Every few years a new contender for the throne appears. Because every few years there’s a new talent to be exploited in a competition and a group of erstwhile teens must gather to train in a montage, have two dimensional but very funny characterizations. Compete. Fail. Compete. Win. So it is written. After the awesome [...]

There’s a difference between a sad movie and a tear jerker. A sad movie just prompts an emotion quite suddenly. A tear jerker is formed with the specific purpose of wrenching sobs out of you. Every move is calculated as efficiently as an horror film or thriller. The director must be a master manipulator and [...]

For half a second there when Glee was at its most powerful it looked like it might have spawned a whole slew of Glee clones on television and in film. Instead we just got Smash and Rock of Ages and a few movies where people maybe hum. Ostensibly Pitch Perfect looks like one of those films. It’s [...]