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Free Baltimore Screening: Battle of the Year

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Good morning party people!  Did your weekend go by without you getting your dance on?  Well, I can help you get your fix vicariously.  Because screening passes!  Battle of the Year is the latest cool-beans dance pic, and it’s starring Josh Holloway (LOST), Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz and Chris Brown.  This film is hitting theaters September 20th, but wanna see it earlier?  Of course you do.  Need more info?  Of course I’ve got it.  Take it away, breakdancing PR peeps!

Battle of the Year is the Olympics of break dancing, a tournament held every year that attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven’t won in fifteen years. Los Angeles Hip Hop mogul and former B-Boy Dante (Alonso) wants to put the country that started the Sport back on top. He enlists his hard-luck friend Blake (Holloway), who was a championship basketball coach, to coach his team. Armed with the theory that the right coach can make any team champions, they assemble a Dream Team of all the best b-boys across the country. With only three months until Battle of the Year, Blake has to use every tactic he knows to get twelve talented individuals to come together as a team if they’re going to bring the Trophy back to America where it started. Inspired by the actual world championship held yearly in France.

We’ve got 50 ADMIT TWO passes to the Baltimore area screening.  Get yourself to GOFOBO and grab yourself a pass!  Clicky:  http://l.gofobo.us/Dw4kXfF6

REMEMBER: seating is first-come first served and isn’t guaranteed.  So make sure you get there early to grab yourself a seat!

Baltimore: come and get your passes to Baggage Claim!

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Mmm, travel.  I’m dying to go on vacation.  I realize that I’m about two months off from the rest of everybody.  But why not hit the movie theater instead?  Yaaaaay movies!  Baggage Claim is our latest movie we’ve got screening passes for.  And lemme just say that the stars in this movie are so easy on the eye I think I could just watch this on mute.  But what’s this movie about?  Take it away, glorious PR people!

Determined to get engaged before her youngest sister’s wedding, flight attendant Montana Moore (Paula Patton) finds herself with only 30 days to find Mr. Right.  Using her airline connections to “accidentally” meet up with eligible ex-boyfriends and scour for potential candidates, she racks up more than 30,000 miles and countless comedic encounters, all the while searching for the perfect guy.

Read on after the jump to see how to snag yourself a pass….

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Baltimore Comic-Con announces it’s panel schedule!

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Coming to Baltimore Comic-Con this year?  It’s next weekend, and it’s gonna be pretty darn awesome.  The guys from Comic Book Men will be there, as will Stan Lee and a TON of amazing comic book pros.  I’ll be there, and I’ll gladly shake a hand and make a friend.  But really, it’s all about the books, amirite?  Yeah baby!

The ‘Con released it’s schedul and it’s looking sweet.  Wanna sit in on a Q&A with Joe “Locke & Key” Hill or Mike Mignola (why not both?), talk about banned comics, or just listen to all sorts of creative types talk amongst themselves?  You can do that.  I’ve got the full breakdown after the jump; thanks for the list, BCC!

And if you’re into beer, comics and charity — and really, who isn’t? — get over to Pratt Street Ale House the night before for Drink & Draw.  I know I’ll be there (shout-out to Bishop’s Breakfast Oatmeal Stout!!)  Gotta get prepped for the coming awesomeness onslaught….

See y’all at the ‘Con!

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Mortal Instruments: Splat Hair Color Prize Pack Giveaway — here are our winners!

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After getting a whole lotta entries, I’ve finally winnowed it down to the top 5 entries in the Mortal Instruments: Splat Hair Color giveaway!  Yaaaaay!  *ahem*

And the winners are:

  • Summer Walter, who would like to be a witch; “Witches can cast spells over the werewolves , vampires, shapeshifters! Not to mention witches can do good things, but don’t double cross them because they could cast an evil spell as well or curse you!”
  • Stephanie Grant, who wants to be “a hybrid Shadowhunter/Vampire that way I would have both sets of assets at my disposal and be on the good side of the battle. I could walk in the daylight and be able to turn into a bat and fly what could be cooler?”
  • Ebony Brown, for the Heroes shoutout; her choice would to be “Peter f’n Petrelli! I would absorb any powers to be had and kickbutt!”
  • Bri Elliot, because she’d like to be “a shadow hunter. I like to kick ass and take names!”
  • Steve Rauch, for making a good point; he’d be a “Vampire, since they get the prettiest girls!”

A great big, huge thank you to every single person who entered!  I had a blast reading all the responses, and now if anyone ever asks what I’d be, I’ll have a good answer.

Winners, your prize pack will be winging it’s way out to you asap.  Congratulations!

Mortal Instruments: Splat Hair Color Prize Pack giveaway!

