{"id":38362,"date":"2016-04-22T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=38362"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:09:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:09:21","slug":"new-releases-april-22-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/22\/new-releases-april-22-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: April 22, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"New1. The Huntsman: Winter’s War (Universal, 3,791 Theaters, 114 Minutes, Rated PG-13 for fantasy action violence and some sensuality, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer rating at press time: 18% Fresh<\/a> [124 Reviews]):<\/strong>This franchise is pretty messed up. This film, of course, is the sequel to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman<\/strong>. When that film became a success, they announced that a follow-up focusing exclusively Chris Hemsworth’s Huntsman character. And they announced it in such a way that it made it seem that the couldn’t get rid of Kristen Stewart, who played Snow White, fast enough. Awkward.<\/p>\n

This film being partially a prequel to the last one soften the blow of Stewart being bounced. But then you have a majority of the TV ads for this film making it look like it is all about Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt’s characters and the Huntsman becomes a supporting character. Weird.<\/p>\n

But weirdest of all is how you can have a film with this many good actors, all who have done wonderful work in the past and include a Oscar winner and an Oscar nominee, and get such crappy reviews. Something has to go seriously wrong for that to happen.<\/p>\n