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The Lego Movie (Blu-ray Review)

July 20, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell, Charlie Day, Morgan Freeman
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Running Time: 100 mins
Certificate: U
Release Date: July 21st 2014 (UK)

When it was first announced that they were gonna make a Lego film there was a collective groan around the world – although that largely came from those who knew Lego years ago and weren’t aware of how its grown. Now there are all sorts of popular ranges, TV shows and incredibly successful computer games – it’s certainly not just a load of blocks in box anymore.

When the movie arrived in cinemas, all those who’d pre-judged it to be a desperate cash-grab had to eat their words, as the movie is very good and very funny, which helped it to a worldwide gross of over $465 million. Now it’s come to home ent. and if you missed it in theatres, you need to check it out now. [Read more…]

Lego Movie Sequel Gets Robot Chicken Director Chris McKay

March 12, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Phil Lord and Chris Miller are continuing their run of starting off successful animated franchises, before heading off and leaving the sequels to someone else. After helming Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, they left part two to Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn. Now, following the massive success of The Lego Movie, it’ll be Chris McKay taking over the directing reigns for the sequel, according to Deadline.

It’s perhaps not surprising there’s been a changeover as Miller and Lord are very busy people, and Warner wants to get going on the Lego Movie follow-up as soon as humanly possible, having already set a May 26th, 2017 release date. That may seem a long way away, but it’s actually not that long in animation terms.

Jared Stern (The Internship) and Michelle Morgan (Nancy Drew) are writing the script, and Miller and Lord will still be around as producers. Chris McKay previously directed animated TV shows such as Robot Chicken, Moral Orel and Titan Maxium.

Warner is also developing a Lego Ninjago movie, but it’s still not known when we might see that.

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DIRECTORS: Chris McKay, Phil Lord, Chris Miller FILMS: The Lego Movie 2, The Lego Movie

Non-Stop Tops The US Box Office, Beating Out The Hotly Tipped Son Of God

March 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Going into the weekend box office watchers were uncertain whether Non-Stop or Son Of God would come out on top of the box office chart. In the end the win went to Liam Neeson’s Non-Stop, which took $30 million in its first three days. While not quite on a par with Taken 2, it beat Neeson’s other recent man-vs-the-world flicks, The Grey and Unknown.

Son Of God was in second spot with $26.5 million, which certainly isn’t bad for a film that’s essentially just a repackaged version of part of the The Bible miniseries that aired on TV last year. It took that amount of money despite reviews slating its television grade production values and clunky pacing and script, as well as a tongue in cheek Twitter hashtag suggesting Jesus was too good looking – #hotjesus. It just goes to show how much money you can make by appealing to the US religious folk.

Those were the only two new entries, although The LEGO Movie also had reason to cheer, as it crossed the $200 million mark at the US box office over the weekend.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 28th to March 2nd.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	Non-Stop	$30.0	$30.0
2	Son Of God	$26.5	$26.5
3	The LEGO Movie	$21.0	$209.3
4	The Monuments Men	$5.0	$65.6
5	3 Days To Kill	$4.9	$20.7
6	Robocop	$4.5	$51.2
7	Pompeii	$4.3	$17.7
8	Frozen	$3.6	$388.7
9	About Last Night	$3.4	$43.7
10	Ride Along	$3.0	$127.1

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FILMS: Non-Stop, Son Of God, The Lego Movie, The Monuments Men, Three Days To Kill, Robocop, Pompeii, Frozen, About Last Night, Ride Along

The Lego Movie Tops The US Box Office Again, With Pompeii Going Down In Flames

February 24, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The success of The LEGO movie continues with the film topping to US box office for a third week, taking an impressive $31.4 million. That makes for a total of $183 million so far. After this success, it’s little surprise Warner is already moving forward with a sequel.

The LEGO Movie completely obliterated the new competition, neither of which could scare up a huge amount of interest. 3 Days To Kill was in second spot with $12.3 million. It could have been worse as the movie didn’t cost a huge amount to produce, but it’s not a great start for the Kevin Costner action flick.

Going into the weekend, some were wondering if Pompeii would top the chart, but in the end it fizzled rather than erupted as the big budget movie barely took $10 million. It’s far less than most disaster movies, but at least it was a little higher than other recent effects-heavy bombs, The Legend Of Hercules and I, Frankenstein.

