Elizabeth Banks

The Bellas are back for another toe-tapping, head-bobbing, musical extravaganza. Although there are rumours of a fourth film, this is supposedly the last of the series and draws a close to the aca-mazing (sorry I had to) action. Despite being inevitably slightly cheesy, Pitch Perfect 3 is infectious and...

Whilst many cultural categories are often dominated by rulings and ratings of what’s hot and what’s not (fashion, I’m looking at you); film and television tend to be one area of the arts that manages to side-step this treatment and flourish in its own variety. However, in an attempt to...

John Cusack and Paul Dano play Brian Wilson in two separate chapters in the turbulent life of the Beach Boys front-man. The two time-lines are interspersed throughout, and combine to form an unconventional yet altogether exceptional biopic. Director Bill Pohlad eschews the usual linear narratives reserved for films such...

The revolution is coming to an epic end but which side will stand victorious in the final instalment of the Hunger Games franchise? Entitled “Unite”, this first teaser trailer for Mockingjay Part 2 embraces the word itself.  Starting off with the wedding of newly reunited Annie and Finnick, this gives...

Hollywood has an enduring love affair with American educational institutions. It romanticises all manner of sporting forwards and backwards, pays tribute to the myriad of social sects – helpfully arranged into frats and sororities – and now lavishes love on the (unnervingly) ebullient musical troupe. University acapella group the...

The trailer for Magic Mike XXL is exactly what one would expect from a film that centres around the world of male stripping: shirtless men frolicking around, a bit of grinding here and there and a horde of screaming women lapping it all up, stacks of dollar bills at...

It’s sequel time. Pitch Perfect was either an amazing film or a guilty pleasure. Either way, its catchy tunes and straightforward plot made it accessible to a wide audience, and its sequel looks set to follow a similar formula. The trailer opens with a reprise of “The Cup Song”, which...