Blackhat Advance Screening for Seattle and Portland
WHEN: Tuesday, January 13th @ 7pm WHERE: Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon HOW TO GET IN: If you want to see the Blackhat advance screening with WatchPlayRead, we have 10 VIP passes for each city! All you have to do is leave a comment below answering this “Of Chris Hemsworth many roles, which is your […]
Selma Advance Screening for Salt Lake City
WHEN: Tuesday, January 6th @ 7pm WHERE: Salt Lake City, Utah HOW TO GET IN: If you want to see the Selma Advance Screening before anybody else in Salt Lake City, just click the big ‘ol link below! Make sure you get there EARLY the theater is overbooked to ensure full capacity! If you missed […]
WPR’s 2014 film wrap up, the best, and the worst
2014 is over or very nearly over, and now is the time everyone starts reflecting on all the movies that came out this year, in some cases this causes a flair up of PTSD. Now I know everyone and their cousin’s dog is putting out these 2014 film wrap up lists, I have no real […]
Review: “The Imitation Game” Easily One Of The Best Movies Of The Year
Title: The Imitation Game Director: Morten Tyldum Screenwriter: Andrew Hodges (book “Alan Turing: The Enigma”) and Graham Moore (screenplay) Principal Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, and Allen Leech When I first heard about The Imitation Game I wasn’t that confident that it was going to be that good. I’m not the […]
Review: “Unbroken” Is Hard To Watch
Title: Unbroken Director: Angelina Jolie Screenwriter: Joel Coen (screenplay), Ethan Coen (screenplay), Richard LaGravenese (screenplay), William Nicholson (screenplay), and Laura Hillenbrand (book) Principal Cast: Jack O’Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Finn Wittrock, Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock, Garrett Hedlund, and Jai Courtney There is a set of people out there in the media that believe we are nearing […]
Review: “Into The Woods” Hits All The High Notes (Mostly)
Title: Into the Woods Director: Rob Marshall Screenwriter: James Lapine (screenplay), Stephen Sondheim (musical), and James Lapine (musical) Principal Cast: Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Daniel Huttlestone, Lilla Crawford, Chris Pine, and Meryl Streep Thus far 2014 hasn’t been a very good year for musicals. Annie turned out to be disposable on a good […]
Unbroken is deliberate, methodical, a little dull
Unbroken Directed by: Angelina Jolie Written by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson Based on: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Starring: Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock Release date: December 25, 2014 Rated PG-13 for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language Unbroken is a remarkable story […]
The Imitation Game is striking and penetrating
The Imitation Game Directed by: Morten Tyldum Written by: Graham Moore Based on: Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Rory Kinnear Running time: 114 minutes Rated PG-13 for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking The Imitation […]
WPR Discusses: Favorite Holiday Movie Moments
Yes, is is that time of year where everyone has their traditions and favorite holiday movie moment. Whether you’re as enthusiastic as Buddy the Elf, complete Christmas Grinch, or just think everything about the seasons is dreadful. We here at WPR think that everyone needs to have a little bit of Joy in their life. […]
Should “The Interview” have been pulled?
Christmas day was set to be the release of slacker comedy darlings Seth Rogen and James Franco’s newest collaboration, The Interview. That is, until Sony pulled the film from theaters and cancelled all future press for it. In the grand tradition of Rogen/Franco comedies, two chill bros who are probably kinda stoned find themselves […]
Leaping lizards, Annie is awful.
Annie Directed by: Will Gluck Screenplay by: Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna, Emma Thompson Based on: Annie, by Thomas Meehan and Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray Starring: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Cameron Diaz Music by: Greg Kurstin Songs: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin Original songs: Greg Kurstin, Sia, Will Gluck Release […]
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a fun family film
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Directed by: Shawn Levy Written by: Robert Ben Garant, David Guion, Michael Handelman, Thomas Lennon Story by: Mark Friedman, Michael Handelman, David Guion Starring: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens, Ben Kingsley, Rebel Wilson, Skyler Gisondo, Steve Coogan, Patrick Gallagher, Ricky Gervais, Rami Malek, Mizuo […]
Review: “Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb” Is Better Than You’d Expect
Title: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Director: Shawn Levy Screenwriter: David Guion (screenplay and story), Michael Handelman (screenplay and story), Mark Friedman (story), Thomas Lennon (characters), and Robert Ben Garant (characters) Principal Cast: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Dan Stevens, Rami Malek, Patrick Gallagher, Mizuo Peck, and […]
Review: The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow For “Annie”
Title: Annie Director: Will Gluck Screenwriter: Will Gluck (screenplay), Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay), Thomas Meehan (stage play book), and Harold Gray (comic strip “Little Orphan Annie”) Principal Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Cameron Diaz Every year someone decides that a musical is going to be the next big […]
American Sniper advance screenings for Seattle and Portland
WHEN: Monday, January 12th @ 7PM WHERE: Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon HOW TO GET IN: If you want to see American Sniper before it releases nationwide just click the Linky Link under your city and enter your code! It’s that easy for a chance to snag some tickets, make sure you get there EARLY […]