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Watch and you’ll see the trailer for Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid

March 13, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Disney has released the official trailer for their live-action reimagining of 1989 animated classic The Little Mermaid, which gives us our first real look at Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula, Javier Bardem’s King Triton, and the under-the-sea menagerie featuring Jacob Tremblay’s Flounder and Daveed Diggs’ Sebastian. Directed by Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns) from a script written by David […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Daveed Diggs, Disney, halle bailey, Jacob Tremblay, Javier Bardem, Jonah Hauer-King, melissa mccarthy, The Little Mermaid

Disney drops The Little Mermaid poster ahead of latest trailer

March 8, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Before the new trailer becomes part of our world this weekend, Disney has released a moody looking poster for their live-action reimagining of 1989 animated classic The Little Mermaid, which sees Halle Bailey’s Ariel sat in that iconic pose against an ominous sky. What’s the betting that Melissa McCarthy’s take on the villainous sea witch […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Disney, halle bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, melissa mccarthy, The Little Mermaid

Disney’s The Little Mermaid teaser trailer features first look at Prince Eric and Ursula

February 19, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Walt Disney Studios has released a new teaser for the live-action reimagining of the animated classic The Little Mermaid, which gives us another look at Halle Bailey’s Ariel performing ‘Part of Your World’ and a first peek at Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric and Melissa McCarthy as the villainous sea witch Ursula; watch it below… […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Disney, halle bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, melissa mccarthy, The Little Mermaid

Melissa McCarthy calls the Ghostbusters trailer “confusing”; confirms the movie is not a sequel

May 3, 2016 by Luke Owen

It was revealed recently that the Ghostbusters reboot trailer is the most hated trailer in the history of YouTube (we didn’t like it much either), and one of its stars has spoken very openly about it. When it was released in April, audiences seemed confused as to whether the movie was a sequel or a […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Ghostbusters, melissa mccarthy

14 rumours about the troubled Ghostbusters reboot production

July 7, 2016 by Luke Owen

Luke Owen sifts through the rumours… We’re only a few days away from Paul Feig’s reboot of Ghostbusters arriving in cinemas, and there has certainly been a lot said about it already. From its first trailer confusing the message, to people rejecting the idea of a female Slimer, Ghostbusters is going to have to try […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Luke Owen, Movies Tagged With: Amy Pascal, Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman, Kate McKinnon, Kristin Wiig, Leslie Jones, melissa mccarthy, Paul Feig

Why it’s time for the #NotMyAriel movement to grow up

July 7, 2019 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent furore surrounding the casting of Halle Bailey in The Little Mermaid… As comes with many casting decisions, the recent announcement that Halle Bailey has been cast as Ariel in the Disney reboot of The Little Mermaid has been met with a mixed reaction. For the most part people seem quite […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Awkwafina, halle bailey, melissa mccarthy, Rob Marshall, The Little Mermaid

Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy star in trailer for Netflix comedy God’s Favorite Idiot

May 8, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released a trailer and images for God’s Favorite Idiot, the upcoming comedy series which stars Ben Falcone as Clark, a tech support who becomes the unwitting messenger of God at the same time he finds love with a co-worker (Melissa McCarthy). In God’s Favorite Idiot, Mid level Tech support employee Clark Thompson finds […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Ana Scotney, Ben Falcone, Chris Sandiford, God's Favorite Idiot, melissa mccarthy, netflix, Steve Mallory, Usman Ally

Movie Review – The Starling (2021)

September 17, 2021 by Robert Kojder

The Starling. 2021 Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn, Veronica Falcón, Scott MacArthur, Emily Tremaine, Cynthy Wu, Tom Everett, Elisabeth Röhm, and Edi Patterson. SYNOPSIS: After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative starling takes nest beside […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Chris O'Dowd, Cynthy Wu, Daveed Diggs, Edi Patterson, Elisabeth Rohm, Emily TRemaine, kevin kline, Kimberly Quinn, Laura Harrier, Loretta Devine, melissa mccarthy, netflix, Rosalind Chao, Scott MacArthur, Skyler Gisondo, The Starling, Theodore Melfi, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Everett, Veronica Falcon

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Starling

September 14, 2021 by Shaun Munro

The Starling, 2021. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Timothy Olyphant, Skyler Gisondo, Daveed Diggs, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Loretta Devine, and Kevin Kline. SYNOPSIS: A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that’s taken over her garden – and a husband who’s struggling to find a […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: Chris O'Dowd, Daveed Diggs, kevin kline, Laura Harrier, Loretta Devine, melissa mccarthy, Rosalind Chao, Skyler Gisondo, The Starling, Theodore Melfi, Timothy Olyphant, Toronto International Film Festival

Melissa McCarthy faces grief and a territorial bird in The Starling trailer

August 25, 2021 by EJ Moreno

Melissa McCarthy is always looking for her next big hit, and Netflix is giving the star her next attempt in this touching new film. McCarthy stars in The Starling, the new film from the Hidden Figures filmmaker Theodore Melfi, which follows “a woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that’s […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Chris O'Dowd, Daveed Diggs, kevin kline, Kimberly Quinn, Laura Harrier, Loretta Devine, melissa mccarthy, netflix, Rosalind Chao, Skyler Gisondo, The Starling, Theodore Melfi, Timothy Olyphant

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