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Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

By Jaskee Hickman
February 5, 2016
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Lily James and Bella Heathcote star in Screen Gems' PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES

If they keep it simple and relatively crazy, movies like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies can find a way to work. Just based on the concept alone, that’s one of the things that this had working for it, but we all know that the ability to execute is what will ultimately turn something like this into either a movie that …

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Review: We Are Your Friends

By Jaskee Hickman
August 28, 2015
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Emily Ratajkowski, Wes Bentley and Zac Efron star in Warner Bros. Pictures' WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS

Hollywood is an enticing place in the eyes of many. It’s where plenty of people flock in order to make it big in entertainment. Some do succeed, but it’s not usually without hard work and dedication. In We Are Your Friends, audiences are introduced to a young man with those same hopes and a work ethic that could help him …

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Review: Trainwreck

By Deirdre Crimmins
July 17, 2015
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Amy Schumer and Bill Hader star in Universal Pictures' "Trainwreck"

I have a problem with romantic comedies. I generally find them neither funny, nor romantic, which leaves little to no appeal. Amy Schumer’s giant leap from sketch comedy to the big screen, Trainwreck, manages to both romantic and hilarious. Schumer wrote and stars in Trainwreck, with Judd Apatow directing. Her character, Amy, starts the film in a flashback to a …

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Review: Aloha

By Jaskee Hickman
June 3, 2015
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Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone star in Columbia Pictures' "Aloha"

Making a film is a collaborative form of work that takes a vast amount of effort from most of the people involved in putting them together before they’re released to the masses. Because of this, cooperation is imperative, but it’s ultimately going to be put in the hands of a director in order to fit it all together. For a …

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Review: Far From the Madding Crowd

By Allyson Johnson
May 8, 2015
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Carey Mulligan stars in Fox Searchlight's "Far From the Madding Crowd"

Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is a remarkable character. I have never read the novel by Thomas Hardy that the film adaptation Far From the Madding Crowd, but I might have to if it means getting to revisit the headspace of the wonderful Everdene again. Everdene is independent, strong willed, and has become accustomed to the luxury of being able to …

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