movie taco: june 2013

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IN

JUNE 2013

READ THE MAGAZINE, LISTEN TO THE PODCAST!FROM THE AWARD-WINNING HOSTS OF THE

JIMMY AND LUKE SHOW COMES THE OFFICIAL

MOVIE TACO PODCAST, RELEASED EVERY

MONTH EXCLUSIVELY ON BUZZHUB.TK AND

FEATURING EXCLUSIVE REVIEWS OF ALL THE

BIGGEST MOVIES, AS WELL AS DISCUSSION OF

UPCOMING RELEASES AND THE BIGGEST NEWS

STORIES!

After Earth

The Avengers

The Bling Ring

Captain America 2

Catching Fire

The Dark Knight

The Heat

The Incredibles

The Internship

Love Is All You Need

Monsters University

Spider-Man 2

Star Trek IntoDarkness

Superman: TheMovie

This is the End

TMNTWhite House Down

The Wolverine

World War Z

IN THIS ISSUEWHICH FREE POSTER DID YOU GET?


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ZERO DARK ZOMBIES

UNE 2013

or many years, Marc Forster was one of the most respected and reliable dramatic

rectors working in Hollywood. His second filmMonsters Ball

(no relation to UniversrInc), won Halle Berry an Oscar, and his third, Finding Neverland, a Best Pictureomination. Hellowed that up withe excellent dramedytranger Than Fictionnd the , once again,scar-winning The Kiteunner, an adaptation

f the bestselling novelbout two young boysving in Pakistan.hen, he was awardeds first majorockbuster directingg: a James Bond film.he 22nd film in the record-breaking franchise was set to be fantastic after the brilliananchise reboot that was Martin Campbells Casino Royale. The rest, in terms of

uantum of Solace, is history. Even the films screenwriters now admit that the film wwful. Not that anyone needed confirmation! Forsters last film was Machine Gunreacher, starring Gerard Butler. It wasnt a major disappointment, but only because ne expected anything from it in the first place. Now, hes back and hopefully biggeran ever with his zombie-novel adaptation epic, World War Z, starring Brad Pitt (who

urprisingly, hasnt had as many hits recently as you would expect). It has a fantasticast, including Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale (seen recently in Iron Man 3) andveryones favourite human being Bryan Cranston. The trailers make it look epic, andretty awesome. Will it turn out that way? Well find out soon, as long as the zombies

ont get us first!


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SCHOOL OF

RAAAAARGH!SCHOOL OF RAAARGHxars last good film was Toy Story 3, so after a few years of badly-received films, what better way to make

meback than with another sequel (actually a prequel) to one of your earlier, more beloved classics (Cars 2

es not count). Monsters Inc is not Pixars best film. In fact, its not one of their 5 best films (The Incredibles

tatouille, Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, Up), but it is excellent, and it would take a lot of effort to make this

equel. John Goodman (the person who will be seen onscreen the most this Summer) and Billy Crystal are

their original roles as Sully and Mike, along with a whole cast of other voice actors including Nathan Fill

THE GOOGLE

CRASHERS(THATS NOT TECHNICALLY

POSSIBLE)

Shawn Levys last film, Date Night, was very funny, but wasnt

a success as anyone had hoped. So, for his latest film, hes reun

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, two of a very small group of

comedy actors who can headline a major film, and brought Go

into the filmmaking business with probably the most lucrative

marketing scheme in the history of Hollywood. The Internship

entirely set at Google, where Wilson and Vaughns characters

you guessed it, on an internship. Presumably, mayhem insues.

The Internship is out June 7. Monsters Universityis out June 2


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CHAN ABOUT

THE HOUSE

ho is the master of stupid-but-fun cinematic spectacle? Some would answer Michael Bay, b

e correct answer is Roland Emmerich. Ever since Independence Daywas released, smashing

ozens of box office records, he has made big-disaster movie after big-disaster movie, and

eyve all, surprisingly, been pretty good. Now, hes teamed up with Man of the Moment

hanning Tatum and Django Unchainedstar Jamie Foxx for a DC-set thriller that is sure to bri

ven more success to everyone involved, especially Maggie Gyllenhaal, who hasnt scored a h

nce The Dark Knight!

