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Soul

What a fucking shit year this has been. A pandemic, kids going hungry, racists getting upset about a statue, idiots not understanding how masks work and everything being locked up. It’s been a shit one. From a film point of view, it has been a mixed bag. We’ve had some fantastic films in 2020 (British release date) like 1917, Queen and Slim, Extraction, Da 5 Bloods, Tenet and my favourite film of the year, The Lighthouse. But we’ve also had some real crap. Take a bow, Artemis Fowl, To All The Boys: p.s I Still Love You, How To Build A Girl, Chemical Hearts and of course, My Spy. Fuck off Bautista. Soul, thankfully doesn’t fall in to the latter category, and whilst it isn’t one of my favourite Pixar films it still is a fantastic ride.

Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) is a part time music teacher. One day he is promoted to full time but he isn’t happy about it. He wanted to be a full time musician like all the Jazz artists who he adores. He gets a call from one of his old pupils, asking Joe to play the piano for Dorothea Williams, a jazz legend. He impresses and is asked back that night to play in his first gig. As he leaves the club, finally happy he is getting his break, he falls down a manhole. He becomes a soul, on the way to The Great Beyond, but he doesn’t want to die before his first gig so he escapes into The Great Before where he comes a counsellor, helping unborn souls find their spark so they can go to Earth. Joe is teamed up with 22 (Tina Fey), an unborn soul who has never found her spark, her reason to live.

Soul is probably Pixar’s most adult film and whilst it still is appropriate for children with silly humour and fun characters, it’s themes are very adult. And my only real criticism would be that it’s heavy themes isn’t balanced out with the child-like stuff that other Pixar films have accomplished. Soul looks at what it means to be alive. Joe thinks he has lived a meaningless life because he hasn’t achieved anything, and 22 doesn’t think she’ll enjoy Earth because she doesn’t have a spark, she doesn’t know what her purpose for living is. There are definite links between this and It’s A Wonderful Life, Joe and 22 merged together are like George Bailey. I think towards the end the message becomes a little bit messy and it could do with a bit of clarity over the whole ‘spark’ debacle. Nevertheless, it is an important message, just because you haven’t achieved anything doesn’t mean you’re a failure. As Clarence, the angel from It’s A Wonderful Life writes to George Bailey, ‘No man is a failure who has friends’. Joe doesn’t appreciate his life, he is so busy thinking about the things he hasn’t done that he forgets the one thing that he can do, live.

No doubt about it, Soul is a beautiful film. I’m always astounded by the technology on show in animation movies. It’s mad to think only 25 years ago Woody and Buzz appeared in their block-ish forms. Now everything seems so pristine and perfect, it is mind blowing. The film also has great energy, it is nicely paced and I think this is helped by the jazz music. Whiplash and La La Land, which also feature heavy jazz music, are very energetic and fantastic films. The genre of music really works well within the film, as does the more synthy style when Joe becomes a soul. Fox and Fey were both enjoyable as the two leads, as was the supporting cast like Richard Ayoade, Graham Norton and Rachel House.

4/5 I was a really big fan of Soul. A film that was beautiful to look at with a really important and wholesome message. There was heart and humour, which are two key components you want from a Pixar film. But maybe not enough to make it a Pixar classic. I still haven’t, and I don’t think I ever will, get over Bing Bong from Inside Out.

p.s happy new year. Hope you have a good one!x

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7 Movie Trailers Released This Week and Must Watch!

