Jason Segel and Emily Blunt co-star — and eat wedding cake — in ‘Five-Year Engagement’.

Let’s be honest for a second: How many times have you read a movie review, talked endlessly about how great or terrible that film was going to be, and then never watched the movie? Probably countless times. It’s a tradition on par with buying high-end ingredients — like olive oil, or kale — and ordering pizza for dinner instead. In theory, you could cook a fancy dinner. But naturally you won’t.

Of course, this phenomenon is perfectly logical. Watching movies in theatres can be outrageously expensive (Fifteen dollars? Really?) and incredibly time consuming. Who has two hours to spare anyway? And who even likes kale? What is kale?

Needless to say, the brilliant minds at PPC have come up with a solution.  Instead of exclusively reviewing movies, we’re also going to provide our trailer takes.  This way, you can watch the trailer, read the review and have plenty of conversation fodder for your next cocktail apartment party. You (and we) don’t even have to spend 15 bucks!

Sure, this is an entirely pointless exercise. But it’s an ideal waste of 10 minutes at work. It’s the different animal and the same beast. You’re welcome.

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