Illumination’s tenth feature, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2, is the highly anticipated sequel to the 2016 comedic blockbuster that had the biggest opening weekend ever for an original film, animated or otherwise.
The film opens in theaters on June 7.
Packed with Illumination’s signature irreverence and subversive humor, this new chapter explores the emotional lives of our pets, the deep bond between them and the families that love them, and answers the question that has long intrigued every pet owner: What are your pets really doing when you’re not at home?
Terrier Max (Patton Oswalt) is coping with some major life changes. His owner (Ellie Kemper) is now married and has a toddler, Liam. Max is so worried about protecting the boy that he develops a nervous tic. On a family trip to a farm, Max and mutt Duke (Eric Stonestreet) encounter canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a terrifying turkey, all of which only elevates Max’s anxiety. Luckily, Max gets some guidance from veteran farm dog Rooster (Harrison Ford, making his animated-film debut), who pushes Max to ditch his neuroses, find his inner alpha, and give Liam a little more freedom.
(from left) Liam, Max (Patton Oswalt) and Duke (Eric Stonestreet) in Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2,” directed by Chris Renaud.
Meanwhile, while her owner is away, plucky Pomeranian Gidget (Jenny Slate) tries to rescue Max’s favorite toy from a cat-packed apartment with a little help from her feline friend, Chloe (Lake Bell), who has discovered the joys of catnip.
And crazy-but-cute bunny Snowball (Kevin Hart) gets delusions of grandeur that he’s an actual superhero after his owner Molly starts dressing him in superhero pajamas. But when Daisy (Tiffany Haddish), a fearless Shih Tzu, shows up to ask for Snowball’s help on a dangerous mission, he’ll have to summon the courage to become the hero he’s only been pretending to be.
Can Max, Snowball, Gidget and the rest of the gang find the inner courage to face their biggest fears?
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 is produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy, the visionary team behind Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch and the Despicable Me and Minions franchise, and is written by returning Pets screenwriter Brian Lynch. The film is directed by returning filmmaker Chris Renaud, who also directed Illumination’s Despicable Me series and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. www.thesecretlifeofpets.com
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(from left) Rooster (Harrison Ford) and a turkey in Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2,” directed by Chris Renaud.(from left) Max (Patton Oswalt), Duke (Eric Stonestreet) and Liam in Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2,” directed by Chris Renaud.(from left) Snowball (Kevin Hart), Daisy (Tiffany Haddish) and Pops (Dana Carvey) in Illumination’s The Secret Life of Pets 2, directed by Chris Renaud.
Okay, Summer’s pretty much done, one for the books (and if we’re talking the”balance book” or financial ledger, it’s one Hollywood would like to forget). Things were so dire, that the major studios pretty much gave up on the last half of August. But look out “indies”, they’re back with a one-two punch. On one hand (and in most of the theatres) is Stephen King’s killer clown, and for a little alternative marketing there’s this family themed “rom-com”. It’s set in the upper classes of LA with homes outfitted and decorated with impeccable taste. Sounds like the work of writer/director Nancy Myers, you say? Well actually this is the feature film making debut of her daughter. So does the apple fall far from the tree (or the expensive ceramic coffee table fruit bowl)? Let’s find out when we go HOME AGAIN.
