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.
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.
The story of Little sounds familiar because it is a take-off on some top-rated comedies.
Co-written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism, Little resembles movies like Freaky Friday or Thirteen Again. A woman suddenly becomes a teenager again. The film follows Jordan Sanders, played by Regina Hall (adult) and Marsai Martin (teenager). The adult Sanders is Hall, taking no prisoners tech mogul, and the 13-year-old version of Sanders is Martin.
Young Sanders wakes up in her adult self’s penthouse just before a do-or-die presentation. Watching the movie trailer, Martin is hilarious and fun to watch.
Sanders’ assistant, April, played by Issa Rae, is there to help. But Sanders is one of the worst bosses anyone has ever experienced. April’s suffering under her abusive behavior is now confrontational with Sanders at a younger age. Yet, April is the only one loyal enough to be in on the secret of her daily tormentor -Sanders. As everything is on the line, Sanders is now trapped in an awkward tween body.
Little is an irreverent new comedy about the price of success, the power of sisterhood and having a second chance to grow up — and glow up — right. The movie is an all-new perspective to the body-swap comedy.
The story is by Tracy Oliver, and the screenplay is by both Oliver and Chism and is based on an idea from Martin. Martin is a talented teenager who is also executive producing this movie.
The movie trailer is a kick to watch. I laughed a lot, and it has some funny bits.
The movie clip shows how mean and domineering Sanders comes across, but her assistant is just as strong.
The following two interviews I am adding because Hall is a fantastic actress and Martin is funny. These two separate interviews tell you what the movie is about and how it plays out.
The following two movie clips shine a light on Issa Rae and how talented she is on film. She carries the movie and is a fine choice of casting.
The following three clips take you on a great escape from a typical office or home day. Do yourself a favor and watch these clips. They are hilarious and move at a nice clip. The first one is with the Child Protective Services representative. This lady is funny, and both these actresses have met their match. My hat goes off to the casting director and director.
The following movie clip is so cute, with the school security watching these two actresses in the parking lot.
Here, we have Oscar winner Regina King playing the older version of Sanders before she becomes little. I am amazed at how she is owning up to being a tyrant. King is a true talent. The movie clip is no longer available, but the movie is super funny.
I posted a movie clip with some nice eye candy for us girls, but the studio blocked it. It is an essential clip because it gets interesting when Little Jordan goes to school. I can see the jealousy happening between these two women.
I decided to place the second poster above the first poster because it illustrates the movie better.
Co-written and directed by Richard Linklater, Where’d You Go, Bernadette? focuses on 15-year-old Bee, played by Emma Nelson, after her stressed-out mother, played by Cate Blanchett, disappears. Bee does everything in her power to track her down, discovering her mother’s troubled past in the process.
The movie is available on Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming sites. It’s a fun movie to watch about family, being a mother, and coming to terms with destiny.
Holly Gent and Vince Palmo co-wrote the screenplay based on the book of the same name by Maria Semple. Linklater’s credits include writing and producing. His last well-known movie is Boyhood.
Blanchett is a stick of dynamite, an award-winning actress, and Bernadette is another explosive role for her to play. A talented cast surrounds her, including Judy Greer, Kristen Wiig, Laurence Fishbourne, and Billy Crudup.
The second trailer draws you in and includes how much fun the movie is to watch. Blanchett is coming from so many levels as Bernadette. It is delightful to watch. Mothers who put their careers aside for marriage and family will find companionship.
I am adding Blanchett’s soundbites concerning the movie because any mother and daughter can relate to this movie.
Watching the featurette compels me to read the book. I agree with the director. Bernadette is not crazy; the world is crazy.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Ben Elton, All is True is a take on the life of Shakespeare during his golden years. We are honored with a chance to take a good look at the final days of William Shakespeare. The movie presupposes the renowned playwright’s last days as Shakespeare.
There is not much written, yet, about the movie but it appears to be a frolic and comedy of errors. I am sure innuendos and slight references to Shakespeare’s great work will be presented.
By watching the trailer, it appears the great scribbler dealt with some demons relating to his past transgressions. His wife is aware of them in her own right and speaks of their relationship as it has evolved. I am curious though about his relationship with his daughter. The movie hits at something, but I am not sure what to make of it yet. Also, I am not sure this is based on any real facts about Shakespeare’s final days. Hence, the title is sarcasm?
Branagh has directed Shakespeare movies before and even played some characters on stage and in the movies. Elton is also an actor and starred in Branagh’s Much to Ado About Nothing.
The cast is stellar including Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, and Kathryn Wilder
Directed by Jon S. Baird, Stan & Ollie follows Laurel and Hardy, played by John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan. Some consider them the world’s most famous comedy duo.
The two comedians take a stab at reigniting their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song – a grueling theatre tour during post-war Britain.
Baird is best known for directing episodic television. The screenplay is by Jeff Pope who also wrote for many episodic television shows and the movie Philomena, which he won BAFTA Best Adapted Screenplay 2015 with Steve Coogan.
