| Movie Review: Keanu |
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Keanu
Director: Peter Atencio
Screenwriter: Jordan Peele, Alex Rubens
Cast: Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Method Man, Luis Guzmán, Nia Long, Will Forte, Tiffany Haddish, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Jamar Malachi Neighbors, Jason Mitchell
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rated R | 100 Minutes
Release Date: April 29, 2016 “We in the market right now for, like, a gangster pet.” Directed by Peter Atencio (Key & Peele, The Last Man on Earth), Keanu is the age-old story of two friends who pose as ruthless gangbangers to retrieve a stolen kitten named Keanu, which – as we all know – is Hawaiian for “cool breeze over the mountains.” Jordan Peele stars as Rell, a soft-spoken stoner whose life is forever changed when the most precious of kittens shows up at his doorstep. A graphic artist, Rell makes little Keanu the subject of his next artistic endeavor: a calendar where the kitten plays assorted characters from iconic movies like The Shining, Heat, and New Jack City. But when Cheddar (Method Man), the leader of the notorious 17th Street Blips, steals the cat, Rell and his straight-laced cousin Clarence (Keegan-Michael Key) are forced into action.
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| ‘Keanu’ Red Band Trailer: Key & Peele Must Save A Kitten
Fans of Comedy Central’s Key & Peele will be excited to see the trailer for Keanu, a new movie featuring the two stars of the sketch comedy show, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. The movie follows the duo trying to save a kitten after it gets taken, but instead of simply locating the animal and bringing it home, they find themselves in the middle of a gang war pretending to be people they’re not. It also stars Tiffany Haddish (The Carmichael Show, If Loving You Is Wrong), Method Man (How High, The Wire), Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton, Kong: Skull Island), Nia Long (Third Watch, House of Lies), Luis Guzman (Boogie Nights, How to Make It in America), Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth, Nebraska), Rob Huebel (Childrens Hospital, Transparent), and the movie is directed by Peter Atencio (Key & Peele). You can read an official synopsis for Keanu and watch the trailer below.
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| Blu-ray Review: Stigmata
Stigmata
Blu-ray
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Screenwriter: Tom Lazarus, Rick Ramage
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long
Scream Factory
Rated R | 103 Minutes
Release Date: May 19, 2015 Directed by Rupert Wainwright (2005’s The Fog), and co-written by the tag team of Tom Lazarus and Rick Ramage, Stigmata stars Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) as a woman who suffers the Stigmata “” the living wounds of the crucified Christ. The 1999 film opens in the Brazilian village of Belo Quinto, with Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne) examining a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe weeping blood at the funeral of Father Paulo Alameida. While Andrew is collecting evidence, a young boy steals the rosary from Father Alameida’s hand.
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| Fox Decides That The World Is Ready For ‘Big Momma’s House 3’
20th Century Fox has hired Randi Mayem Singer to write a script for Big Momma’s House 3, a new installment in the franchise which started off in 2000 with Big Momma’s House. The movie starred Martin Lawrence, Paul Giamatti, Nia Long, and Terrence Howard, and it followed an FBI agent (Lawrence) who dresses up as large older lady who is lovingly known as Big Momma and integrates himself into her world in order to catch a bank robber who has escaped from prison. The 2006 sequel saw the clever disguise put back into action as Big Momma became a nanny at a residence that housed a murder suspect. Randi Mayem Singer has written similar movies before in Mrs. Doubtfire, as well as the upcoming Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson family movie, Tooth Fairy.
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