Interview with Hidden Variable Studios: Round Two Coming Soon For “Bag It!” Fans
A mere two months ago, while searching for the next intriguing game app to review for our hungry Poptimal audience, a recommendation came my way for a delightful little game called Bag It! The strategy based app, which manages to utilize both physics and imagination while focusing on the seemingly ordinary task of carefully bagging one’s own groceries, quickly gained a hefty following in the Android and iOS worlds. With engaging gameplay and cleverly personified food-based characters, the popularity only grew and the minds behind the hit at Hidden Variable Studios quickly realized that the story of Bag It! was ...
Moonrise Kingdom Review: Young Hearts Run Free
I think I could easily argue that no other filmmaker working today has a style as instantly recognizable as Wes Anderson's. I think even the most casual film-goer could glance at a couple frames from his latest film and be able to say, "Hey, this must be from the dude that made The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic!" His latest film retains that familiar style and while some people may initially find that tiresome (as I did with The Darjeeling Limited) I found it more akin to crawling under a favorite, warm blanket because Moonrise Kingdom is easily the ...
Glee Review: Friends Forever
This week’s Glee wasn’t just about saying goodbye to the show for the summer; it was also about teachers saying farewell to their students and the graduating class saying goodbye to the underclassmen and vice versa. (Though the young ones kind of bailed out and only sang to Finn.) Basically, everyone was just loving on everyone, but mostly the episode gave closure to some lingering questions and set up the futures of those we’ve grown to care about over the past three years. Schue gave his last lesson of the season by asking the seniors to sing a song to say ...
Girls Review: Going Home
This week’s episode of Girls was absolutely charming. There was a change in scenery with Hannah going back to Michigan to see her parents, and I have to say, it was refreshing! Hannah returns to her hometown of Lansing to spend some time with their parents during their anniversary, but it’s not long before she starts getting annoyed with them, especially because her mom keeps dropping hints about job opportunities in Michigan that Hannah should look in to. She doesn’t want to tell them she lost her job last week, even though Marnie needs the rent ASAP. When her mom starts having ...
Advanced Screening: Rock Of Ages
Poptimal.com and Warner Bros. are teaming up to get 30 lucky Poptimal fans into an advanced screening of the new movie Rock of Ages. Here is your chance to win a pair (2) of tickets. ROCK OF AGES Monday, June 11 7:30 PM AMC Georgetown Washington, DC ROCK OF AGES In Theaters on June 15 Under the direction of Adam Shankman (“Hairspray”), New Line Cinema’s feature film adaptation of the smash hit Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” comes to the big screen.“Rock of Ages” tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock ...
Battleship Review: How Product Integration Should Be Done
I am almost prepared to call the makers of the new film Battleship brilliant. And I say almost because, as enjoyable Battleship is, its proximity to The Avengers cannot be overlooked. The Avengers destined this undeniably entertaining film to a shaky start that it in no way deserved. And that’s a shame. Aside from being one of the best alien movies since Independence Day, as well as the way to do a product integration film, Battleship is a high-energy film that smartly nods to a beloved childhood game while also paying homage to the everyday heroes. Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as ...
What To Expect When You’re Expecting: A Review
What to Expect When You're Expecting is pretty much what you'd expect. The 11o-minute adaptation of the classic guide book for soon-to-be moms (co-written by Shauna Cross and Heather Hach and directed by Kirk Jones) is indeed as bloated and soulless as it looks -- a polished ensemble cast of bankable pore-free faces dutifully reciting a formulaic script with one eye on the clock and one foot out the door. But not a single one of us could possibly have predicted just how acutely this movie would fail to entertain, even on a superficial level. The plot follows a few coincidentally attractive ...
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