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Trouble is a Swedish action crime comedy film directed by Jon Holmberg who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tapio Leopold. The Netflix film follows the story of a clumsy divorced electronic salesman who is wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to prison. To prove his innocence he escapes from prison with other convicts. Trouble stars Filip Berg, Amy Deasismont, Eva Melander, Måns Nathanaelson, Dejan Čukić, Joakim Sällquist, and Sissela Benn. So, if you loved the blend of crime and comedy, compelling characters, and a thrilling story in Netflix’s Trouble here are some similar movies you should check out next.
The Lovebirds (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Netflix
The Lovebirds is a romantic crime comedy film directed by Michael Showalter from a screenplay co-written by Aaron Abrams and Brendan Gall. The 2020 film revolves around a young couple...
Trouble is a Swedish action crime comedy film directed by Jon Holmberg who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tapio Leopold. The Netflix film follows the story of a clumsy divorced electronic salesman who is wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to prison. To prove his innocence he escapes from prison with other convicts. Trouble stars Filip Berg, Amy Deasismont, Eva Melander, Måns Nathanaelson, Dejan Čukić, Joakim Sällquist, and Sissela Benn. So, if you loved the blend of crime and comedy, compelling characters, and a thrilling story in Netflix’s Trouble here are some similar movies you should check out next.
The Lovebirds (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Netflix
The Lovebirds is a romantic crime comedy film directed by Michael Showalter from a screenplay co-written by Aaron Abrams and Brendan Gall. The 2020 film revolves around a young couple...
- 10/8/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Space Cadet is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Liz W. Garcia. The Prime Video film follows the story of Tiffany “Rex” Simpson, a Florida party girl who has always dreamed of going to space and gets admitted into the NASA space program because of a fluke with much more capable candidates. She must prove herself to the NASA bosses using her heart, street smarts, and moxie. Space Cadet stars Emma Roberts in the lead role, with Tom Hopper, Poppy Liu, Sebastián Yatra, Kuhoo Verma, Desi Lydic, Gabrielle Union, Andrew Call, Sam Robards, and Dave Foley starring in supporting roles. If you like the comedic, romantic, and heartfelt moments of Space Cadet, here are some similar films you could watch next.
Legally Blonde (Max & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – MGM
Legally Blonde is a romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic from a screenplay by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith.
Legally Blonde (Max & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – MGM
Legally Blonde is a romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic from a screenplay by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith.
- 7/4/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Set in San Francisco on the eve of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Dogfight is pitched on the precipice of a massive sea change in American life. The post-war boom of the 1950s is waning, and the civil rights era and the Vietnam War are right around the corner. The film’s protagonists exist, then, in a kind of liminal space, uncomfortable in their own skin and riddled with anxieties and uncertainties about their immediate futures.
Released in 1991, when nostalgia for the ’60s was near its peak, Nancy Savoca’s film takes a distinctly feminine perspective on the era, challenging the unbridled machismo and ritualistic behaviors that were often celebrated, or at least unexamined, in the male-directed films of the time. For the opening 20 minutes, we bear witness to an especially cruel competition in which Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix), an 18-year-old Marine, and several of his jarhead buddies, all on...
Released in 1991, when nostalgia for the ’60s was near its peak, Nancy Savoca’s film takes a distinctly feminine perspective on the era, challenging the unbridled machismo and ritualistic behaviors that were often celebrated, or at least unexamined, in the male-directed films of the time. For the opening 20 minutes, we bear witness to an especially cruel competition in which Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix), an 18-year-old Marine, and several of his jarhead buddies, all on...
- 5/7/2024
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
A new month means new titles coming and old titles going for streaming services, and Tubi is no different. With fall around the corner, new shows and movies are being added to the free, ad-supported platform all month, with a big drop of titles on Aug. 1. The Fox-owned platform will welcome a wide range of shows and movies next month, including “Four Weddings And a Funeral,” “Kindergarten Cop,” and entire franchises like “Jaws.”
