‘Spring Breakers’ is Breaking Out Some (Ex)-Disney Stars

The new movie Spring Breakers, directed by Harmony Korine, has been stirring up a lot of buzz the past couple of months. The buzz can be largely attributed to the raunchy pictures and advertising of the four female stars, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine, with Gomez and Hudgens largely known for their work in Disney movies and television shows, Benson as a star in the popular television show Pretty Little Liars, and Korine, who is the wife of the writer and director. The movie entails the story of four college-aged girls who decide to rob a fast-food restaurant in order to pay for their spring break trip to Florida. The movie also an interesting addition of actor James Franco as a hustling gangster with cornrows, who breaks the girls out of prison and takes them under his wing and into the vast criminal world. As ridiculous of a plot as this sounds, the movie was actually selected to compete at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, and has received an overall “fresh” rating on the popular film review aggregator website.

Some critics have slammed the movie for its poor acting and odd plot, but others have embraced it, calling it “fun” and “extremely entertaining.” With the risqué collaboration of the four female characters and the edgy storyline, some say that the movie only attracts by the looks of the girls, and that if Gomez and Hudgens wanted to advance their movie career, they should not have picked such a revealing movie with a weak premise. Regardless, many critics thoroughly enjoyed the film. Sources:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dinagachman/2013/03/15/spring-breakers-girls-gone-wild-or-wise-career-move/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101441/

I myself, do not have much interest for seeing the film, even with the many positive reviews. However, I know many people will flock to see this due to its outright quirkiness. The movie will be released across the U.S. on March 22nd, 2013 and is rated R.

This Hangover Will Officially Be Cured in Returning to Vegas

Yesterday on March 6th, the first official poster for the movie The Hangover Part III was released. It showed one of the main characters, Alan, played by Zach Galifianakis, “facing off” with Leslie Chow, the main “villain” in every movie in the franchise, played by Ken Jeong. Today, the official teaser trailer was released. Not much was revealed, except that it will take place in Las Vegas, as the first movie did, it will have many of the same characters as the previous first two films, and that it will be the final movie of the series. Source:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/hangover-3-poster-new-teaser_n_2822265.html#slide=more219711

This is big news in the movie community, considering the first movie is presently the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the United States, and the second movie out-grossed its predecessor in worldwide earnings to become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time, even internationally. The first movie received very positive reviews, some critics acclaiming it is one of the funniest movie ever made, however the second movie was regarded with much less positive reviews, with many complaints directed towards it being too similar to the first movie.

Personally, I thought the first movie was a fantastic film, and probably one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, with the second being still very funny, even though the storyline was a bit too similar to that of the first movie. I am excited to see what happens in the finale, what characters the movie focuses on, and how they end the extremely popular franchise while incorporating the setting used in the first movie. The movie opens in all United States theaters on May 24, 2013. Source:

http://news.moviefone.com/2013/03/07/hangover-3-teaser-trailer_n_2829335.html

Official Trailer:

New Documentary from Keanu Reeves

Interview

“Side by Side,” a documentary directed by Christopher Kenneally and produced by Justin Szlasa and Keanu Reeves, will be released to theaters tomorrow. It premiered at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival and was also shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film takes a tour of the past and future of filmmaking, and tracks the losses and gains of Hollywood’s move to digital cinema. By doing this, the documentary asks dozens of film-makers, including “legends” such as James Cameron, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Soderbergh about working in an industry that is changing rapidly in the digital age. The main goal of the movie was to explore the spectrum of opinion in the industry, at a time when both film and digital are still used to shoot.

The popular film aggregator and forum website “Rotten Tomatoes” has already given the film a “certified fresh” 95% of positive reviews, amongst almost 60 critics. As an obvious lover of films, I am very excited for this film and I hope to see it, and see how filmmakers feel about our changing movie industry, and see what direction Keanu Reeves takes it in.

Interview: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/14/keanu-reeves-future-of-cinema