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“BumbleBee” Trailers, Posters, Movie Clips & Featurettes

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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.

Knight started as an animator and directed the beautifully produced Kubo and the Two Strings.

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.

“Ralph Breaks The Internet” Trailers, Movie Clips & Poster

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Co-directed by Phil Johnston and Rich Moore, six years after the events of “Wreck-It Ralph,” Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure.

Kids will understand the storyline better than some parents.  No matter how you understand the storyline, it is still pretty silly.

The movie is getting sillier but the kids will love it. The movie clip is colorful and fun to watch. Kids are going to love this movie.

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I watched several interviews with the voice actors,  and they are so excited about this movie.  It took many years in the making of it. They are so happy to see the release finally here. The movie clip shows some of the excitement and adventure the kids get to experience.

Here are two movie clips showing Ralph and his friend inside the Internet where the meet KnowsMore.  The other clip shows Ralph and his friends are actually inside the Internet.

The two movie trailers confirm how silly story, but kids will love it.

 

It is very cool that Ralph Breaks the Internet was nominated for a Golden Globe. It is now available on Blu-ray/DVD and streaming platforms. Kids are engaged in the storyline, and I am sure more stories about Ralph and Vanellope will continue. Having the Disney Princes in the movie is a clever idea as well. I hope Disney continues to offer similar fun and oddball addtions.

“Early Man” Trailer and Movie Clips Blu-ray/DVD

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Aardman Studio is an award-winning production company known for creating Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep movies.

Coming from the same studio, Early Man is just as fun as their earlier movies. This time it takes place during the prehistoric era: a caveman named Dug and his ultra-goofy friends. Together challenge the invaders to a game of soccer. If they win, they get back their home.

This is truly a kid’s movie because it is about innocence and idiots. The claymation is pure art and makes the movie fun to watch. The story took place at the dawn of time when prehistoric creatures roamed the Earth; Early Man tells the story of courageous caveman hero Dug, voiced by Eddie Redmayne, and his best friend, Hognob, as they unite their tribe against a mighty enemy. The enemy is Lord Nooth, expressed by Tom Hiddleston. He rules a Bronze Age City and has taken them home.

The Blu-ray and DVD packages have extensive special features. Never-before-seen featurettes reveal the love, passion, hard work, and magic that go into creating an Aardman Studios animated film.

These movie clips are funny – enjoy!

“Sherlock Gnomes” Trailer, Movie Clips and Poster

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Directed by John Stevenson, Sherlock Gnomes is all too silly when Gnomeo, voiced by James McAvoy, and Juliet, voiced by Emily Blunt, arrive in the city with their friends and family. The major concern is establishing their new garden so it is ready by spring.

They soon discover that someone is kidnapping garden gnomes all over London. One day, Gnomeo and Juliet return home and find that everyone in their garden is missing. So, they hook up with Sherlock Gnomes, voiced by Johnny Depp, who is the famous detective and sworn protector of London’s garden gnomes.

He arrives with his sidekick Watson, voiced by Chiwetel Ejiofor, to investigate the case. The movie should be a fun adventure for the kids as they solve the case of the missing gnomes while exploring an undiscovered side of the city.

Other talented voice actors include Mary J. Blige as Irene, Sherlock’s former girlfriend. Michael Caine, as Lord Redbrick, the leader of the red gnomes, Juliet’s father, Maggie Smith as Lady Bluebury, the leader of the blue gnomes and Gnomeo’s mother, and Julie Walters as Ms. Montague.

Sherlock Gnomes is the sequel to the popular Gnomeo & Juliet, which grossed $194 million at the box office worldwide.

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.

 

 

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” TV Spot, Trailers, Movie Clips, Featurettes & Posters

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Co-directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch tells the story of a pessimistic grouch who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous holiday spirit. Benedict Cumberbatch provides his voice to the notorious Grinch, who lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet with only his loyal dog, Max, for companionship. With a cave rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbors in Whoville when he runs out of food.

The story follows the problem of each year at Christmas. They disrupt his tranquil solitude with increasingly bigger, brighter, and louder celebrations. When the Whos declare they will make Christmas three times bigger this year, the Grinch realizes there is only one way for him to gain some peace: he must steal Christmas. To do so, he poses as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, even trapping a lackadaisical misfit reindeer to pull his sleigh.

The Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming are perfect for the holiday season or anytime. You purchase the discs or stream the movies for your kids. The film is a keeper because kids love to play it over and over again. 

I am digging these featurettes. They are so much fun to watch. Cumberbatch’s wit is so dry and funny, a joke.

This movie clip is funny and shows the right side of The Grinch.

This featurette is fun for the kids and parents. It’s Grinch Trivia!

The next poster only shows the Grinch and no dog. Otherwise, the newest poster is pretty much the same.

The two movie clips are so cute and fun to watch. Kids are going to love this movie.

More is added to the story down in Whoville, Cindy-Lou Who—a young girl overflowing with holiday cheer—plots with her gang of friends to trap Santa Claus as he makes his Christmas Eve rounds so that she can thank him for help for her overworked single mother.

The movie trailer shows how the narrative reads like Seuss’ book. Do the cookie reindeer eyes move?

The next poster sets up the holiday theme of the movie.

The cute but straightforward Olympics TV Spot has nothing to do with the movie.

“Isle of Dog” Trailer, Poster, Behind the Scenes, and Movie Clips

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Directed and written by Wes Anderson, Isle of Dog looks hilarious with tons of fun to watch over and over again. The trailer is fantastic and I am still laughing.