White House Down is released on June 28.


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CLOSING THE RING

Emma Watsons first post-

Potter project was last years

The Perks of Being A

Wallflower, which received

exceptional reviews but notmuch box-office success.

Now shes following it up with

Sofia Coppolas highly

anticipated sex-drugs-rock-

and-burgling celebrity

mansions drama, The Bling

Ring. In it, she plays a

handbag sales girl, and it

looks like shell be in her

sexiest and most adult role

ever in the film. Will the

parents of young Harry Potter

fans allow their children to

watch The Bling Ring?


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HOTFUZZ

ter the unbelievable, unexpected smash hit that was Bridesmaids, it looked like Paul Feig and (the films r

r Melissa McCarthy could do no wrong. Apart from the successful but unfunny detour that was Identity T

ither of them has gotten the chance to disprove this statement, until now. The Heatis probably the Summ

ghest anticipated comedy after Hangover III,

th the Bridesmaids dream-pair teaming upth Sandra Bullock, a woman who has never

led to give a bad film the box office success

doesnt deserve. The early trailers arent

omising, and a box office face-off with White

use Down will provide trouble for McCarthy

d Bullock, who play Boston police-detectives

the film.

e Heatis released on June 28.


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Earth bound

END OF WATCHres a first: a comedy featuring a bunch of comedy actors who have gained

ccess through playing comically exaggerated versions of themselves:

rally playing comically exaggerated versions of themselves! Yes, this is

is is the End, where all your favourite supporting characters from Knocked

and Pineapple Expressassemble in James Francos LA house along withma Watson (pictured right) and Rihanna for a massive party, whilst the

ocalypse rages outside! Have you ever wanted to see Watson running into

oom and beating the shizz-nit out of Michael Cera? Nows your chance!

is is the Endis released on June 13.

Heres a first: a new Will Smith film we couldnt give less of a monkey

arse about. Why? Because, firstly, its directed by M. Night Shamalaya

whos proven himself to be a truly awful director in recent years.

Secondly, its real star isnt Will, but son Jaden, whos almost as bad an

actor as his friend Justin Bieber is a singer!After Earth opens May 31.


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If you went on the street and did a survey of ordinary people, I would bet a lot of money that, after Chrstopher

Reeve and Tobey Maguire as men of Super and Spider respectively, the most widely recognised on-screen

portrayal of a superhero would be Hugh Jackmans Wolverine. He has appeared as the conflicted character

(can we even call him a hero?) in 5 films (this upcoming one being the 6th

), yet how many of them are any

good? 2? 3 at a stretch (we do like Origins: Wolverine here at Taco.) Why has such a great actor in such afitting and perfectly cast role failed to appear in more than 2 or 3 actually good films as the character? Is it

Bryan Singers fault, either for giving us two films that were so good, our expectations were raised far too high,

or for abandoning theX-Men franchise and handing the reigns ofX3 over to, shudder, Brett Ratner. Is it

Jackmans fault, for refusing to give up the characters on screen persona? Is it 20th

Century Foxs, for hiring

bad directors? Or, maybe its the fault of the bad directors! This is the test we will discover the results of with

The Wolverine, hitting cinemas worldwide on July 26, and already at the very bottom of most peoples Most

Anticipated lists. In all honestly, the trailer is pretty bad. It features a whole bunch of awful, cheap-looking

action scenes, including one on a train. I dont know about you, but I saw train-scenes in Batman Begins and


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FUTURE DAYS ARE COMINGIf you want a bit more X-Men for your moneys worth, you may want to hold onto

dollars until next July, whenX-Men: Days of Future Pasthits the big screen. It was

originally billed as a sequel to 2011s First Class, and was to be directed by Matthew

Vaughn, but is now a sort-ofX-Men 4: X-Men: First Class 2, with the franchises orig

helmer Bryan Singer at, you know, the helm, and Jackman, Stewart, McKellen, Berr

Page, Paquin and Ashmore joining First Class-mates McAvoy, Fassbender, Lawrenc

and Hoult. Plus, Peter Dinklage and Omar Sy! Why would you waste your precious

and cash on The Wolverine?

