Directed by Jessie Perez, Juliet, Naked follows Annie, played by Rose Bryne, the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, played by Chris O’Dowd. Duncan is not willing to commit to a relationship, get married, settle down, and have children. Added to that, Duncan is obsessed with Tucker Crowe, played by Ethan Hawke, a faded, singer-songwriter.
Annie starts and unlikely transatlantic romance with Duncan after making an obvious cliche statement about his recent comeback song. The trio conflict begins and the story unfolds.
The movie is based on Nick Hornby’s novel. Hornby two other books, About a Boy, and High Fidelity were both made into movies as well. He seems to capture the romantic tug with a spice of realistic comedy.
The movie credits a handful of screenwriters to adapt the book including Perez’s sister Evgenia. Evgenia has worked with her brother on another occasion with the movie Our Idiot Brother.
The movie is streaming and is available on Blu-ray and DVD. Now is your chance to see it or see it again.
The movie clip shows the dark side of Crowe with a conflict between Crowe and Duncan about to start. We also find out about Crowe’s several relationships resulting in children. But, his son is such a cutie.
I like the flow of this next movie clip where we can see the chemistry formulating between the three characters.
The interesting movie clip is rough but spontaneous.
The trailer pretty much tells you the story without giving away the ending.
Co-written and directed by Felix Van Groeningen, Beautiful Boy follows the real story from the memoirs of father and son David and Nic Sheff. The movie stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, and Maura Tierney.
Groeningen is a Belgium writer and director. One movie he directed is The Broken Circle Breakdown, which earned an Oscar nomination for the Best Foreign Film. The movie won several awards, including Label Europa Cinemas at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, the movie chronicles the heart wrenching and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
The two movie clips show the discomfort of trying to reach your child when personal contact is lost.
David Sheff’s memoir is called “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction,” and Nic Sheff’s memoir is called “Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines.”
Interestingly, kids get diagnosed with learning disabilities and given methamphetamines. They become addicted to them.
Watch the movie trailer and see some fine, fine acting by both Carell and Chalamet. Chalamet as Nic literal morphs in the restaurant scene. I didn’t even recognize him at first.
Directed by George Tillman, Jr. from the New York Times bestseller by Angie Thomas comes a poignant and contemporary story about the social scales tipping over as police officers unjustly kill a childhood friend.
The poster is so much better than the first. The star on the poster tells us it is a young girl’s story.
The Hate U Give follows Starr Carter, played by Amandla Stenberg, who constantly switches between two cultures. Two very diverse cultures from the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends.
The strained balance between these cultures is toppled over when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil, played by Algee Smith, at the hands of a police officer.
Now, facing the community’s social pressures, Starr learns she must find her voice and stand up for what’s right.
Tillman helmed several movies and produced quite a few TV series and films. He is best known for Soul Food, his first movie as a director, which he made for $7 million. The movie grossed $43 million.
Audrey Wells adapted the screenplay. She has scripted and directed Under the Tuscan Sun and Guinevere while writing screenplays for diverse films such as George of the Jungle and Shall We Dance.
The Hate U Give also stars Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, Sabrina Carpenter, Common and Anthony Mackie.
Directed by Drake Doremus, Zoe follows a couple who find love in a science-fiction subterfuge. Zoe, played by Lea Seydoux, is part of an experimental project. The project is revolutionary as a research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. Two colleges, Zoe and Cole, played by Ewan McGregor, are part of the experiment. As the work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.
The story appears to be about true love and not fooling with Mother Nature. Let love be as it should be, a natural process. Sure, people fall in love and out of love. Society must let people discover who their true love or soul mate is.
Still, the movie looks interesting as long as it is not slow. A movie like this needs to move fast and get to the point. The movie is available on Amazon Prime. If you are a subscriber, it doesn’t hurt to check it out.
Richard Greenberg wrote the screenplay, and his other movies include The Beauty Inside and Desert Saints. Greenberg is also known for being an assistant director.
Doremus seems to like love stories. His other credits include Breathe In, Equals, and Like Crazy.
The Amazon trailer is not much different from the other trailer. But it is here for your viewing, and you can compare them if you like.
