Directed by Roar Uthaug, Tomb Raider follows the story scripted by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons. Overall, it adheres to the 2013 video game by Crystal Dynamics.
The production is technically a reboot or remake, depending on how you want to view it. A remake is such a sour word these days. Viewing the trailers and clips reinforces my hope for an even better movie than its predecessor.
The movie follows the heroine Lara Croft, played by Oscar winner Alicia Vikander, on her first expedition. Her goal is to complete her father’s research and uncover ancient secrets capable of clearing her name as a suspect in the murder of Werner Von Croy, her former mentor. The film also stars Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Nick Frost, and Kristin Scott Thomas. With such a strong cast, I will bet the movie is fantastic.
The clip and trailers are fun to watch. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Directed by Oscar-winner Morgan Neville, the documentary about the life and work of Fred Rogers called Won’t You Be My Neighbor? captures an in-depth look at America’s favorite neighbor.
According to the storyline, the movie follows a man we all thought we knew as we watched him on television. They promote the documentary as an emotional and moving film that takes you beyond zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination.
Neville won an Oscar for his documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. The movie focuses on talented people who harmonize with the biggest music bands.
Focus Features Chairman Peter Kujawski commented on Neville’s work. “Morgan once again avoids making a traditional bio-doc and instead takes us behind the curtain to see how Fred Rogers navigated the cultural and social issues of the second half of the twentieth century with his own brand of forward-thinking, compassionate wisdom far beyond his time. Mister Rogers makes us all want to be better people, and we couldn’t be more proud to be a part of telling his story today.”
“The Fred Rogers I discovered making this film is at once comfortably familiar and completely surprising. I believe Mister Rogers is the kind of voice we need to hear right now,” said director Morgan Neville. “I am thrilled to work with Focus Features on taking this film out into the world, along with my collaborators at Impact Partners and Independent Lens.”
“This is Morgan’s fourth film with Independent Lens, following our Emmy Award-winning collaboration on Best of Enemies,” said Independent Lens Executive Producer Lois Vossen. “His beautiful new film shows us just how cool Mister Rogers was and how relevant and vital his voice is right now.”
Morgan Neville, Caryn Capotosto, and Nicholas Ma produced Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The movie trailer and clips from the documentary show a movie all generations will want to see because Mr. Rogers will continue to be an inspiration.
The below trailer offers more clips of Mr. Rogers working on his show and about his life.
The movie trailer shows many clips (some black & white) of Fred Rogers working on his television show.
Fred Rogers is a true inspiration for public television.
Gus Van Sant directed Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot and brought us notable movies like To Die For, Milk and The Sea of Trees.
Based on a true story, the movie follows Joaquin Phoenix, a Van Sant alumni, as he performs John Callahan’s lust for life with a quirky knack for off-color jokes and an obvious drinking problem.
The tragedy begins with an all-night bender and ends in a catastrophic car accident. John wakes up using a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
The movie is about his journey back from rock bottom. His honesty and wicked humor turn out to be his saving grace. He builds friends with an oddball AA group while discovering that love is not beyond his reach. He develops a talent for drawing irreverent and sometimes shocking cartoons that bring him notoriety.
Amazon Studios produced the movie, which means I am a Prime member and will see it as soon as it leaves the movie theaters. I look forward to peaking at the acting chops of some fine actors in this movie, including Rooney Mara, Jack Black, and Jonah Hill.
Here is a second trailer with a soundtrack that is like The Beatles.
Check out the trailer and notice Jack Black and Jonah Hill take severe turns in this poignant story.
Directed by Jason Reitman, who brought you Juno and Young Adult, Tully follows Marlo, a housewife of three, played by Charlize Theron. Her brother gifts her a nighttime nanny named Tully, played by Mackenzie Davis. Marlo is initially uncertain about the extravagance, and she forms a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young Tully.
The trailer is touching and honest, but they have released not very much information about the movie except this trailer.
I laughed when I saw this clip. Not because it was funny but because of the way Theron delivered her lines. A true breastfeeding mother who tries to make the best of it.
Here is a poignant movie clip about the tough time that Theron’s character or all mothers go through.
