Category Archives: comedy

“Stan & Ollie” Trailer, Movie Clips, Featurettes & Poster

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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.

“The Secret Life of Pets 2” Trailers, Soundbites & Poster

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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.

“Spies in Disguise” Trailers and Posters

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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’s “A Madea Family Funeral” Trailer & Interviews

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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.

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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.

“Nobody’s Fool” Trailer Criminal Sister with Online Relationship

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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.

“The Upside” Trailer, Movie Clips, & Poster

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Directed by Neil Burger,  The Upside is a  “heartfelt comedy” about a convict, played by Kevin Hart, is recently paroled. He begins a friendship with a paralyzed billionaire, played by Bryan Cranston. Clearly, the friendship is unusual and unlikely.

Still, the relationship builds and the two men form a union and help each other. The film also stars Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King, and Julianna Margulies.

Burger credits include The Illusionist, Divergent, and Limitless.

Inspired by a true story, The Upside is written by Jon Hartmere, based on the hit 2011 French film The Intouchables. All I can imagine is Hart is a not so serious man playing a  serious role.

With his recent roles in Night School and The Secret Life of Pets 2, Hart is taking a chance at drama. That is a good thing because he is talented. We just need to see him stretch a bit with Cranston and Kidman.

Here are three movies clips that show the banter between Hart’s character and Cranston’s character. The whole time I am watching these trailers and movie clips I am thinking how tough it must have been for this man to live like this. It is based on a true story. It’s tough to watch. In the “Identity Theft” movie clip, Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, is mentioned in their banter. You click on her name to find out why she is so special and talented as a singer.

“Vice” Trailer, Movie Clips, Featurettes

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It is absolutely uncanny how Christain Bale looks so much like Dick Cheney in Vice.  Bale takes a role and literally becomes the character. This will garnish him another Oscar nomination.

Amy Adams stars as Cheney’s wife with Sam Rockwell as President Bush and Steve Carell as Donald Rumsfeld.

Directed by Adam McKay who is known for writing and directing comedies with Will Ferrell, who also is one of the producers of Vice, takes on this more serious parody movie about a businessman who grew more powerful as the Vice President to George W. Bush.

There are two movie clips. One shows Cheney as a young drunk and the other as a cunning politician.  Each clip captured my attention and the acting is incredible.  I only posted the cunning Cheney because the young drunk clip is not embedding to the site, right now, but  you can click on the young drunk movie clip at the end of movie clip. 

Here are two powerful featurettes describing Lynne Cheney and the influence of Dick Cheney’s realm. With that, it is unbelievable how much Christian Bale looks like the real Cheney.

I saw Vice this week and my first impression is joking and degrading of an ignorant, evil man, who is responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of people. Not to mention, he changed laws that now influence news and social media. Cheney was sneaky and worked his way into power to destroy so many lives. Sure, the movie twists with liberal influence, but those liberals in office at the time are just as responsible for the evil doing.

Christian Bale is fantastic as Cheney. Hats off to the makeup and costume designers. Amy Adams is good, but I will be surprised if she wins the Oscar. I enjoyed the cameos by Naomi Watts and Alfred Molina. Adam McKay wrote a clever screenplay, and he might when an Oscar.

The movie is hitting the streets with Blu-ray and DVD combo packs as well as streaming. The movie is filled with shocking information about our government. It’s wild and crazy to think this actually happened. Cheney is truly evil.

The special features available are worth getting the Blu-ray or DVD including Deleted Scenes, Making of the Movie, and Gallery.

“Holmes & Watson” Trailer, Poster and Interviews

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Written and directed by Etan Cohen, starring two funny guys – Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are reunited – this time playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective and his assistant biographer in what looks like a ridiculous version of Holmes & Watson.

Cohen’s credits include being a writer and producer of movie sequels like Men in Black 3 and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

 

The interviews with all four stars are silly and explain a bit about the movie.  

“Anna and the Apocalypse” Trailer, Featurettes, & Posters

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Directed by John McPhail,  Anna and the Apocalypse is a silly, comedy, horror, musical movie. The story focuses on Anna, played by Ella Hunt.  A zombie apocalypse hits the sleepy town of Little Haven on Christmas. Anna and her high school friends have to fight, sing and dance to survive the apocalypse. They are surrounded by a large mass of undead people around them.

The music featurette explains how the horror movie is really a musical.  It looks like a lot of fun.

The “Zombie” featurette is quick paced and educational while entertaining.  We get to see how they make up people worked to create the zombie motif.

Another poster came from the studios for the NY Comi Con. So many posters. I am losing track of which poster is which.  They all look great, and the NYCC Poster is my favorite, right now.

I am inserting the various posters the studio keeps releasing. This one with the candy cane raised over Anna’s head is pretty cool. I like it because it communicates the excitement of a horror Christmas musical, which I find interesting.

Teaming up with her best friend John, played by Malcolm Cumming, Anna has to battle her way through zombified snowmen, Santas, elves and Christmas shoppers to get across town to the high school.

At the high school, they will be safe. But they soon find out that being a teenager is just as difficult as staying alive, even at the end of the world.

McPhail is from Scotland and is best known as a cinematographer, and Anna and the Apocalypse is his first feature film. The screenplay was co-written by Alan McDonald and the late Ryan McHenry.

The movie trailer shows how crazy and silly the movie as Anna and her friends break out into a song among the dangers of the zombies.

“Slice” Red Band Trailer

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Written and directed by Austin Vesely, Slice is a comedy horror movie. When a pizza delivery driver is murdered on the job, the city searches for someone to blame.

The usual suspects are ghosts, drug dealers, and a disgraced werewolf.

After watching the trailer, the movie either is so silly and crazy that it will become a sleeper hit or it will become horror fans’ greatest secret.

Vesely’s include video shorts and a movie made for television. Slice is his feature debut.

Joe Keery from Stranger Things plays a photojournalist, and the other cast members include Zazie Beetz, Katherine Cunningham, and Hannibal Buress.