22nd Apr2022

‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Lily Sheen, Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Neil Patrick Harris | Written by Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten | Directed by Tom Gormican Nicolas Cage plays a tongue-in-cheek version of himself in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a gleefully meta action comedy from co-writer / director […]

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12th Mar2020

‘The Hunt’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Betty Gilpin, Ethan Suplee, Ike Barinholtz, Hilary Swank, Emma Roberts, Macon Blair, Amy Madigan, J.C. MacKenzie, Justin Hartley | Written by Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof | Directed by Craig Zobel Genre specialists Blumhouse Productions deliver another winner with this violent and satirical thriller The Hunt, which sees liberal elites hunting “deplorables” for sport. Combining […]

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16th Jan2019

‘The Oath’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, Nora Dunn, Chris Ellis, Jon Barinholtz, Meredith Hagner, Carrie Brownstein, Jay Duplass, Billy Magnussen, John Cho, Priah Ferguson, Henry Kaufman, Max Greenfield, Jon Lovett, Brian Guest | Written and Directed by Ike Barinholtz The Oath centers on married couple Chris (Barinholtz) and Kai (Tiffany Haddish) who learn that citizens are […]

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28th Mar2018

‘Blockers’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton, Gideon Adlon, Geraldine Viswanathan | Written by Brian Kehoe, Jim Kehoe | Directed by Kay Cannon From Porky’s to American Pie to Superbad, mainstream comedies about teenagers trying to lose their virginities have almost always unfolded from a male perspective. Blockers takes the extremely refreshing step […]

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21st Feb2018

New poster for parental comedy ‘Blockers’

by Phil Wheat

Check out this brand new poster for comedy Blockers (formerly titled The Pact and – judging by the logo at the end of the trailer it’s not JUST called Blockers… see for yourself below), which stars Leslie Mann, John Cena and Ike Barinholtz as parents who discover their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at […]

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09th Jan2018

New trailer for outrageous comedy ‘Blockers’

by Phil Wheat

Check out this green-band trailer for comedy Blockers (formerly titled The Pact and – judging by the logo at the end of the trailer it’s not JUST called Blockers… see for yourself below), which stars Leslie Mann, John Cena and Ike Barinholtz as parents who discover their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at their […]

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13th Dec2017

Final trailer for Netflix original ‘Bright’

by Phil Wheat

Netflix original film Bright comes from director David Ayer (Training Day, End of Watch, Suicide Squad), and stars Will Smith (Men in Black), Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Lucy Fry (11.22.63), Edgar Ramirez (Hands of Stone, Zero Dark Thirty), Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva), Ike Barinholtz (Suicide […]

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09th Nov2017

New poster for Netflix cops & monsters movie ‘Bright’

by Phil Wheat

Netflix original film Bright comes from director David Ayer (Training Day, End of Watch, Suicide Squad), and stars Will Smith (Men in Black), Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Lucy Fry (11.22.63), Edgar Ramirez (Hands of Stone, Zero Dark Thirty), Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva), Ike Barinholtz (Suicide […]

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25th Oct2017

New trailer for Netflix cops & monsters movie ‘Bright’

by Phil Wheat

Netflix original film Bright comes from director David Ayer (Training Day, End of Watch, Suicide Squad), and stars Will Smith (Men in Black), Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Lucy Fry (11.22.63), Edgar Ramirez (Hands of Stone, Zero Dark Thirty), Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva), Ike Barinholtz (Suicide […]

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19th Oct2017

New featurette for David Ayer’s Netflix film ‘Bright’

by Phil Wheat

Netflix original film Bright comes from director David Ayer (Training Day, End of Watch, Suicide Squad), and stars Will Smith (Men in Black), Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Lucy Fry (11.22.63), Edgar Ramirez (Hands of Stone, Zero Dark Thirty), Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva), Ike Barinholtz (Suicide […]

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13th Oct2017

Red-band trailer for comedy ‘Blockers’

by Phil Wheat

Check out this red-band trailer for comedy Blockers (formerly titled The Pact and – judging by the logo at the end of the trailer it’s not JUST called Blockers… see for yourself below), which stars Leslie Mann, John Cena and Ike Barinholtz as parents who discover their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at their […]

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21st Jul2017

New trailer for Will Smith’s Netflix thriller ‘Bright’

by Phil Wheat

Netflix original film Bright comes from director David Ayer (Training Day, End of Watch, Suicide Squad), and stars Will Smith (Men in Black), Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Lucy Fry (11.22.63), Edgar Ramirez (Hands of Stone, Zero Dark Thirty), Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva), Ike Barinholtz (Suicide […]

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28th May2016

VOD Vault #7 – How To Be Single / Sisters

by Phil Wheat

Another week, another installment of VOD Vault – taking a look at some on-demand releases that have hit various VOD platforms recently. With all the controversy surrounding the new female-led Ghostbusters film, this week we’re focusing on two other female-led comedies: How To Be Single, starring Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson; and the Tina Fey […]

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08th Apr2016

New red-band trailer & poster for ‘Bad Neighbours 2’

by Phil Wheat

Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, Ike Barinholtz, Carla Gallo and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, return alongside new co-stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Kiersey Clemons, Beanie Feldstein and Selena Gomez for Bad Neighbours 2, the follow-up to 2014’s hit comedy. Once again directed by Nicholas Stoller, the film follows what happens when the will of parenthood […]

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19th Jan2016

First UK trailer for ‘Bad Neighbours 2’

by Phil Wheat

Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, Ike Barinholtz, Carla Gallo and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, return alongside new co-stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Kiersey Clemons,  Beanie Feldstein and Selena Gomez for Bad Neighbours 2, the follow-up to 2014’s hit comedy. Once again directed by Nicholas Stoller, the film follows what happens when the will of parenthood goes […]

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13th May2014

‘Bad Neighbours’ (aka Neighbors) Review

by Dan Clark

Stars: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, Brian Huskey, Ike Barinholtz, Carla Gallo, Halston Sage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jerrod Carmichael, Craig Roberts, Ali Cobrin, Kira Sternbach | Written by Andrew J. Cohen, Brendan O’Brien | Directed by Nicholas Stoller There are certain prominent names in today’s world of comedy that gained a substantial amount of fans […]

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