We are going through all of the new offerings to present the five best things to watch on Tubi in August and then down below, you can check out the feel offerings coming to the free ad-supported streaming TV (Fast) platform next month.
Watch Now $0 / month TubiTV.com What Are the Best Movies Coming to Tubi in August 2023? “My Cousin Vinny” (1992)
Starring Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield, and Marisa Tomei, “My Cousin Vinny” was a ’90s...
We are going through all of the new offerings to present the five best things to watch on Tubi in August and then down below, you can check out the feel offerings coming to the free ad-supported streaming TV (Fast) platform next month.
Watch Now $0 / month TubiTV.com What Are the Best Movies Coming to Tubi in August 2023? “My Cousin Vinny” (1992)
Starring Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield, and Marisa Tomei, “My Cousin Vinny” was a ’90s...
- 7/31/2023
- by Layne Gibbons
- The Streamable
Jennifer Grey has divulged why she did not reprise her role on Friends.
The Dirty Dancing star played Mindy in the hit sitcom. Mindy is Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) former best friend and maid of honour, who ended up marrying her fiancé Barry (Mitchell Whitfield).
Grey starred in only one episode of Friends in 1995, titled “The One With The Evil Orthodontist”.
During an interview with MediaVillage, Grey disclosed why she did not play the character again despite having been excited about the role initially.
“When I did it, I had such bad anxiety because they kept changing the script,” she explained.
“It’s very hard to be a guest star because you’re not a part of it, and you’re really trying to figure it all out.”
The actor continued: “They were trying to figure out what the character was, what the scene was, and it was changing, and changing,...
The Dirty Dancing star played Mindy in the hit sitcom. Mindy is Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) former best friend and maid of honour, who ended up marrying her fiancé Barry (Mitchell Whitfield).
Grey starred in only one episode of Friends in 1995, titled “The One With The Evil Orthodontist”.
During an interview with MediaVillage, Grey disclosed why she did not play the character again despite having been excited about the role initially.
“When I did it, I had such bad anxiety because they kept changing the script,” she explained.
“It’s very hard to be a guest star because you’re not a part of it, and you’re really trying to figure it all out.”
The actor continued: “They were trying to figure out what the character was, what the scene was, and it was changing, and changing,...
- 4/23/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
Exclusive: Disney Junior’s Emmy and BAFTA Award-nominated animated series Vampirina has lined up a roster of season 3 guest stars from both Broadway and television, including Audra McDonald and, from Hamilton, Christopher Jackson and Taran Killam, among others.
Season 3 of Disney Junior’s Vampirina premieres Monday, October 5, 11 a.m. Et/Pt on Disney Junior.
The series, which Disney describes as a blend of spooky fun, heartfelt storytelling and Broadway-caliber music, stars Lauren Graham, James Van Der Beek and Isabella Crovetti as a family of friendly vampires who have relocated from Transylvania to Pennsylvania. Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and Brian Stokes Mitchell voice the recurring roles of Vampirina’s grandparents, Nanpire and Grandpop.
Joining as guest voices for the series’ third season are:
Christopher Jackson and Taran Killam (who both appeared in the Broadway production of Hamilton) as The Horseman and Ichabod, respectively; Audra McDonald (Broadway’s Porgy and Bess...
Season 3 of Disney Junior’s Vampirina premieres Monday, October 5, 11 a.m. Et/Pt on Disney Junior.
The series, which Disney describes as a blend of spooky fun, heartfelt storytelling and Broadway-caliber music, stars Lauren Graham, James Van Der Beek and Isabella Crovetti as a family of friendly vampires who have relocated from Transylvania to Pennsylvania. Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and Brian Stokes Mitchell voice the recurring roles of Vampirina’s grandparents, Nanpire and Grandpop.
