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“Coco” Tops Box Office For 3rd Week
The latest original Disney Pixar film is topping the box office for the third week as people are still flocking to the theaters to see to the movie in despite all the controversy around the Frozen short that caused Disney to pull it from theaters. It has currently brought in over 135 million domestically since opening Thanksgiving weekend.
Coco starsAnthony Gonzalez as Miguel, a little boy living in Mexico with his family who dreams of being a musician after his all time favorite idol, Ernesto De La Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Miguel has one problem though, his family hates music due in large part to his Great Great Grandfather, Hector (Gael García Bernal) leaving his family to pursue his music. It’s so extreme that his family got rid of every photo of him to forget he even existed, but one person still remembers her Papa, Mama Coco, though dementia makes her forget.
On the day of the dead, the most solemn event in Mexico history when family is supposed to be able to come visit from the other world, Miguel decides to finally pursue his dream and perform in the talent show in the center of the plaza, but his family destroys his guitar and so he runs away finds himself at the tomb of his idol. He breaks in and steals his guitar, but that’s when the fun starts because he is now in the land of the dead.
What happens now? Now Miguel must find his way back before sunrise by getting his family’s blessing, but will he be able to and help put his family back together once he discovers a looming truth about his long lost Great Great Grandfather.
At one hour forty nine minutes, Coco is a story about the meaning of remembering ones family for all times. It shows how stories keep them alive and once the last person remembers, it is hard to remain after. The director did an exceptional job researching and displaying a story that anyone even that don’t follow the Day of the Dead will be engulfed in the story and find it hard not to tear up in the end.
Coco is still playing in theaters near you.
“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.
Disney Goes “Inside Out”
In the latest animated film by Disney Pixar, creators have brought a truly original story to the big screen in the film called Inside Out. The adventures stars, voice actors, Amy Poehler (Joy), Phyllis Smith (Sadness), Bill Hader (Fear), Lewis Black (Anger) and Mindy Kaling (Disgust) as we see for the first time what happens to a young girl named Riley who is uprooted from her home town of Minnesota to the Big San Francisco City. The emotions run wild as they attempt to help Riley navigate and figure out just how to feel in this new place.
Overall, the story is amazing, truly one of a kind and the voice actors were spot on. The 3D effects really make you feel like you are inside Riley’s head, even without the glasses. It is definitely worth seeing as it holds an important message for kids and adults both. See it to find out what that message is!
Inside out has brought in over 284 million in box office revenue and was in third place for its second week in theaters. It’s currently in any theater near you.