Monthly Archives: March 2018

“Final Portrait” Trailer, Movie Clips, Poster

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Written and directed by Stanley Tucci, Final Portrait centers on world-renowned Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti, played by Geoffrey Rush. The movie takes place in 1964, when James Lord, played by Armie Hammer, is on a short trip to Paris. Lord is an  American writer and art lover. His friend, Giacometti, asks him to sit for a portrait. The process, Giacometti assures Lord, will take only a day. Flattered and captivated, Lord agrees.

The offbeat friendship twists and bends along through the eyes of the Lord. He learns about beauty, frustration, perceptiveness and the chaotic process of creating art. The story is about defining a genius and a friendship between two completely different men. Still, they bond in creativity.

Tucci is a well-known actor in such films as The Hunger Games movies, Julie & Julia, and Spotlight. He has directed memorable films like Big Night, The Imposter, and Blind Date. Hammer starred recently in Call Me By Your Name and has other credits like The Social Network and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The trailer and clips reveal a great movie and an excellent character study of an artistic genius.

“The Seagull” Trailer and Poster

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Based on the play of the same name by Anton Chekhov, written for the screen by Stephen Karam, and directed by Michael Mayer, The Seagull is a pure classic. The story is an actor’s dream to play one of the characters of the poignant and crucifying Russian play, which was first on stage in 1896. 
The cast is brilliant with four very strong actresses including  Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Elizabeth Moss, and Mare Winningham.
The movie follows an aging actress named Irina Arkadina, played by Annette Benning, who spends her summers visiting with her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin, played by Brian Dennehy, and her son Konstantin, played by Billy Howle, on a country estate.

On one occasion, she brings Trigorin, a successful novelist, played by Corey Stoll, with her. Nina, played by Saoirse Ronan, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Trigorin.

As Trigorin lightly consumes and then rejects Nina, so the actress, Arkadina, all her life has consumed and rejected her son, who loves Nina. The victims are destroyed while the sophisticates continue on their way.

If you are familiar with Chekov’s play, you know the ending of the four-act play. I doubt the movie will be as long.

The movie trailer is very good and shows the conflict between the Nina, Irina, Trigorin, and Konstantin. The supporting cast, such as Elizabeth Moss, appears to offer comic relief. Moss’ last line in the trailer is an awesome delivery.

Disney’s “Christopher Robin” Trailers, Featurette, and Poster

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Directed by Marc Forster and written for the screen by Alex Ross Perry and Allison Schroeder, Christopher Robin follows the live-action adventure of the young boy who is now grown up and apparently lost his way.

Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood venture out to help Christopher Robin, played by Ewan McGregor, remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside.

The movie includes a talented cast with Hayley Atwell, as his wife Evelyn,  Bronte Carmichael, as his daughter Madeline, and Mark Gatiss, as Keith Winslow – Robin’s boss.

Featuring the voices of Jim Cummings, as Winnie the Pooh, Chris O’Dowd, voicing Tigger, Brad Garrett as Eeyore, Toby Jones as Owl, Nick Mohammed as Piglet, Peter Capaldi as Rabbit, and Sophie Okonedo, as Kanga.

The Blu-ray/DVD will hit the streets soon with streaming available as well. What a great movie for the whole family to watch together.

What a lovely featurette, enjoy.

The teaser trailer sets up the story for us, and we can imagine what happens when Winnie the Pooh and his friends help Robin.

The full trailer says so much more about the movie. Yet, we don’t know what is Christopher Robin’s problem Pooh and his friends are trying to help solve.

 

 

“Book Club” Trailer, Movie Clips, and Poster

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Co-written and directed by Bill Holderman, Book Club follows four lifelong friends when their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.  Holderman has directed a few Robert Redford movies and directed some episodic documentary series.

Book Club looks funny but I don’t know if it’ll have the staying power with the limited demographics,  women over sixty.

The movie stars legends Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen with Don Johnson,  Craig T. Nelson, Richard Dreyfus, and Andy Garcia as their romantic interests. 

This movie clip is fun to watch Don Johnson and Jane Fonda banter back and forth.

This movie clip is so funny, and it’s great to see these legends in a scene together.

The trailer is fun to watch, and you’ll have a good laugh.

“Midnight Sun” Poster, Trailer, Movie Clips, and Featurette

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Directed by Scott Speer and based on the based on the screenplay Taiyô no Uta by Eric Kirsten, Midnight Sun follows a 17-year-old girl, played by Bella Thorne, who suffers from a condition that prevents her from being able to be out in the sunlight.

She meets a good-looking guy, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger, and they fall in love. She has to tell him about her condition. It isn’t easy, but it’s a teary-eyed romance.

I am not quite sure what is happening in this movie clip. It does establish some history and the dorky friend.

A simple featurette repeats information from the trailer and movie clips.

The trailer pretty much tells the story.