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Yes, I read YA Fiction.  I ain’t ashamed.  Because most of the time, that stuff is amazing.  Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Infernal Devices…and that’s just a sampling of what’s come around lately.  (Don’t get me started on classics like Lord of the Flies, Earthsea and The Hobbit.  Yes, The Hobbit was considered a book for the young’uns.)  Some of these have been made into films, some haven’t.  Some are on the way to you.  Which brings me to another series that’s pretty darn tasty, The Mortal Instruments.

What’s this particular tale about?  Oh, I’ve got you.  Here’s the synopsis of the first book, and the movie, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones:

Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother (Lena Headey), Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures.  Based on the worldwide best-selling book series.

I’ve read this novel and let’s just say there ain’t no lovestruck, happy vamps and werewolves around these particular parts.  City of Bones stars Lily Collins (Mirror, Mirror), Jamie Campbell Bower (The Twilight Saga), Robert Sheehan (Misfits), Kevin Zegers (Gossip Girl), Lena Headey (Game of Thrones), Kevin Durand (Lost), Aidan Turner(UK’s Being Human), among many more.  Nice, right?  Absolutely.

So, wanna head to the theater and catch a show, for free?  This ain’t no screening invite, it’s a “you get free tickets to the movies” contest.  Plus there’s more….

 
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Come Getaway — passes to the Baltimore screening!

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Summer seems to be winding down, but before you decide to switch your movie diet to all-indie (not that there’s anything wrong with that), how about a slam-bang action film?  Groovy, ’cause we’ve got passes to Getaway, and I wanna give ’em to you!

What’s Getaway?  Well, I could blather, or I could let the wise and wonderful PR folks do a better job.  Yeah.  Here’s there’ release:

“Getaway” is the gritty, heart-pounding action thriller from Warner Bros. Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment starring Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke (“Training Day,” “The Purge,” “Sinister”), actress and international music sensation Selena Gomez (“Springbreakers,” “Wizards of Waverly Place”), and Academy Award® winner Jon Voight (“Coming Home,” the “National Treasure” films) under the direction of Courtney Solomon (“An American Haunting”), who also produced the film.

Former race car driver Brent Magna (Hawke) is pitted against the clock.  Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, taking it and its unwitting owner (Gomez) on a high-speed race against time, at the command of the mysterious villain holding his wife hostage.

Rounding out the cast are Rebecca Budig and Bruce Payne.

Solomon, Allan Zeman, Moshe Diamant and Christopher Milburn produced the film. The executive producers are Julius R. Nasso, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, Bobby Ranghelov, Jon Goodman, Dennis L. Pelino, Claudia Bluemhuber, Ian Hutchinson, Joel Silver and Steve Richards.  The screenplay was written by Sean Finegan & Gregg Maxwell Parker.   Finegan also served as co-producer along with Stephanie Caleb.

The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Yaron Levy, editor Ryan Dufrene, production designer Nate Jones, and costume designer Roseanne Fiedler. The music is by Justin Burnett.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Dark Castle Entertainment, an After Dark Films production, in association with Signature Entertainment, in association with Silver Reel, a film by Courtney Solomon, “Getaway.”  The film opens August 30, 2013 and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

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This film has been rated PG-13 for intense action, violence and mayhem

throughout, some rude gestures, and language.

 

 

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Wanna get in on the Baltimore screening of We’re The Millers?

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Sorry I’ve been slack lately.  Things have been crazy.  I almost feel like heading out and starting over.  Maybe whipping up a new identity?  In We’re The Millers?  They’re doing just that.  Our PR people have the skinny:

From New Line Cinema comes the action comedy “We’re The Millers,” starring Jennifer Aniston (“Horrible Bosses”) and Jason Sudeikis (“The Campaign”).  The film is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”).

David Burke (Sudeikis) is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids—after all, he has his scruples.  So what could go wrong?  Plenty.  Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks.  Stealing his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to his supplier, Brad (Ed Helms).

In order to wipe the slate clean—and maintain a clean bill of health—David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad’s latest shipment in from Mexico.  Twisting the arms of his neighbors, cynical stripper Rose (Aniston) and wannabe customer Kenny (Will Poulter), and the tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen Casey (Emma Roberts), he devises a foolproof plan.  One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny RV later, the “Millers” are headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend that is sure to end with a bang.

Thurber directs “We’re The Millers” from a screenplay by Bob Fisher & Steve Faber (“Wedding Crashers”) and Sean Anders & John Morris (“Hot Tub Time Machine”), story by Bob Fisher & Steve Faber. The film also stars Emma Roberts (“The Art of Getting By”), Nick Offerman (“21 Jump Street”), Kathryn Hahn (“The Dictator”), Will Poulter (“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”) and Ed Helms (the “Hangover” films).

Vincent Newman, Tucker Tooley, Happy Walters and Chris Bender are the producers, with David Heyman, J.C. Spink, Marcus Viscidi, Toby Emmerich, Richard Brenner and David Neustadter serving as executive producers.