Joining as guest voices for the series’ third season are:
Christopher Jackson and Taran Killam (who both appeared in the Broadway production of Hamilton) as The Horseman and Ichabod, respectively; Audra McDonald (Broadway’s Porgy and Bess...
- 9/28/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
One animated TV series just got a little longer in the tooth. Disney Junior has renewed its Vampirina TV show for a second season. The children's musical fantasy just premiered in in October of last year. Disney has not yet announced a season two premiere date. An animated TV series, Vampirina centers on Vampirina Hauntley (Isabella Crovetti), a unique little girl who just wants to fit in with her new schoolmates. Lauren Graham and James Van Der Beek voice her parents, Oxana and Boris. The Disney Junior voice cast also includes Wanda Sykes, Mitchell Whitfield, Jordan Alexa Davis, ViviAnn Yee, Dee Bradley Baker, Benji Risley, Cree Summer, and Ian James Corlett. Read More…...
- 1/22/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Transformers: Robots in Disguise place years after “Transformers Prime,” when Bumblebee is summoned to save Earth from a new faction of Decepticons and assembles a rogue team of young Autobots that includes a rebel bad boy bot, an elite guard cadet, a bombastic Dinobot and hyperactive Mini-Con to capture their new enemies. Each new bot is a fully capable action hero but inexperienced in working together in a team, forcing Bumblebee to become both squad leader and coach, Hasbro said. The show will feature voice actors such as Darren Criss, Constance Zimmer, Mitchell Whitfield and Ted McGinley. Also from the article: "[the] creative team includes kids programming vets Jeff Kline (“Transformers Prime”) as executive producer; producer Adam Beechen (“The Adventures of Chuck and Friends”); and Steven Melching, a writer on “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” who will serve as the show’s story editor. - Variety...
- 10/9/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
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- 7/24/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Title: My Cousin Vinny (1992) Bd-25 Single-Layer Disc Video: 1080p/Avc Mpeg-4 Audio: 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Subtitles: English and Spanish Run time: 119 minutes Studio: Fox Home Entertainment Rating: R Region Coding: Region Free Equipment used for review: Sharp Lc-46SB57UN 46" 120Hz 1080p LCD (24fps), Onkyo TX-SR606 7.1 Receiver, Onkyo Sks-HT540 7.1, & LG BH200 Super Blu Cast/Crew Info: Joe Pesci as Vinny Gambini Ralph Macchio as Bill Gambini Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito Mitchell Whitfield as Stan Rothenstein Fred Gwynne as Judge Chamberlain Haller Lane...
- 10/20/2010
- by Shawn Bokros, Jackson Blu-ray Disc Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
TMNT
This review was written for the theatrical release of "TMNT".While "TMNT" is the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles project to take advantage of CGI animation, the movie stakes out no new ground for the highly profitable franchise. A certified phenomenon in publishing, toy manufacturing and TV cartoons -- along with three live-action features in the early '90s -- the green fighting machines' return to movies is a tad too conservative and calculated.
CGI delivers best on moody sets and a noirish atmosphere achieved by lighting, backgrounds and visual effects. But the characters look like plastic dolls, and the story is recycled sci-fi. The film will satisfy youngsters and newcomers but might divide older fans. Those fans certainly will turn out, though, so Warners and the Weinsteins should see respectable boxoffice figures for the first two weeks.
Other than a few sequences in Latin America, "TMNT" sticks close to home -- meaning the rooftops, sewers and back alleys of nighttime Manhattan. Its crime fighters are arrayed against the usual forces seeking the destruction of civilization, but writer-director Kevin Munroe, a CGI vet making his feature debut, focuses his main conflict within the Turtles' family.
The rift comes when the Turtles' rat sensei, Splinter (voiced by the late Mako), sends team leader Leonardo James Arnold Taylor) away for training. When he returns, younger brother Raphael (Nolan North) is miffed at his prolonged absence. Since Leo was obeying their sensei, much of this conflict over Ninja Turtle Family Values feels contrived.
