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“MA” Trailer, Clips, Interviews & Poster

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Directed by Tate Taylor, who brought us The Help, brings us a completely different genre – a horror movie. Ma follows Sue Ann, played by Octavia Spencer, as she appears friendly and welcomes all the teenagers to her house to party in the basement.

All fun and games don’t appear to be all that fun. Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe.

Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, played by Diana Slivers, a new teenager in town to buy some booze for her and her friends. Sue Ann takes advantage of unsuspecting teens and some younger friends.  

She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.”

But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.

In the movie trailer, we see her hit and run a person that looks like a man or boy. Thinking about The Help where the unsuspecting housewife eats a pie made of shit from Spencer’s character, Taylor is not going to hold any bunches in this movie.

Ma also stars Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans, Missi Pyle, McKaley Miller, Corey Fogelmanis,, Gianni Paolo, and Dante Brown. 

The screenplay is by Scotty Landes, who wrote the episodic Workaholics.

The movie clips show how evil or conniving Ma is with the kids. The interviews are spoilers, and we find out the mother, Lewis, confronts Ma. They confront each other and fight with some sort of explosion at the end.

The interviews with Taylor reveal his long-term relationship with Spencer. They were roommates for seven years. Slivers and Lewis’s interview sheds light on how the movie covers current social topics like bullying, social media, and underage drinking.

Amazing and Remarkable Magic “Frozen II” Trailers and Posters

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Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen II’s first movie trailer is an epic animated feature. Keep scrolling down until you have seen all the trailers. The “Let It Go” theme plays in undertones throughout the trailer. It promotes hardship, adversary, and uniting as a powerful threesome against the enemy.

Disney tells us about Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf’s journey far in the forest to discover the known truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom. The movie is now streaming, and the Blu-ray and DVD are available.

The former cast is returning, with Evan Rachel Wood and Sterling K. Brown added to the cast list.

The second trailer is not all that different from the first. It’s incredible to watch Elsa handle the ocean with her frozen powers. That technique reminds me of Frozone in the Incredibles movies. Since both films were produced by Disney Studios, an educated guess is that the same animated team that made Frozone’s ice made Elsa’s.

The trailer shows the two sisters going on a journey to discover the truth by going to the past. The Stonehenge tells us it is a mystical journey—perhaps they go back in time like the popular book and TV series Outlander. We see Elsa’s powers are too strong.

The third trailer tells us the story. It is intriguing with all the mystical aspects of Elsa’s powers. It’s a serious story with humor by the quirky characters from the first movie that we found endearing.

“Yesterday” Trailers, Interviews, Featurettes & Poster

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Directed by Danny Boyle, Yesterday follows Jack Malik, played by Himesh Patel, who is the only guy who remembers the Beatles songs. He turns the world on its ear because he plays The Beatle songs and everyone thinks he wrote them.

The Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming are available. The movie is worth seeing because it is unique and entertaining.

Boyle is an Oscar winner for the popular movie Slumdog Millionaire. He also directed the first Trainspotting movie. Together with Richard Curtis, screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually and Notting Hill, comes a rock-n-roll comedy about music, dreams, friendship, and the long and winding road that leads to the love of your life. 

Jack is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie, played by Lily James. After experiencing a totally off the wall bicycle accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed … and he finds himself with a very complicated problem.

Everyone says he wrote the songs by The Beatles. He can’t believe how fast he becomes super-famous. Performing songs by the greatest band in history to a world that has never heard them, and with a little help from his steel-hearted American agent, Debra, played by Kate McKinnon.

But as his star rises, he risks losing Ellie — the one person who always believed in him. With the door between his old life and his new closing, Jack will need to get back to where he once belonged and prove that all you need is love. 

Yesterday looks like a great movie. Teaming up Boyle and Curtis is a dynamite formula that just might draw a large box office and give the both of them accolades they deserve.

The interview with Richard Curtis and Ed Sheeran is spectacular. Curtis is one of the best romantic-comedy writers ever. It is so good to see him in this interview.

The featurette show the whole spectrum of the movie. It looks like so much fun to watch.

