The two dogs begin a power struggle for Alpha dog as a result. It was released on July 8, 2016.Ĭentered on a Manhattan apartment building, the film is focused around a terrier named Max (voiced by Louis C.K.), whose life as an only pet is turned upside down when his owner, Katie ( Ellie Kemper), brings home a huge, sloppy mongrel named Duke ( Eric Stonestreet). True to its name, it follows what various household pets do when their owners aren't around.

However, sometimes I think that their activities are much more sinister than merely hijacking the mixer for a butt rub - perhaps something more along the lines of the secret war in 2001’s Cats & Dogs.The Secret Life of Pets is a CGI animated film from Illumination Entertainment. I’ve always suspected, as have most pet owners, that our animals get up to exactly this kind of stuff when we’re not looking.

The movie itself is still a year away, but the trailer is adorable, and almost works as a short film itself. But even without that kind of social politics at work, I can guarantee you that I and my fellow geeks will go into such a frenzy at the merest mention of the first teaser trailer for Avengers: Civil War you would think that Thor and Black Widow had promised to come over and hang with each of us personally.īut until that happens, I’m sitting here watching the trailer for The Secret Life of Pets and loving the hell out of it. Only a few months ago, the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens became a major news story in part because it triggered thousands of geeks into flaunting their racism to the world after seeing a single shot of a ( gasp, swoon) black Imperial Stormtrooper. Once just something that filled the time while latecomers straggled into the theater, trailers are now Big News.

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