"Which trailers have been released this week?" Or "Have you released a new trailer?" If you are asking questions, we can say that you have come to the right place. We have compiled for you the 7 newest trailers released this week. It can be extremely difficult to follow the vision or new productions made by online publishers every week. This issue, which requires a deep investigation of those who want to be aware of new productions, can sometimes take serious time. We have compiled new trailers of this week for you, as we are aware of how troublesome the research on the trailer is, which is especially important for movie / series enthusiasts. You can continue reading our list to watch the latest trailers of this week. 1. Artemis Fowl https://youtu.be/fl2r3Fwxz_o This series, which Disney received the rights of, consists of a series of 8 books originally written by Irish author Eoin Coffer. The series covers the adventures of a criminal genius named Artemis Fowl II. Disney has been working since 2016 for the movie, which will be released on May 29, 2020. 2. Antebellum https://youtu.be/beLkVB_T3uw Being a successful writer, Veronica finds herself surrounded by terrible truths and has to solve the mysteries that humans have difficulty in perceiving before it's too late. A new alternative for those who love horror and thriller, this movie features Gerard Bush as a screenwriter and director. 3. Connected https://youtu.be/toBGv7yvIV8 Embracing a quite righteous Oscar figurine with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony presents with a new animation. Rick, who is the father of the house after being admitted to the film school of his dreams, thinks Katie Mitchell thinks that his child should go on a country-wide journey to enroll in school. On the way, robots decide to take over the world, and this family learns to work together. The movie's release date is September 18, 2020. 4. Greyhound https://youtu.be/eyzxu26-Wqk Tom Hanks, who will not see so many fronts if he fights in World War II, finds himself at sea this time after the wars on the land are over. Brought under the command of a ship for the first time, Ernest Krause learns to lead while trying to protect his ship and trade fleets. The movie's release date is July 12, 2020. 5. SCOOB! https://youtu.be/GzlEnS7MmUo Scooby Doo character has been shown on world television since September 13, 1969. We all know this character, his team, how his average adventures progress. This time, the crew is split into two from the beginning and not just chasing a masked villain. In addition, the Blue Hawk, Falcon Fury, which we remember from the Laff-a-lympics cartoons, also finds a place in this movie. The film, which will partially tell the beginning story, will be released on May 15, 2020. 6. Saint Maud https://youtu.be/OP2MlPwflX4 Another psychological thriller is Saint Maud. Saint Maud, which we can include in the category of horror films focused on religious stories, tells the story of a devout nurse who obsessed with saving the souls of his deceased patients. The movie, written and directed by Rose Glass, will be released on 29 May 2020. 7. The Secret Garden https://youtu.be/gHNOXDiD9Vk The Secret Garden is a novel that has been adapted to cinema and theater many times before. In this adaptation of The Secret Garden, which is accepted as one of the important works of British children's literature, images bearing the traces of Harry Potter and Narnia series are noticeable. The release date of the movie is not yet known. We have come to the end of our article about the trailers published this week. Goodbye to see new trailers the next week. Source: https://www.webtekno.com/yeni-fragmanlar-h75953.html Read the full article

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01/1110 book adaptations to look forward to in 2020!

From Harry Potter to Jurassic Park to Lord of the Rings, all have been adaptations of popular books and have won hearts all over the world. It is a proven fact that the virtual medium is more engaging than the written one. It is easily accessible, more appealing and holds a wider reach. Most of the bestsellers have been adopted into movies and have garnered the same or even more eyeballs. With the rapid advancement of technology, the effects and customizations in movies also have become more and more real. With the coming in of the year 2020, there are a number of movies coming out that are adaptations of books. Here is a list of 10 books whose adaptations will be released in 2020:

02/11The Invisible Man

A science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, it is about a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body’s refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. A film by the same name will release on February 28, 2020 and will star Elisabeth Moss and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.

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03/11Artemis Fowl

It is a series of eight fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, featuring the criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II. The series has received positive critical reception and generated huge sales. It has also originated graphic novel adaptations. A film adaptation based on the first novel was in process of development by Disney since 2016, and has a set release date of May 29, 2020.

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04/11The Tale of Peter Rabbit

A children’s book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, the story follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he gets into, and is chased about, the garden of Mr. McGregor. The book was adapted into a movie ‘Peter Rabbit’ in 2018 and is set to again hit the theatres in April as ‘Peter Rabbit 2’. It will star Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson and James Corden.

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05/11The Good Shepherd

It is a nautical and war novel by C.S. Forester and illustrates the difficulties of the Atlantic war: the struggle against the sea, the enemy, and the exhaustion brought on by constant vigilance. The story is currently being adapted into a motion picture, ‘Greyhound’, scripted by and starring Tom Hanks and due for release on May 8, 2020.

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06/11Death on the Nile

A book of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie it was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1937. The full length novel was preceded (1937) by a short story with the same title, but with Parker Pyne as the detective. ‘Death on the Nile’ is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on October 9, 2020, by 20th Century Studios.

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07/11David Copperfield

The novel features the character David Copperfield, and is written in the first person, as a description of his life until middle age, with his own adventures and the numerous friends and enemies he meets along his way. It is his journey of change and growth from infancy to maturity, as people enter and leave his life and he passes through the stages of his development. The novel is being adapted into a movie, ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ and is a comedy-drama film. It stars Dev Patel as the title character.

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08/11The Secret Garden

It is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett and was first published in book form in 1911, after serialization in The American Magazine. Set in England, it is one of Burnett’s most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children’s literature. A movie by the same title is scheduled to release on 17 April 2020 in the United Kingdom and stars Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth and Julie Walters.

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09/11Rebecca

A 1938 Gothic novel by English author Dame Daphne du Maurier, the book is about an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, only to discover that he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character. ‘Rebecca’ is being made into a romantic thriller film, directed by Ben Wheatley.

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10/11The Witches

A children’s dark fantasy novel by the British writer Roald Dahl, the story is set partly in Norway and partly in the United Kingdom, and features the experiences of a young British boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. ‘The Witches’, an upcoming American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Anne Hathaway is scheduled for release on October 9, 2020.

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