The movie trailer clearly shows the story, so you can decide if you are interested in seeing it. If you are an Amazon Prime member, it will eventually arrive at the mega site.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, this unbelievable true story follows Mark Hogancamp, played by Steve Carell, in an original story about a man who fought back from his fears after a devastating attack. Only Zemeckis can helm this miraculous story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
The terrible attack entirely wipes Hogancamp memories of his life. There is no chance of ever recovering from this torment. Through art, he puts together pieces from his old and new life, and Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. He builds a world of art that protects him from his own worst memories of his attack. The movie focuses on the testament to the most powerful females he knows—through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.
Here are some more movie clips that show how the brilliance of this movie and story. I saw some of the behind the scenes footage of them shooting the doll scenes, amazing.
The featurette explains the story and the premise behind what Mark, Carell’s character does to keep his sanity, healing by using his imagination.
The stellar cast includes Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, and Gwendolyn Christie, Leslie Zemeckis, and Neil Jackson.
The third trailer is much better and tells the real story.
The second trailer tells more of the story and shows how Hogancamp relates to each character in this true story.
Watch the trailer, and you will visually see how Zemeckis creates a world so unique and prolific for all to see and understand how art and imagination can save a soul.
The featurette explains how Marwen built his imaginary world, and from there is a story.
Directed by Tim Burton, live-action Dumbo looks like one of the best movies for the whole family this year. I am sure the box office will be pleased. The screenplay is by Ehren Kruger, who wrote all those Transformer movies. I find that ironic because Dumbo is nothing like a Transformer.
I am glad the original theme song is part of the live-action movie. The cartoon movie is a classic with an extraordinary message about overcoming your handicap and succeeding. During the movie trailer, I never saw the mouse. But Pink Elephants on Parade is in the movie. The tiny clip in the trailer looks like the show will be fun to watch.
The movie stars Eva Green, Colin Farrell, and Michael Keaton. I am not sure who the kid actors are, but I look forward to learning more about them.
I wonder if the blackbirds will be in the movie as well. I love that scene, even though it doesn’t fit in with the PC standards of today. They are so funny with lines like, “I’ve seen a housefly. I’ve seen a horsefly. But, I have never seen an elephant fly.”
The second trailer is even better. Burton created a movie for kids to watch. By watching the second trailer, it appears the story becomes somewhat altered. A dad and other adults were not in the original Disney version. But, the adults seem to have a purpose in the movie, which makes it okay. The theme song is the same.
With that, there is a trailer. My YouTube account has a note that says it’s blocked worldwide. It might not play for you. I am sorry, but I had to write about this movie because Dumbo is one of my favorite Disney movies.
Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming are available for those who want to watch the movie again or haven’t seen it yet. The film is excellent for kids who want to see it repeatedly.
The featurette “Soaring to New Heights” offers quite a bit of information about the remake of Dumbo. I thought I saw a mouse in this video, and I am curious if the mouse plays an essential role in this new version. I sense that Danny Devito’s character fills that part of the story where the mouse encourages Dumbo to fly or the kids do.
Watching Tim Burton talk about Dumbo is impressive. He is so animated and a complete genius. Burton almost says something about working with Disney and stops. I wonder what he wanted to say about Disney.
The following movie clips show Dumbo flying, sinister DeVito and Keaton, and the kids, Farrell and Green.
The interview with Farrell shows him upbeat and excited about the movie and working with Burton.
Green talks about how she overcame the fear of heights to play the flying traipse artist. She talks about what it is like working with Burton and Keaton.
Michael Keaton tells it like it is in this interview with spoilers.
The featurette is magical, and I can’t wait to see the movie.
Dumbo is a magical story about a unique elephant who loses his mother. He must overcome the obstacles in life to be with his mother and succeed as himself. The next featurette expresses the brilliance of Burton and his magical world.
The next featurette arrives several days before the movie’s release in the US with all the interviews and footage combined.
Based on the books by Cressida Cowell, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is written and directed by Dean DeBlois. The story follows that began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon. Some may call this franchise an epic trilogy. The studio released Kit Harington’s audition tape. Scroll down and take a look at what he went through to get the role.
The third installment arrives when Hiccup and Toothless will finally discover their true destinies. The village chief as ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, and the dragon as leader of his own kind. As both ascend, the darkest threat they’ve yet faced—as well as the appearance of a female Night Fury. They will come to learn more about their relationship.
Months went by without any movie clips or trailers. Now, there is a trailer to share. I hope the wait is worth it. The trailer plays a song and it is obviously a love story happens.
The movie trailer looks like the movie is going to be a lot of fun for kids of all ages.
