Picking Up The Spare: The Emoji Movie, Wonder Woman, The Glass Castle

The Emoji Movie

  • You can get a free ticket to see The Emoji Movie if you buy a Happy Meal at McDonald’s, which is great but also seems a bit late to help the movie’s box office fate.

Wonder Woman

  • The Warner Bros. Studio Tour is jumping on the Wonder Woman train with a new exhibit featuring props and costumes from the movie.

Passengers

  • Jennifer Lawrence’s minor comments about Passengers wherein she admits some problems with the story have been blown out of proportion. It’s not like she disavows the movie entirely.

The Glass Castle

  • Brie Larson shared a few more details about how she and the other filmmakers brought The Glass Castle to the big screen.

The Glass Castle – Marketing Recap

Based on Jeanette Walls’ memoir of the same name, The Glass Castle hits theaters this weekend. The movie follows Walls beginning in early childhood as she and her sisters are constantly being moved around from one unusual environment to the next by their unconventional parents Rex (Woody Harrelson) and Rose Mary (Naomi Watts). The two believe they are giving their children something unique, teaching them to be self-reliant and not lead conventional lives.

Adult Jeanette (Brie Larson) doesn’t remember those years quite as fondly. Now settled into a successful career and comfortable life in New York, she once more has to deal with the emotional baggage heaped on her by her parents and the scars they’ve left behind. It’s not all negative, though, as she also realizes they did what they could and if nothing else gave her and her sisters a passion for life.

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