First let's look at something for the kids of all ages (that means you :-)
Despicable Me 2
I've not seen Despicable Me but friends with kids have raved about it. It's the story of how a Super-Villain named Gru ends up with three daughters, adopted from an orphanage who change his world. Watch the trailer on YouTube by clicking here.
Despicable Me 2 sees Gru recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help bring down the new Super-Villain in town - Eduardo.
This movie features Steve Carell as Gru (Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, Anchorman), going up against Benjamin Bratt's Eduardo (Demolition Man, Miss Congeniality, Catwoman), neither strangers to animated works - Carell the voice of Hammy from Over The Hedge and Bratt the voice of Manny from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Check out the trailer below to see why you and the kids will love it.
Due for release at the end of June.
Another one for the kids at the end of June will be Monsters University.
Billy Crystal and John Goodman are back for the 2nd installment of Disney Pixar's Monsters Inc. franchise playing the lovable characters Mike and Sulley. This movie is a prequel telling the story of how Mike and Sulley met as teenagers back at Monsters University, and how their friendship had not always run smoothly due to them being such opposites.
This film should also be fun for the whole family have a look at the trailer here.
Okay - that's enough kiddie bits - onto the Sci-fi, which seems to be dominating the summer releases this year.
First Pacific Rim.
"To fight monsters we created monsters of our own"
Directed by another Hollywood heavyweight - Guillermo Del Toro (Blade II, Hellboy I & II, Pans Labyrinth) Pacific Rim is a monster movie with a difference. Set in the near future, humongous creatures begin to appear out of the Pacific Ocean, causing carnage, death and destruction on a huge scale. Desperate to find an effective defense the Jaeger project is formed - giant robots are constructed, and piloted by two people whose minds are melded and combine to run the enormous metal contraptions.
As the war rages on, former pilot Raleigh Becket and Mako Mori, a rookie are thrown in at the deep end as they are forced to take the helm of an out dated early model Jaeger and fight as part of Earth's last stand.
The film stars Charlie Hunnam (Queer As Folk, Green Street, Children of Men), Idris Elba (Luther, Thor, Prometheus), Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Norwegian Wood) and Ron Perlman (Alien Ressurection, Enemy at the Gates, Blade II, Hellboy I & II) and will certainly feature others that you will know.
This film will be full of special effects and co written by Del Toro will be sure to have a clever and interesting story to accompany them. This ones out in July.
Elysium
Lastly for today is Elysium. Written and Directed by Neill Blomkamp best known for District 9, Elysium is a Sci-fi drama following Matt Damon as he once again gets to kick ass like he was Jason Bourne. The year is 2154 and the rich of the world now live on a luxury resort known as Elysium where nothing is too good for the elite. Meanwhile the rest of the world's population are left behind on a ruined Earth, in a bitter and desperate fight for survival. Damon's character, Max De Costa finds himself backed into a corner and forced to fight for his life, and for the freedom, and equality of all the people of Earth along with it.
It's not hard to see the social observations and statements that Blomkamp makes here - just as with District 9 - but even if that is not your thing you can still expect stunning visuals, fast paced, hard hitting action, amazing gadgets and vehicles and a heartfelt, compelling story. Check out the trailer below.
Thanks for checking out my summer releases previews. There'll be more later in the year but for now let me know what films old or new you'd like me to review (my tip would be to pick something you haven't seen yet - I'll let you know if it's worth it or not with a full review.)
Till next time - take care and let me know what you've been watching over the summer so far.
No comments:
Post a Comment