Curious George makes his royal debut in the new feature-length animated movie, Curious George: Royal Monkey, arriving on Digital, DVD and streaming on Hulu on September 10, 2019 from Universal 1440 Entertainment, the original content production arm of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, and Imagine Entertainment. Filled with delightful antics, gentle humor and heartfelt emotion that have captivated the hearts of families around the world, the majestic film follows George as he trades places with the royal monkey of Simiana by mistake! Taking audiences on a colorful grand adventure with exciting new locations and a fresh cast of adorable characters, CuriousGeorge: Royal Monkey features returning voice cast Emmy Award® winners Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo! franchise) and Jeff Bennett (“Johnny Bravo” TV series) and showcases five original songs including a single by award-winning recording artist and songwriter Andy Grammer. For a limited time only,Curious George: Royal Monkey on DVD also comes with an exclusive sticker sheet,...
- 9/2/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Plastics are back with the Paramount Home Entertainment release of Mean Girls 2 and M&C.s giving away five copies of the DVD! It is the long awaited follow-up to the smash-hit Mean Girls and now the clique is more fashionable, funny and ferocious than ever! Confident senior Jo (Meaghan Martin) begins the new school year by breaking her own cardinal rule: don.t get involved in girl drama. But when she sees timid Abby (Jennifer Stone) preyed upon by Queen Bee Mandi (Maiara Walsh) and her minions, she takes sides in a viciously funny girl-world-war that turns the whole school upside down. Mean Girls 2 is written by Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, and Allison Schroeder. The film was directed...
- 2/1/2011
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Mark your calendars -- or, you know, don't: "Mean Girls 2" will have make its premiere on ABC Family before heading to DVD.
ABC Family says it will debut the movie, a quasi-sequel to the 2004 movie starring Lindsay Lohan, on Sunday, Jan. 23, eight days before its DVD release. Given that the movie stars a carload of Disney-bred actors, the ABC Family debut isn't much of a surprise.
The plot of "Mean Girls 2" pretty much follows that of the first movie: New girl Jo (Meaghan Martin of "10 Things I Hate About You") makes an outcast friend (Jennifer Stone, "Wizards of Waverly Place") at her new school and becomes a target of a popular clique called the Plastics, led by Mandi (Maiara Walsh, "Desperate Housewives"). Drama, comedy and revenge ensues. Nicole Gale Anderson ("Make It or Break It") and Claire Holt play Mandi's fellow Plastics; the movie also stars Diego Boneta...
ABC Family says it will debut the movie, a quasi-sequel to the 2004 movie starring Lindsay Lohan, on Sunday, Jan. 23, eight days before its DVD release. Given that the movie stars a carload of Disney-bred actors, the ABC Family debut isn't much of a surprise.
The plot of "Mean Girls 2" pretty much follows that of the first movie: New girl Jo (Meaghan Martin of "10 Things I Hate About You") makes an outcast friend (Jennifer Stone, "Wizards of Waverly Place") at her new school and becomes a target of a popular clique called the Plastics, led by Mandi (Maiara Walsh, "Desperate Housewives"). Drama, comedy and revenge ensues. Nicole Gale Anderson ("Make It or Break It") and Claire Holt play Mandi's fellow Plastics; the movie also stars Diego Boneta...
- 12/7/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Mean Girls 2 will debut on ABC Family Sunday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m., the network announced today. The direct-to-tv (and later to DVD) film stars Meaghan Martin as Jo, a new student, whose plan to avoid high school social politics is thwarted when she befriends Abby, the object of scorn for the “plastics.” The movie was written by Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser, and Allison Schroeder, and directed by Melanie Mayron.
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Mean Girls 2 trailer: Not-as-fetch Plastics return, as does Tim Meadows...
- 12/6/2010
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW - Inside Movies
I still haven't seen the original Mean Girls, but it seems to qualify as a chick flick that has found a strong cult following outside of the usual audience one would expect for such a thing. It doesn't hurt that it was written by Tina Fey, and that the humour in it is both dark and clever. Now, with the recent success of Easy A, it would appear that the time is right for a Mean Girls sequel. Unfortunately, I don't think this direct-to-dvd cash grab is really what anyone was hoping for. The story involves a high school outcast named Abby (Jennifer Stone) whose father bribes a new student named Jo (Meaghan Martin) to befriend her. The two then take on the school's "mean girls" aka The Plastics. Of course, these aren't the same mean girls since none of the original cast members are returning, with the exception of Tim Meadows.
