Paddington 2 Is Here!
Photos: Dasha Mayorga Garcia
By Dasha Mayorga Garcia
Paddington 2 the sequel to the worldwide hit Paddington opens January 12. We loved the first movie, it was so much fun to watch. Now we are crazy about Paddington 2, it was great to watch, it was funny, exciting and my 5 year old loved it. Mind you he has trouble sitting for long periods of time. This movie definitely kept him entertained and it’s a great family movie.
Paddington 2 continues the story of the enduringly popular little bear in the trademark blue coat and red hat that touched audiences worldwide.
Based on the best-selling and internationally adored series of children’s stories by Michael Bond, the film is once again directed by Paul King, from a script by King and Simon Farnaby.
Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson join the all-star returning cast of Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Madeleine Harris, and Samuel Joslin, with Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington and Imelda Staunton as the voice of Aunt Lucy.
The plot: The new story finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s hundredth birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber’s antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it’s up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief.
Paddington 2 is in theaters January 12.
GIVEAWAY! Advance Screening Passes for Den Of Thieves!
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Giveaway! In the Los Angeles area, we have 50 pairs of an advance screening of Den of Thieves. A gritty Los Angeles crime saga which follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew—starring Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Brian van Holt, and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
Download a first-come, first-served screening pass by clicking on the link below. Screening will take place on Tuesday, January 16 @ 7:30P (Have your pass ready to show at the door).
Follow the instructions in your pass and share your excitement using #DenofThieves and #SeFijaOnline. ENJOY!
Los Angeles (50 Pairs)
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Congrats to Coco and The Shape of Water, Gillermo del Toro!
Photos: ©2017 Angela María Ortíz S.
We congratulate all our friends who were part of DisneyPixar’s Coco for their Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and Gillermo del Toro for Best Director of a Motion Picture, The Shape of Water, and Alexandre Desplat for Best Original Score, The Shape of Water.
You can click here and here for our previous posts for Coco and The Shape of Water, which includes questions and answer audio.
Winchester Official Trailer
Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms.
To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman’s madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or for the troubled Doctor Eric Price (Jason Clarke) whom she has summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them have a score to settle with the Winchesters…
New Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald photos
(Left to right) JUDE LAW plays a young ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, taking on the mantle of one of J.K. Rowling’s most beloved characters; EZRA MILLER makes a return as the enigmatic CREDENCE, whose fate was unknown at the end of the first film; CLAUDIA KIM appears as a Maledictus, the carrier of a blood curse that destines her ultimately to transform into a beast; ZOË KRAVITZ plays LETA LESTRANGE, who had once been close to Newt Scamander but is now engaged to his brother; CALLUM TURNER joins the cast as Newt’s older brother, THESEUS SCAMANDER, a celebrated war hero and the Head of the Auror Office at the British Ministry of Magic; KATHERINE WATERSTON returns as TINA GOLDSTEIN, who has been reinstated as an Auror for MACUSA; EDDIE REDMAYNE stars again as wizarding world Magizoologist NEWT SCAMANDER, who has now gained fame in the wizarding world as the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; DAN FOGLER reprises the role of the only No-Maj in the group, JACOB KOWALSKI; ALISON SUDOL reprises the part of Tina’s free-spirited sister, QUEENIE GOLDSTEIN, a Legilimens who can read minds; and JOHNNY DEPP returns as the powerful Dark wizard GELLERT GRINDELWALD in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Slated for release on November 16, 2018, the film will be distributed worldwide in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures.
GIVEAWAY! Advance Screening Passes for Insidious: The Last Key!
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Giveaway! In the Los Angeles area, we have 25 pairs of an advance screening of Insidious: The Last Key. The third in the supernatural thriller, starring Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Whannell, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard, Kirk Acevedo and directed by Adam Robitel.
Download a first-come, first-served screening pass by clicking on the link below. Screening will take place on Tuesday, January 2 @ 7:30P (Have your pass ready to show at the door).
Follow the instructions in your pass and share your excitement using #InsidiousTheLastKey and #SeFijaOnline. ENJOY!
Los Angeles (25 Pairs)
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Downsizing, Could it be a Reality?
Hong Chau
Downsizing has some story issues, at one point it seemed like two films, maybe three. I found the character stories on the other side of the tunnel much more interesting than the affluent side of town.