Take a look below for the box office top 10 for the weekend of February 21st-23rd 2014.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	The LEGO Movie	$31.4	$183.1
2	3 Days To Kill	$12.3	$12.3
3	Pompeii	$10.0	$10.0
4	Robocop	$9.4	$43.6
5	The Monuments Men	$8.1	$58.0
6	About Last Night	$7.4	$38.1
7	Ride Along	$4,6	$123.1
8	Frozen	$4.3	$384.0
9	Endless Love	$4,3	$20.1
10	Winter’s Tale	$2.1	$11.2

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FILMS: The Lego Movie, Three Days To Kill, Pompeii, Robocop (2013), The Monuments Men, About Last Night, Ride Along, Frozen, Endless Love, Winter's Tale

The LEGO Movie Blooper Reel – Things get cute when it doesn’t go quite right

February 14, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

After a massive opening in the US last week, The LEGO Movie opens in the UK today. It’s also time for a blooper reel, which has now shown up online. Following in the footsteps of Pixar’s animated screw-ups, it has a lot of fun with the block characters.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: ‘The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Emmet (Chris Pratt) is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which he is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.

Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie join Chris Pratt to form the cast of the first-ever full length theatrical LEGO movie, the greatest movie ever assembled,’ [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell FILMS: The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie Tops The US Box Office, With Monuments Men In Second

February 10, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

In the run up to the release of The Lego Movie, many wondered whether it would work, but as the ecstatic reviews came in, in seemed Warner Bros might have something special. Audiences seem to have agreed as the film has had a huge US opening, taking $69.1 million in its first three days in cinemas.

It’s the second biggest February opening ever after The Passion Of The Christ and one of the best starts for an animated movie ever. With the film receiving huge amounts of praise it should continue to do well over the coming weeks.

The Monuments Men opened in second spot with $22.7 million. It’s the biggest start for a George Clooney directed film, although with a strong marketing campaign some had expected it to do better. It’s about in line with other recent adult dramas though.

The only other new entry in the top 10 was Vampire Academy, which placed seventh with $4.1 million. Like Beautiful Creatures and Mortal Instruments, it’s another film based on a popular young adult book series that many thought might have franchise potential, but with much buzz it’s sunk without trace.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 7th-9th.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	The LEGO Movie	$69.1	$69.1
2	The Monuments Men	$22.7	$22.7
3	Ride Along	$9.3	$105.1
4	Frozen	$6.9	$368.6
5	That Awkward Moment	$5.4	$16.8
6	Lone Survivor	$5.2	$112.5
7	Vampire Academy	$4.1	$4.1
8	The Nut Job	$3.8	$55.0
9	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	$3.6	$44.4
10	Labor Day	$3.2	$10.1

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FILMS: The Lego Movie, The Monuments Men, Ride Along, Frozen, That Awkward Moment, Lone Survivor, Vampire Academy, The Nut Job, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Labor Day

Little Yellow People Are Panicking In A New Poster For The LEGO Movie

November 15, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Lego Movie is coming on February 14th, and over the past couple of weeks Warner Bros. has been releasing various character posters for the movie, and to finish it off comes a full poster, showing the brick people running away from some sort of danger – it’s dangerous to be an inch tall, apparently!

Here’s the sysnopsis: ‘The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Emmet (Chris Pratt) is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which he is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.’

The movie’s out on February 14th. You can see the main poster above and the character posters below.

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ACTORS: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Channing Tatum DIRECTORS: Phil Lord, Chris Miller FILMS: The Lego Movie

New The Lego Movie Trailer – The bricks have come to life

November 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Many people may be wondering whether a film filled with little yellow Lego people can work. Well, on the evidence of this new trailer, it could be a lot of fun. It also shows off the various franchises that will show up, including DC superheroes, NBA basketball teams, Lord Of The Rings and Ninja Turtles.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Emmet (Chris Pratt) is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which he is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.

‘Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie join Chris Pratt to form the cast of the first-ever full length theatrical LEGO movie, the greatest movie ever assembled, which is set to hit cinemas in 14th February 2014.’ [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman DIRECTORS: Phil Lord, Chris Miller FILMS: The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie & How To Train Your Dragon 2 Get Comic-Con Posters

July 17, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It’s not just sci-fi and action for grown-ups that will be making an appearance at Comic-Con, as the likes of Warner’s The Lego Movie and DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 will also be hoping to cause a stir. New posters for both films have now been released, which you can see above and below.

The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Emmet (Chris Pratt) is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which he is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.

Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie join Chris Pratt to form the cast of the first-ever full length theatrical LEGO movie, which is set to hit cinemas in 14th February 2014.’

How To Train Your Dragon 2 meanwhile, is ‘The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.’ The film is currently due out June 20th, 2014. You can take a look at the new poster for that, drawn by the legendary Drew Stuzan, below.

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FILMS: The Lego Movie, How To Train Your Dragon 2

The Lego Movie Trailer – Looking more fun than you might think

June 19, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Lego Movie may not arrive in cinemas until next year, but you can understand why they want to release a trailer nice and early, as a lot of people will be wondering whether a film filled with little yellow Lego people can work. Well, on the evidence of this, it could be a lot of fun, and it all shows off the various franchises that will show up, including DC superheroes, NBA basketball teams and Ninja Turtles.

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ACTORS: Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Chris Pratt DIRECTORS: Phil Lord, Chris Miller FILMS: The Lego Movie