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BEAUTY & THE BEAST (2017): The Thing I Liked…

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Beauty & The Beast (2017), Emma Watson
Beauty & The Beast (2017), Emma Watson

The last time Disney had a live-action movie made of one of their fairy tales, I was beyond thrilled. Thrilled with the trailer, thrilled with the cast list and absolutely delighted with the end result. The movie I’m talking about is, of course, Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella (2015), which was always going to be a hard act to follow.

Bill Condon’s Beauty & The Beast is a film I was also looking forward to. However, it doesn’t quite have the likes of acting queen Cate Blanchett on the cast list. As such, you can imagine that my enthusiasm just wasn’t the same.

Additionally, the acting and singing weren’t bad, but as a non-fan of musicals, all the singing probably didn’t help me appreciate the film more. 

I did enjoy the romance towards the end, and I think the film was alright, overall. Nevertheless, my preference remains Cinderella. Big fans of Beauty & The Beast and musicals will probably enjoy this remake of the fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love. Perhaps they’ll like it as much as I do, Cinderella. I hope they do.

Aladdin 2019 is coming next, which I’ll eventually watch, maybe, even though it is a musical.

Happy Film Loving,

G

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Fantasy, Musical, Romance

BEAUTY & THE BEAST (2017): New Trailer Starring Dan Stevens,Emma Watson, Luke Evans…

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Beauty & The Beast (2017), Emma Watson
Beauty & The Beast (2017), Emma Watson

Starring Dan Stevens as Prince Adam/Beast, Emma Watson as Belle and Luke Evans as Gaston, the new Beauty & The Beast trailer is finally here.

I’ll be watching this simply because I love the animated version. Interestingly though, I don’t currently sense the magical feel the live action version of Cinderella (2015) gave me after I watched that specific trailer.

May the magic be there with the finished product of this new adaptation, because it does look good.

Beauty & The Beast Release Dates: March 17th, 2016 (US & UK); March 29th (FR)…

Happy Film Loving, 

G

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Drama

T2 – TRAINSPOTTING 2: New Trailer From Danny Boyle, Starring Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle…

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T2 – Trainspotting 2 (2017), Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner
T2 – Trainspotting 2 (2017), Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner

The full trailer for T2 – Trainspotting 2, the sequel to the 1999 cult classic Trainspotting is here; with Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewan Bremner and more reprising their original roles.

Funny, fast, scary, but not in the horror movie sense (thank goodness), and dramatic are words that fit.

I also just love that ‘man on chair off the roof’ moment at 1:03. I’d love to know how that was shot. I imagine with plenty of very soft padding at the end of quite a short drop. Come on January!

T2 – Trainspotting Release Dates: January 27th, 2017 (UK); February 10th, 2017 (US)…

Happy Film Loving, 

G

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Drama

T2 – TRAINSPOTTING 2 (2017): New Trailer From Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlisle…

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T2 - Trainspotting 2 (2017), Ewen Bremner, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle
T2 – Trainspotting 2 (2017), Ewen Bremner, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle

The teaser trailer for the sequel to Trainspotting (1996) is here. Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor,  Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner, this new teaser, I can promise, is not as pointless as the previous one. For there is something to get the imagination going.

In all honesty, I can barely remember what happens in the first film. Something to do with having actually never seen it, perhaps. Or I may have forgotten watching it because 1996 was decades ago.

I’m looking forward to finding out about all the hype before the second instalment gets here. Something tells me that, regardless of the title, the movie probably has very little to do with actual train spotting. I could be wrong, of course, since I’m not even sure that I’ve seen the first film.

T2 – Trainspotting Release Dates: January 27th, 2017 (UK); February 10th, 2017 (US)…

Happy Film Loving.

G

Drama

AMERICAN PASTORAL (2016): New Trailer From Ewan McGregor, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly…

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American Pastoral (2016), Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly
American Pastoral (2016), Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly

Based on the novel by Philip Roth; Ewan McGregor’s new movie, American Pastoral is set in postwar America and centres around a man whose previously perfect seeming life is abruptly changed when his daughter’s new political affiliations come to light.

Also starring Jennifer Connelly, Uzo Aduba and Dakota Fanning, I know I’m excited  because I’m already imagining some of the possible dramatic exchanges likely to take place.

This is also Ewan McGregor’s directorial debut, therefore, it’s reason enough for this movie fan to tune in. Especially since, even though I’m not loving this particular remix of Tears For Fears’ popular song ‘Mad World,’ the trailer isn’t bad.

American Pastoral Release Dates: October 21st, 2016 (US); November 4th, 2016 (UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

G