Truth. The Perfect Mother's Day Gift
GUESS THE QUOTE
"Ah, home crap home."
How we like to imagine the scene at Disney on Monday after Avengers: Infinity War had the biggest opening weekend of all time (not adjusted for inflation of course).
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OVERBOARD
AKA
"what you always always go at the company party, but not this year, not. this. year."
PG-13 / 1 hr 50 mins
Comedy / Pantelion Films
WHAT'S THE DEAL
You're a movie exec. You want a hit. You figure let's remake an old hit. You get the rights to beloved 80's comedy Overboard. But wait, you realize the kinda messed up and slightly misogynistic premise won't work in modern day America.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
You cast funny attractive blond Anna Faris (just like Goldie Hawn), but make HER the working class single parent who abducts a rich stuck-up playboy man. BAM! But wait, America's demographics have changed, you need diversity.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
You cast the huge Mexican star Eugenio Derbez who's had two under the radar hits in the US and is poised for his crossover moment. BAM! But wait, that's not enough, you need this movie to be funny.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
.......TBD........
REVIEWS
None yet, and as we know, that's not a great sign.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: TBD
(0 reviews @ publish)
OUR TAKE
We love Samantha James, um, we mean Anna Faris, but we're dubious this is anything but a watch and forget.
Open to being wrong though.
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TULLY
AKA
"the movie that whenever it's mentioned dad's around the country remark 'That movie was great! Tom Hanks. Seems like a real genuine down to earth fellow. Love that guy.' "
R / 1 hr 34 mins
Dark Comedy / Focus Features
WHAT'S THE DEAL
What's funnier than a pregnant teenager?
A modern mom of three drowning in the constant needs of her energy sucking offspring and not so helpful husband.
At least so say Jason Reitman (director) and Diablo Cody (writer), who made Juno, and now Tully, together. Charlize Theron plays the beleaguered matriarch who finally gets some help in the form of a night nanny - but she ain't no normal nanny.
Reitman has made some really good movies (Up in the Air - Juno - Young Adult), but also some bad ones (Men, Women and Children - Labor Day)
This, luckily, looks to be one of the former.
REVIEWS
Reitman finally gets some good ones, and seems Cody's script is a big part of that.
Theron's performance might be that Oscar kinda thing.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
(51 Reviews @ publish)
OUR TAKE
Into it. Looks to bring up some issues around mother/womanhood that are generally not addressed in culture, and certainly not movies. And it'll make us laugh? Winning.
ALREADY IN THEATERS + BOX OFFICE
(Weekend / Domestic Total - $ = Millions)
1) Avengers: Infinity War ($257.7) NEW
Avengers assemble! ...a vault, cuz we rich
84% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
2) A Quiet Place ($11 / $149)
Noises bring scary monsters
95% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
3) I Feel Pretty ($8.2 / $30)
Amy Schumer feels pretty & lots changes
34% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
4) Rampage ($7.2 / $78)
80's video game + The Rock
51% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
5) Black Panther ($4.7 / $688)
A super, hero, movie
96% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
6) Super Troopers 2 ($3.7 / $22)
The syrup boys are back
35% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
7) Truth or Die ($3.2 / $35)
U play, u die, u don't play, u die
15% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
8) Blockers ($3 / $53)
Parents try & stop daughters' sex lives
83% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
9) Ready Player One ($2.6 / $131)
Spielberg directs VR world nostalgiafest
74% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
10) Traffik ($1.7 /$7)
Paula Patton, Omap Epps home invasion
22% RT - Trailer - Showtimes
LIFE OF THE PARTY
Melissa McCarthy gets divorced and decides to enroll in college... with her daughter.
BREAKING IN
Don't F with a mom and her children. Cuz she'll F you up. You hear that F'rs!
INDIE SPOTLIGHT
BEAST
A sheltered young woman starts a relationship with a guy who may have killed other young women - it brings consequences.
LEAVE NO TRACE
June 29, 2018
From writer director of Winter's Bone (Jennifer Lawrence's Oscar winning movie). Father and daughter living off the grid due to, what looks like, the father's PTSD.
Really good early reviews.
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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
July 6 , 2018
Second trailer. The little big guy gets a partner.
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DON'T WORRY HE WON'T
GET FAR ON FOOT
July 13, 2018
Second trailer. Gus Van Sant (Milk, Good Will Hunting) directs Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and Jonah Hill in story of an alcoholic (Phoenix) who becomes paralyzed in a car accident and becomes despondent, but comes "back" through love, cartoons and dark humor.
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KIN
August 31, 2018
Think B movie with A movie level production. Two brothers get caught up in sci-fi crime escapades. James Franco features as a creepy bad guy, because of course he does.
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A SIMPLE FAVOR
September 14, 2018
Anna Kendrick is friends with Blake Lively who is Emily, and apparently quite mysterious, but also... missing. Directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat, new Ghostbusters).
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MONSTERS AND MEN
October 5, 2018
Takes on police shootings (specifically of black men) and how it affects those around the situation - cops, bystanders who record and more.