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Review: Baby Driver

— by RON WILKINSON — Ansel Elgort and writer/director Edgar Wright power through this mayhem fest with a quarter mile soundtrack and rocket launch car chases. Not chases, they are more like bike acrobatics with rocket assist engines instead of wheels. The story starts with near catatonic[...]

Review: The World’s End

— by ADAM DALE — “The World’s End” is the final installment in the “Cornetto Three Flavours Trilogy.” Directed by Edgar Wright (“Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz”) and co-written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the film is once again a turning on the head of a particular g[...]

The World’s End: Cornetto Featurette

— by ADAM POYNTER — Those who are unfamiliar with “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” might find it confusing that stories about a zombie apocalypse and stupid cops could form a trilogy with “The World’s End,” which revolves around a legendary pub crawl between life-long fri[...]

The World’s End: Cornetto Trilogy Trailer

— by ADAM POYNTER — Universal Pictures has unveiled a new trailer to introduce “The World’s End,” the final film in the “Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy.” All three movies in the trilogy were written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg and have starred Pegg and his buddy Nick Frost.[...]

The Adventures of Tintin: Teaser Trailer

— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — I have to admit when I heard the title for “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,” I wasn’t overly optimistic for the movie. It sounded like something that was going straight to DVD. However, my interest piqued when I started seeing who[...]

A ‘Comic’ Look at the ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ Trailer

— by H.G. WATSON — It’s a special film that inspires creativity in people before the movie even opens. “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” must really be special because fans have been churning out art and videos for months. Some of the best include band Former Fat Boy’[...]

Six Clips from ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’

— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — I’m going to be blunt. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” looks awesome. Nothing I’ve seen/heard/read so far has turned me off of it. I’m counting down the days until this bad boy hits theatres. The plot teases with its uniqueness. Scott Pilgrim starts li[...]

Under Review: ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’

— by H.G. WATSON — If we are to believe the hype for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” it’s the film that blows your socks off, represents an entire generation, steals your girlfriend and knocks her up, makes you see God and is, without a doubt, the best movie since the invention of t[...]

An Open Letter to the Internet Regarding Michael Cera

— by H.G. WATSON — Dear Internet, You and I have been good, good friends for a long time now. Sure, we’ve had our rough patches. Do I need to know as much as I do about furries? Good God no. But through it all, we’ve made it work. Heck, if it weren’t for you […][...]

‘Scott Pilgrim’ Re-Shoots Are ‘Icing on the Cake’

— by CAM SMITH — Lying isolated and vulnerable, amidst a sea of soulless studio-mandated filmic product (“Shrek Forever After” and “Prince of Persia” spring immediately to mind), “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” feels very much like an X-factor in regards to this season’s box-[...]

Who Might Assemble ‘The Avengers’?

— by BEN FOWLER — When it comes to the dream directing gig of the decade, it doesn’t come much better than helming the planned Avengers film. But who of the top Hollywood filmmakers should be getting a call from Marvel sometime soon? I’ll start off by saying who I feel is the[...]

Trailer Talk: ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’

— by H.G. WATSON — I struggled to form my opinions about the “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” trailer because the reaction I had when I first saw it was more akin to “SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!” than a coherent thought. But you know what? A few hours and several viewings later, I am [...]

Poster Peek: ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’

— by H.G. WATSON — If the teaser poster for Edgar Wright’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” is any indication, Scott Pilgrim may be the most comic book accurate film to-date. The poster, which features lead Michael Cera rocking out on a guitar, is directly from the pages of th[...]

About That ‘Ant-Man’ Movie …

— by CAM SMITH — God Bless Stan Lee. Ever since the 88-year-old comic-book godfather discovered the fast-paced joys of Twitter, he’s been a veritable fountain of colorfully candid discourse, giddily yakking about all Marvel latest projects and gracing his thousands of followers with a [...]