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Innovative and Fascinating “Antebellum” Poster and Trailer

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The butterfly on the poster seems odd.

Written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, Antebellum follows Veronica Henley, played by Janelle Moná. She is a successful author and finds herself trapped in a horrifying existence. The short trailer shows her going from the civil war era to modern time. And it’s creepy.   There is a place that is the Antebellum era from history as a thriller, and the fourth trailer seems to indicate it is in the movie, too.

Her necessity to uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late is the force of the movie. The 911 call is coming from her or someone else? The image of the butterfly on the poster is intriguing.

Lionsgate calls the movie a terrifying new thriller, and Bush and Renz are reasonably new filmmakers. The rest of the cast includes Marque Richardson II, Eric Lange, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons, Tongayi Chirisa, Gabourey Sidibe, Rob Aramayo, Lily Cowles, and Jena Malone.

“The Call of the Wild” Poster, Clip, Trailer, Featurette

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Harrison Ford is John Thornton.

Jack London’s literary classic takes a new turn in the adaptation of The Call of the Wild with live-action and animation animals.

The movie is streaming on Amazon, and here is a featurette about the star of the film, Buck. The man who plays him is with Cirque du Soleil. Watch this clip and see how well he acts like Buck.

Directed by Chris Sanders and starring Harrison Ford as John Thornton, the vivid story comes is well-known. We follow Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s.

As the newest rookie on a mail delivery sled team–and later its leader–Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his real place in the world and becoming his own master.

Sanders helms the movie as a live-action and animation hybrid, employing cutting edge visual effects and animation technology to render the animals in the film as fully photorealistic, emotionally, and authentic characters.

Sanders credits include Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon. He holds quite a repertory of writing credits, including The Lion King, Mulan, and Beauty and the Beast. However, Michael Green wrote the script based on London’s novel and Egerton Ryerson Young’s source material.

The cast also includes Dan Stevens, Omar Sy, Karen Gillan, Bradley Whitford, and Colin Woodell.

Ford is a natural in this movie clip, an amazing actor.

“The Song of Names” Trailer and Poster

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Directed by Francois Girard, The Songs of Names is based on the book of the same name by Norman Lebrecht. Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay. Caine is an old school screenwriter who wrote one of the James Bond movies Goldeneye, and he received an Oscar nomination for his adaption of The Constant Gardner. 

The movie stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen in an emotional detective story spread over two continents and a half-century. Beneath the film’s stunning and pulsing musical revelations, burn the horror of war and the lost souls extinguished from history.

Also starring in the movie is Jonah Hauer-King and Catherine McCormack.

I am curious about the story and might read the book before seeing the movie. 

“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run” Poster and Trailer

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Directed by Tim Hill, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run at first reflexes on the relationship between Gary the snail and SpongeBob. After SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.

Directed by Tim Hill, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run begins at first to reflect on the relationship between Gary the snail and SpongeBob. 

After SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home. 

Hill plays a big part in the evolution of SpongeBob. He’s directed the TV series and SpongeBob’s first movie. 

The trailer offers the story and continues with crazy, nonsensical scenes that make us gut laugh at the silliness. The first part is Keanu Reeves as the sage bush, and the Atlantic City is where SpongeBob and Patrick go.

Proven Government Secrets Exploit “Seberg” Poster and Trailer

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Kristen Stewart evolved into a talented actress since her Twilight movies. The camera shows her upbeat, charismatic, and determined. Jean Seberg is Stewart’s next role, and she’s embraced the character as the title role for the movie Seberg.

Directed by Benedict Andrews and inspired by true events, the movie follows Seberg as the French New Wave darling and Breathless star. 

Directed by Benedict Andrews and inspired by true events, the movie follows Seberg as the French New Wave darling and Breathless star. 

In the late 1960s, the FBI targeted her because of her support of the civil rights movement and romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal, played by Anthony Mackie, among others. 

Andrews tells the thriller through a film noir style. His directing credits include remakes of two Tennessee William’s plays: A Street Car Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 

Written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, Hoover’s overreaching surveillance and harassment to suppress and discredit Seberg’s activism destroyed her life and career.

The well-rounded cast includes Jack O’Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Yvan Attal, Stephen Root, Colm Meaney, and Vince Vaughn.

The next three movie clips offer the main plot point of the movie, which was the government spying on her because of her strong stance in cultural issues in America.

“Noelle” Trailer and Poster

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Written and directed by Marc Lawrence, Noelle is a family movie that will air on the new Disney streaming site.

