The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx Director: Marc Webb MPAA Rating: PG-13 In the sequel to 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sees Peter Parker / Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) graduating high school and swinging through New York from building to building keeping the city safe from crime. Living…
Yesterday, Sony Pictures Entertainment released the first official trailer for their summer 2014 comedy Sex Tape, starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segal. The movie reunites the cast (minus Timberlake) and director of Bad Teacher, and serves as the first on-screen appearance for Jason Segal post-How I Met Your Mother. It is also the second comedy…
Transcendence Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall Director: Wally Pfister MPAA Rating: PG-13 Transcendence is a film that focuses on biotechnology in the future. It is about a company that’s primary goal is to develop technology that can act the way a human brain does. While this idea seems innovative and useful, there are flaws with…
This week, the official trailer for the movie version of the Broadway hit Jersey Boys was released. The movie chronicles the same journey Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons take as in the musical. Directed by Clint Eastwood (yes, you read that right), the trailer for Jersey Boys shows the boys rising to fame, after…
**WARNING: The following recap contains spoilers from the episode “Providence” of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Read at your own risk. Well, it was good while it lasted. To be fair, it’s unrealistic to expect any TV show, let alone a freshman series, to keep raising the bar as high and…
The following recap contains spoilers from both ABC’s TV show Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the new movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Read at your own risk. I want to preface by saying what I just said above: this recap contains earth-shattering spoilers from both Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.…
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlet Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Joss Whedon (Post-Credits Scene) MPAA Rating: PG-13 After waking up from his 70-year freeze, and saving the world in The Avengers, Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans) returns in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, still…
**WARNING: This recap contains spoilers from the episode “End of the Beginning” of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Read at your own risk. After another (and thankfully the final) hiatus mid-season, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returned on Tuesday (4/1) to set up Captain America: The Winter Soldier in a way no one could ever imagine. When…
Featured Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Release Date: April 4, 2014 Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlet Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson MPAA Rating PG-13 Plot: Now an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America (Chris Evans) begins to grow a small distrust of the organization when Director Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) shows him all the actions S.H.I.E.L.D.…
Sabotage Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, and Joe Manganiello Director: David Ayer MPAA Rating: R In the typical greed vs. team story, Arnold Schwarzenegger leads a team of DEA covert agents as Jon ‘Breacher’ Wharton, an experienced DEA team leader out for revenge. Under him are James ‘Monster’ Murray (Sam Worthington), Joe ‘Grinder’ Phillips (Joe Manganiello), Eddie…
Muppets Most Wanted Starring: The Muppets, Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell Director: James Bobin The Muppets are back! After their successful revival in 2011’s The Muppets, The Muppets decide to take the world by storm and go on the road with The Muppet Show. To aid The Muppets, they hire Dominic Badguy (Ricky Gervais)…
300: Rise of an Empire Starring: Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton Director: Noam Murro After the first 300 being a massive success, Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures decided to turn to Zack Snyder to produce the sequel. Unfortunately, the second time around wasn’t as good. Rise of an Empire takes place in the events of the…
Divergent Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet Director: Neil Burger *Guest post on Brick Movie Reviews by Jillian Martin The pressure is on for the cast and crew of Divergent. Director Neil Burger and writers Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor must first adapt a popular young-adult novel into a film that pleases fans.…
Need for Speed Starring: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper Director: Scott Waugh Based on the video game franchise, Need for Speed stars Aaron Paul as Tobey Marshall, a street racer from Mt. Kisco, New York who never made it big. Instead of racing in the big leagues, Marshall fell through the cracks and eventually took over…
**WARNING: This recap contains spoilers from the episode “Yes Men” of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Read at your own risk. Four months after the theatrical release of Thor: The Dark World, S.H.I.E.L.D. finally gave us an actual crossover with the demigod’s universe. The ramifications from the movie had an actual event on the plot…
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