Tag: Universal Pictures

• ‘Super Mario Bros.’ will be a Hit with Kids; Adults Not so Much

  

  So, like many of Illuminations other films, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is okay, but it could have been great. As it is, it’s forgettable.

  Jeffrey Totey

  April 4, 2023

  Movie Review

  Animation, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Chris Pratt, Illumination, Keegan-Michael Key, Movies, Nintendo, Super Mario Bros, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Universal Pictures, Video Game

• ‘Renfield’: A New Dracula Buddy Film

  

  Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield, a troubled servant who has to contend with the very narcissistic Count Dracula (Nicolas Cage).

  Jeffrey Totey

  January 5, 2023

  Movies

  Bela Lugosi, Chris McKay, Dark Universe, Dracula, Dracula Reborn, Dwight Frye, Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Renfield, The Invisible Man, The Mummy, Universal Pictures, Vampire's Kiss

• Sneaky Early ‘Sing 2’ Showings

  

  Sing 2 won’t arrive in theaters until Christmas time, BUT Universal Pictures has announced that the film will be playing sneak previews at more than 1,000 theaters nationwide on November 27 which just might make for a great family outing after Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping.

  Jeffrey Totey

  November 9, 2021

  Movies

  Animation, Bono, Illumination, Matthew McConaughey, Pharrell Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Sing 2, Tori Kelly, Universal Pictures

• Free Fast Fridays

  

  Universal Pictures is giving away free movie tickets for “Fast and Furious” films every Friday for eight weeks in anticipation of the upcoming “F9.”

  Jeffrey Totey

  April 30, 2021

  Movies

  F9, Fast and Furious, Free movie tickets, Universal Pictures

• Tom Hanks Talks About His New Movie

  

  Hopefully by Christmas more movie theaters will be open so that we can see such films as Universal Pictures’ News of the World. The movie re-team Director Paul Greengrass and actor Tom Hanks in a new story.

  Jeffrey Totey

  October 27, 2020

  Movies

  Paul Greengrass, Tom Hanks, Universal Pictures

• This Day in Pop Culture for August 12

  

  It was on this day that Universal Pictures released its second version of the “Phantom of the Opera’, the only silent film won an Oscar and Mickey Mouse was copyrighted.

  Jeffrey Totey

  August 12, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  Animation, August 12, Mickey Mouse, Universal Monsters, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney