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“The Boogeyman” Trailers

based on a book, horror

Rob Savage directs The Boogeyman from the producers of Stranger Things, based on a short story of the same name by Stephen King.

The film follows high school student Sadie Harper, played by Sophie Thatcher, and her little sister, Sawyer, played by Vivien Lyra. They’re still emotionally shaken from the death of their mother.

Their father, Will, a therapist played by Chris Messina, is not giving them much support because he has intense emotional pain from her death.

A desperate patient, played by David Dastmalchian, of Will’s unexpectedly shows up at their house, seeking help. He leaves behind a terrifying supernatural entity. The entity preys on families, feeding off the suffering of its victims.

“Jane” Trailer and Dr. Jane Goodall Interview

adventure, Apple TV, children movies, family movies, kid movies, ,

J. J. Johnson wrote, produced and directed Jane, a kids and family movie.

Ava Louise Murchison stars as Jane Garcia, a 9-year-old budding environmentalist on a quest to save endangered animals.

Using her powerful imagination, Jane takes her best friends David, played by Mason Blomberg, and Greybeard, the chimpanzee, on epic adventures to help protect wild animals all around the world. Her reasoning is, according to her idol Dr. Jane Goodall: “Only if we understand will we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help can they be saved.”

Other cast members include Tamara Almeida and Dan Abramovich.

“The Last Thing He Told Me” Trailer

Apple TV, based on a book, drama, thriller

Jesse Peretz directs The Last Thing He Told Me, starring Jennifer Garner. Based on Laura Dave’s novel, the movie follows Hannah Hall, played by Garner, whose husband Owen disappears without a trace.

He leaves a note with three words, “Protect Her. HH,” referring to her stepdaughter, Bailey.
Hannah soon discovers dark secrets that place both of their lives in danger.

Dave’s novel was a page-turner until the end, like a bullet hitting the water, disappointing. It’ll be interesting to see how Peretz ends the movie.

“The Last Voyage of the Demeter” Trailer, Clips, Featurettes and Poster

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André Øvredal directs The Last Voyage of the Demeter, based on a chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula.

The scary story is about a Demeter ship carrying 50 wooden crates from Carpathia to London.

Strange events occur to the doomed crew as they attempt to survive the ocean voyage, stalked each night by a ruthless presence onboard the ship.

When the Demeter finally arrives off the shores of England, it is a charred, derelict wreck. There is no trace of the crew.

The cast of the horror movie includes Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham and David Dastmalchian.

Films directed by André Øvredal:

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Trollhunter

Mortal

“Crater” Trailer and Clips

action, adventure, children movies, Disney+, drama, family movies, kid movies, science fiction,

Kyle Patrick Alvarez directs the American science fiction drama, Crater, written by John Griffin.

A young boy named Wes, played by Isaiah Russell-Bailey, lives in a lunar colony on the Moon with his father, played by Samuel Caleb Hunt, and other residents. Wes has almost reached the age where he’s sent to Earth for medical testing. Before he leaves, he and his friends explore the Moon, notably a crater near the colony.

During their exploration, Wes and his friends encounter distinct challenges and obstacles to test their strength, loyalty and courage.

The film touches on tropes like coming of age, friendships, family and the human desire for exploring and discovery.

Other cast members include Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt, Orson Hong, Thomas Boyce and Scott Mescudi. From the producers of Stranger Things, the movie will stream on Disney +.

“Fool’s Paradise” Trailer, Images, Clips and Poster

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Charlie Day directs and stars in this satirical comedy about a down-on-his-luck publicist, played by Ken Jeong. He discovers a recently released mental health patient, played by Charlie Day, whom he hopes will reboot his career.

The person with a mental health condition replaces a misbehaving movie star that looks just like him. The publicist substitutes him into the film, creating a new star. Despite the publicist’s decision to name him “Latte,” fame and fortune failed to bring the fulfillment he had hoped for.

Fool’s Paradise has a stellar cast, including Kate Beckinsale, Adrien Brody, the late Ray Liotta, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, John Malkovich, Common and Jillian Bel.

Fool’s Paradise may be the late Liotta’s last film since he passed away after the film had wrapped production.

Poking fun at a mental health patient is not very kind and has nothing to do with a story about “anyone” can find success in the film business. The storyline steals from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain.

Let’s find movies that expose the atrocities psychiatrists administer to these poor people in the name of “help.”

“Ghosted” Trailer, Film Clips, Poster

action, comedy, romance, ,

Written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers, Dexter Fletcher directed Ghosted.

A decent guy, Cole, played by Chris Evans, falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie, played by Ana de Armas. In the romantic comedy, Cole discovers that Sadie is a secret agent.

Cole and Sadie become swept away on an international adventure to save the world before deciding on a second date.

“Migration” Featurette, Poster, Trailers

adventure, animation, children movies, comedy, family movies, kid movies

Directed by Benjamin Renner, Migration is a modern-day comedy following a family of ducks who convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime as they attempt to migrate from New England through New York City. Somehow, they ultimately end up down in the Bahamas.

“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” Trailer

animation, children movies, family movies, fantasy, kid movies,

Sometimes the hero you are lies just beneath the surface.

This summer, DreamWorks Animation dives into the turbulent waters of high school with a hilarious, heartfelt action comedy about a shy teenager who discovers that she’s part of a legendary royal lineage of mythical sea krakens and that her destiny, in the depths of the oceans, is bigger than she ever dreamed.

Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman, voiced by Lana Condor, is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High but mostly feels invisible.

She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush, voiced by Jaboukie Young-White, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she’s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom, voiced by Toni Collette, has forbidden Ruby from ever getting in the water.

But when she breaks her mom’s #1 rule, Ruby will discover that she is a direct descendant of the warrior Kraken queens and is destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother, voiced by Jane Fonda, the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas.

The Krakens have sworn to protect the world’s oceans against the vain, power-hungry mermaids. One significant and immediate problem: The school’s beautiful, popular new girl, Chelsea, voiced by Annie Murphy, is a mermaid. Ruby must ultimately embrace who she is and go big to protect those she loves most.