The opening title/montage gives us a look at the story of Alice Kinney (Reese Witherspoon), well the story of her famous parents really. Her late Pop was a celebrated film maker back in the wild 70’s who married his muse, leading lady Lillian (Candice Bergen). Thanks to his restless libido they split shortly after the birth of daughter Alice. Now she’s returned to his swanky LA home to set down roots along with her two daughters, second-grader Rosie (Eden Grace Redfield) and anxious pre-teen Isabel (Lola Flanery). It’s their first day of school along with Alice’s 40th birthday. This stresses her out, in part because she’s separated from her hubby, the girls’ dad Austen (Michael Sheen), an East Coast music mogul who insists he’ll be out west soon. Oh, and she’s starting a home decorating (or is it now “lifestyle consultant’) business. Across town a trio of transplanted twenty-something movie hopefuls are being booted out of their cheap motel digs (overdue rent you know). But this will not deter the three from success. They’ve made an award-winning short and are now looking to expand it into a feature film. Producer/director Harry (Pico Alexander), writer George (Jon Rudnitsky) and leading man Teddy (Nat Wolff) have a scored a meeting that day with one of the big talent management firms. The agents have some exciting prospects for the guys, so that evening they head out to celebrate. Oh, and they’re at the same bar/eatery where Alice is also celebrating her B-day with her gal pals. She and Harry generate sparks almost immediately, despite the age difference. Drinks flow, and…they all eventually head back to her place. While Teddy and George crash on the couches, things get steamy in the master bedroom between Alice and Harry. The next morning she’s surprised when Grandma Lillian drops by with the girls to pick up backpacks on the way to school. After clumsy introductions, the guys tell her of their lack of domicile. Lillian reminds Alice of the empty guest house and suggest the guys crash there until they save enough for a new pad. Sounds great to everybody but Alice. How will this affect the girls? What will become of her budding romance with Harry? And what will happen when Austen finally shows up?
Witherspoon brings endless energy to this, her “rom-com” return, and proves to be a true team player, even when the material is inconsistent. She conveys the worry and conflicting emotions that stem from plunging back into the single world. Alice seems to be concerned that this new love will swallow her up. This makes some of the “plot beats” ring false. Throwing a “mini-tantrum” when he new beau is kept at a business meeting and misses a dinner party? That’s almost teen behavior. Perhaps it seemed a way of “jump-starting” her scenes with Alexander. After the initial flirtations, there’s not a whole lot of chemistry between the two. Unfortunately Harry’s laid-back “smoothness” becomes too aggressive and smarmy, acting as if he’s trying way too hard to seduce Alice. As for his buddies, other than “being on the make’ for all the ladies, any lady in sight, Wolff as little to do, other than getting acting compliments (we never really get to see his talents, but people insist he’s got “it’). Rudnitsky fairs a tad better as the writer with integrity to spare (the movie’s gotta’ be in black and white because, you know, for “art’s” sake), but he’s reduced to being a manic mentor for the very needy Isabel (she even calls him her “support animal”). Thank the “movie gods” for two veterans who bring a bit of comic life into this. Bergen is forward and feisty with almost no filter, who can still cut other characters down to size with a glare or a raised eyebrow. And cheers to Sheen as the flick’s hissable villain, going from passive-aggressive to pompous ass at the drop of a travel bag. Sure he’s played this role before, but he ‘s so darned compelling you forget. He fares much better than Lake Bell, totally wasted in the thankless role as Alice’s “boss from Hell”. This multi-talented actress delivers the goods as the blithely selfish diva, but she deserves a much better role, as does her co-star in the recent I DO…UNTIL I DON’T Dolly Wells as the cliché’ BFF who’s cheering Alice on from the sidelines.
As mentioned earlier this is the feature debut of writer/director Hallie Myers-Shyer, who seems to be almost making a parody, rather than an homage, of the previous work of mother Nancy (who’s a producer here). More thought seems to have gone into the home accessories than into the characters. As I said, Alice is ‘all over the place”. After the ‘dinner party incident” she goes on a blind date (getting back at Harry), and proceeds to get “blotto” in front of her more age appropriate, dullard date. This enables Witherspoon to do her best “Dudley Moore as Arthur” woozy word slur as she confronts her ex-client in a sequence that’s more “cringe-worth” than comic. As the story lurches towards its conclusion (it’s a long 90 or so minutes), they resort to the time-honored frantic rush to a big school event, which results in much hugging and mutual understanding, feeling like a rancid 70’s “dramedy”. Yes, it’s a ‘safe’ flick’s that the older relatives can handle (it’s almost a middle-aged Goldilocks and the three twenty-something doe-eyed non-threatening bears…one’s even named Teddy). A tad racy, but nothing that will shock or offend. An ultimately nothing compelling or original. Perhaps the old adage is right, you can’t go HOME AGAIN. Or in this case, there’s no interesting need to return .