LEFT: JACKMAN ON THE DAYS OF FUTURE PAST SET, AS TWEETED BY BRYAN SIN

Spider-Man 2, and they were done

pretty well. I dont feel the urge to

see another any time soon! Another

problem is the complete and utter

lack of stars in the supporting cast.

Jackman is a big star, but is he really

enough to carry a film? This is,

truthfully, the first time ever hes

had to. Origins had Ryan Reynolds,

Will.I.Am, Dominic Monaghan,

Danny Huston and Live Schrieber.

TheWolverine has loads of

Japanese actors that absolutely

nobody outside of Japan had heard

of! Thats going to be a problem for

Fox, especially when theyve given

the film their major July blockbusterslot. The films superb release date

does seem to be the best thing its

got going for it, and the fact that itll

probably be huge in Japan.

Whats with all this negativity?

Weve put the film on our bloody

cover, for Wolverines sake! It does

look pretty good, when you take a

closer peek. There are samurai, hot

female characters (see previouspage) wearing knee-high boots and

riding motorbikes (Catwoman and

Black Widow were great), and of

course, there is Hugh Jackman in

the role he was born to play (except


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LEFT: Jackman does Wolverine Style

with Korean popstar PSY.

RIGHT: Logan fights a Japanese

fighting robot. So thats. (translates as Real Steel).

maybe Jean Valjean, for which he SHOULD have won an Oscar earlier this year). The role that has made us

laugh, cry, hang on to the edge of our seats and gibber to our friends about since we first saw him as Logan

back in 2000sX-Men. The role that features in no less than 4 of the films on our Best Superhero Movies Ever

list, in this very issue.

Long live The Wolverine, lets go to see The Wolverine!

The Wolverine is in cinemas July 26, and will be reviewed in the September 2013

issue ofMovie Taco.


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AMovie Taco presentation

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1THE DARK KNIGHT

ho doesnt love The Dark Knight? I mean, anyone? This film was so utterly groundbreaking when it was re

uly 2008, it seemed impossible that anyone would ever say a negative word about it, and no-one ever ha

ears, people have continued to sing praises about its shockingly bleak tone, disturbing performance from

dger and striking, black colour scheme. No film, not even its predecessor Batman Begins had managed to

ese factors to the superhero genre. Superhero? There are no superheroes in The Dark Knight, for in the fi

tman is not presented as the witty, kind guardian of Gotham, but an extremely mentally damaged man w

ilst trying to help people, isnt afraid to get his hands dirty. Christian Bales Batman is the ultimate antihe

d every single superhero movie made since, from Thorto Green Lantern to the upcoming Man of Steelan

olverine, has tried to copy the characterization, imagery and script-writing techniques used by Christophe

lan, that managed to make this such a world-renowned, spectacular, utterly rewatchable masterpiece. N

perhero film will ever reach the watermark set by The Dark Knightagain, nor should they try to.


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2The only animated film even qualified to be on this list, The

ncredibles is a very special film indeed. It was released in

2004, when Pixar were at the absolute height of their

uccess, right after the smash-hit, both commercially and

ritically, that was 2003s Finding Nemo. Nobody expectedmuch from it, considering what a bad time for superhero

movies the early 00s was (excluding theX-Men and Spider-

Mans). What it turned out to be was a revolutionary,

harming, entertaining, original and visually astounding

masterpiece of animated cinema. Movie Taco would

personally place it above The Dark Knighton any list, but this

was your poll, and so it came in at a very close second.

