Directed by Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe, a tech uprising is what’s happening in Olivia Colman, Eric André, Maya Rudolph and Danny McBride’s latest animated comedy, Connected.
Centred around soon-to-be college student Katie Mitchell, Katie’s family decides to make a road trip out of driving her to university. Only, those plans get interrupted by the aforementioned tech uprising. And soon, it’s up to the Mitchells to save the world.
There seems to be a lot going on in this trailer but I do like the animation style which reminds me of some story book illustrations young me used to enjoy.
I’m also interested in seeing how Katie’s father deals with his daughter no longer needing him as much as she used to. Fingers crossed, the end result will be a pleasant surprise.
Dundee – The Son of a Legend Returns Home (2018), Danny McBride
Directed by Steve Rogers, Dundee – The Son of a Legend Returns Home is a follow up to to the 1980s Crocodile Dundee movies. In this story Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) is missing in the Outback and the only person who might be able to find him is the loudmouthed American son (Danny McBride) that no-one knew he had.
Sequels are tough, especially when they’re for a movie that one’s younger self enjoyed watching quite a bit.
Chances are, this one may not be great, but I’ll give it a chance because I’ve often enjoyed the characters played by Mr. McBride. Particularly in Pineapple Express (2018) – one of the greatest comedy films of all time.
UPDATE: Lies! Dundee – The Son Of A Legend Returns Home is actually a short film / advertisement by Tourism Australia. I was indeed fooled. It’s not a real movie after all. At least not in the way I expected.
I have to say that this news is probably for the best. Particularly since, after seeing the full trailer, I’d lost hope that it might be a good movie anyway. Its new and official categories on IMDb are ‘short film’ and ‘comedy.’ The new title on IMDb has also been updated to ‘TOURISM AUSTRALIA – DUNDEE – The Son of a Legend Returns Home (2018).
As the new trailer played, I soon realised that something may be up when, near enough every Australian actor I know to be working today appears to be a cast member. Well, that’s everyone except Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Kylie Minogue, Jackie Weaver, Sharlto Copley, etc., etc.
Sausage Party (2016), Seth Rogen – Frank (Voice), Michael Cera – Barry (Voice)
Finding out the truth about one’s existence isn’t just a journey important for humans. Frank the sausage from Shopwell’s supermarket has heard some extremely disturbing news about what happens after he and his fellow food product friends are chosen. Selected and taken out of Shopwell’s and into ‘the great beyond,’ where the mad food horror/comedy/adventure that is Sausage Party, the latest from writing partners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg truly begns.
Starring Rogen, Michael Cera, Kristen Wiig, Nick Kroll, Jonah Hill, and many more, I found Sausage Party entertaining and definitely filthy. It’s the clever and well-written wordplay that makes the experience for me.
The film’s general look and animation style is another personal highlight. I particularly love the walks of Teresa Del Taco and Frank’s girlfriend, Brenda. Yes, we’re talking about animation here, but the sexiness is truly undeniable. Then there’s the villainous Douche who is very well played by Nick Kroll (probably my favourite of his roles, ever).
There’s no writing about Sausage Party without mentioning the, let’s say… ‘good times’ that happen towards the very end. WOW! That’s a great word for it.
Sausage Party (2016), Salma Hayek – Teresa Del Taco (Voice)
After the thought, ‘How on earth are they going to end this?’ crossed my mind a few times as the movie played, I’m not mad at what actually happens at the very end – because how else could they have wrapped it up, really? Especially since food is ultimately for eating, potatoes need peeling and, we can mostly if not all agree that no one should ever take ill treatment.
In terms of the things I was at odds with, Sausage Party features some commentary on religion that feels a little odd and out of place, even though it kind of makes some sense, as we’re dealing with a world where our food both talks and thinks.
Watch this moviefor the smartly written, filthy, fun dialogue and the general madness of it all.
Sausage Party is the brand new comedy from Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen and James Franco. It’s an animation comedy and the key characters are food.
Rogen’s previous movie, The Night Before (2015) proved to be more disappointing than anticipated. As such, my fingers are crossed with this new ‘food horror.’ Nevertheless, the different personalities assigned to all the food items are certainly an intriguing.
Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan; the film stars several Rogen regulars, including Michael Cera, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson. Salma Hayek, Edward Norton and Paul Rudd also lend their voices.
I know that the story of The Angry Birds Movieis generally about Red, ‘the one with the eyebrows’, but I’m obsessed with the cuteness of the baby birds, a.k.a the Hatchlings.
My wish is that these adorable and colourful little cuties feature as prominently as possible in the finished movie.
They may not quite be on the same level of cuteness as the Minions. However, seeing them is certainly very seriously smile-inducing. Especially the purple chocaholic.
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