Alan Rapp

Elementary – T-Bone and the Iceman

  • Title: Elementary – T-Bone and the Iceman
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Elementary - T-Bone and the Iceman

A bizarre murder after a hit-and-run sends Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Watson (Lucy Liu) after a murderer responsible for a freeze-dried victim, the discovery of a theft of highly-controlled cooling gas, and leads them to a fly-by-night cryonics facility. Given the sketch artist’s drawing of the most likely suspect in both the theft and murder turns out to be the most unlikeliest of suspects the detectives have their hands full in discerning the truth of what is actually going on.

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The Interview

  • Title: The Interview
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The InterviewThe Interview is known mostly for North Korean pressure stopping its wide release in theaters. The controversy that followed brought attention to a throwaway cheap-laugh comedy that would have otherwise been quickly forgotten. The script by Dan Sterling is part Spies Like Us and part Saturday Night Live skit as the star (James Franco) and producer (Seth Rogen) of a talk show get an inclusive interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Randall Park). The pair are quickly approached by the CIA who attempt to use the opportunity to kill Kim by turning a pair of complete morons into assassins without proper training or back-up.

Franco and Rogen are funny guys but they’re just going through the motions of various gags (including a surprisingly bloody action sequence). In someone else’s hands the premise might have led to a subversive satire but its clear Rogen and company only care about stuffing the film with as many cheap laughs as possible with the Franco-Rogen bromance in full swing complete with several dick jokes and multiple discussions of hiding spy gear up Rogen’s ass.

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Coming Soon – Tomorrowland

  • Title: Tomorrowland
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We now have our first full-length trailer for director Brad Bird‘s Tomorrowland starring Britt Robertson and George Clooney as an unlikely pair taking a trip to a futuristic world inspired by one of Disneyland’s theme parks. Hey, it worked for the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Hugh Laurie, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn, and Judy Greer also star. Tomorrowland opens in theaters on May 22nd.

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