how to train your dragon 2

January 28, 2015 + 2015 Oscars Challenge

2015 Oscars Challenge: [13] How To Train Your Dragon 2 – Best Animated Feature

Being one of the more successful entries coming out of Dreamworks, it really is no surprise of the success that the sequel, “How To Train Your Dragon 2” has had this year, and rightfully so. In the original film, a young Viking boy named Hiccup finds that he’s not keen to the life of killing dragons that his father and the village has set … Read More 2015 Oscars Challenge: [13] How To Train Your Dragon 2 – Best Animated Feature

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January 12, 2015 + Oscars Watch

Oscars Watch: 72nd Annual Golden Globe Winners

by Christopher Haskell

Since the Oscar ballots were already turned in, the Golden Globes have very little bearing on who will get nominated this Thursday when the nominees are announced, but what the Globes do is potentially shift the Academy into picking different winners based on their speeches and likability throughout the night. It also solidifies certain momentum, say the supporting categories in which J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”) … Read More Oscars Watch: 72nd Annual Golden Globe Winners

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December 6, 2014 + Oscars Shortlist, Oscars Watch

Oscars Shortlist: 20 Animated Features & 10 Animated Shorts Shortlisted for 87th Academy Awards

by Christopher Haskell

The animated feature films have been narrowed down to twenty. Three to bank on are “Big Hero 6” because of the Disney factor, “The Lego Movie” which is widely popular this year and making a run for the animated film to beat, and “How To Train Your Dragon 2” which is also popular and following the original that was nominated for an Oscar as … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 20 Animated Features & 10 Animated Shorts Shortlisted for 87th Academy Awards

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December 6, 2014 + Critics Awards, Oscars Watch

Oscars Watch: 2014 National Board Of Review Awards

by Christopher Haskell

The National Board Of Review goes completely outside the box with their pick for the best film of the year with J.C. Chandor’s “A Most Violent Year”. Giving Jessica Chastain the win for Best Supporting Actress leaves speculation up for whether this support comes in the wake of “Interstellar” demanding Chastain not lobby for Chandor’s film over Nolan’s or whether “A Most Violent Year” … Read More Oscars Watch: 2014 National Board Of Review Awards

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November 11, 2014 + Tuesday Releases

Tuesday Releases: How To Train Your Dragon 2 & Let’s Be Cops

by Christopher Haskell

NOVEMBER 11TH, 2014 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 // “How To Train Your Dragon 2” is a sequel with gravitas. There is a weight to the characters and their situations that builds off the first film almost perfectly. Director Dean DeBlois and his writers recognize what makes a franchise special, by raising the stakes and injecting new life into not just the original … Read More Tuesday Releases: How To Train Your Dragon 2 & Let’s Be Cops

June 23, 2014 + 4 Star Reviews, Reviews

Movie Review: How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

by Christopher Haskell

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 BY CHRISTOPHER HASKELLJUNE 23, 2014 “How To Train Your Dragon 2” is a sequel with gravitas. There is a weight to the characters and their situations that build off the first film almost perfectly. Director Dean DeBlois and his writers recognize what makes a franchise special, by raising the stakes and injecting new life into not just the … Read More Movie Review: How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

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June 13, 2014 + Theatrical New Releases

Theatrical Releases: 22 Jump Street & How To Train Your Dragon 2

by Christopher Haskell

“22 Jump Street” proves that it is not “always worse the second time around”, a quote from the Chief in the film played by Nick Offerman. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill return for another undercover adventure, making good on the promise at the end of the first film, as they head to college. The film has no way of surprising like “21 Jump Street” … Read More Theatrical Releases: 22 Jump Street & How To Train Your Dragon 2