Birds of a feather flock together. We'll see how well that saying holds up when Illumination's newest animated movie flies into theatres this coming Christmas. This holiday season, the studio that brought us Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites us back to the movies to join in a funny, feathered family vacation in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration. Check out this just released teaser for the film:
My kids have grown up watching animated films from this studio, so we're excited to have a family outing to the movies to see Migration. A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime. Sounds like a movie that this Geek Daddy can relate to! Are you GEEKED about seeing Migration this Christmas or is this a film you are more likely ducking out of going to see?
Ring in the holiday season and get ready to laugh-out-loud with an all-out prank battle the whole family can enjoy, in the hilarious comedy, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, now available to own for the first time on Digital on December 15, 2020 and on Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on December 22, 2020 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on Robert Kimmel Smith’s multi-award-winning beloved children’s book of the same name, the film follows a series of escalating shenanigans that ensue when a grandfather (Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro, The Irishman, Meet the Parents franchise) moves in with his daughter, forcing his grandson (Oakes Fegley, The Goldfinch, This Is Where I Leave You) to begrudgingly give up his bedroom. Packed with heart and hysterical hijinks from start to finish, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA is the perfect “family-friendly comedy” (Pete Hammond, Deadline) everyone can enjoy during the holiday and beyond.
Sixth-grader Peter (Fegley) is pretty much your average kid—he likes gaming, hanging with his friends and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when his recently widowed grandfather Ed (De Niro) moves in with Peter's family, the boy is forced to give up his most prized possession of all, his bedroom. Unwilling to let such an injustice stand, Peter devises a series of increasingly elaborate pranks to drive out the interloper, but Grandpa Ed won't go without a fight. Soon, the friendly combatants are engaged in an all-out war with side-splitting consequences.
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The Croods has been a family favorite of ours. This humorous movie about a prehistoric family that decides to stop hiding in caves and live life out in the world is a funny a heart-warming story that my wife and I enjoy just as much as our kids. We're really excited to see its sequel THE CROODS: A NEW AGE which is being released in theaters for the Thanksgiving Weekend.
In these tough times it meant a lot to find out that this beloved movie is also using its sequel to help those in needs. Tweet a message with #CroodsCare on Twitter and Universal Pictures will make a donation to the charity Feeding America. Universal will also match donations made directly to Feeding America via the CroodsCare Landing Page www.feedingamerica.org/croodscare. Fans can also contribute via a “Virtual Fruit Drive” on Animal Crossing New Horizons by visiting “Croods Cove” using dream code: DA-1282-8266-2121.Each piece of virtual fruit that users donate on the island will translate into real meals. Universal has pledged to support providing one million meals to families in need through this campaign during the holiday season.
Check out this video with the cast of THE CROODS: A NEW AGE discussing Thanksgiving Dinner etiquette and the #CroodsCare charitable campaign:
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE -- IN THEATERS NOVEMBER 25
The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters, from fanged prehistoric beasts to surviving the end of the world, but now they will face their biggest challenge of all: another family. In this new story the Croods need a new place to live. When they discover an idyllic walled-in paradise that meets all their needs, they think their problems are solved … except for one thing.
Another family already lives there: the Bettermans.
The Bettermans (emphasis on the “better”)—with their elaborate tree house, amazing inventions and irrigated acres of fresh produce—are a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. When they take the Croods in as the world’s first houseguests, it isn’t long before tensions escalate between the cave family and the modern family.
Just when all seems lost, a new threat will propel both families on an epic adventure outside the safety of the wall, one that will force them to embrace their differences, draw strength from each other and forge a future together.
