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UPDATE: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson on board for ‘Pitch Perfect 3’

UPDATE 6/15: Via Variety, stars Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson WILL be returning to Pitch Perfect 3. Read the original story below: Aca-Perfect! After making a whopping $161 million at the box office, Pitch Perfect is returning for a third film. THR reports that studios are already in negotiations with the writer of the first …

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‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’ is a modest, fun excursion

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Written by David Guion and Michael Handelman Directed by Shawn Levy USA/UK, 2014 Getting the band back together for one final gig is almost never a good idea.  In the case of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, however, there’s enough ingenuity and fun to …

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‘Pain & Gain’ a first for director Michael Bay: mostly gain, little pain

If cinema has anything to say about it, the modern American dream is best typified by a grandiose level of entitlement in those who covet it most of all. Just a month ago, we saw Spring Breakers, a nightmarish, neon piece of grotesquerie, compelling experimental art about nubile young women trying to attain their hedonistic Western utopia by stealing from and killing people who dared get in their way, consequences be damned.

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12th annual Scottsdale International Film Festival kicks off with diverse new lineup

Over the last decade, the Scottsdale International Film Festival (SIFF) has grown impressively, starting in 2001 with just 11 films. When the 12th annual event kicks off on October 5th, SIFF will have 38 films and 69 screenings, with special guests such as director Josh Dragotta and actress Angel Walker (in town to present their …

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‘Pitch Perfect’ an enjoyable college comedy that could’ve been great

Pitch Perfect Directed by Jason Moore Written by Kay Cannon USA, 2012 Too many people making romantic comedies and coming-of-age stories are tied down to a criminally punishing three-act structure and conventions defined both by standard-bearers of the genre and by studio mandates. Otherwise entertaining films like For a Good Time, Call… and Bridesmaids shift …

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