June (the big wedding month) is soooo three months ago, and February (home of THAT holiday) is nearly half a year away, but the new indie comedy for the first of September looks at romance and marriage. Now, this isn’t a sweet “rom-com” all about the bloom of “new love” and the rocky, but ultimately smooth road to the altar. No, this basically concerns three couples who have made that committment (one hasn’t got the certificate, but they’ve got a child), but they’ve hit a bump (actually one is moments from careening off the highway). You could say that the last tier of the wedding cake is in the fridge, the foil is frayed, and freezer burn is imminent. Though somehow there are still lots of laugh at this look at relationships whose title harkens back to the big event, I DO…UNTIL I DON”T.
The story’s setting is romantic, the sleepy little Florida town of Vero Beach. But a visitor to this burg is about to shake them all awake. At a library conference room, Vivian (Dolly Wells), an acclaimed British documentarian, announces to a gathered group of locals, that the town will be the setting of her new work about modern marriage. Her intent is to show that the institution is outmoded, and marriage vows should be “up for renewal” at seven-year intervals. Vivian and her crew will interview residents with a financial compensation involved. This interests one of her fans, the shy, reserved Alice (Lake Bell). Her marriage to hubby Noah (Ed Helms) has been reduced to procreation interludes prompted by a fertility “app”. Plus their window treatment shop is circling the drain, so they could use of participant cash. Alice envies the wild spirit of her sister Fanny (Amber Heard), who lives a nomadic life with long-time partner Zander (Wyatt Cenac) and their little boy Zenith. The trio is in town for a “craft festival’ and stop by. Alice is stunned when Fanny mentions that they have already been approached by Vivian to be in the doc (she wants to show their modern “open relationship”). While at a local diner, the film maker encounters a bickering middle-aged couple, Cybil (Mary Steenburgen) and Harvey (Paul Reiser). She’s estranged from her adult daughter by her first marriage and is frustrated by what she thinks is Harvey’s midlife crisis (always on his new motorcycle and dressed accordingly in leather jacket, helmet, etc.). When Harv heads to the mens room, Vivian makes her an offer to be filmed, and Cybil negotiates a deal. But when Vivian doesn’t get the results she wants (Alice and Noah are too dull, Fanny and Zander aren’t actually that “open”), what will she do to get her theory on film? And what happens when the three couples get wind of her methods?
A talented group of comic actors has been gathered by Ms. Bell, though I would argue that her role is not the one most integral to the story. That would be Ms. Wells as the aggressive, abrasive Vivian, who is the closest to being the real villain in this tale. She’s so egocentric, so preening, that’s its hard to see how anyone this irritating would be given funding for her “preconceived” projects. Vivian recalls the feature directing debut of Albert Brooks in 1979’s REAL LIFE in which his Brooks character forces himself into his subjects’ lives, trying to “jump-start” some drama that’ll make the film more compelling and commercial. Despite her energetic work, Wells can’t quite make Vivian as endearingly silly as Brooks and only succeeds in making her a pretentious pill. Then there’s Bell as the twittery, repressed Alice, a role that’s frustratingly inconsistent. She works best as the supportive, frazzled spouse, but her “throwing Noah under the bus” during the doc scenes and a later foray into the “adult services industry” (didn’t Streisand do that over 40 years ago in FOR PETE’S SAKE) arrive right out of left field. As talented as she is (and she’s been the only bright spot in some many flicks) Bell can’t make her more than a cliché. Helms, as her spouse Noah, does a spirited twist on his “aggressive nerd” form THE HANGOVER trilogy and TV’s “The Office” while showing us the fragile side of the guy’s psyche. Heard is a glorious, glamorous “flower child” as Fanny as she makes the Bohemian fashions and attitude feel fresh and new. Cenac brings a laid-back snark to Zander, a “chill dude’ who’s more “of this world” than he lets on around his “lady”. The most fascinating pair may be Reiser and Steenburgen. She’s been doing great work recently on TV’s “The Last Man on Earth”, and her Cybil is another cynical, dour woman who will not tolerate any nonsense. She looks at her hubby with dead eyes, thinking he’s a clown, but really more dismayed by he own choices. The story’s hero may be Reiser’s Harvey, who stand up to Vivian and will not let Cybil give up on them. While many of his roles have been as a twitchy neurotic, Reiser this time out conveys an inner strength that propels Harvey to fight for their love.
