Elizabeth Banks

In 2014, co-filmmakers Chris Miller and Phil Lord wowed audiences with their third feature film. Combining stunning animation and an infectious song, The Lego Movie was a critical success, earning $469 million worldwide. After a…

STX are excited to launch the new trailer & clip for The Happytime Murders. The Happytime Murders is set in the underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives, one human and one puppet, are forced…

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Too-schematic depiction of a troubled pop music genius It's another music biopic essaying a fresh angle, I'm Not There mode minus four. Instead of the six actors Todd Haynes deployed to depict the multifacetedness of Bob Dylan, the Beach…

Every Secret Thing has two young girls stealing a baby. The baby dies. This isn't a spoiler. These events occur just before, and during, the opening credits. I'm telling you this right now because it may be the sort of movie that you need…

The novel on which The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I is based is, by a distance, the weakest of Susan Collins’ trilogy, so it is for commercial rather than artistic reasons Lionsgate have resolved on a two part treatment. That worked for…

Like most American blockbusters The Lego Movie is mainly physical action. Based on the game of Lego, it's an elaborate virtuoso display of tiny fixed interlocking parts creating a universe populated with buildings, figures, objects, all…

I almost gave The Lego Movie 10/10. In fact, as I write this review I am still wondering just why it's not getting a perfect score, because I can't think of any faults. I guess the very nature of the film dictates that some of the frantic…

Before we get to the main body of my review, I need to address a few things. First of all, remember that I liked The Hunger Games. I reviewed it on my blog and gave it 6/10, which I think is a fair score. Second, since when did "well,…

I'm not crediting everyone individually here, because it would just take too long, but Movie 43 puts together a decent list of names both behind and in front of the camera. It's a comedy movie made up of sketches, connected by a framing…