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“The Little Mermaid (Live-Action Movie)” Trailers, Featurette, Clip and TV Spot

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Based on a classic fairy tale by the talented Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid (Live-Action Movie) arrives as a live-action adaptation of the 1989 animated film by Disney Studios.

Rob Marshall directs the story that follows Ariel, played by Halle Bailey, a young mermaid who dreams of living on land and going through life as a human.

Ariel makes a bargain with the evil sea witch Ursula, played by Melissa McCarthy, and trades her lovely voice for a chance to live as a human, walking with two feet and legs on land. There is a catch, which makes the story interesting. Ariel must win the love of Prince Eric, played by Jonah Hauer-King, in three days to make the human transformation permanent.

All is not so easy because Ursula connives to create challenges that even Ariel doesn’t understand. Living on land is new to her, but she adjusts and tries to win Eric’s heart.

The movie has songs from the original animated film and some new ones to keep the redundancy at bay.

“The Song of Names” Trailer and Poster

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Directed by Francois Girard, The Songs of Names is based on the book of the same name by Norman Lebrecht. Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay. Caine is an old school screenwriter who wrote one of the James Bond movies Goldeneye, and he received an Oscar nomination for his adaption of The Constant Gardner. 

The movie stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen in an emotional detective story spread over two continents and a half-century. Beneath the film’s stunning and pulsing musical revelations, burn the horror of war and the lost souls extinguished from history.

Also starring in the movie is Jonah Hauer-King and Catherine McCormack.

I am curious about the story and might read the book before seeing the movie. 

“A Dog’s Way Home” Trailer, Vignette, Movie Clips, and Poster

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Directed by Charles Martin Smith and based on the book by W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog’s Way Home narrates the heartfelt and sensitive adventure of Bella. Bella is a dog who embarks on a tremendous 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her greatly loved human, played by Jonah Hauer-King.

If you don’t recognize Charles Martin Smith, you will recognize him in George Lucas’ American Graffiti as Terry “The Toad” fields. Smith considers himself an actor, rightly so, writer and director, both right so as well. He’s worked with Ashley Judd, who also stars in the movie, before when he directed another heartfelt movie called The Dolphin Tale.  Smith also starred in the movies The Untouchables and Never Cry Wolf.

Cameron co-wrote the screenplay with Cathryn Michon, who is also an actress, and wrote the screenplay for A Dog’s Purpose and Cook Off!, which she also co-directed and starred as Sharon Solfest.

The rest of the cast is impressive including Bryce Dallas Howard, Alexandra Shipp, Wes Studi, and Edward James Olmos.

The vignette tells us about the movie.

The movie trailer is adorable. Bring tissues to the movie theater. It looks like a tearjerker.

Ashley Judd is in this movie clip, and she is so much fun to watch. Bella is adorable and so much fun to watch as well. I hope kids will be able to follow the story. It looks like the movie is for kids 7 or older.

The two movie clips are so cool to watch because you can see how much Bella is loved, and how much Bella loves her people. It’s hard to imagine Bella spends about two-thirds of the movie away from her home and loved ones trying to get back home.