The next four clips takes on the whirlwind trip of what happens when everyone except Jack remembers The Beatles. Cute, funny, and irrestiable is the best way to describe this movie.

The movie featurette is so much fun to watch because you get to see how Himesh prepared himself to sing The Beatles’ songs.

The final trailer arrived on the streets and it looks amazing. The problem is the trailer tells us the story but we have to see the movie to know what happens at the end. That will be the toughest – the third act. Richard Curtis writes endearing third acts with the story truly ending. Meaning no cliffhangers or open-ended finalises where the audience decides what happens.

The featurette shows us how Curtis and Boyle worked together to make an ideal romantic/comedy movie.

“The Hustle” Trailers, Clips & Poster

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Directed by Chris Addison, The Hustle is a hilarious movie with two dynamite comedic actresses. The comedy stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson as scam artists. Wilson plays a low-life scam artist while Hathaway places a high-class scam artist. They team up to take down the dirty rotten men who have wronged them.

Addison credits include writing and producing tons of episodic television shows like Veep, Dr. Who, and The Thick of It.

The second trailer shows more hilarity to the story. These two women are complete opposites and make situations funny.

The movie clip shows the conflict between the two women. One wants to be taught how to be a high-end con artist while the other doesn’t want to share her secrets.

It looks like the two ladies are a team. They are competing to see who is the first one to swindle $500,000 from a man. The music in this clip is interesting because it seems like it’s there to keep the scene interesting. Seeing Hathaway as an English snob is a new character for her.

“Tolkien” Poster, Interviews, Featurettes, Clips and Trailers

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Directed by Dome Karukoski, Tolkien follows the formative years of J.R.R. Tolkien, played by Nicholas Hoult. The movie explores the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.

Tolkien falls in love with Edith Bratt, played by Lilly Collins.

This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels.

Dome Karukoski is from Finland and has directed several movies and television series in Finland.

The rest of the cast includes Laura Donnelly of Outlander, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Genevieve O’Reilly, and Pam Ferris.

The second trailer is much better and gives a flavor of adventure. The feeling of his fellowship with his boyhood friends is strong. I am curious, though, about who Donnelly plays in the movie. We don’t see her in the trailers yet; her character is not listed.

The music is powerful in this trailer, giving the sense of adventure and conquer.

Two interviews are posted with the director and lead actor. I am impressed with how the director created the fellowship on the set and how Hoult researched Tolkien’s life during the time this movie takes place – such a poignant time in his life.

The featurette tells us nothing about the story, but the two main actors talk about Tolkien’s influence on them in general. Collin talks about her favorite scene relating to the ring. We all know how important the call is in Tolkien’s stories.

I saw a movie clip that showed a whimsical scene, which is so delightful. I tried to share it with you, but the studios blocked it. I am mentioning the clip because it is an adorable scene illustrating how Tolkien worked his imagination. The woman he loved encouraged him to tell his fantasy stories.

The movie is also a love story about a writer getting inspiration from the one he loves. The next featurette says it best.

The more I see about this movie, the more interested I am in seeing it in movie theaters. The following two features tell what the film covers and how it relates to Tolkien, the writer.

“Child’s Play” Trailers, Featurettes & Posters

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A remake is a remake. Directed by Lars Klevberg, Child’s Play arrives again with the studio saying, “A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic. “

I guess horror fans, who love Chuckie, will follow Karen, played by Aubrey Plaza, a single mother. She gifts her son Andy, played by Gabriel Bateman, a Buddy doll, unaware of its more sinister nature.  

The Blu-ray and DVD arrived with streaming available online. Now’s your chance to see the movie again, or if you have not seen it yet.

Lars Klevberg directed Polaroid and Tyler Burton Smith wrote the screenplay. Smith’s credits include Kung Fury 2 and Quantum Break. Never heard of them.

Seeing a doll hold a kitchen knife is funny, if not cheesy. The movie is for horror fans who are obsessed with Chuckie.

The following trailer shows Andy has no friends because he moved to a new neighborhood. The app called Buddi sets the pace of a horrific doll that comes after these people who live in the area.

Now, Andy has friends who are helping him destroy Chuckie. I chuckled at some of the scenes. It’s pretty funny to see a doll drag with a kitchen knife.

