October is just around the corner and before we all know it Halloween will be upon us! To celebrate this hallowed season Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation is proud to release their latest animated effort, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA in 3D, starring Adam Sandler.
Synopsis:
Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world’s most famous monsters – Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more – to celebrate his daughter Mavis’s 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of the legendary monsters is no problem – but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.
If you’re a monster, call to make your reservation today!
Focus Features proudly presents their second stop-motion film: ParaNorman! Teaming up again with Laika, the people who also brought us Coraline, this 3D animated comedy-thriller is sure to be a winner with the audience!
ParaNorman is the tale of a misunderstood boy who can communicate with the dead and takes on paranormal entities such as ghosts and zombies, including not so paranormal grownups in order to save his hometown from a centuries-old curse.
ParaNorman is rated PG and open in theaters everywhere on August 17th!
Check out a couple of ParaNorman video featurettes:
You can find more ParaNorman video featurettes on YouTube!
A story set in Scotland would be jiggery pokery without its share of Scottish words and phrases. And crivens, “Brave” has plenty! But it would all be for naught unless accompanied by a proper glossary, so here goes…
AUTOCHTHONOUS
Indigenous, native
Taught to filmmakers by Emma Thompson (voice of Queen Elinor), who used it to describe “Brave’s” Castle Dunbroch because it appears to have grown right out of the earth.
BLUE WODE
A blue dye extracted from a cabbage-type plant used by inhabitants of ancient Scotland to paint their bodies
Lord MacGuffin and Young MacGuffin paint their bodies in blue wode to proclaim that they are ready for battle at any moment.
BRAE
Hill
BUNCH OF GALOOTS
Many fools
galoot = clumsy, oafish person
CARNYX
A Celtic trumpet with a bell shaped like a boar’s head. Held vertically so it can be heard in large crowds, a carnyx was used during wartime to send troops into battle.
In “Brave,” it signals the start of the Highland Games.
CRIVENS, YOU’RE FIERCE
Wow! You’re cool or ferocious or tough!
crivens = expression of surprise or shock
DANCING TATTY BOGLE
An expression that describes something outlandish or imaginary
tatty = shabby, cheap
bogle, boggle or bogill = ghost or folkloric being
DORIC
A dialect from the Aberdeenshire region in Scotland
Elgin native Kevin McKidd (voice of MacGuffin and Young MacGuffin), who learned Doric from his grandfather, proposed to filmmakers for Young MacGuffin to speak the incomprehensible dialect in “Brave.”
DREADFUL COLLYWOBBLES
Unwanted stomachache or a bad case of the nerves
collywobbles = upset stomach; intestinal disturbances or a feeling of apprehension
FOR NAUGHT
For no reason
FINISH WHAT HE GUDDLED IN THE FIRST PLACE
Fix, clean up or otherwise remedy something that’s been horribly mishandled.
guddle = make a mess of it
GAMY SPELL
An unfortunate bit of magic
gamy = bad
GLEN
Small, narrow, secluded valley
GOOGLY OLD HAG
Outlandish, unattractive senior
googly = strange, odd
GIANT HAVING A JIGGER IN THE BLUEBELLS
Similar to Dancing Tatty Bogle, something that’s absurd or fantastical
HAGGIS
Though some will joke that a haggis is a small animal native to Scotland, it is actually a traditional Scottish pudding made with sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, encased in a sheep’s stomach and cooked for several hours. Often served with “neeps and tatties” (turnips and potatoes).
HIGHLAND GAMES
Festivals that celebrate Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Includes competitions in piping and drumming, dancing, archery, caber tossing, stone put and other Scottish athletics, plus entertainment and exhibits.
JIGGERY POKERY
Nonsense
JINGS CRIVENS HELP MA BOAB
Oh my!
Exclamation of bewilderment or exasperation
KILT
A pleated and draped tartan fabric garment worn by Scottish men
During the production of “Brave” director Mark Andrews and several animators wore kilts to work on Fridays—dubbed Kilt Fridays—to get in the spirit of Scotland and the film’s characters.
LASS
Girl
LAD
Boy
LOCH
Lake
MANKY DOGS
Unsavory person or being
manky = dirty, worthless or in bad taste
MICHTY ME
Wow! Holy cow!
An exclamation of surprise, shock or being overwhelmed
NUMPTY
Useless individual
NUT ‘EM
Head-butt ‘em
SCAFFY WITCH
A tricky or slick being with magical powers
scaffy = trickster
SCARED SIMPERIN’ JACKANAPES Belittling description of a goofy and unworthy opponent
simpering = silly smile
jackanape = an insulting reference to a monkey or ape; a braggart; a mischievous child
SCUTTLE THE VIKING LONGSHIPS
Sink Viking ships by making holes in the bottom
STUFF HER GOB
Eat with abandon
gob = mouth
TARTAN
A specially designed woven fabric that identifies a clan. April 6th is National Tartan Day in the United States.
TOSSING CABERS
A test of strength and skill seen in Highland Games in which the competitor raises a pole vertically with the small end down, and then throws it
Caber = a long, tapered section of a tree trunk
TUMSHIE
Turnip… or foolish person. Or both.
WEE
Small
WE’LL BILE YUR HEED WAE DUMPLIN’ BREED; TAE MAKE AN URSINE STEW
bile yer heed (boil your head) = don’t be ridiculous. Also used as an exclamation if someone is doing something stupid and it’s annoying
In “Brave” King Fergus sings what he’ll do to the demon bear Mor’du when he catches him to avenge his lost leg. Not only will he boil his head, but he’ll add dumplings to make a bear stew.
WILL O’ THE WISPS
Ghostly lights or small blue spirits that lead the way to treasure or doom.
In “Brave,” the will o’ the wisps lead Merida to change her fate.
ABOUT THE MOVIE:
Set in the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland, Disney•Pixar’s “Brave” follows the heroic journey of Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald), a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of Emma Thompson). Determined to change her fate, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the unruly and uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (voice of Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (voice of Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (voice of Robbie Coltrane), unleashing chaos in the kingdom. When she turns to an eccentric Witch (voice of Julie Walters), she is granted an ill-fated wish and the ensuing peril forces Merida to harness all of her resources—including her mischievous triplet brothers—to undo a beastly curse and discover the meaning of true bravery. Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, and produced by Katherine Sarafian, “Brave” is a grand adventure full of heart, memorable characters and signature Pixar h or.
The newest true-life adventure film from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Disneynature hits theaters on Earth Day, April 20, 2012. Here’a a sneak peek introduction to the stars of this film.
Genre: True Life Adventure
Rating: G
U.S. Release Date: April 20, 2012
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
