38 East Franklin, Natchez, Mississippi, USA. (2019).

The first film introduced the concept of human stories being told through the inner monologues of pups.

Dog actor Spike, a Labrador Retriever/Mastiff mix, played the title character who is discovered by a boy named Travis on his farm. The scene where Octavia Spencer does that thing, the one probably haven’t seen in a movie before. Eight other Beethoven films followed, as well as an animated television show, but the first film will always be the most memorable. It’s a classic story about the transition from childhood to adulthood. A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him. It walks the line between hilarious moments and tear-jerking scenes not easily forgotten. To this day, it’s a Disney gem. Lassie Come Home was the first of many films starring Pal, a Rough Collie who later took on the stage name of Lassie. Another Disney animated film, The Fox and the Hound is the story of true friendship and how it can always go beyond our differences to the similarities we share at our core. He co-hosts three weekly podcasts: Critically Acclaimed (new movie reviews), The Two-Shot (double features of the best/worst movies ever made) and Canceled Too Soon (TV shows that lasted only one season or less). Eight Below is a thrilling adventure film in the unforgiving cold, an emotional survival tale and it has a beautiful message about friendship between dogs and humans. Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. Directed by Tate Taylor.

Each movie has introduced a super interesting high-seas adventure, mixed with legendary characters and phenomenal special effects. Sue Ann walks upstairs and lies down next to Ben's corpse, cuddling with it as the house burns. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.

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One of the most iconic live-action dogs in cinema is a Collie named Lassie. It seems like way too much work. Glenn Close was great in the live-action remake, but our number two pick had to go to the original animated classic.The movie centers around the Dalmatians Pongo and Perdita and their fifteen puppies as well as their owners Roger and Anita. Among his off-color filmmaking, he delved into stop-motion with 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox which starred a slew of big names and became a critical hit. This version, which places it in a modern American context, was directed by Lasse Hallström, written by Stephen P. Lindsey and Kaneto Shindo, and produced by Richard Gere. Then again, neither did some of the other kids in Maggie’s friend group. While receiving better reviews overall and higher financial success than the earlier film, Eight Below deftly crafts a story that is focused half on the human characters and half on the dogs, while also bringing each narrative together in the end. A family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them. It’s a simple premise – Lady is a handful but she loves her family dearly. Available to stream on Freeform. Ma movie courtesy Universal Pictures. The pairs hit it off and Roger and Perdita had 101 puppies, catching the attention of evil fashion designer Cruella de Vil. A dog named Bailey (voiced by Josh Gad) lives and dies as multiple dogs with different owners across decades but finds his way back to his first best friend Ethan (later played by Dennis Quaid). With Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, McKaley Miller. What did you think of the movie? t.co/DOhAJdB6PW", "Universal's 'Ma' Due Digitally Aug. 20, on Disc Sept. 3", "Ma review – Octavia Spencer kills it in creepy exploitation thriller", "Octavia Spencer makes the camp high-school horror of Ma worth watching: EW review", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ma_(film)&oldid=983536523, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 20:00.

The latter film’s story is more serious and centers around a pack of sled dogs that are left behind on a dangerous mission and later rescued by their owner.

It’s the dog belonging to Maggie (Diana Silvers) and her mother, Erica (Juliette Lewis), who was also a part of “Ma’s” trauma in high school. “They tried to do this in the 15th and 16th century. Let us know your thoughts in the comments! The film’s received overwhelmingly positive reviews and won several awards, despite having a small box office opening and gross. Dafoe’s performance incredibly injects heart into the movie as he has a tumultuous relationship with the dogs – something many of us can relate to. It’s disturbing and it’s grotesque… and we had to know everything about it. "[6] He read Scotty Landes' script of the film, which Blumhouse Productions had bought the day before.
It's just not misery, however Octavia Spencer does a great job in her role as Ma. Unfortunately, many critics panned it for its animation style, not realizing how large its scope would be in later years.

What’s your favorite of the bunch? Ma came together as a result of Tate Taylor's desire to direct a film about "something fucked up," and a conversation he had with Octavia Spencer in which she told him that she was "sick of only being offered the same role and never getting to be a lead. Nothing makes a movie better than having a really cute dog as the star (or supporting role). Here are 30 of the best doggies in showbiz in no particular order. "[5] The two are longtime friends, having worked together in films such as The Help and Get on Up. Ma is a 2019 American psychological horror film produced, co-written and directed by Tate Taylor. We’ll never look at spaghetti and meatballs the same again. Yes, the scene plays out in all its glory, she even gets a hand around it!

I guess it all makes sense in her head. "[19] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Word webslinger. Almost a decade later after hits such as Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel, Anderson ventured back to the medium for Isle of Dogs. What’s odd about the dog’s blood in Ma is that it’s not Ma’s dog, and it’s not Ben’s dog.