Welcome to our newest column, Trailer Snark, which will be a weekly column that will be published on Thursdays covering trailers for movies that will be released this week with thoughts from our roster of bloggers (Jessica from The Female Perspective, Ken from The Crank File, Jim from The Front Row View, Rob from Spector for Hire, and Great Stories founder Chris). Thanks for reading, and enjoy the previews!
Jurassic World (Universal) – Action
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril.
Tag Line: The Park is Open
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, and Jake Johnson
Plot: Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor’s interest, which backfires horribly.
Running Time: 124 minutes
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Fox Searchlight Pictures) – Drama
Rated PG – 13 for sexual content, drug material, language and some thematic elements
Tag Line: N/A
Starring: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Jon Bernthal, and Molly Shannon
Plot: High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.
Running Time: 105 minutes
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Set Fire to the Stars (Strand Releasing) – Biographical Drama
Rating N/A
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Starring: Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, and Kelly ReillyPlot: An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Running Time: 97 minutes
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Vendetta (WWE Studios) – Action/Drama
Rated R for bloody violence and some language
Tag Line: Get Ready for Hell in a Cell
Starring: Dean Cain, Paul Wight, and Ben Hollingsworth
Plot: A detective pushed beyond his limits will stop at nothing for vengeance. When his wife is killed by a criminal that he put away, Mason, a hard-nosed detective, deliberately gets arrested in order to get revenge. While inside, Mason discovers a new criminal enterprise that those behind it would kill to protect.
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The Yes Men Are Revolting (The Orchard) – Documentary
Not Rated
Tag Line: N/A
Starring: The Yes Men Comedy Troupe
Plot: Comedy troupe The Yes Men stage phony events and press releases in an effort to bring attention to environmental dangers and corporate greed.
Running Time: 91 minutes
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The Wolfpack (Magnolia Pictures) – Biographical Drama/Documentary
Rated R for language
Tag Line: N/A
Starring: The Angulo Family
Plot: Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed, ‘The Wolfpack,’ the brothers spend their childhood reenacting their favorite films using elaborate homemade props and costumes. Their world is shaken up when one of the brothers escapes and everything changes.
Running Time: 80 minutes
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Tickets Purchased: 3 tickets for Jurassic World (Chris, Jim, and Jessica) and 3 tickets for Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl (Rob, Ken, and Jessica). Exercise that movie rewards card Jess!

What will you be seeing this weekend at the theaters?
-The Great Stories Team