Thurber’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Barry Peterson (“21 Jump Street”); production designer Clayton Hartley (“The Other Guys”); editor Mike Sale (“The Hangover Part II”); and costume designer Shay Cunliffe (“The Bourne Legacy”).

New Line Cinema’s “We’re The Millers” opens nationwide on August 9, 2013, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Seen the trailer?  Pretty nice, right?  Anybody that uses Mickey Avalon in a trailer is cool in my book.  So how to score yourself a pass?  You know what to do….

 

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Movie Review: The Wolverine

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Hugh Jackman is RIPPED y’all!  Okay, now that I’ve stated the obvious, is this second foray into Wolverine’s story worth the trip to the multiplex when there’s so many other superhero flicks out/slated for this year?  Sure, you could just look at IMDb and say “James Mangold directed?  He did Walk The Line!”  You could go with that, but remember; he also did Kate & Leopold.  *shudder*  I’m here with more intel; The Wolverine is definitely worth skipping Pacific Rim for another week…for.  In other words, it’s an artfully shot bit of cinematic beauty that manages to tell an epic story (epic in the Hollywood sense; this is definitely a Hero’s Journey flick) where the action comes fast and frequent, and the title character is crafted well enough that you want to know more about him, and root for his success.  Of course Jackman’s biceps don’t hurt that cause any.

The Wolverine starts us out with poor Logan’s nightmares, and as this story begins shortly after the occurrences in X-Men: The Last Stand, he’s got a lot of scary rattling around in his brain.  Still reeling from killing the love of his life, Jean Grey, he’s also replaying other dark times in his past.  Like the time he was in Nagasaki during WWII, when the Allied Forces dropped THE bomb.  Logan manages to survive, and saves Yashida, a young Japanese Army soldier (Ken Yamamura) that was too scared to commit seppuku with the rest of his bretheren.  Flash forward to the present day and Yashida (now played by Hal Yamanouchi) is dying, and wants to see Logan to say goodbye.  As Logan is very busy beating himself up emotionally, it takes quite a bit of persuading (and a good deal of emotional blackmail) by Yashida’s emmisary Yukio (Rila Fukushima, a funny and badass scene stealer whenever she’s onscreen).

But at last Logan heads to Japan.  However, we all know it’s not gonna be a simple goodbye, right?  Right.  Logan gets himself into trouble with the Yakuza, who want to kidnap Yashida’s granddaughter Mariko (Tao Okamoto), as well as a mutant with some truly killer powers.  That’d be Viper, played by Svetlana Khodchenckova (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), and she’s a nasty piece of work, though she works a latex bodysuit like nobody’s business.  Yeah, there’s a ton of stuff going on in The Wolverine, and it all fits together by the time the credits roll.  But this ain’t the kind of superhero movie where you can just let the action wash over you; in order to reap the maximum benefit, you’ve gotta pay attention.  The stories are twisty, turny affairs that make you work for your ah-ha moments.  Are most of those moments ones you can spot easily if you’re paying attention?  Absolutely.  But dang if Mangold doesn’t make it a fun trip.

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Got Paranoia? Grab some screening passes and you will….

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Paranoia, the destroyer!  (Bonus “you’re awesome” points for anyone who remembers that groovy tune.)  Here’s a little something that’s sure to give you paranoia…the movie Paranoia, of course!  It’s a tense thriller, and it’s got some amazing actors headlining, including Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard and Harrison Ford. What’s it about?  Glad you asked.  Take it away, PR gurus!

The high stakes thriller Paranoia takes us deep behind the scenes of global success to a deadly world of greed and deception.  The two most powerful tech billionaires in the world (Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman) are bitter rivals with a complicated past who will stop at nothing to destroy each other.  A young superstar (Liam Hemsworth), seduced by unlimited wealth and power falls between them, and becomes trapped in the middle of the twists and turns of their life-and-death game of corporate espionage.  By the time he realizes his life is in danger, he is in far too deep and knows far too much for them to let him walk away.

We’ve got passes to the Baltimore area screening.  Want one for yourself?  Of course you do; who can wait ’til it opens on August 16th?  Read on, good people.  Read on….

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Passes to the Baltimore screening of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters? We got ’em!

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I love Young Adult fiction (or, as the cool kids say, YA).  So I enjoyed Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief.  But last night I saw the killer trailer for the sequel, Sea of Monsters, and I was blown away.  Looks like they’re cranking the dial to 11 for this film, and I for one couldn’t be happier.  Can you hear my mythology-loving heart go a-pitter-a-pat?  Yeah you can.  And sorry about that.

What’s this film about, you ask?  Well, our beloved PR folks have an answer for you:

Based on the best-selling series by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, continues his epic journey to fulfill his destiny, as he teams with his demigod friends to retrieve the Golden Fleece, which has the power to save their home and training ground, Camp Half-Blood.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters opens officially on August 7th.  But seeing it early?  Sweet.  Here’s the usual info:

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