Episode XIV: The 2018 Summer Movie Preview Episode
Here’s what all the cool dads will be watching this summer.
Maggie and Will consider it their duty to make sure that dads have something to watch this summer. They did the next best thing to watching and critiquing this season’s most exciting films — they watched and critiqued the trailers. Maybe you can’t judge a film by its trailer, but you can rate its “dadness.”
Watch the trailers for this summer’s blockbusters along with Maggie and Will, and decide whether you think any of them are very dad movies.
Don’t touch that thermostat!
Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th)
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Joonas Suotamo, and Woody Harrelson
Directed by: Ron Howard
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEYpryMp2s
Ocean’s Eight (June 8th)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, and Helena Bonham Carter
Directed by: Gary Ross
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFWF9dU5Zc0
Incredibles 2 (June 15)
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Catherine Keener, and Samuel L. Jackson
Directed by: Brad Bird
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5qOzqD9Rms
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (June 22)
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum, B.D. Wong as Dr. Wu
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9mMeWcgoM
Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 6)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, Judy Greer, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michael Douglas
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzGTP4hMinM
Tag (July 15th)
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, LilRel Howery, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, Rashida Jones
Directed by: Jeff Tomsic
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Jad4oMt_E
Mission: Impossible — Fallout (July 27th)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb49-oV0F78
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (July 20)
Starring: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Cher, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard
Directed by: Ol Parker
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd4cLL_MP7M
Hosted by: Maggie Blaha & Will Young
Produced by: Maggie Blaha
Theme Music by: Kim Fenner, Fenner Music
Logo by: Aaron Scott Mercer, www.aaronscottmercer.com
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