The story is so cool, which takes place in the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that’s a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

The Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming are happening now. The movie clip released with the disc release is witty. The drums in the background are awesome.  They play a major role in the movie.

Do you recognize those voices? They are Anderson’s cohorts including Ed Norton and Bill Murray with

Bryan Cranston, Jeff Goldblum, Ken Watanabe, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, Courtney B. Vance, Fisher Stevens, Harvey Keitel, Liev Schreiber, Scarlett Johansson, and Tilda Swinton.

There is an interesting movie clip showing the stop-motion animation quality of the movie.

Here are a couple of clips that show a female dog who is a psychic. So, it’s not just male dogs in the movie.  The clips apparently show part of the plot points, which is helpful in understanding the story.  Currently, one of the clips are supposedly blocked, but you might be able to view them anyway.

The clip below shows how animation is done Wes Anderson’s style.

The movie clip is interesting because I am curious about the parody.

The movie clip is totally unexpected, and I find it rather funny if not satirical.

“Incredibles 2: Rising Son” Trailers, Movie Clips, Poster, and Blu-ray/DVD

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It’s about time! Incredibles is one of my favorite Pixar movies. I wonder if the movie will be able to hold its uniqueness because the first movie had a clever twist. Superheroes were against the law. It’s interesting how Pixar will simply insert a similarity to something treacherous that happened in our history as an incredible animated movie that appears innocuous.

The logo being altered by Jack-Jack is clever and is the handwriting on the wall that is telling us Incredibles 2 will be a great and entertaining movie. I am excited.

The poster shows many aspects of the sequel storyline. The one that has my interest is the creature at the top of the poster with the blue-flamed bulging eyes and arms menacingly reaching out.

Titled Rising Son with the same talented voices Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) is left to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life, giving him an opportunity to bond with his younger son, Jack-Jack, whose superpowers are emerging—much to Dad’s surprise.

I can’t believe it, Brad Bird is returning to Pixar and directing this movie. He also directed Iron Giant, Ratatouille, and Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

The third trailer is so funny. True to Brad Bird’s style of constant activity and funny situations. This trailer will have you laughing in no time.  Make sure you watch it until the end because you get to see the bad guy. The movie poster shows him but the trailer shows more of what he looks like and can do. It looks like he is hypnotizing people through television.  Only Bird could pull a parody like that off – subtle hint.

The Blu-ray and DVD are hitting the streets with streaming happening, most likely, before the disc releases.  The questions are: Have you seen the movie yet? Do you want to see the movie again?

Either way, here are some clips as a reminder of what a great movie it is or to entice you to see the movie.

Of course, the trailer has funny bits about adolescence and Common Core Math.  There are some funny lines at the very end, too. “You better be back ASAP!”

Fun movie trailer to watch is the best way I can describe it. Jack-Jack is going to steal the show. The reference to Common Core math is hilarious and so true.

“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” Trailers and Poster

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Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation follows Mavis who surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship so he can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel. Of course, the rest of Drac’s Pack cannot resist tagging along.

The monsters are all having a great time, indulging in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer, from monster volleyball to colossus sized buffets and exotic excursions, but then the unexpected happens as Drac falls for the intriguing-yet-dangerous captain of the ship. Balancing family, friends and a budding romance might just be too much, even for the most powerful vampire.

The movie is filled with stellar voices by Adam Sandler (Dracula), Andy Samberg (Johnny), Selena Gomez (Mavis), Kevin James (Frank), Fran Drescher (Eunice), Steve Buscemi (Wayne), Molly Shannon (Wanda), David Spade (Griffin), Keegan-Michael Key (Murray) and Mel Brooks (Vlad).

The movie trailer tells us more about the movie, which the kids will totally enjoy. Very clever facial expressions and personalities will draw them to the movie.

“A Wrinkle in Time” Trailers, Poster, Interview with Director

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Directed by Ava DuVernay,  A Wrinkle in Time is based on a wonderful and timeless book by Madeleine L’Engle. My daughter read her book with awe and excitement. The timeless classic came to the screen before in the 1980s. The technology at the time failed to bring the magical story to life.

A Wrinkle in Time Blu-ray/DVD hit the streets. So, if you haven’t seen it yet, nows your chance.

Now, the audience will be able to view the dimensions of time and space, examining the nature of darkness versus light and, ultimately, the triumph of love. Through one girl’s transformative journey led by three celestial guides, we discover that strength comes from embracing one’s individuality and that the best way to triumph over fear is to travel by one’s own light.

The movie’s cast is stellar with Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Michael Pena, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zack Galifianakis, and Chris Pine.

DuVernay is a woman of many firsts in the movie industry as a director and screenwriter. In 2012, she won Best Director for her second feature Middle of Nowhere at Sundance becoming the first African-American woman to win the award. For her work in Selma, she was the first black female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award and the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. A Wrinkle in Time exceeds a budget of $100 million, making her the first black woman to direct a live-action film with a budget of that size.

The movie’s screenwriter, Jennifer Lee, is best known as the writer and director of the Disney’s Frozen, for which she earned an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

The interview with the director, Ava DuVernay, who tells the storyline and describes each character and how each actor plays the role.  This is a must watch and very informative interview.

The second trailer shows more of the storyline. The CGI is pretty awesome looking. I just hope there are no pan shots of CGI.