6Bryan Singers firstXis the

original 21st century superhero

movie, the first of the modern

era. However, its the second

film,X-Men United, that is a tr

classic, with Jean Grey and

Wolverines relationship put

under the microscope whilst

Brian Cox wanders around

looking scary as hell. NoXfilm

has been as good since!


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ddle me this: Youre the biggest fledgling movie studio on Earth. Youve had several massive successes

w, over a mere 3 years. Youre about to begin production on the most highly anticipated film of all time, w

sure to make billions of dollars around the world. Youre faced with the task of picking a director to helm t

oject, and who do you choose? A TV producer whose only directorial film was a massive flop of a TV spinled Serenity(one of the best sci-fis of the noughties). Joss Whedon.

ho would have thought that this man, this god, would produce an artwork so wonderful that it would climb

. 3 on this list? We did. We knew Whedon had the comedic and dramatic skill, the action-setpiece direct

owledge and the genius to pull of making a mammoth Summer blockbuster which combined the intelligen

e Dark Knightwith the spectacle ofTransformers to make the ultimate blockbuster.

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7Its not as impressive a wo

cinema as its sequel, but

Batman Begins is the most

solidly entertaining piece o

Christopher Nolans epic

trilogy, and face it, Katie

Holmes is waaaaay better

Maggie Gyllenhaal. Scarec

isnt a great villain, but Cill

Murphy brings some charm

the role, and Liam Neeson

well, Liam Neeson.


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4m Raimis first Spidey flick was an unexpectedly smart summer blockbuster from a director who only had

perience in cult, gory slasher films, and he followed it up with an even better film. Tobey Maguire was a

rfect fit to play Peter Parker, the charming but out-of-luck teenager who discovers he had special powersing bitten by a radioactive spider (eek!) Unfortunately for Andrew Garfield, he will always be Peter Parke

s film, he gets to show off his acting skills, as do Kirsten Dunst as MJ (Shailene Woodley has a hard act to

low) and Alfred Molina as the villainous Doctor Octopus. The film is very long, but doesnt feel it for one

cond, due to superb pacing and a beautifully and lovingly crafted story arc. Spider-Man 3 is almost as goo

r opinion, but you chose SM2 as your No.4!

8As you can see, Sam Raimis last

Spidey film came in a close second

his second. This film has the best

villains of the series, Thomas Hayd

Churchs Sandman, Topher Grace

Venom, James Francos New Gobl

and a big crane. The only problem

thats way too many villains, even

a 3 hours plus film, so things got a

muddled. Its still a forgotten classi

if you didnt like it the first time, tr

watching it again!


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9Although Tim Burtons Batman

and Returns are widely conside

the best of the 80s/90s films, w

(and you) chose Batman Forev

as our favourite, largely due to

hilarious performances from Ji

Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones a

Riddler and Two-Face. Val Kilm

is, apart from Bale, the only ac

who can actually pick up the

phone and say Batman

speaking.

th its groundbreaking special effects, brilliant cast and original story, Richard Donners 1978 Superman: The Movie

l holds up as a classic, despite the camp costumes and extremely long running time (Zach Snyders Man of Steelis

parently less than 130 minutes). Christopher Reeve was a born star, and shines as Clark/ Superman, although the

ason why a different actor portrayed 18-year old, Smallville-residing Clark has yet to be explained.

ne Hackman and Marlon Brandos appearances give it amazing credibilty, yet to be matched in a superhero film,

ich is surprising, considering how it basically created the genre (the only real superhero film before it being the ev

ore camp Batman). Bryan Singer did a fairly decent job homaging it in 2006, to the acclaim of few fans but many

tics. Itll be interesting to see how Steeldoes both artistically and commerically when it is released on June 15. You

n read our review in next months Movie Taco!


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In theatres at time of writing, this is a very impres

showing for Iron Man 3, clearly the best of the thr

solo Stark outings, but just beating the 2008 origin

Ben Kingsleys The Mandarin is the most clever v

in years (although hes not Loki) and Robert Down

gives a superb performance.