- 11/24/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
When it comes to movie sequels, there are those that deserve to be made, and those that are made to cash in on a successful movie. We'll let you decide what kind of sequel Mean Girls 2 is. Only Tim Meadows remains of the cast and creative team of the 2004 original, leaving Mean Girls 2 to create a new trio of shallow high school students to eventually receive their comeuppance. Stepping in for Mean Girls director Mark Waters is Thirtysomething actress Melanie Mayron while stepping for screenwriter Tina Fey are Barbie and The Diamond Castle and Barbie as The Diamond Princess screenwriters Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser. Should be a seamless transition.
Paramount Pictures has released a trailer and poster for the sequel, which, unsurprisingly, will be going straight to DVD. Just in case anyone might wonder what Mean Girls 2 could possibly be about, there's a synopsis as well.
Paramount Pictures has released a trailer and poster for the sequel, which, unsurprisingly, will be going straight to DVD. Just in case anyone might wonder what Mean Girls 2 could possibly be about, there's a synopsis as well.
- 11/23/2010
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
I adore the original Mean Girls. It's the one thing I turn to, like a Catholic with a statue of the Virgin Mary or a date rapist to his Dane Cook DVDs, when I need to re-establish my faith that Lindsay Lohan will one day rise like a phoenix from the ashes of her sundered career. It showcased both Tim Meadows and Tina Fey in a bra and the females of SNL worth a damn and Tiny Fey in a bra. The original Mean Girls actually worked: all the wacky antics and slapstick was centered on the actual plot like a Cary Grant comedy.
This straight to DVD monstrosity is like a parasite that crawled up the ass of a cheerleader as she was humped against a moist gym sock stuck to the backseat of the captain of the wrestling team. It hollowed out the shell, retained the name, and...
This straight to DVD monstrosity is like a parasite that crawled up the ass of a cheerleader as she was humped against a moist gym sock stuck to the backseat of the captain of the wrestling team. It hollowed out the shell, retained the name, and...
- 11/23/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Turner Feature Animation dishes out some fancy footwork with "Cats Don't Dance", a delightful animated musical that conjures up a blend of those all-singin', all-dancin' vintage Hollywood extravaganzas and those deftly satirical Looney Tunes installments of the '30s and '40s.
These animated animals have a particularly impressive pedigree -- songs by Randy Newman, singing by Natalie Cole and choreography consultation by the late Gene Kelly. Add fine character voice work by the likes of Scott Bakula, Kathy Najimy, Don Knotts and Betty Lou Gerson (the original Cruella DeVil) and bright deco art direction by Brian McEntee ("Beauty and the Beast"), and the result is a fun-for-the-entire-family production that also functions as a gentle parable about ethnic diversity and the American Dream.
Arriving just in time for the Easter break, "Cats Don't Dance" should handily tap into the less-than-crowded family market.
Bakula draws upon his Broadway roots as the voice of Kelly-esque Danny, a song-and-dance cat who leaves Kokomo, Ind., behind for the bright lights of Hollywood, circa 1930.
But the idealistic tabby quickly learns that talent and drive just aren't enough to cut it in a town where animals are relegated to the background, occasionally allowed to utter a "moo" here and an "oink" there, while humans occupy the spotlight.
More than getting her share is Darla Dimple (Ashley Peldon), the reigning darling of L.B. Mammoth Studios. She's an on-camera Shirley Temple and an off-camera Lady Macbeth who calls upon her faithful goon, Max (a hybrid of Erich von Stoheim and the Terminator) to ensure no one attempts to steal her thunder.
The voice talent is uniformly excellent. Bakula, in both speaking and singing mode, combines the right mix of naivete and moxie as the dreaming feline; while the cat's meow, the cynical Sawyer (spoken by Jasmine Guy, sung by Cole), summons up both Doris Day and Cyd Charisse. Also fun are Najimy as a perpetually happy hippo; Knotts as a morose turtle; Gerson as a jaded diva of a fish with the soul of Tallulah Bankhead; John Rhys-Davies as a distinguished pachyderm; and Peldon as the petulant Darla.
