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As Mother’s day weekend quickly approaches, many of us are scrambling to find the same tired card and flower combo. It always seems like this holiday sneaks up, out of nowhere, and often we see the day pass with an empty feeling that we let our leading lady down.

This year, Hollywood has provided the masses with a light-hearted film in the wildly popular escape duo genre that mom would enjoy, with Snatched. Although the plot is predictable, two travelers find themselves kidnapped and hilarity and hijinks follow them as they attempt to escape their attackers, co-stars Amy Schumer and long-awaited return Goldie Hawn add a warm mother-daugther twist to the theme.

Schumer portrays Emily, the likeable archetype of distastefulness, immune to shame, creating a mix of innocence and ignorance that draws crowds. Similar to her role in Trainwreck, the character is loud, self-absorbed, unapologetic, sloppy, with a large dose of naivety. Balancing the histrionic nature of Emily is her mother, the calm, overprotective Linda, played by Hawn. Masterful at acting like a suburban divorcee, Hawn keeps the plot focused on the connection of family and self-discovery.

The flick opens with Emily down on her luck. She loses a job, a boyfriend, and has NON-REFUNDABLE tickets to an all-inclusive resort in Ecuador, which no one wants join her on. Fearful Linda lives at home with her adult son, many cats, and in constant worry of her daughter living in the big-city. After a lot of bickering, the two decide to take the trip together. The polar-opposite responses to what a fun-filled vacation looks like leads to discord among the women. Fallen prey to a handsome kidnapper, they must rely on each other and the kindness of strangers in order to survive in the harsh jungle.

The movie earns extra cool points for its variety of comedic cameos, including the hilariously nerdy agoraphobic character, Jeffery, executed by Ike Barinholtz. Upon learning that his mother and sister are being held for ransom, he attempts to save them the best way he knows how: trolling. With repeated prank calls and Facebook stalking an FBI agent, Jeffery’s subplot almost steals the show.

The response to this movie will depend on how one feels about either of its principal women. If you love Schumer’s self-deprecating persona, then you’ll love the obnoxious Emily. If you’ve missed the old-school style of Hawn’s slap-stick and wit, then you’ll be enamoured with Linda. However, these are both toned down versions of the star’s usual performance; don’t build it up to more than what it is, a mom-com. The person this movie is attempting to attract is the one who simply wants a good laugh around the generational clash between a parent and their child.

This Mother’s day weekend, Friday May 12, 2017, don’t choose the humdrum last minute gift from the impulse isle. Instead take her for a good laugh with the heartwarming Snatched.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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