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d here we are, Jon Favreaus original shell-head movie,

ich unfortunately was beaten by The Dark Knightas

st Superhero Movie of 2008. However, it still holds up

a spectacular action thriller, with Jeff Bridges as the

ain and Gwyneth Paltrow in her first appearance as

pper Potts.

Picking relative newcomer Chris Hemsworth to star

such an ambitious project was a big risk on Marvels

but it worked, as he carries Thor. It does feel like an

Avengers trailer upon watching it now, but is stillamazingly entertaining, and Kenneth Branagh is suc

actors director, he pulls the absolute best performa

out of his cast.

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13d so to the final entry on our list, Richard Donners

cellent Superman II. It may not be as game-chaning as

e 1978 original, but Terrence Stamps Zod matches Gene

ckmans Luther for hilarity and creepiness, of which is

d both.

For the full Top 30, visit BuzzHub.tk from June 20th.


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THIS

MONTH

IN 2012This month last year, it was the worlds favourit

web-slinger, Peter Parker/ Spider-Man, who gra

Movie Tacos third ever cover. We had an in-de

preview of the film, which went on to receive a

star review.

A film which later received a slightly better revie

was the 4-star Prometheus, Ridley Scotts epic A

prequel, starring Noomi Rapace, which we also

a comprehensive feature on in the issue.

The reviews printed were ofMen in Black 3,

Moonrise Kingdom and Dark Shadows.


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Star Trek Into Darkness

Gene Roddenberry would turn in his grave if he saw

this film. The Star Trekcreator, who died in 1991,

intended his idea as a tense, politically-infused drama

that just happened to be set to the backdrop of space.

Over the years, the STshows and films got more and

more action-packed, and less and less intelligently

written, until 2013, when Jeffrey Jacob Abrams has

given us a full-blown action/sci-fi spectacular. And its

BRILLIANT! Both long-term Trekfans and fans of Abrams 2009 reboot couldnt possibly have asked

for more from this sequel, which amps up the stakes from the first film more than any other sequelhas before. Everything that was wrong with that film (and thats a short list) has been fixed

completely here, and all the things Abrams and his team (writers Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk and

Alex Kurtzman, composer Michael Giacchino etc) got right have been brought back, for example, the

timeline-hopping appearance of Master Leonard Nimoy and the super-awesome space jumps.

Honestly, the space-jumping scene in Into Darkness is probably the most visually stunning scene of

any film weve seen for a few years.

For reasons that I doubt I will ever understand, Benedict Cumberbatch has been put front and centre

on all the posters (particularly outside of the US). This is odd for two reasons. Firstly, hes not THAT

AMAZING in the film. I was quite disappointed by what I had expected to be an Oscar-calibre

performance from the Sherlockstar, when what I got was a fantastic, dont get me wrong, but a very

Loki-in-Avengers-type performance. Scary British villain just isnt enough any more: you have to have

something more, and of all the actors working today, I thought BC would be able to bring it to Into


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arkness. He doesnt fail, he just doesnt exceed any

xpectations. The second reason why I was surprised

all the publicity for his role is that, he isnt really in

e film that much. He doesnt get a full scene of

alogue until past the 1-hour mark, and the film is

ss than 2-hours long (thank you Mr Abrams for

aking the shortest bloody blockbuster in a decade.What a relief!). His Khan (spoiler alert) is extremely

mportant to the story of the film from start to finish,

nd will probably be relevant in future installments,

ut isnt the star in any aspect. The writing of Khan in

is film is very well planned by all involved, and his

otivations are far more believable, and easy to

ympathise with, than say,Skyfalls Raoul Silva. Khan

nt the lead ofInto Darkness. The films joint leads

e most certainly Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto (or

hould be put ZQ first?) as Kirk and Spock. The two of

em have some superb scenes together, both

larious and heartbreaking, and Into Darkness truly

the Abrams film that explores their bromance in

e most depth. They are of course, fantastic by

emselves, and this film features some great solork action. The breathtaking final chase around

ture London involving Cumberbatchs Khan and

pock is another one of the films many, many great

ction set-pieces.

ave we mentioned the opening yet? Well, in case

ou havent already heard, this film has the best

pening scene since The Dark Knightises(although, in this case, the films villain is

owhere to be seen, and is irrelevant to the plot at

is point), with a volcano, a red forest, the Enterprise

merging from underwater, and a planet inhabited

y people whose faces look like paper mach masks.

you see one scene in IMAX this year, make it this

ne.