While Leo is away, the family falls into a kind of languor. Michelangelo (Mikey Kelley) entertains at children's birthday parties as "Cowabunga Carl". Bored Donatello (Mitchell Whitfield) provides computer tech support by telephone. Only Raphael has continued crime fighting, secretly masquerading as a one-man vigilante known as "The Nightwatcher".
Leo's return leads to a showdown between the two brothers, Leo and Raphael, while the other Turtles all but disappear from the screen. Two other crime fighters might as well disappear because the movie finds little use for them. These are April Sarah Michelle Gellar), an archaeologist/martial artist, and baseball-wielding Casey Jones (Chris Evans), a ghost of his former crazed self. Curiously, his face is drawn so narrowly as to resemble Adrien Brody.
The villainy here is vague, almost as if it were an afterthought. At first, the enemy appears to be tech-industrialist Maximillian J. Winters (Patrick Stewart), who is assembling an army of ancient stone warriors. Then it becomes 13 monsters that slipped through a portal from another dimension 3,000 years ago. Then it's the Turtles' old nemesis, Karai (Ziyi Zhang) and her mercenaries for hire, the Foot Clan.
Younger children might be baffled by the switching alliances between bad and good guys, but when the world gets saved, you don't ask too many questions.
The Turtles were created in 1984, so the real threat to its Family Values might be tired blood. Even CGI doesn't pump much life into these kung fu critters. The new film's calculations show the most in the mix of tame violence to maintain a PG rating and youthful humor and a skateboarding sequence to keep the appeal broad. Ultimately, the movie seems driven more by the need to keep a toy line and franchise alive than any creative inspiration.
TMNT
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures and the Weinstein Co. presents an Imagi Animation Studios production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Kevin Munroe
Based on characters created by: Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Producers: Thomas K. Gray, H. Galen Walker, Paul Wang
Executive producers: Francis Kao, Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick U. Fierst
Director of photography: Steve Lumley
Production designer: Simon Murton
Music: Klaus Badelt
Visual effects supervisor: Kith Ng
Supervising animator: Kim Ooi
Co-producer: Felix Ip
Editor: John Damien Ryan
Voices:
Leonardo: James Arnold Taylor
Raphael: Nolan North
Donatello: Mitchell Whitfield
Michelangelo: Mikey Kelley
Casey: Chris Evans
April: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Splinter: Mako
Karai: Ziyi Zhang
Narrator: Laurence Fishburne
Diner Cook: Kevin Smith
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
CGI delivers best on moody sets and a noirish atmosphere achieved by lighting, backgrounds and visual effects. But the characters look like plastic dolls, and the story is recycled sci-fi. The film will satisfy youngsters and newcomers but might divide older fans. Those fans certainly will turn out, though, so Warners and the Weinsteins should see respectable boxoffice figures for the first two weeks.
Other than a few sequences in Latin America, "TMNT" sticks close to home -- meaning the rooftops, sewers and back alleys of nighttime Manhattan. Its crime fighters are arrayed against the usual forces seeking the destruction of civilization, but writer-director Kevin Munroe, a CGI vet making his feature debut, focuses his main conflict within the Turtles' family.
The rift comes when the Turtles' rat sensei, Splinter (voiced by the late Mako), sends team leader Leonardo James Arnold Taylor) away for training. When he returns, younger brother Raphael (Nolan North) is miffed at his prolonged absence. Since Leo was obeying their sensei, much of this conflict over Ninja Turtle Family Values feels contrived.
While Leo is away, the family falls into a kind of languor. Michelangelo (Mikey Kelley) entertains at children's birthday parties as "Cowabunga Carl". Bored Donatello (Mitchell Whitfield) provides computer tech support by telephone. Only Raphael has continued crime fighting, secretly masquerading as a one-man vigilante known as "The Nightwatcher".