The second trailer differs a little from the first trailer. We get to see the husband and more of the children.
Written and directed by John Callas, No Solicitors is a creepy, campy horror movie with a thread of political satire. It was a Fright Night and Scare-A-Con Film Festival Winner.
The movie follows Lewis Cutterman, played by Eric Roberts. He is a well-respected brain surgeon who is happily married with two beautiful children and runs the family business. They seem like model citizens within the community.
An invitation to dinner greets a typical visit to their home by a real estate agent. The except dinner takes a macabre turn when the solicitor finds herself drugged by the family.
Gradually, she wakes up. The solicitor soon discovers that the kid’s family business is to farm out their internal organs to needy patients.
Callas fills the movie with eye candy and silly, offbeat humor. My husband was a solicitor, and I understand the need to make a living. But solicitors can be annoying. No Solicitors put a new creepiness to door-to-door salespeople.
Co-directed by Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin, I Can Only Imagine follows a true story based on a song by possibly the most popular faith-based song ever played on Christian radio – I Can Only Imagine by MercyMe.
The story follows Bart Millard, who the lead singer of the Christian band MercyMe. His relationship with his troubled father played to the core by Dennis Quaid. I saw a dynamic clip of Quaid playing an emotionally torqued father. I encourage you to see the movie, just to Quaid, amazing.
The message in the movie, which is totally Christian, nobody is ever too far from God’s love — for too far from an eternal home in Heaven.
Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming are happening. If you are faith-based movie watcher or not, it’s worth seeing. The Blu-ray/DVD trailer is way better than the movie theater trailer.
The movie also stars Cloris Leachman, Trace Adkins, Michael Finley, Priscilla Shire, and Madeline Carroll.
Directed by Kay Cannon, Blockers follow three parents who discover their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at prom. The parents launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal. Leslie Mann (The Other Woman, This Is 40), Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors, Suicide Squad) and John Cena (Trainwreck, Sisters) star in Blockers, the directorial debut of Kay Cannon. She is the writer of the Pitch Perfect series.
The poster is wacky and makes me wonder which are the kids. Parents seem more like kids, while the kids seem more like adults.
The movie is streaming and the Blu-ray and DVD are available. You might want to watch it if you haven’t seen it yet. Like I said, the movie is pretty wacky. You will need to be in the mode for such vulgar wackiness.
Here are a couple of movie clips. One is from the trailer and the other is unique and stands on its own but looks like it just got blocked. Hopefully, it will be unblocked soon. It is a good movie clip that moves the story along well.
Directed and co-written by Italian Paolo Virzì, The Leisure Seeker follows a vintage recreational vehicle as John, played by Donald Sutherland and Ella Spencer, played by Helen Mirren, take one last road trip from Boston to the Hemingway House in the Florida Keys.
The road trip movie is about John and Ella arriving at the Keys before his Alzheimer’s and her cancer can catch up with them. They base the movie on a novel, so the story is rich and thought-provoking.
Directed by Johannes Roberts and co-written by Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai, The Strangers: Prey at Night follows a family on a road trip as it turns into a dangerous horrific trip when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park. The plan is to stay with relatives but find the place deserted, which is as puzzling as most horror movie stories play to the end.
Under the creepy night of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s limit, as it drove them to the verge of insanity as they struggle to survive.
They inspired the horror movie after the 2008 horror winner, The Strangers, about a young couple being tested by three masked assailants. Bertino directed and co-wrote the movie, and co-wrote Prey at Night.
Directed by Jeff Wadlow, Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare is a horror movie. The movie follows Lucy Hale of Pretty Little Liars and Tyler Posey of Teen Wolf.
It appears to be a harmless game of “Truth or Dare” among friends and turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
The movie clip gives an important point in the story about how the game is played. There is a worldwide block on this clip so you might not be able to see it. If you can, it is worth watching.
The movie clip shows the seriousness of the supernatural cure on the game truth or dare.
The movie clip shows how the entity twists with Olivia’s, played by Hale, reality and she blurts out truths or perhaps dares. It is not a harmless game.
Here is a movie clip that explains more of the tale about the game following them home.
