You want comedy? I got it. You want horror? I got it. You want horror-comedy? You better believe that I got it.
Don't let the hot pinks of the blu-ray cover put you off; Pitch Perfect is one of the best comedies of the year. As alt chick Beca, Anna Kendrick leads this collegiate a-cappela comedy with a fantastic supporting cast around her, most notably Bridesmaids' Rebel Wilson in her biggest role yet. Teen girls will love it for all of its disorganised rebellion/catchy tunes, but Pitch Perfect is better than your average tween fare, sort of like Easy A with added harmonies.
The third in the Marine franchise and the third wrestler to take the lead role, this latest from WWE Studios sees Mike "The Miz" Mizanin play a marine returning home only to be called in to save his sisters when they get kidnapped by an evil college professor. Personally, if I was a fan of wrestling, I don't know why I would want to watch a film with a wrestler in the lead role (apart from The Rock and Rowdy Roddy Piper, obviously) as it's either going to back up the consensus that they're actors by trade or, back up the consensus that they're BAD actors by trade.
Sigh. I honestly don't get why all Nazis are also zombies now. If they release a 20th anniversary edition of Schindler's List, I half expect it to now show Liam Neeson blowing the heads of goose stepping zombies. Actually, I'd watch that. Anyways, back to Devils of War which proudly states on its cover "A cult classic - Iron Sky meets Outpost", but as it's a quote not attributed to anyone its clearly just a bit of masturbatory marketing nonsense. Even more off putting is the trailer which doesn't even feature any zombies; just a slightly hefty black man taking down nazis with a samurai sword, which is a selling point if ever I heard one.
I can assure that 7 PSYCHOPATHS is almost as good as IN BRUGES. I say almost because... Well, I'm sure you'll see why.
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