Leo's return leads to a showdown between the two brothers, Leo and Raphael, while the other Turtles all but disappear from the screen. Two other crime fighters might as well disappear because the movie finds little use for them. These are April Sarah Michelle Gellar), an archaeologist/martial artist, and baseball-wielding Casey Jones (Chris Evans), a ghost of his former crazed self. Curiously, his face is drawn so narrowly as to resemble Adrien Brody.
The villainy here is vague, almost as if it were an afterthought. At first, the enemy appears to be tech-industrialist Maximillian J. Winters (Patrick Stewart), who is assembling an army of ancient stone warriors. Then it becomes 13 monsters that slipped through a portal from another dimension 3,000 years ago. Then it's the Turtles' old nemesis, Karai (Ziyi Zhang) and her mercenaries for hire, the Foot Clan.
Younger children might be baffled by the switching alliances between bad and good guys, but when the world gets saved, you don't ask too many questions.
The Turtles were created in 1984, so the real threat to its Family Values might be tired blood. Even CGI doesn't pump much life into these kung fu critters. The new film's calculations show the most in the mix of tame violence to maintain a PG rating and youthful humor and a skateboarding sequence to keep the appeal broad. Ultimately, the movie seems driven more by the need to keep a toy line and franchise alive than any creative inspiration.
TMNT
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures and the Weinstein Co. presents an Imagi Animation Studios production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Kevin Munroe
Based on characters created by: Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Producers: Thomas K. Gray, H. Galen Walker, Paul Wang
Executive producers: Francis Kao, Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick U. Fierst
Director of photography: Steve Lumley
Production designer: Simon Murton
Music: Klaus Badelt
Visual effects supervisor: Kith Ng
Supervising animator: Kim Ooi
Co-producer: Felix Ip
Editor: John Damien Ryan
Voices:
Leonardo: James Arnold Taylor
Raphael: Nolan North
Donatello: Mitchell Whitfield
Michelangelo: Mikey Kelley
Casey: Chris Evans
April: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Splinter: Mako
Karai: Ziyi Zhang
Narrator: Laurence Fishburne
Diner Cook: Kevin Smith
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 3/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TMNT
While TMNT is the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles project to take advantage of CGI animation, the movie stakes out no new ground for the highly profitable franchise. A certified phenomenon in publishing, toy manufacturing and TV cartoons -- along with three live-action features in the early '90s -- the green fighting machines' return to movies is a tad too conservative and calculated.
CGI delivers best on moody sets and a noirish atmosphere achieved by lighting, backgrounds and visual effects. But the characters look like plastic dolls, and the story is recycled sci-fi. The film will satisfy youngsters and newcomers but might divide older fans. Those fans certainly will turn out, though, so Warners and the Weinsteins should see respectable boxoffice figures for the first two weeks.
Other than a few sequences in Latin America, TMNT sticks close to home -- meaning the rooftops, sewers and back alleys of nighttime Manhattan. Its crime fighters are arrayed against the usual forces seeking the destruction of civilization, but writer-director Kevin Munroe, a CGI vet making his feature debut, focuses his main conflict within the Turtles' family.
The rift comes when the Turtles' rat sensei, Splinter (voiced by the late Mako), sends team leader Leonardo James Arnold Taylor) away for training. When he returns, younger brother Raphael (Nolan North) is miffed at his prolonged absence. Since Leo was obeying their sensei, much of this conflict over Ninja Turtle Family Values feels contrived.
While Leo is away, the family falls into a kind of languor. Michelangelo (Mikey Kelley) entertains at children's birthday parties as Cowabunga Carl. Bored Donatello (Mitchell Whitfield) provides computer tech support by telephone. Only Raphael has continued crime fighting, secretly masquerading as a one-man vigilante known as The Nightwatcher.
