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Drac is Back and Claiming Number 1
Sony’s Hotel Transylvania 2 has taken the number one spot at the box office its opening weekend bringing in over 43 million in revenues, making the film the top grossing film in September for its opening week and thus, dropping Fox’s Scorch Trials down to number three.
The animated sequel picks up where the original left off with Dracula, (voiced by Adam Sandler) saying goodbye to his daughter Mavis (voiced by Selena Gomez) as she marries her zing, Jonathan, (voiced by Andy Sandberg) but its not the end of the story for the couple has a son, which creates all knew adventures as Dracula, embraces the role of Vampa to Dennis (voiced by Asher Blinkoff). The animated film also features the voice talents of Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Fran Drescher and Mel Gibson, as the monsters who live in Hotel Transylvania and ultimately work together to ensure Mavis doesn’t leave when she realizes that the Hotel may not be the safest place for her “human” son. It is their mission to help Dennis become a monster.
At an hour and a half runtime, the film is filled with adventure and laughs for the whole family including one of the kind parody songs written by Adam Sandler. Hotel Transylvania 2 is a must see for all who love a good ol’ fashion monster comedy story.
Hotel Translyvania 2 opened in theaters Sept. 18, 2015 and is currently playing at one near you.
Classic Video Games Come to Life
Columbia Pictures has movie goers reliving their childhood memories of arcades in the summer blockbuster, Pixels, starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage and Michelle Monaghan as the Arcaders. The movie follows the life of these comedians after a 1982 Arcade Competition that was video taped and sent up in a time capsule to outer space. Now thirty years later, Earth is being attacked by aliens who mistook the tape as a declaration of war and is now using the popular video game heroes to destroy and conquer.
Pixels is surprisingly a hilarious, well thought out movie. You see elements of all the classic video games including Space Invaders, Centipede, Pacman and Donkey Kong and it is clear that the writer/ director did their homework. It is all down pat to the original video game.
Overall, Pixels is a movie that is ultimately good for those who grew up with the classic video games. That generation won’t be disappointed. As for the younger generation, I’m not saying they won’t like it, but perhaps it will introduce them to the games that made video gaming a reality.
Pixels opened in theaters July 24 worldwide with over 9 million in revenue. It is currently playing in a theater near you. See it, you shouldn’t be disappointed.