Film Review: "This is the End"

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Parent Category: Film and the Arts

Category: Reviews

Published on Thursday, 06 June 2013 09:48

Written by Matt Oakes

"This is the End"
Directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Emma Watson, Michael Cera
Comedy, Action
107 Mins
R

Funnymen Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen - the writing team behind Superbad - have teamed up again to make their directorial debut and the funniest movie in the last ten years. With the who's-who of comedic actors playing amped up versions of "themselves," this ensemble bounce off each other with the snappy veracity of high speed bumper cars and manage to bottle lightning. Like sitting in on a smoke session with this pack of real-life buddies, the experience will either make you euphoric, inducing helpless giggles and maybe even tears of joy, or make you uncomfortable, leave you with dry mouth and make you want to go home. Thankfully, if your funny bone still works, you'll probably be in the former camp.

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Film Review: "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane"

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Published on Tuesday, 04 June 2013 08:58

Written by Matt Oakes

How do you discuss a movie that seems to actively uphold genre trappings and makes absolutely no contribution to the film world at large or the horror subculture? You point out everything wrong with it and hope that no one makes these mistakes again. Well at least that's what I'm gonna do. That and make fun of it.

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June '13 Digital Week I

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Published on Tuesday, 04 June 2013 00:55

Written by Kevin Filipski

Blu-rays of the Week

Cleopatra

(Fox)

Despite its reputation as one of the biggest bombs in movie history—tens of millions spent with very little bang for those bucks—Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s four-plus hour ancient Egyptian epic (with Liz Taylor and Richard Burton sleepwalking through their roles as the beautiful queen and her lover Marc Antony) at least shows all of its money onscreen.

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