This is the second feature film from the multi-talented Lake Bell, after her auspicious debut four years ago with IN A WORLD. That film was fresh and fascinating, an insider’s view of the unseen world of the voice artist, a family dynamic laced with loads of “tinsel town” feuds and fights. I wish I could say the same for the follow-up, with several plots that barely connect (the Harvey/Alice thread is the most frayed). Everyone seems to bounce off of Vivian until the nearly incoherent finale where the couple almost band together for a “Marriage is Marvy!” music number, complete with, believe it or not, somebody going into labor (really, again?). It just feels too close to some of the cloying big cast holiday comedies from the late Gary Marshall. Let’s hope that Bell gets much better material for her much-anticipated third feature (maybe a return to the sound booth, please), rather than this uneven farce that’s a poor mix of elements from other films (the earlier mentioned REAL LIFE, PARENTHOOD, and many others). I DO…UNTIL I DON’T just doesn’t cut …the ole’ movie wedding cake.
2 Out of 4
I DO…UNTIL I DON’T opens everywhere and screens exclusively in the St. Louis area at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Cinemas
HOME AGAIN stars Reese Witherspoon (“Big Little Lies,” Wild, Walk The Line, Sweet Home Alabama) as Alice Kinney in a modern romantic comedy. Recently separated from her husband, (Michael Sheen), Alice decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters.
During a night out on her 40th birthday, Alice meets three aspiring filmmakers who happen to be in need of a place to live. Alice agrees to let the guys stay in her guest house temporarily, but the arrangement ends up unfolding in unexpected ways. Alice’s unlikely new family and new romance comes to a crashing halt when her ex-husband shows up, suitcase in hand. HOME AGAIN is a story of love, friendship, and the families we create. And one very big life lesson: Starting over is not for beginners.
The cast also includes Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky, Candice Bergen, and Lake Bell.
Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, HOME AGAIN opens in theaters on September 8.
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Actor Michael Sheen has recently starred in PASSENGERS (2016), as well as the upcoming BRAD’S STATUS alongside Ben Stiller and in Gareth Evans’ APOSTLE (2018), starring Dan Stevens.
Name the films in which Sheen portrayed Tony Blair and David Frost.
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The first trailer for HOME AGAIN is here. Looks fun!
HOME AGAIN stars Reese Witherspoon (“Big Little Lies,” Wild, Walk The Line, Sweet Home Alabama) as Alice Kinney in a modern romantic comedy.
Recently separated from her husband, (Michael Sheen), Alice decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters. During a night out on her 40th birthday, Alice meets three aspiring filmmakers who happen to be in need of a place to live. Alice agrees to let the guys stay in her guest house temporarily, but the arrangement ends up unfolding in unexpected ways.
Alice’s unlikely new family and new romance comes to a crashing halt when her ex-husband shows up, suitcase in hand. HOME AGAIN is a story of love, friendship, and the families we create. And one very big life lesson: Starting over is not for beginners.
In theaters September 2017, the cast includes Reese Witherspoon, Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky, Candice Bergen, and Lake Bell.
Directed and written by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, the film is produced by Nancy Meyers and Erika Olde.
