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.
Directed by Brian Henson, who is the son of Jim Henson, who is the creator of the Muppets. His son is the only person who can get away with murdering the sweet and kind puppets in the world. Brian Henson helmed several Muppet movies. These movies are a complete opposite of The Happytime Murders starring Mellissa McCarthy.
The movie is sacrilegious, vulgar, and in the gutter. Parents are warned and leave your kids at home with the babysitter.
The story and screenplay by award-winner Todd Berger follow a murder mystery set in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, but puppets are viewed as second-class citizens.
When the puppet cast of an ’80s children’s TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a former cop Connie Edwards, played by Melissa McCarthy, who has since become a private eye, takes on the case. Edwards is a disgraced LAPD detective.
The movie clips show what the movie is like and, I must admit, I chuckled quite a bit when I watched these clips. Hensen directs the actors to deliver the lines straight and not try to be funny, which works for me. The puppets are so cute and funny looking.
For all those adults who grew up watching Sesame Street, the red band trailer may upset you or cause hysterical laughter. Either way, I am not surprised Big Bird, Kermit and Miss Piggy are not in the movie. They would not lower themselves to this flagrant blasphemy of kids television shows.
Directed by Marielle Heller, the true story follows Melissa McCarthy as the best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel. The movie is written by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and is based on Israel’s memoir.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? starts after Israel made her living in the 1970s and 80s, profiling celebrities such as Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder, and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen.
Lee can no longer be published because, according to her memoir and movie, she has fallen out of step with current sensitivities. She decides to turn her talent into deception, aided by her loyal friend Jack, played by Richard E. Grant.
Heller is also an actor and earned several fellowships for her writing talent. A Diary of a Teenage Girl was her breakout movie as both writer and director, earning several awards, including the Spirit Award for Best First Feature Film.
The latest poster shows the main character, Israel, working in her office with a cascade of typewriters. I presume she used them to forge the letters.
I interviewed Nicole Holofcener over ten years ago and found it fate that she contributed to the screenplay. One particular comment I remember from my interview with Holofcener was about writing for film, “When I am writing, I am directing. I imagine every writer does because the picture is being said in a very specific way. The tone. Yes, I am always aware of how I would like it to look when writing it.”
Can You Forgive Me? appears to be Whitty’s first writing credit for a movie. He Won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Avenue Q. He also has several acting credits in both film and television.
These two featurettes talk about the main two characters playing off each other and the creativity of creating a 1981 look for the film.
The featurette shows how the director and McCarthy worked together to create Lee Israel.
Melissa McCarthy plays this scene so well with Ben Falcone. The narrowly used bookstore gives a foreboding presence.
The movie clip shows McCarthy’s talent. This movie looks good; hopefully, it moves along and keeps the audience interested.
The Elevator Pitch Featurette is priceless and tells us the story and scenes of the dynamic cast. I love this director.
McCarthy is taking on a severe subject compared to her usual comedic roles. I hope the movie does well for her career and all the talent involved.
I connected with the director, and I am unsure why, but I like her persona. She’s young with an exceptional future ahead of her.
I like perusing used bookstores. I found some autographed first prints and such. I understand what it is like to find a collector’s item. I discovered from visiting used bookstores that each bookstore has a distinct personality.
Melissa McCarthy received several nominations for her portrayal of Lee Israel. She is stellar in this movie. I saw it the other night and am impressed with her acting ability. The story itself is not that entertaining. But seeing McCarthy and Grant act together is delightful and compelling.
Directed by Ben Falcone and co-written with the star Melissa McCarthy, we follow a typical storyline of a fish out of water theme that turns for the best, and everyone learns to be a better person. The plus point is that we get to laugh along the way. Watch the Life is a Party trailer and see McCarthy completely blow herself up, funny visual.
Her husband unexpectedly dumps her, as a longtime dedicated housewife, Deanna turns regret into changing her life for the best. She goes back to college – landing in the same class and school as her daughter is not in her favor or entirely sold on the idea.
Plummeting headlong into the campus experience and even making out with a college boy in the library, the increasingly outspoken Deanna — now Dee Rock — embraces freedom, fun, and frat boys. But, it is on her terms, finding her true self by becoming a college senior and taking the chances she never took before when she should have taken them – her life might have turned out different.
The movie also stars Debby Ryan and Gilliam Jacobs.
Directed by both Guy Shalem and Cathryn Michon, Cook Off! follows the reality-show shenanigans mix with the cutthroat world of competitive baking in the delectably sly mockumentary.
I am going along with the shows play on words to describe this crazy and nonsensical story as a buffet of quirky contestants prepare for the renowned Van Rookle Farms Cooking Contest. The heat is on to win a one-million-dollar prize.
As the movie follows the contestants and the wily media and celebrity judges descend on a hotel convention area to see which contestants rise, which ones fall, who will reveal their true nature, and who will find love with the contest’s costumed Muffin Man mascot.
I get the impression that we are seeing nothing but improv with the talented cast that includes Cathryn Michon, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Gary Anthony Williams, Niecy Nash, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, and Sam Pancake. Will the movie be zesty or tasteless?
Perhaps, some viewers will relate the that crazy and give an affectionate nod to ordinary Americans who believe they’re one dollop of spray cheese away from achieving their dreams.
