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‘Pets 2’ Stars on Voice Acting

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I recently sat down with several members of the cast of “The Secret Life of Pets 2”. In this new Animation Scoop piece, I chat with Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Eric Stonestreet and Bobby Moynihan about their careers in voice acting. ——————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment […]
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‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ Review

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“The Secret Life of Pets 2” is Illumination Entertainment’s sequel to their 2016 mega hit. Director Chris Renaud is back, along with most of the principal cast. But the vibe, as a whole, is much different from the original – and for the better. Patton Oswalt (who broke through as a voice actor as Remy […]
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‘The Upside’ Review

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The release of “The Upside” had been a long time coming. This Americanized remake of the 2011 hit French movie “The Intouchables” began filming in January 2017. At the time its distributor was The Weinstein Company. That September, “The Upside” had its world premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival – to mixed reviews […]
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‘Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie’ Review

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Until very recently I thought “The LEGO Movie” and its spinoff “The LEGO Batman Movie” were the most frenetic animated movies I’d ever seen. But a certain superhero origin story, based on books that grade school kids have cherished for two decades, now assumes that title. “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is extremely fast-paced, wild, […]
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‘Kevin Hart: What Now?’ Movie Review

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Rock-star comedian Kevin Hart takes center stage for the biggest comedy tour in history. Following his 2013 hit stand-up concert movie, Let Me Explain, this groundbreaking, record-setting, sold-out performance of What Now? — filmed outdoors in front of 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field—marks the first time a comedian has ever performed to an […]
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‘Kevin Hart: What Now?’ Review

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On Sunday night, August 30, 2015, Kevin Hart performed in front of 53,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, becoming the first comedian to ever play and sell out an NFL stadium. And that night, Universal Pictures filmed the show for Hart’s third big screen concert movie. I was there, on the field, in about […]
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‘Ride Along 2’ Review

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Ice Cube and Kevin Hart made for a fun and likable pair in 2014’s buddy-cop action comedy “Ride Along”. In just two short years, Hart’s star-power has significantly risen to (sadly) the point of overkill. He dominates the screen in “Ride Along 2” and his brand of over-the-top, wacky humor mixed with an occasionally smart […]
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‘Get Hard’ Review

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Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart in a buddy comedy should equal gold. But with “Get Hard” the result is the exact opposite. In fact, even though it attempts to play it tough with a Hard-R tone, it’s actually quite light and wimpy – often not even trying to make us laugh. The premise itself is […]
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‘The Wedding Ringer’ Review

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Practically a year to the day after the Ice Cube/Kevin Hart action comedy “Ride Along” opened (becoming 2014’s first box office hit), Hart is back with the romantic comedy “The Wedding Ringer”. He plays Jimmy, the owner of a Best Man service business in which he participates in the weddings of total strangers who don’t […]
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