Watch the trailer and if you are familiar with the comedy duo, then you will see some great acting, and it’s uncanny how both actors look like Laurel and Hardy.
The movie also stars Stephanie Hyam and Shirley Henderson.
Watching the following movie clips and featurette, I honestly say these Reilly and Coogan created Laurel and Hardy. Sure, the make-up and hair designers along with the costumes and set designs are instrumental as well.
Watching Laurel and Hardy’s wives play off each other is fun. I hope the rhythm of the scenes performs better within the movie.
In the featurette, Reilly mentions how much Laurel and Hardy loved each other, so he and Coogan became friends and truly love each. They remain good friends to this day.
The featurette about Stan and Ollie’s relationship covers more than what went on between them. It is about the relationship they have without culture at large. They are an iconic comedy team forever embedded in our minds.
Directed by Chris Renaud, The Secret Life of Pets 2 is the sequel to the movie about our pets’ lives after we leave for work or school each day. Not much is being shared right now about the sequel.
Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming are available for kids, young and old, to watch the movie as often as they like.
The sequel brings screenwriter Brian Lynch together with Renaud, and the cast is stellar, including Lake Bell, Hannibal Buress, Dana Carvey, Harrison Ford, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Pete Holmes, Garth Jennings, Ellie Kemper, Nick Kroll, Bobby Moynihan, Patton Oswald, Jenny Slate, and Eric Stonestreet.
Introducing Chloe Furball featurette is one of many that introduces the different pets in the sequel.
Here is the trailer. I wouldn’t say I like the psycho mumbo-jumbo because there is a better way to show how humans don’t understand their pets. I highly recommend you visit CCHR and find out that disorders are bunk.
It appears The Secret Life of Pets 2 releases trailers that promote certain characters or pets in the movie. The following trailer is called “Daisy and Snowball” and shows Daisy’s personality, voiced by Tiffany Haddish. Kevin Hart is the voice for Snowball. Both Haddish and Hart starred in the comedy Night School.
The movie trailer for “Cat Lessons” is hilarious. I belly laughed and thought of all the people I knew who loved cats. They’d watch this trailer repeatedly.
The Rooter Trailer is about Rooster, the dog, voiced by Harrison Ford, who runs the farm. Two dogs from the city visit the farm, and Rooster has quite an influence on them.
The Busy Bee Trailer is cute, but the dog would turn the table over and get the toy. He’d be more aggressive and stupid.
The final poster shows an entirely different movie, and the trailer backs up that image. In the trailer, we see the lead dog going from a passive pet to an aggressive dog with hilarious scenes like the granny driving the car packed with pets.
Harrison Ford soundbites describe his character Rooster. Ford’s dry wit is funny, and he is pretty sharp.
Inspired by the animated short film Pigeon: Impossible by Lucas Martell and directed by Troy Quane and Nick Bruno, super spy Lance Sterling, played by Will Smith, and scientist Walter Beckett, played by Tom Holland, are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not.
But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions.
But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way because Walter turned Lance into a pigeon.
And if this odd couple can’t learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril. Kids and parents are going to appreciate the animated comedy with a unique situation. After all, pigeons deserve some respect.
Will Smith as a pigeon is cool.
The second trailer took some time to get released. It explains more of the story and looks like a lot of fun for the kids.
The third trailer is funny and tells us what happens in the movie. It is designed to entertain and be silly.
The fourth trailer looks pretty good, though it’s hard to tell if he is a pigeon the whole time or turns back and forth from pigeon to man’s body.
Tyler Perry usually shoots his movies in ten days. His studio is in Atlanta, Georgia and hires locals to work in his movies. His latest movie coming out of his studio pipeline is The Madea Family Funeral.
It appears he places several characters including his signature character Madea. A happy and celebrating family reunion turns into a hilarious crazy situation that is literally a nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia. They unexpectedly plan a funeral, which threatens to reveal sordid family secrets.
The third poster is so much better and show the craziness of Perry’s movie.
I am including two red carpet interviews from the NYC premiere. Each interview offers insight into the movie and includes a huge spoiler.
KJ Smith
Tyler Perry
The Blu-ray/DVD and streaming of the movie is now available. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, now is the time. The Blu-ray and DVD offer special features such as bloopers and behind the scenes.
Written and directed by Tyler Perry, Nobody’s Fool appears to deliver a message only Perry can pull off without being too preachy. The movie follows two sisters, played by Tiffany Haddish and Tika Sumpter. One sister is released from jail and reunites with her sister as they become roommates.
She soon discovers that her sister is in an online relationship with a man who may not be what he seems. As the story unfolds, we find out how the two sisters resolve their differences while finding out more about the guy online.
Whoopi Goldberg also stars as their mother with Courtney Henggeler, Missi Pyle, and Omari Hardwick, also starring.
The movie shows the situation and some laughs regarding the case between the two sisters.