Open Road Films will release the romantic comedy HOME AGAIN on September 8, 2017. The film was written by Hallie Meyers-Shyer and is being directed by Meyers-Shyer in her directorial debut. Nancy Meyers is producing alongside Black Bicycle Entertainment’s Erika Olde, who also financed the film. The release date announcement was made today by Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films.
HOME AGAIN is the story of a recently separated mother of two (Reese Witherspoon) whose new life in Los Angeles is overturned when she decides to take in three young, charismatic guys (played by Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff and Jon Rudnitsky) who become part of her unconventional family.
Along with Reese Witherspoon, Pico Alexander (A Most Violent Year), Nat Wolff (Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars) and Jon Rudnitsky (upcoming Relatively Happy), the film stars Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon, Masters Of Sex), Candice Bergen and Lake Bell (No Escape, Childrens Hospital).
IMR International is handling the international sales of HOME AGAIN.
Watch the Big Game TV spot for THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS.
This adorable movie hits theaters this summer on July 8.
For their fifth fully-animated feature-film collaboration, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures present THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day.
Comedy superstars Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart make their animated feature-film debuts in THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, which co-stars Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy produce the film directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2), co-directed by Yarrow Cheney and written by Brian Lynch and Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio.
“Those far away places with the strange-sounding names”, that’s how the old tune goes, I believe. Well, that song’s title as been the theme for many a motion picture, mainly comedies. It’s a great way to exploit the old “fish out of water” fodder for laughs. There’s the foreign on our own turf, with the perplexed visitors in THE TERMINAL and CROCODILE DUNDEE. And, on the flip side we’ve seen the new batch of Grisswolds trying to adapt to unfamiliar parts of their homeland just a few weeks ago in the new VACATION reboot, while the classic clan were the standard “ugly Americans” abroad nearly thirty years ago in EUROPEAN VACATION. And earlier this year a trio of comic misfits led by Vince Vaughn invaded Germany in UNFINISHED BUSINESS. This new film puts a very serious twist on this premise, one that plants the film firmly in thriller territory. This family’s not taking in the sights, like Clark’s crew, they’re re-locating, from Southwest USA to Southeastern Asia (about that “strange-sounding name”-it’s never revealed in this drama, for a reason that becomes very clear as the body count rises), and when their new home become more than a bit hostile, they fear that there’s NO ESCAPE.
As the film begins in that un-mentioned locale “somewhere” in Asia, the fuse is lit on a political powder keg. As the plot starts to boil, the dial is turned back to simmer, actually 17 hours prior, where we meet the Dwyer family in the last leg of their flight to that unstable land. Texan Jack Dwer (Owen Wilson) is a an engineer working for the Cardiff company and is being moved overseas to work on their water distribution facilities in this new market. Jack’s bringing his wife Anne (Lake Bell) and two daughters: (startin’-to-be-rebellious) pre-teen Lucy (Sterling Jerins) and excited grade-schooler ‘Beeze’ (Claire Geare). When her beloved plush pal is lost, they encounter another passenger, British “frequent flyer” Hammond (Pierce Brosnan), a fellow who later tells Jack of his love of this country’s carnal diversions. But is there more to this gregarious guy? They share a cab with Hammond (his favorite driver really loves US culture) to the plush hotel where Jack’s company is housing them (hey, there’s a welcome banner with Jack’s face in the lobby!). But things are more than a touch wonky in their suite. The wi-fi is out along with all the TV channels. The next morning, when he can’t get a newspaper from the hotel lobby, Jack strolls a few blocks over, to the local marketplace. There he stumbles into chaos as the police clash with violent protesters. As Jack races back to the hotel, he sees the police line fail, and watches members of the heavily armed militia detain and execute an Englishman. As the mob gives chase, Jack races back to his family, in hope they can survive the exotic wonderland that has suddenly turned into a deadly hellscape.
