Now that Skylar Astin is returning for Pitch Perfect 2, Beca and Jesse fans can breathe easy that the first movie was not the last we saw of The Breakfast Club courtship and record cover wooing.

The secrets she keeps in trying to achieve her goals damage the group, and as a result, Beca ends up becoming one of Pitch Perfect 2’s biggest villains. But Grumpy Beca keeps the movie taut ...

Pitch Perfect 2 could have gone the route of 22 Jump Street ... employing literal fireworks at even their most low-key gigs. Beca (Anna Kendrick) is just about ready to move on from college ...

But don’t worry, ladies: There are also some things you might like about “Pitch Perfect 2.” Not as aca-mazing ... phase of the aca-battle, she calls Beca (Anna Kendrick) “a little elf.” ...

“Pitch Perfect” was one of 2012 ... acapella commentator team with the note-perfect John Michael Higgins — “Pitch Perfect 2” has the same obstacles that all sequels face: How do ...

Anna Kendrick’s Beca, about halfway through “Pitch Perfect 2.” Good question. For a movie about the cheerfully bizarre world of competition a cappella singing, “Pitch Perfect 2” seems ...

There’s the side plot with Beca (Anna Kendrick ... But after the delightfully oddball “Pitch Perfect 2,” the thought is kind of exciting: How much weirder could things at Barden University ...

Beca, already on her way to becoming a music ... But all that spectacle doesn’t hide what doesn’t work. Pitch Perfect 2 just isn’t very good at pretending it’s anything more than fan ...

Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy and Adam DeVine as Bumper in "Pitch Perfect 2." Anna Kendrick as Beca in "Pitch Perfect 2." (L-R) Shelley Regner as Ashley, Hana Mae Lee as Lilly, Brittany Snow as Chloe ...

Once again, Becca (Anna Kendrick ... There are two main problems with Pitch Perfect 2, both of which stem from similar problems in the first film. The first is that this is a movie that wants ...

To borrow a phrase from Rebel Wilson's "Fat Amy," Pitch Perfect crushed it. While Pitch Perfect 2 does a good job of repurposing old story beats, it can get a little repetitive. (The movie clocks ...