Leo's return leads to a showdown between the two brothers, Leo and Raphael, while the other Turtles all but disappear from the screen. Two other crime fighters might as well disappear because the movie finds little use for them. These are April Sarah Michelle Gellar), an archaeologist/martial artist, and baseball-wielding Casey Jones (Chris Evans), a ghost of his former crazed self. Curiously, his face is drawn so narrowly as to resemble Adrien Brody.
The villainy here is vague, almost as if it were an afterthought. At first, the enemy appears to be tech-industrialist Maximillian J. Winters (Patrick Stewart), who is assembling an army of ancient stone warriors. Then it becomes 13 monsters that slipped through a portal from another dimension 3,000 years ago. Then it's the Turtles' old nemesis, Karai (Ziyi Zhang) and her mercenaries for hire, the Foot Clan.
Younger children might be baffled by the switching alliances between bad and good guys, but when the world gets saved, you don't ask too many questions.
The Turtles were created in 1984, so the real threat to its Family Values might be tired blood. Even CGI doesn't pump much life into these kung fu critters. The new film's calculations show the most in the mix of tame violence to maintain a PG rating and youthful humor and a skateboarding sequence to keep the appeal broad. Ultimately, the movie seems driven more by the need to keep a toy line and franchise alive than any creative inspiration.
TMNT
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures and the Weinstein Co. presents an Imagi Animation Studios production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Kevin Munroe
Based on characters created by: Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Producers: Thomas K. Gray, H. Galen Walker, Paul Wang
Executive producers: Francis Kao, Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick U. Fierst
Director of photography: Steve Lumley
Production designer: Simon Murton
Music: Klaus Badelt
Visual effects supervisor: Kith Ng
Supervising animator: Kim Ooi
Co-producer: Felix Ip
Editor: John Damien Ryan
Voices:
Leonardo: James Arnold Taylor
Raphael: Nolan North
Donatello: Mitchell Whitfield
Michelangelo: Mikey Kelley
Casey: Chris Evans
April: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Splinter: Mako
Karai: Ziyi Zhang
Narrator: Laurence Fishburne
Diner Cook: Kevin Smith
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
CGI delivers best on moody sets and a noirish atmosphere achieved by lighting, backgrounds and visual effects. But the characters look like plastic dolls, and the story is recycled sci-fi. The film will satisfy youngsters and newcomers but might divide older fans. Those fans certainly will turn out, though, so Warners and the Weinsteins should see respectable boxoffice figures for the first two weeks.
Other than a few sequences in Latin America, TMNT sticks close to home -- meaning the rooftops, sewers and back alleys of nighttime Manhattan. Its crime fighters are arrayed against the usual forces seeking the destruction of civilization, but writer-director Kevin Munroe, a CGI vet making his feature debut, focuses his main conflict within the Turtles' family.
The rift comes when the Turtles' rat sensei, Splinter (voiced by the late Mako), sends team leader Leonardo James Arnold Taylor) away for training. When he returns, younger brother Raphael (Nolan North) is miffed at his prolonged absence. Since Leo was obeying their sensei, much of this conflict over Ninja Turtle Family Values feels contrived.
While Leo is away, the family falls into a kind of languor. Michelangelo (Mikey Kelley) entertains at children's birthday parties as Cowabunga Carl. Bored Donatello (Mitchell Whitfield) provides computer tech support by telephone. Only Raphael has continued crime fighting, secretly masquerading as a one-man vigilante known as The Nightwatcher.
Leo's return leads to a showdown between the two brothers, Leo and Raphael, while the other Turtles all but disappear from the screen. Two other crime fighters might as well disappear because the movie finds little use for them. These are April Sarah Michelle Gellar), an archaeologist/martial artist, and baseball-wielding Casey Jones (Chris Evans), a ghost of his former crazed self. Curiously, his face is drawn so narrowly as to resemble Adrien Brody.
