{"id":43573,"date":"2018-04-20T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T17:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=43573"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:02:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:02:33","slug":"new-releases-april-20-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/20\/new-releases-april-20-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: April 20, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-I-Feel-Pretty-Still-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-I-Feel-Pretty-Still-678x381.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-I-Feel-Pretty-Still-339x191.jpg 339w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-I-Feel-Pretty-Still.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>This week, the new releases feature two comedies and a thriller decide to do a quick cash grab before the Avengers arrive and take all the money.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-I-Feel-Pretty-Poster-235x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-I-Feel-Pretty-Poster-235x339.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-I-Feel-Pretty-Poster-678x978.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-I-Feel-Pretty-Poster.jpg 1637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>1. I Feel Pretty (STX Entertainment, 3,440 Theaters,110 Minutes,\u00a0Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some partial nudity, and language, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/i_feel_pretty_2018\/\">36% Fresh<\/a> [99 reviews]): <\/strong>Let&#8217;s talk about Amy Schumer. I believe that she is a comedy genius. I believe her TV show is a masterwork of social and political observation.<\/p>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s talk about her film career. She is falling into the same trap many other brilliant comic did&#8211;Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy&#8211;of trying to build a film career by making some bad choices. Her first film, <strong>Trainwreck<\/strong>, which she wrote, was great, But then she went into other films that seemed to be a good fit, but wasn&#8217;t up to the quality that film or her TV show.<\/p>\n<p>Take this film as an example. A comedy about body politics should be up Schumer&#8217;s alley. But the trailer makes it look like a &#8220;let&#8217;s laugh at the crazy person&#8221; type of film. That is definitely an message that does go over too well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cVx9EFK3DWE\" width=\"678\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-Super-Troopers-2-Poster-256x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-Super-Troopers-2-Poster-256x339.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-Super-Troopers-2-Poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>2. Super Troopers 2 (Fox, 2,038 Theaters, 100 Minutes,\u00a0Rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, drug material and some graphic nudity,\u00a0<b>Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/super_troopers_2\/\">33% Fresh<\/a> [42 reviews]):\u00a0<\/b>Super Troopers\u00a0<\/strong>was a unexpected landmark in American comedy. It established Broken Lizard as a formidable name in comedy, and gave its members productive careers both in front of and behind the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Now, 16 years later, the sequel finally arrives. It was crowdfunded by fans of the troupe, and the trailer looks like it gives fans what they&#8217;ve been waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, the boys are in charge of a disputed area on the Vermont\/Canada border. When the jingoistic troopers try to mold the life-long Canadians to the American way of life, hilarity ensues.<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye on the site for Rich Drees&#8217; review of the film.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eEed-o8fVpM\" width=\"678\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-Traffik-poster-229x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-Traffik-poster-229x339.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-Traffik-poster-678x1005.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/New-Releases-Traffik-poster.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>3. Traffik (Lionsgate, 1,046 Theaters, 96 Minutes,\u00a0Rated R for violent and disturbing material, language throughout, some drug use and sexual content,\u00a0<b>Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/traffik_2018\/\">27% Fresh<\/a> [11 reviews]): <\/b><\/strong>Back when I was a kid, cinematic biker gangs didn&#8217;t need and excuse to be evil. That was the age of the Hell&#8217;s Angel&#8217;s heyday and not long after the debacle at the Rolling Stones show at the Altamont Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>But over the years, real-life biker clubs showed that they weren&#8217;t all Satan worshiping tornadoes of two-wheeled destructions. They would hold rallies for sick kids or act as a wall of sound at military funerals to block the bleating of the Westboro Baptist Church. You know, nice things.<\/p>\n<p>So the biker gang that terrorizes the loving couple in the film isn&#8217;t just doing it for fun. No, they are child traffickers who are looking to get a phone back from them that is vital to their business. See! Progress!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G7fBlPMLR3A\" width=\"678\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next week, all new releases make way for the arrival of Thanos. See you then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">New Releases this week include I FEEL PRETTY, SUPER TROOPERS 2, and TRAFFIK.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/20\/new-releases-april-20-2018\/\" title=\"New Releases: April 20, 2018\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[6691,2271,2228,9775,1439,8326,2276,2277,9776],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-43573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-amy-schumer","9":"tag-broken-lizard","10":"tag-fox","11":"tag-i-feel-pretty","12":"tag-lionsgate","13":"tag-stx-entertainment","14":"tag-super-troopers","15":"tag-super-troopers-2","16":"tag-traffik"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2,4],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43573"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=43573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}