The featurette is funny with the producers saying they had to get Chuckie right. Chuckie is a horror icon, and you don’t want to create a doll that looks cheesy. Then, here comes Cheesy Chuckie. All kidding aside, the fact that they used six different electronic dolls to portray Chuckie is impressive.

The featurette “Meet the Cast” needs no introduction because you meet the cast and understand how their characters play into the horror movie.

“The Biggest Little Farm” Poster & Trailer

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Directed by John Chester, an established documentarian, The Biggest Little Farm follows a husband and wife team as they dream of sustainable living on a 200-acre piece of land in the foothills of Ventura County. The documentary received several nominations and awards, including the “Truly Moving Picture Award” from the Heartland Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

A testament to the immense complexity of nature, it all started when they received an eviction notice from their tiny LA apartment. John and Molly Chester decided to hoof it to the rural area and make or break it, building a diverse farm. The goal is to create a kind of farm that coexists with nature.

The area of land they chose is depleted of nutrients and suffering from a brutal drought. Still, Chester saw a chance to make a documentary, so they filmed for eight years. They took on the daunting task and unreal idealism as an attempt to create the utopia they seek, planting 10,000 orchard trees and over 200 different crops and bringing in animals of every kind- including an unforgettable pig named Emma and her best friend, Greasy the rooster.

When they finally sense a reawakening and the hope they will reap the benefits of their hard-earned effort, their plan goes awry and through wild turns. They come to terms with surviving, taking a greater understanding of the intricacies and wisdom of nature and life itself.

“Apollo 11” Trailer

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Directed by Todd Douglas Miller, Apollo 11 is a documentary that takes a look at Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon. The mission led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin is shown through real-time footage during the time of the preparation and launch of the historical event.

The footage before and during this event is amazing and revolutionary in the fact of what this event meant to the people of Earth on that summer day in 1969 when Neil Armstrong step foot on the moon.

This is Miller’s first attempt at directing a documentary, and the footage looks good.

“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” TV Spots, Featurettes, Trailers and Posters

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Directed by André Øvredal, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is inspired by one of the most horrific and terrifying children’s book series of the same name authored by Alvin Schwartz. The movie follows a group of young teens. Each teen must try and solve the mystery surrounding sudden and macabre deaths in their small town.

The ensemble cast includes Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur, and Natalie Ganzhorn.

Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman hold top billing as screenwriters of the movie, and four more screenwriters worked on the script, including Guillermo del Toro, one of the producers. Øvredal directing credits include Trollhunter and The Autopsy of Jane Doe, both scary and creepy movies.

The four TV spots that arrived during the Super Bowl commercials were being touted. Keep in mind these TV spots are short and quick to the scare.

The TV spots arrived before the trailer, and now, the trailer is here. Scary Stories is a horror movie with different related stories as the movie. The public will flock to the box office when it comes to horror movies. This movie will be no different.

The trailer presentation featurette tells us how the movie idea started with
Guillermo del Toro. He talks about collaborating with Øvredal.

The next trailer tells us more about the book of scary stories and promotes the director and producer of the horror movie.

The next movie trailer shows us more of the horrific aspects of the movie. Each scary story is told as a lesson learned.

The featurette is creepy and sets up a conceptual understanding of what to expect from the movie in general. The idea that these are old and simple horror stories told over a campfire is intriguing.

The next three featurettes are scary and creepy.

The interview with the producer and director is worth watching.

Weird Surprise “The Beach Bum” Trailer, Clips & Poster

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Written and directed by Harmony Korine, The Beach Bum follows a crazy, over-the-top poetic burnout named Moondog, played by Matthew McConaughey. He is trying to write his “great American novel” and experience sexual relations in rapid succession.

The eclectic includes Isla Fisher, Snoop Dog, Jimmy Buffet, Martin Lawerence, and Zac Efron. Watch the movie trailer and get a feel for the movie.

The next five movie clips show the craziness of this movie. The clip with the dolphin boat captain is funny but the editing is rough. I am not quite sure what the message is in the movie. I am thinking he makes up for his estrangement from his daughter.

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