The villainy here is vague, almost as if it were an afterthought. At first, the enemy appears to be tech-industrialist Maximillian J. Winters (Patrick Stewart), who is assembling an army of ancient stone warriors. Then it becomes 13 monsters that slipped through a portal from another dimension 3,000 years ago. Then it's the Turtles' old nemesis, Karai (Ziyi Zhang) and her mercenaries for hire, the Foot Clan.
Younger children might be baffled by the switching alliances between bad and good guys, but when the world gets saved, you don't ask too many questions.
The Turtles were created in 1984, so the real threat to its Family Values might be tired blood. Even CGI doesn't pump much life into these kung fu critters. The new film's calculations show the most in the mix of tame violence to maintain a PG rating and youthful humor and a skateboarding sequence to keep the appeal broad. Ultimately, the movie seems driven more by the need to keep a toy line and franchise alive than any creative inspiration.
TMNT
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures and the Weinstein Co. presents an Imagi Animation Studios production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Kevin Munroe
Based on characters created by: Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Producers: Thomas K. Gray, H. Galen Walker, Paul Wang
Executive producers: Francis Kao, Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick U. Fierst
Director of photography: Steve Lumley
Production designer: Simon Murton
Music: Klaus Badelt
Visual effects supervisor: Kith Ng
Supervising animator: Kim Ooi
Co-producer: Felix Ip
Editor: John Damien Ryan
Voices:
Leonardo: James Arnold Taylor
Raphael: Nolan North
Donatello: Mitchell Whitfield
Michelangelo: Mikey Kelley
Casey: Chris Evans
April: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Splinter: Mako
Karai: Ziyi Zhang
Narrator: Laurence Fishburne
Diner Cook: Kevin Smith
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 3/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film review: 'Lost and Found'
A few stupid pet tricks and fetching Sophie Marceau as a contemporary object of desire are reasons to endure this mostly laughless vehicle for "Saturday Night Live" alum and "Just Shoot Me" star David Spade. The wide Warner Bros. release directed by Jeff Pollack ("Above the Rim", "Booty Call") will pay off quickly and unspectacularly at the boxoffice on its way to the video pound.
Spade, who co-wrote the uneven, scattershot screenplay with newcomers J.B. Cook and Marc Meeks, does not dominate onscreen like his wilder former partner, the late Chris Farley. In fact, he flounders in "Lost and Found" as a wimpy, ready-for-love restaurateur who dognaps his neighbor's (Marceau) cairn terrier and puts on a halfway sincere nice-guy act to get her attention.
Spade, as supercilious Dylan, rarely breaks a sweat or musses his long hair. Playing too soft and smug a character, he is the weak backbone of the movie, with little help from the supporting players and uninspired comic situations. Part romantic comedy with "There's Something About Mary" aspirations and part nasty adolescent gagfest, "Lost" succeeds at being neither.
The low humor gets down to the level of graphic dog poop jokes, and the pairing of Spade and Marceau is not even remotely incendiary. From the always-gets-a-laugh gag of a mutt banged up and fluffed out in the dryer to Dylan's strip poker-playing old lady neighbors, "Lost" has a few good laughs and too many doggone cliches.
Recently single Dylan has to endure the slavish loyalty and home invasion of corpulent, grubby employee Wally (Artie Lange), who dresses like the lead and helps him woo Lila (Marceau), a professional cellist forced to teach ungrateful kids and play for oblivious shoppers in malls while waiting for a dream gig in the philharmonic.
Lila is not long out of France, and her handsome but bullheaded ex-boyfriend Rene (Patrick Bruel) is trying to win her back. She ignores Dylan at first, but through a series of calculated noble gestures and well-timed assistance -- after he's locked up her four-legged Houdini of a pet, Jack, in his apartment -- they become romantically involved.
Occasionally a scene will click, but the main conflict is prolonged by Jack apparently swallowing the engagement ring of Mark (Mitchell Whitfield), Dylan's best friend. Lucky Wally is put in charge of checking regularly for the item, given to Dylan for safekeeping, in the wily dog's poop.
