Kay Cannon created the Pitch Perfect franchise but never directed one. She makes her directorial debut with Blockers, a much more R-rated girl comedy. Well, a girl comedy that sends their parents on edge two. When Lisa (Leslie Mann), Mitchell (John Cena) and Hunter (Ike Barinholtz, read our interview) find out their daughters are planning
Ike Barinholtz has gone back and forth between comedy and drama, but this weekend’s Blockers is full on comedy. Barinholtz plays Hunter, whose daughter Sam (Gideon Adlon) is one of three friends who’ve vowed to lose their virginity on prom night. The other girls’ parents (Leslie Mann and John Cena) find out and try to
Every generation has their movies that captivate them with fantastic worlds, and Steven Spielberg has been a part of most of them. Children of the ‘70s were enthralled with Star Wars by his friend George Lucas. Then Spielberg got the ‘80s and ‘90s with E.T. and Jurassic Park. Ready Player One could be the world
Every time there is a convention like Comic-Con, it gives creative people the opportunity to dress up like their favorite characters. This weekend, WonderCon in Anaheim hosted thousands of attendees, many of them in costume. We wandered the floor of the Anaheim convention center on Friday to see what homemade creations would inspire us, and
Love, Simon is based on Becky Albertalli’s book Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. While the title is different, the book’s spirit remains in Love, Simon. Both are about Simon (Nick Robinson), a high school boy who has not come out yet. When an anonymous student comes out on a website, Simon corresponds with the
The warrior women of Wakanda are joined this week by Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, but those aren’t the only powerful women in theaters. Zoey Deutch stars in Flower, playing Erica. Erica and her friends Kala (Dylan Gelula) and Claudine (Maya Eshet) like to blackmail men who have sex with teenagers. Things take a dark
Love, Simon is the perfect high school movie for 2018. At least, I take their word for it that this is what high school is like now. It seems right. Simon (Nick Robinson) is gay but hasn’t come out yet. When the high school gossip page prints prints an anonymous coming out by Blue, Simon
Game Night has been the comedy to see this month. It’s held up with blockbusters like Black Panther, Red Sparrow, Death Wish and Annihilation, giving viewers a good laugh. One of the film’s big jokes is when Michelle (Kylie Bunbury) reveals to her husband Kevin (Lamorne Morris) the celebrity with whom she’s had an affair.
The Hurricane Heist opens by brutally traumatizing two children, so you know Rob Cohen means business. Yet it’s still fun. This is what action movies should be. Heroes go through awful tragedies, but with enough of a wink that we all know they’re just messing around. Will (Toby Kebbell) and Breeze (Ryan Kwanten) seem pretty
When it went into development, I was worried about what Death Wish would be in 2017. The Charles Bronson films came out of a time when people feared the faceless criminal and felt the police couldn’t help them. Today we have mass shootings by disgruntled men and George Zimmerman standing his ground, so a vigilante