Looks like Shrek needs a hero! A 200-pound Shrek sculpture in Massachusetts has been stolen from its home! *Image courtesy of Hatfield Police Department According to the homeowner, the sculpture is “kind of [an] iconic statue in the town and it is worth roughly $500, but it’s pricelessR...
Read MoreIn case anyone is wondering, Eddie Murphy wants to play Donkey in Shrek 5. He was promoting his new movie You People with Etalk when Shrek came up. He also questioned why Puss in Boots was given his own spin-off movies when Donkey was left out, despite being “funnier.” Check out an ex...
Read MoreSometimes the best stuff comes out of nowhere. Today, 20th Century Studios released a trailer for Amsterdam, David O. Russell’s new film (and his first since 2015). Amsterdam is described as a “historical mystery comedy” involving three friends who “become the prime suspects in a murder in t...
Read MoreIn 2010, DreamWorks Animation completed the main Shrek film series with its fourth installment, Shrek Forever After. Shrek the Third is the only Shrek film I saw in the theater;, I saw Shrek Forever After by chance when my grandmother got us the DVD. I didn’t like the movie much, but it was st...
Read More2007 reminds me a lot of 2004 in terms of DreamWorks Animation’s cinematic output. In both years, they released a Shrek sequel in May and in the fall, a comedy featuring anthropomorphic animals starring a well-known comedian. We’ll talk about Bee Movie next time, but one big difference between t...
Read MoreConventional wisdom tells us that sequels are usually a bad idea and never as good as the original movie. Every now and again, there’s an exceptionally good sequel that shakes things up, expanding on themes and characters from the original while also exploring new ones. I’ve always considered Th...
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