The behind-the-scenes clip shows the audition process Kit Harington went through to get the coveted role of Eret. All kidding aside, the featurette is cute and funny. Harington is not bad looking either.
The featurette is more of a promotional or sizzle reel than anything, but it tells us more about the movie. It is obvious kids are going to love it.
Toothless courtship with Light Fury is cute and endearing. The kids are going to love this movie. Producer Brad Lewis explains the character’s relationships in the movie so well that I decided to post it for you to see.
I added the Jay Baruchel interview because he offers insight into what is happening with Hiccup and Toothless.
The bonus features comes with an alternative beginning, deleted scenes, behind the scenes viewing of actors recording their voices, and a Facebook app for Toothless and Little Fury.
The bonus features include two shorts. Bilby takes place in Australia where Bilby takes care of a little bird. Bird Karma is about a long-legged bird who just can’t have enough of anything.
Written and directed by David Lowery, The Old Man & the Gun is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, and Sissy Spacek with Elizabeth Moss and Danny Glover as co-stars.
Lowery works as both writer and director on his films. He tends to work with Casey Affleck. His credits include A Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon, and Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.
A great featurette about the director who also wrote the screenplay.
The “The Sundance Kids Reunited” is a great featurette. It is so cool to see a story like this in the film business.
The “Playing Icons” featurette is fun to watch because it tells the story and shows how fun the movie is to watch.
The movie trailer shows more of what will happen in the movie. The cast list is stellar.
The movie trailer tells the story pretty well, and I love the scenes with Redford and Spacek.
Directed by Chris Weitz, Operation Finale is a thrilling true story that follows the 1960 covert mission of legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin, played by Oscar Isaac, as he infiltrates Argentina and captures Adolf Eichmann, played by Ben Kingsley, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of innocent Jews to their deaths in concentration camps.
Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel.
The atrocities of the Nazi regime is forever in our minds. We will never forget how crazy and mad a group of evil men and women can become if they are allowed to dramatize freely without being stopped.
The latest poster image communicates so much better. We must be vigilant and never let such atrocities happen again.
The rest of the cast include Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Mike Hernandez, Greta Scacchi, and Pêpê Rapazote.
The feature below offers details of how Weitz works with the actors. The actors speak about working with him and how he directs.
“The Extraction” movie clip is intense.
The movie clip tells us how they plan to get Eichmann out of Argentina.
The featurette tells more about the difficulties of capturing one of the evilest men during the Nazi regime. Kingsley tells us why he wanted to play this man.
The movie clip is directed and edited to keep the fast pace of the story moving – also known as suspense and thrilling.
The movie trailer is intense and Ben Kingsley is fantastic, as usual.
Directed by Travis Knight, BumbleBee takes place in 1987. The story introduces BumbleBee, voiced by Martin Short, who finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town.
Along comes, Charlie, played by Hailee Steinfeld, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, befriends BumbleBee, battle-scarred and broken.
The following movie clips show the relationship between Charlie and BumbleBee. The relationship is endearing, and yet, on the edge because of the overall conflict, they will face soon.
The movie clip shows two transformers lying to John Cena’s character about Bumble Bee. It looks like the story is about the transformers, who are bad or evil, are trying to trick the people of Earth into helping them destroy Bumble Bee.
The next featurette tells the origin of Bumble Bee. This is a period piece and refers to a time in history. I believe John Cena plays a bad guy.
The featurette outlines Knight’s animation experience and how he develops a story into a movie.
This featurette is about the transformers triple changing, which means transformer, car, and spaceship. It is pretty cool to watch in this featurette and the top movie clip shows Agent Burns conversing with them about BumbleBee.
The second poster makes the movie more inviting because is not so serious or aloof as the first poster.
The second trailer shows what the kids and kids at heart get to see, which is transformers fighting to save the planet. This is so cool to watch because it is a girl who is befriending BumbleBee.
The movie trailer clearly has Knight’s touch. He’s added a little soul to the story. Having a female play the protagonist helps.
Directed by Jessie Perez, Juliet, Naked follows Annie, played by Rose Bryne, the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, played by Chris O’Dowd. Duncan is not willing to commit to a relationship, get married, settle down, and have children. Added to that, Duncan is obsessed with Tucker Crowe, played by Ethan Hawke, a faded, singer-songwriter.
The movie is streaming and is available on Blu-ray and DVD. Now is your chance to see it or see it again.