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Alice Eve, the films other new face, is a far more engaging presence than she was in Men in Black 3,

and gives the viewer who finds Zoe Saldana to be extremely irritating a nice bit of eye candy (come

on, the female viewers get, like, 20 hot guys)! As we all know, Abrams is abandoning us and going

over to Lucasfilm to direct, well, our other favourite sci-fi franchise, Star Wars, and honestly, it

couldnt be in better hands. Despite the fact that the whole third act ofInto Darkness feels like part

ofA New Hope or Empire, all the characterisation and action scenes in this film just smell like Wars,

and, for better or worse, the film does at times feel just a tiny bit like an audition tape for Kathleen

Kennedy and George Lucas. But who cares? Star Trek Into Darkness is without a doubt the best film

of 2013 so far, it is without a doubt better than Iron Man 3, and it is without a doubt the best film (not

counting the Lostpilot) J.J. Abrams has ever directed. You couldnt ask for more, unless you can, in

which case, start counting the days until Episode VII. 2015, people!


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This poor film can hardly help being compared to 2008s smash-hit Mamma Mia!Between Pierce Brosnan,

who we still cant forget the singing of, and the beautiful European setting, this film just shoutsMamma Mia!,

until you see it. It begins with the main character (the wonderful Trina Dunham, described by Alec Baldwin as

the best actor in the world) talking to her GP about her breast cancer treatment. In Copenhagen. Ive been

to Copenhagen, and loved it, but its a fairly depressing place to start off a romantic comedy. But you see,

this doesnt try to make you think its a romantic comedy, it just waits for you to accept what it is. Then again,

its not much of a comedy, as the only joke in it (granted, a very funny one) revolves around an obnoxious

mother who keeps calling her almost anorexic daughter obese and fat.

In the film, Brosnan plays Philip, the father of a young man who is getting married to the daughter of Ida

(Durham), in a beautiful Italian town. Ida and Philip meet before flying to Italy, and gradually start to fall for

each other.

The films picturesque setting and charming performances (Brosnans best in years) make it a very enjoyable

watch, and one of the best romantic dramas of the year so far.

Its notMamma Mia!, at all.

Love Is All You Need


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THE HOT LIST MONTHLY

The new, Michael Bay

produced TMNT movie is

currently shooting, and stars

Megan Fox. Surprising,

considering how she

compared the Transfomers

director to Adolf Hitler just afew short years ago. Anyway,

its nice to see her back in a

major film, even if she is an

awful, awful actress.


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Whats this, you say? Well, its only

ScarJo as Black Widow on the set of

Cap II: The Winter Soldier, a film

that, surprisingly, has no

connections to Game of Thrones,

unlike its brother, Thor: The Dark

World


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The Cannes Film Festival is kicking off in France as

write, and there will be tons of new posters revea

La Croissette, the first being this beauty for the up

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, starring Jennife

Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, the heroic young w

who must be the face of a rebellion that threatenoverthrown the dictatorship of the dystopian land

Panem. The film is released in November, and wil

on a future cover ofMovie Taco.


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COMING NEXT MONTH.

MASSIVE

COMEDY

PREVIEWSTARRING.GROWN UPS 2, ANCHORMAN: THE

LEGEND CONTINUES, THE

MUPPETSAGAIN, SPONGEBOB 2,

THE WORLDS END

and more!

PLUSMAN OF STEEL + THE HANGOVER PART III: THE VERDIC

PACIFIC RIM, DESPICABLE ME 2, R.I.P.D, THE LONE RAN

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