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“Trolls” Dance To #2

Dreamworks newest animated movie Trolls, starring Anna Kendrick as the happiest troll to be born, Princess Poppy and Justin Timberlake as Branch, the troll who just can’t be happy, is bringing families to the theater as it has already brought in over 46 million for its first weekend, coming in number two at the box office.

Trolls tells the story of the happy, dancing, hugging childhood toy made popular from the 60’s and again in the 90’s, who all they can do is be happy, while their counterparts, the Bergens can’t dance and sing and the only way for them to be happy is to eat the trolls from the Troll tree in a symbolic day called Trollstice, but the King of the trolls decide to relocate to save from another Trollstice.

But will the trolls truly be safe or will the Bergens have another Trollstice so they can be happy again.

Trolls also stars the voice talents of Russell Brand as Creek, John Cleese as King Gristle sr., Jeffrey Tambor as King Peppy, Zooey Deschanel, as Bridget, the maid in the Bergen King’s palace, who holds the true secret to happiness for the Bergens and Gwen Stefani as DJ Suki.

At just over an hour and a half, Trolls will have you laughing, crying and singing along with the fun loving trolls as Princess Poppy and Branch set out on a adventure to save their friends once more when the Bergens discover their whereabouts and long to be happy once again.

See Trolls in a theater near you.

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“Dory” On Top

In the latest adventure of Marlin, Nemo and Dory, audiences receive a glance into Dory’s childhood in Disney Pixar’s Finding Dory.  Voiced again by comedian/talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, the forgetful blue fish, Dory suddenly remembers her parents and comes to the realization that she misses them as she goes on an all new adventure to rediscover where she came from.

But she’s not alone.   Marlin the clown fish, voiced by Albert Brooks along with his son, Nemo (Hayden Rolence) team up to help her remember her task as they travel to California to find her family.  Along the way they encounter possessive sea otters as well as a scheming Octopus (Ed O’Neill) whose only mission is to be transferred to an aquarium where he’ll be safe from the ocean, the movie will have audiences of all ages laughing and routing for the little blue tang fish to finally find her mom and dad.

With a running time of 1 hour and 45 minutes, Finding Dory is a heart warming sequel about what it truly means to be a family especially when one can’t always remember.  The film definitely has Disney on top bringing in over 136-million and making it the 11th Disney movie to claim the number one spot at the box office.

In addition, the added short, Piper, about a little seagull learning to feed for itself on the tough sandy beaches had kids and adults fully engaged in the little bird’s struggle and proves once again, pictures are just as important as verbal words to get the point across on the big screen.

Finding Dory opened in theaters Father’s Day Weekend June 17 and is currently playing in one near you.  See it, it’s just as good as the original Finding Nemo, which came out in Summer of 2003.