly lackluster Beyond Thunderdome. Thirty years after that kid friendly crud-fest … [Read more...] about Mad Max: Fury Road
Tangerines
"Death is their mother" Directed/Written by: Zaza Urushadze Cast: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi Swift shot: An obscure, foreign film about a nation most Americans couldn't point out on a map if I literally put a gun to their head. Set in Abkhazia during the 1992 post-Soviet power struggles in that region, Tangerines is a film about … [Read more...] about Tangerines
Everly
Frida goes postal… Directed by: Joe Lynch Written by: Yale Hannon, Joe Lynch Starring: Salma Hayek, Laura Cepeda, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akie Kotabe, Togo Igawa The H-Bomb: After being held captive as a sex slave for over four years, Everly (Salma Hayek) finally musters the courage to inform on Taiko (Hiroyuki Watanabe), the fearsome Yakuza boss who’s kept her prisoner … [Read more...] about Everly