Downsizing
Press day
It lacked some cohesiveness but it still entertained. It had more humor than I expected and Hong Chau steals every scene she is in.
We sat in on the press conference for Downsizing with Hong Chau (Ngoc Lan Tran), Alexander Payne (Director)/cowriter, Jim Taylor (cowriter), and Mark Johnson (producer). Now you can listen in too.
L-r: Mark Johnson, Hong Chau, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor.
Synopsis: Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. People soon realize how much further money goes in a miniaturized world, and with the promise of a better life, everyman Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in Omaha in order to get small and move to a new downsized community—a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.
Also starring Christoph Walt, Pepe Serna, Rolf Lassgård, Ingjerd Egeberg, Udo Kier, Jason Sudeikis, Neil Patrick Harris, Niecy Nash, Margo Martindale, Laura Dern, and Joaquim de Almeida.
Downsizing is in theaters December 22. Photos: ©2017 Angela María Ortíz S.
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Blu-ray and DVD Releases
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE are COMING TOGETHER…Watch at home with your BEST BUBS again and again and again!
Add The Highest-Grossing R-Rated Film of All-Time to Your Marvel Studios Movie Collection when it arrives on Digital on October 1 and on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 22.
Experience all the laughs with hours of all-new exclusive bonus content including a gag reel, deleted scenes, filmmaker commentary and all-new featurettes!
Cast Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson/Deadpool), Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine), Emma Corrin (Cassandra Nova), Matthew Macfadyen (Mr. Paradox), and Dafne Keen (Laura / X-23).
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Veep: The Complete Series. All 65 episodes from the 17-Time Emmy® Award winning series will be available to purchase on Blu-ray October 22.
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will be releasing the complete series. Get ready to binge on all 65 episodes (seven seasons) from HBO’s Emmy® award-winning original series, along with all the previously released special features. The political comedy series follows United States Vice President Salina Meyer (Julia Louis Dreyfus) and her incompetent team as they attempt to secure a legacy, but often instead become bogged down in day-to-day political games. Pre-order your copy today. Also starring Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Sufe Bradshaw, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland, and Clea DuVall. The series was created by Armando Iannucci.
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The West Wing: The Complete Series for the first time ever on Blu-ray, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the critically acclaimed series. Get ready to binge all 156 episodes from NBC/WBTV’sEmmy® Award-winning original series.
The brilliant political drama, following an extraordinarily intimate look at an American President and the inner workings of the White House, will be available to own on Blu-ray on October 1.
Widely considered one of the best series of all time, The West Wing remains a landmark achievement in television, earning 26 Emmys, including four for Outstanding Drama Series. With its sharp writing and memorable ensemble cast, the show continues to inspire audiences with its intimate look at the triumphs, sacrifices and inner politics of the White House.
Created by Aaron Sorkin who executive produced with Thomas Schlamme, and John Wells, The West Wing stars Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, and Martin Sheen. The series was produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
The Complete Series Includes all 156 episodes from all seven seasons on 28 discs, plus over 20 commentaries, behind the scenes featurettes, unaired scenes, gag reels and more.
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HBO’s The Gilded Age: The Complete Second Season to DVD on October 1, 2024. The Gilded Age season 2 was recently nominated for six Emmy® Awards including Outstanding Drama Series. Indulge in all 8 episodes from the second season of the historical drama that won fans over with its charming cast and compelling storylines plus over 20 pieces of bonus content including never-before-released featurettes.
The Gilded Age season 2 cast includes Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Ben Ahlers, Michael Cerveris, Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, and more.
The American Gilded Age was a period of significant economic change, conflict between old and new systems, and fortunes made and lost.
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FRIENDS: The Complete Series in 4K Ultra HD for the first time on September 24.
This ultimate collector’s set features ALL 10 seasons from one of television’s most popular sitcoms completely remastered–plus all new bonus content!
Pre-order your copy now.
From Warner Bros. Television, FRIENDS follows the lives and loves of a close-knit group of friends living in New York City: siblings Ross (David Schwimmer) and Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), along with friends Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) and Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston).
FRIENDS marks its 30th anniversary this year, the beloved TV series continues to hold an enduring place in popular culture and hearts worldwide.
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