The new Toy Story 5 trailer is looking as fun and clever as the teaser trailer released a few months earlier suggested.
Now that you’ve seen this new trailer, I’d bet that you’re feeling just as positive about how this story will unfold as I do.
I already love the super timely premise, so bring on Woody, friends, and Lily Pad, who I imagine will end up being part of the friend group by the end.
June 2026 will be here in no time.
Tom Hanks, Conan O’Brien, Ernie Hudson, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Tony Hale and Blake Clark star while Andrew Stanton and McKenna Harris direct.
Klaus is the story of the friendship between a postman and a toymaker named Klaus. An unexpected friendship that eventually results in the delivery of a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
Directed by Sergio Pablos; Klaus stars Joan Cusack, Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons and Jason Schwartzman.
I definitely haven’t watched a Christmas movie in 2019 just yet but I am very much already in the mood for Christmas. In fact, my decorations went up just yesterday. Kidding! But I absolutely would if I’d bought them already.
Tucker Meek, Mila Brener, Sydney Brower, Sky Alexis, Kendall Joy Hall, Finn Carr, Bailey Rae Fenderson, Jaeden Bettencourt, Teddy Blum and Hailey Hermida also star.
Toy Story 4 is about how big the world can be for a toy, especially after a new toy called ‘Forky’ joins Woody and the gang, leading to a road trip with old and new friends.
Directed by Josh Cooley; key cast includes Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, Patricia Arquette, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack.
This is a lovely teaser trailer. One that ends with the comforting sound of Tom Hanks’ voice as Woody.
I only vaguely recall the previous Toy Story films. Clearly time for a re-watch.
Laurie Metcalf, Kristen Schaal, Jodi Benson and Bonnie Hunt also star.
Directed by Mike Nichols, Working Girl stars Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver. It’s a story about Tess McGill (Griffith), a secretary whose boss steals her big idea so she seizes the opportunity to take it back.
As the movie started, right away it was pretty clear to me that Working Girl was going to be ‘lifting’; a movie that left me happy and motivated. I knew this mainly because of the memorable Carly Simon song (‘Let The River Run’) in the opening sequence, and the close shots of Lady Liberty.
Set in 1980s New York, there’s of course no escaping the big hair and shoulder pads. There’s also no getting away from the kind of sexism and office politics women were subjected to in the workplace at the time. It’s McGill’s navigation of these challenges as best she can that confirms why this film, though not perfect, remains a favourite, whilst having good re-watch value, particularly among the ladies.
Nearly thirty years have passed since Working Girl was released and I’m glad to have finally seen it. It’s the sisterhood, especially towards the very end that happens to be my favourite thing and moment in this film. I also liked the movie’s depiction of what I recognised as ‘the power couple’.
One thought that came to mind a few times as I watched is whether Melanie Griffith is really as softly spoken as her character. McGill is no ‘low talker,’ like in ‘The Puffy Shirt’ Seinfeld episode – but still, I wonder.
The trailer for Snatched, an action/comedy about a mother/daughter adventure in SouthAmerica, had me a little hopeful.
Starring Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn and directed by Jonathan Levine, I have to say that unfortunately, I didn’t I like the finished film as much as I’d hoped.
There are a few welcome and unexpected twists in the story and a funny piece of dialogue approximately every twenty-five minutes that I enjoyed. Yet, overall, Snatched is slow in pace and largely unbelievable. It’s also not adequately fun, funny overall, or executed well enough for me to forgive how unbelievable it is.
You may watch Snatched and find it less disappointing than I have, perhaps. However, should you want an action/comedy that isn’t necessarily completely believable yet executed in a way that makes the lack of believability a non-issue, try The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017).