Wilson ably breaks free of his iconic mellow slacker persona to be completely believable as a nurturing young father who’s in way over his head. Hey, he’s not a soldier-he invented a valve for goodness sake. Dwyer is certainly not close to another character on the run that Wilson played way back in 2002’s BEHIND ENEMY LINES. He shows us the surprise in his eyes as Jack suddenly taps into unknown courage as his family is in peril. But, there’s also the doubt, the near-panic, when his brain almost shuts down due to the enormity of his situation. Luckily Bell as his wife and true partner can jostle him out of any frightened stupor. Bell is also best known for her comedic work (please follow up your excellent directing/writing debut, IN A WORLD, pretty please!), but she also has those hidden reserves of bravery and knows just when to unshackle her inner “mama bear”. Anne has to put on an optimistic face for the kids, but even before things go south, Bell shows us that the Dwyer matriarch is uneasy with the cards they’ve been dealt (she even brought along her own rice cooker…to Asia!). Brosnan, in his early scenes, comes across as an odd mix of his roles from THE NOVEMBER MAN and THE MATADOR (particularly with Wilson at the hotel bar), with very little of Bond. He’s very funny early in the story, but delivers on the drama as he reveals his true self to Jack, in addition to some of the reasons behind the unrest. Jerins and Geare are gifted actresses who really make the Dwyer girls feel like real kids reacting to the horrific surroundings. They’re never cloying adorable, but we’re still aligned with them even as they frustrate their folks.
Director and co-writer (along with Drew Dowdle) John Erick Dowdle (AS ABOVE, SO BELOW) has fashioned an exhausting nail-biter of a thriller. At times it feels as if one of those old matinée movie serials were smooshed into this 100 minute or so flick. Yeah all twelve or fifteen chapters. The Dwyers make one last-second getaway after another, with barely enough time for them (and the audience) to breathe (how will they get outta’ this one…whew! Oh, oh look out!!). There may be one too many “cavalry to the rescue” scenes and an overuse of slow motion, plus the tension “go to” of having tykes in deadly danger, but the suspense is expertly built and maintained. And we get a bit of current affairs commentary, perhaps to humanize the locals who often seem not far-removed from a zombie horde borrowed from a cable TV hit series. So, the mobs may have a legit beef with foreigners, but often they really relish the sadistic attacks, as much as any horror flick baddie. So, if you can handle the near constant threat of danger, then NO ESCAPE may be the last-gasp-of-Summer terror trip for you. Just make sure your legs don’t buckle as you get up from your theatre seat. It’s a workout and a half!
An intense international thriller, NO ESCAPE centers on an American businessman (Owen Wilson) as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.
Directed by John Erick Dowdle and written together with his brother Drew, NO ESCAPE stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell.
NO ESCAPE opens in theaters on Wednesday, August 26.
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Filmmaking duo John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle are a writing-directing-producing team. The brothers are co-writers on their films and also fill different roles with John directing and Drew producing.
What are the titles of their FOUR supernatural/horror films?
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Rated R for strong violence throughout, and for language.
The first day of Spring usually ushers in thoughts of flowers, sunny days and romance. What better way to celebrate the day than with this great first trailer for the feel-good British comedy MAN UP.
Directed by Ben Palmer (THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE), written by Tess Morris (THE LOVE PUNCH) and starring Lake Bell & Simon Pegg, the film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19.
Nancy (Lake Bell), is done with dating. 10 times bitten, 100 times shy, she’s exhausted by the circus. So when Jack (Simon Pegg) blindly mistakes her for his date, no one is more surprised than her when she does the unthinkable and just —- goes with it.
It’s going to take a night of pretending to be someone else for Nancy to finally Man Up and be her painfully honest, awesomely unconventional self… but will Jack also Man Up, and be able to get over her duplicity?
Best just to let the evening unfold, roll with the consequences, and see if one crazy, unpredictable, complicated night can bring these two messy souls together.
