Sentences with phrase «talking animal movie»

If you feel I'm overthinking and analyzing what is only meant to be a cute talking animal movie for children, welcome to film criticism and please hang up your kid gloves.

Why am I writing, and why are you reading, a review of a talking animal movie?

That's kind of an underperformer showing that kids won't go for just anything even if talking animal movies likely aren't going away anytime soon.

They discuss the ratings system and whether PG - 13 movies should warn about Santa Claus spoilers before throwing down a Fat Guy Five about good talking animal movies and handing down some DVD and Blu - ray picks.

Not exact matches

Talking animals have become all the rage in kids» movies over the last couple of years, and I lay the blame squarely at the feet (paws?)

Kung Fu Panda 2 brings back nearly the entire cast of characters from the first movie but, instead of recycling the original storyline, screenwriters Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Burger and first - time director Jennifer Yuh use this opportunity to expand the main character's back story and explore some dark corners and crevices of the world in which these talking animals exist.

If you have read my reviews for any length of time you will know that one of my many film bias is an extreme dislike of talking animals in my movies.

Related Reviews: New to DVD: Santa Buddies • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian • Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie Recent Disney Films: Up • Bedtime Stories • Race to Witch Mountain • Hannah Montana: The Movie • Space Buddies Talking Animals: Alvin and the Chipmunks (Special Edition) • Bolt • Beverly Hills Chihuahua • Valiant • Underdog Spies & Action: Spymate • Get Smart • The Incredibles • Inspector Gadget • Transformers Written by the Wibberleys: The Shaggy Dog (2006) National Treasure (Collector's Edition) • National Treasure: Book of Secrets The Cast of G - Force: Bill Nighy: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Will Arnett: Ratatouille • Blades of Glory Sam Rockwell: Galaxy Quest (Deluxe Edition) Tracy Morgan: 30 Rock: Season 3 Jon Favreau: Four Christmases Nicolas Cage: Knowing • Ghost Rider Steve Buscemi: Igor • Monsters, Inc. • Home on the Range Jerry Bruckheimer Films: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest • Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Confessions of a Shopaholic • Remember the Titans (Director's Cut) • Glory Road • Deja Vu Unrated Extended Editions: Enemy of the State • King Arthur • Con Air • Crimson Tide

I'm down for a good live - action, talking - animal movie, and it doesn't even need to be something Oscar - worthy like «Babe.»

It's already the talk of film festivals season with stunning reviews and so we're very intrigued to see Tom Ford «s new movie Nocturnal Animals starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Movies with a talking animal protagonist can go south really fast, but King injected the film with a hefty dose of heart and some genuine humor that didn't rely on cheap gags or potty jokes.

At a conference at the film's Los Angeles press junket, co-stars Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (who plays Agent Russell) and Joe Manganiello (who plays Burke, the leader of a team of mercenaries sent to stop one of the animals) talked about breaking the video game to movie curse, the ambition of filmmaker Brad Peyton, the relationship between Davis and George, the gorilla, being big animal lovers themselves, and the influence of Jurassic Park.

And here's a guy who's just played a military man in his next movie, and has come off an award season playing a sociopath in Nocturnal Animals, and has also played a superhero, and he spends most of his time talking about gardening, and cooking for his children, and doing the grocery shopping, and when discussing his marriage, here's how he describes what he gets out of it:

The deleted / extended bits are as follows: Andy Samberg (4:12) on Bob Dylan, Aziz Ansari (1:42) on acting and Twitter, alternate Reggie banter (0:39), Medi - Ship complications (1:06), Fabrice Fabrice (4:21) performing a poem on a lost city, Anna Kendrick (1:47) recalling her Tony nomination as a 12 - year - old and eating a cat's liver, Rodney Waber (5:34) dishes more Harrison Ford gossip, dances, and reveals a senior citizen ticket price trick, David Cross (2:49) talks talking animals and white toilets, Senator Dewhurst (3:14) confesses strange sex dreams about his aunt and his plan to drive drunk, Zoe Saldana (2:03) answers questions about movies and acts out a Jerry Maguire reboot, «Garry Marshall» (1:19) explains why he's done with movies, Gillian Jacobs (1:38) discusses the ghost of Christopher Marlowe and the conflict in Nebraska, Chef Emeril Lugosi (0:34) endures a pun about sun - dried tomatoes, Andy Richter (4:59) delivers a kid - friendly version of «The Aristocrats» joke, pulls a gun after not answering a fart question (a task handled by Andy Samberg on the show itself), and responds to the 1990s TV movie The Shining, Tom Perdy (0:44) shows off a couple of additional cartoons.

So, hear me out: In this year of superhero saturation, sequels that didn't need to be made (and no one wanted to see) and talking animated animals, «Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates» is one of the best times I've had at the movies.

Director Raja Gosnell is no stranger to this much - maligned genre, with two live - action «Scooby Doo» films under his belt, as well as «Beverly Hills Chihuahua» (cutely referenced when a white chihuahua laments that «nobody makes talking - animal movies anymore»).

It's unrealistic to expect studios to stop making sequels, or comic - book movies, or talking - animal cartoons, or any of the bugaboos that get scapegoated as signs of creative bankruptcy.

There are some people who seem to think it's ridiculous to think about the universe of Pixar's animated franchise Cars beyond its surface - level existence of a world where automobiles can talk just like animals have in countless Disney movies before.

And this is a reasonably safe family film, 2 provided you have a talk with the kiddies and explain to them that, despite all the things they see on movies, their mommy or daddy is not going to suddenly disappear forever and be replaced by talking animals.

It might even play better today to adults than to children, especially if the latter have been weaned on the irreverence and sarcasm of today's talking animal comedies like Beverly Hills Chihuahua and the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies.

We saw a trailer for Wes Anderson's Isle Of Dogs way back in September, but for anyone looking to get to know these stop - motion animals a little bit better, Entertainment Weekly has shared a clip of the movie's stars talking about their characters as their characters.

At times, Knight gives his own speeches, using this film to talk about other monstrosity tales, human's feelings towards animals, and Cocteau's motivations for making the movie.

She will happily talk your ear off about Doctor Who, horror movies, and video games... then she'll start showing you videos of adorable animals.