MEN IN BLACK 3: Rick Baker, Josh Brolin Help Create the Best of the Franchise

Patch's Cinema Siren reviews the new Will Smith flick, Men in Black 3, calling it escapist fun with a surprise ending that's well worth the trip.

If you're like me, you may have pondered, "Why, 10 years after an MIB sequel that stunk up the theatre like Edgar the Bug's rotting human skin, are they releasing another sequel? How can it possibly be worth seeing?" Well, you ask, is it? Oh yeah! Definitely the best of the franchise, MIB3 is a lot of escapist fun and breathes life into the adventures of these boys in dark suits. It succeeds most by using every detail of both the scripting and visual elements in the service of the story. This installment has neither the jokey too-cool-for-school vibe of the first or the too-serious-to-enjoy mess of the second. What we have in MIB3 is an exciting action adventure with an oogie alien arch-villain, great sometimes funny, sometimes sweet hero-…

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2012 Summer Movie Preview

It's nearly time for summer film blockbusters. Coming out this summer: The Avengers, Dark Night Rises, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Dark Shadows, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Amazing Spiderman and more.

Every year about this time, it's the calm before the theatrical storm. Things are winding up in Hollywood, as the studios prepare for their marketing onslaught. Should we, the movie viewing public, be getting excited? What can we expect this summer? What spectacles are headed our way? You can take stock of all the blockbusters they have pinned their hopes and bank accounts on below. So many movies and A-list actors… you might spend half your summertime in the dark! What are you looking forward to?  Marvel's The Avengers: Releasing May 4th • Director - Joss Whedon • Starring - Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L Jackson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, and Don Cheatle  Written and directed by cult …

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