The movie follows the daughter of Santa Claus, played by Anna Kendrick, who must take over the family business.

Lawrence is first and foremost a writer in the business and wrote notable movies like Miss Congeniality, Forces of Nature, and Two Weeks Notice.

Shirley MacLaine and Bill Hader also star in the film.

Here is a cute movie clip. The kids are going to love it.

https://youtu.be/LQbHL-tKIew

“Burden” Trailers, Clips and Posters

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Written and directed by Andrew Heckler, Burden is a true story about Michael “Mike” Burden, played by Garrett Hedlund, an ardent young South Carolina Ku Klux Klan member.

He rose to the rank of Grand Dragon – and walked away from all of it with the help of his new love and an unlikely ally, the African American religious leader and social activist Reverend David Kennedy, played by Forest Whitaker.

Mike Burden, rejected by his own racist family and raised by Klan leader Tom Griffin, played by Tom Wilkinson, becomes a pillar of the KKK and proponent of the divisive Redneck Shop, a Klan memorabilia store.

But then Mike meets and falls in love with Judy Harbeson, played by Andrea Risborough, a single mother deeply opposed to the Klan and Mike’s allegiance to the group.

Cut off from the only family he has ever known, Mike and Judy reach out to the Reverend, Mike’s former mortal enemy. In turn, Reverend Kennedy proves the power and conviction of his faith when he accepts Mike’s disavowal of the Klan and welcomes him into his home and church.

Together, they face down irate and vengeful Klan members and win over Reverend Kennedy’s skeptical parishioners, forming a genuine bond and forging a path toward redemption and forgiveness.

Heckler is known for directing Armageddon and the TV series Ally McBeal. Burden won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Sundance Film Festival 2018.

The second trailer tells more of the story and journey of this former Klansman and the priest.

The three movie clips show exceptional acting and directing skills.

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“Fantasy Island” Poster and Trailers Startling Strange Horror

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Written by Jeff Wadlow, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs, Fantasy Island is a Blumhouse’s spin on the Fantasy Island television series.

Directed by Wadlow, the enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort.

But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery to escape with their lives.

The trailer is only a minute long and doesn’t reveal anything new about the story.

Genuine and Beautiful “Soul” Trailers, Featurettes and Poster

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Co-written by Mike Jones, Pete Docter, and Kemp Powers and directed by Docter and Powers, Soul approaches a subject we know about intrinsically but perhaps not totally or assuredly know. We are a spirit or soul, not our body.

Pixar brings the topic to the movie in which the storyline is hush-hush in the early days of promotion. The voice actors include Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, John Ratzenberger, and Ahmir-Khalib Thompson.

A jazz musician, voiced by Foxx, lost his passion for playing music. But bounces back when he nails a gig. Then, unfortunately, he mysteriously transports out of his body. While out of his body, he must find his way back with the help of an infant soul learning about herself.

Known for the episodic Star Trek: Discovery, Powers has made a foot in the film industry. Recognized for several Pixar-related movies, Docter’s most notable is Toy Story, including UP, Inside Out, and Wall-E.

Watching the next trailer confirms my excitement, and I look forward to seeing this movie because the message is so prevalent.

Terrific “The Invisible Man” Poster, Clips, Featurettes & Trailers

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“What you can’t see can hurt you.” 

Leigh Whannell, one of the original conceivers of the Saw franchise who most recently directed Upgrade and Insidious: Chapter 3, wrote and directed The Invisible Man. The movie stars Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss in a terrifying modern tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic monster character. 

The movie is streaming on Amazon, the Blu-ray and DVD are available as well.

Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass, played by Moss, escapes in the dead of night, She disappears into hiding, aided by her sister, played by Harriet Dyer. The sisters hook up with their childhood friend, played by Aldis Hodge, and his teenage daughter, played by Storm Reid, who also helps her disappear. 

The film moves and twists with this sicko driving her crazy by being invisible. Moss is so dedicated to her role, as you can see in the trailers. 

The second trailer is even better.

The next two movie clips are intense, but one is in the trailer. I am curious as to what happens after Moss’s character gets the paint on the invisible man.

The featurette is quick and focuses on the 15-year old daughter.

The next two featurettes show the house where a lot of the action happens. Moss talks at the round table is very sure of her role and the movie.

The studio released the next two featurettes after the movie stole the box office weekend and, and the featurettes tell us more about the film. Moss reading the script is a fabulous idea.