In the dragged-out climax, Dylan caters a party given by a no-nonsense bank president (Martin Sheen) and impresses everyone but the viewer with his lip-synching and live singing of Neil Diamond's "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show." Does Dylan get the girl back? Do they find the ring in time?
LOST AND FOUND
Warner Bros.
Alcon Entertainment presents
A Wayne Rice/Dinamo Entertainment production
Director: Jeff Pollack
Screenwriters: J.B. Cook, Marc Meeks, David Spade
Producers: Wayne Rice, Morrie Eisenman, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson
Director of photography: Paul Elliott
Production designer: Rusty Smith
Editor: Christopher Greenbury
Costume designer: Susan Bertram
Music: John Debney
Casting: Jackie Burch
Color/stereo
Cast:
Dylan: David Spade
Lila: Sophie Marceau
Rene: Patrick Bruel
Wally: Artie Lange
Mark: Mitchell Whitfield
Millstone: Martin Sheen
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Spade, who co-wrote the uneven, scattershot screenplay with newcomers J.B. Cook and Marc Meeks, does not dominate onscreen like his wilder former partner, the late Chris Farley. In fact, he flounders in "Lost and Found" as a wimpy, ready-for-love restaurateur who dognaps his neighbor's (Marceau) cairn terrier and puts on a halfway sincere nice-guy act to get her attention.
Spade, as supercilious Dylan, rarely breaks a sweat or musses his long hair. Playing too soft and smug a character, he is the weak backbone of the movie, with little help from the supporting players and uninspired comic situations. Part romantic comedy with "There's Something About Mary" aspirations and part nasty adolescent gagfest, "Lost" succeeds at being neither.
The low humor gets down to the level of graphic dog poop jokes, and the pairing of Spade and Marceau is not even remotely incendiary. From the always-gets-a-laugh gag of a mutt banged up and fluffed out in the dryer to Dylan's strip poker-playing old lady neighbors, "Lost" has a few good laughs and too many doggone cliches.
Recently single Dylan has to endure the slavish loyalty and home invasion of corpulent, grubby employee Wally (Artie Lange), who dresses like the lead and helps him woo Lila (Marceau), a professional cellist forced to teach ungrateful kids and play for oblivious shoppers in malls while waiting for a dream gig in the philharmonic.
Lila is not long out of France, and her handsome but bullheaded ex-boyfriend Rene (Patrick Bruel) is trying to win her back. She ignores Dylan at first, but through a series of calculated noble gestures and well-timed assistance -- after he's locked up her four-legged Houdini of a pet, Jack, in his apartment -- they become romantically involved.
Occasionally a scene will click, but the main conflict is prolonged by Jack apparently swallowing the engagement ring of Mark (Mitchell Whitfield), Dylan's best friend. Lucky Wally is put in charge of checking regularly for the item, given to Dylan for safekeeping, in the wily dog's poop.
In the dragged-out climax, Dylan caters a party given by a no-nonsense bank president (Martin Sheen) and impresses everyone but the viewer with his lip-synching and live singing of Neil Diamond's "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show." Does Dylan get the girl back? Do they find the ring in time?
LOST AND FOUND
Warner Bros.
Alcon Entertainment presents
A Wayne Rice/Dinamo Entertainment production
Director: Jeff Pollack
Screenwriters: J.B. Cook, Marc Meeks, David Spade
Producers: Wayne Rice, Morrie Eisenman, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson
Director of photography: Paul Elliott
Production designer: Rusty Smith
Editor: Christopher Greenbury
Costume designer: Susan Bertram
Music: John Debney
Casting: Jackie Burch
Color/stereo
Cast:
Dylan: David Spade
Lila: Sophie Marceau
Rene: Patrick Bruel
Wally: Artie Lange
Mark: Mitchell Whitfield
Millstone: Martin Sheen
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 4/19/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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