Animation veteran Mark Dindal, directing from a screenplay credited to four individuals, makes sure the proceedings move briskly (if, at times, noisily) but never condescendingly. The generous references to Hollywood's colorful Golden Age make the picture amusing for grownups, while the bright blend of traditional and computer-generated visuals draw the young.
Clocking in at a slender 76 minutes, the picture is preceded by a new Warner Bros. animated short produced (but not directed) by the legendary Chuck Jones.
CATS DON'T DANCE
Warner Bros.
A Turner Feature Animation presentation
A David Kirschner production
Director Mark Dindal
Producers David Kirschner, Paul Gertz
Screenwriters Roberts Gannaway,
Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser, Theresa Pettengill
Executive producers David Steinberg,
Charles L. Richardson, Sandy Russell Gartin
Art director Brian McEntee
Music Steve Goldstein
Songs Randy Newman
Color/stereo
Voices:
Danny Scott Bakula
Sawyer Jasmine Guy/Natalie Cole
Woolie John Rhys-Davies
Tillie Kathy Najimy
Darla Dimple Ashley Peldon
L.B. Mammoth George Kennedy
Flanigan Rene Auberjonois
Cranston Hal Holbrook
T.W. Don Knotts
Francis Betty Lou Gerson
Running time -- 76 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
These animated animals have a particularly impressive pedigree -- songs by Randy Newman, singing by Natalie Cole and choreography consultation by the late Gene Kelly. Add fine character voice work by the likes of Scott Bakula, Kathy Najimy, Don Knotts and Betty Lou Gerson (the original Cruella DeVil) and bright deco art direction by Brian McEntee ("Beauty and the Beast"), and the result is a fun-for-the-entire-family production that also functions as a gentle parable about ethnic diversity and the American Dream.
Arriving just in time for the Easter break, "Cats Don't Dance" should handily tap into the less-than-crowded family market.
Bakula draws upon his Broadway roots as the voice of Kelly-esque Danny, a song-and-dance cat who leaves Kokomo, Ind., behind for the bright lights of Hollywood, circa 1930.
But the idealistic tabby quickly learns that talent and drive just aren't enough to cut it in a town where animals are relegated to the background, occasionally allowed to utter a "moo" here and an "oink" there, while humans occupy the spotlight.
More than getting her share is Darla Dimple (Ashley Peldon), the reigning darling of L.B. Mammoth Studios. She's an on-camera Shirley Temple and an off-camera Lady Macbeth who calls upon her faithful goon, Max (a hybrid of Erich von Stoheim and the Terminator) to ensure no one attempts to steal her thunder.
The voice talent is uniformly excellent. Bakula, in both speaking and singing mode, combines the right mix of naivete and moxie as the dreaming feline; while the cat's meow, the cynical Sawyer (spoken by Jasmine Guy, sung by Cole), summons up both Doris Day and Cyd Charisse. Also fun are Najimy as a perpetually happy hippo; Knotts as a morose turtle; Gerson as a jaded diva of a fish with the soul of Tallulah Bankhead; John Rhys-Davies as a distinguished pachyderm; and Peldon as the petulant Darla.
Animation veteran Mark Dindal, directing from a screenplay credited to four individuals, makes sure the proceedings move briskly (if, at times, noisily) but never condescendingly. The generous references to Hollywood's colorful Golden Age make the picture amusing for grownups, while the bright blend of traditional and computer-generated visuals draw the young.
Clocking in at a slender 76 minutes, the picture is preceded by a new Warner Bros. animated short produced (but not directed) by the legendary Chuck Jones.
CATS DON'T DANCE
Warner Bros.
A Turner Feature Animation presentation
A David Kirschner production
Director Mark Dindal
Producers David Kirschner, Paul Gertz
Screenwriters Roberts Gannaway,
Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser, Theresa Pettengill
Executive producers David Steinberg,
Charles L. Richardson, Sandy Russell Gartin
Art director Brian McEntee
Music Steve Goldstein
Songs Randy Newman
Color/stereo
Voices:
Danny Scott Bakula
Sawyer Jasmine Guy/Natalie Cole
Woolie John Rhys-Davies
Tillie Kathy Najimy
Darla Dimple Ashley Peldon
L.B. Mammoth George Kennedy
Flanigan Rene Auberjonois
Cranston Hal Holbrook
T.W. Don Knotts
Francis Betty Lou Gerson
Running time -- 76 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
- 3/21/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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