Fred Topel I can’t believe it’s already been three years since Amy Schumer made her movie debut. Now Schumer’s new movie is the directorial debut of Hollywood writing team Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. The duo wrote rom-coms Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into You, Valentine’s Day and How To Be Single, as well as
Grease 2 has long unjustly suffered as a box office bomb and disappointing sequel. It’s actually even better than the classic Grease in many ways, at least when it comes to gender dynamics. Maxwell Caulfield plays Michael Carrington, a new student at Rydell high. He falls in love with Pink Lady Stephanie (Michelle Pfeiffer) who
Good news, filmmakers. One of you can still be the one to make the first great video game movie! I know I keep saying that, but I’m daring filmmakers to actually make me stop by making a truly great film based on a video game. Rampage was a simple arcade game. Up to three players
Blockers is a fun teen sex comedy crossed with a wacky misguided scheme movie. The teens are clearly the heroes in this. Julie (Kathryn Newton), Sam (Gideon Adlon) and Kayla (Geraldine Viswanathan) plan to lose their virginity on prom night. Due to a laptop synced to their cell phones, their parents Lisa (Leslie Mann), Mitchell
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
If you’ve been watching NBC’s Rise, you’ve seen that the high school theater troupe rehearsing Spring Awakening includes a trans character, Michael. Michael is played by Ellie Desautels, a nonbinary actor in real life. Tonight’s Rise finds Michael at a post-game party for the football team. At one point, some of the jocks start bullying
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