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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Wild Robot

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The Wild Robot is a fun, exciting, and interesting computer-animated film. Based on the book series of the same name, the film made me think of the lovely animated film The Iron Giant.

In The Wild Robot, an intelligent robot, Roz (Lupita Nyong’o), is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Roz was programmed to serve others and complete tasks. Upon completion of those tasks, she would return home.

Glowing robot looking through a pine tree

Since the island was uninhabited, no one was there to give her tasks. 

But something interesting happened…

She discovered the animals on the island needed her help. She could complete tasks to help them and then return home. Her main task became to help a young gosling, Brightbill (Kit Connor), learn how to eat, swim, and fly. Brightbill would need these skills to survive and migrate with the other geese.  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Transformers One

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It’s time to return to the world of Transformers. It’s a beautiful world where sentient beings can transform, battle each other, and save the world.

In this outing, we see the origins of Optimus Prime/Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth) and Megatron/D-16 (Brian Tyree Henry) (I’ll use the names we know them by throughout this article). We know them as mortal enemies. However, they didn’t start this way. Instead, they were buddies who loved one another. 

Transformers One shows us the progression from friendship to enemies. 

Two robots standing side by side. One is red and blue, the other is silver. The situation looks tense.

The movie turned out better than I expected. I wasn’t sure how a buddy-comedy would play in the Transformers world, but I liked it a lot more than I expected. So have audiences around the world.

But what about leadership? Are there leadership lessons in Transformers One? You bet your bottom dollar!  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Killer’s Game

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If you enjoy this article, you’ll love my book Reel Leadership. It’s available on Amazon.

What’s up, Reel Leaders? Welcome back to another edition of Reel Leadership. This is the time of the week when we look at a great movie and the leadership lessons it contains.

This week, our movie is The Killer’s Game. It’s a thrill ride that’s a lot of fun, especially if you like action movies.

Starring former wrestler Dave Bautista as hitman Joe Flood, it’s a story of misinformation and then revenge. Joe received a terminal diagnosis. He has Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). This disease will slowly eat away at his motor skills until he dies.

Dave Bautista in The Killer's Game. Muscular man in a leather jacket looking down the scope of a riffle.

Joe puts a hit out on himself to make things easier on himself and his newfound love, Maize (Sofia Boutella). This way, he won’t rot away and die a painful death. He can ensure his death is quick.  Read more...

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10 Leadership Quotes From James Earl Jones

As a huge movie lover, it broke my heart to hear of the passing of James Earl Jones on September 9th, 2024. Jones had been a significant fixture in the movie industry. Some of his most notable roles include:

  • The voice of Darth Vader in many Star Wars movies
  • Mufasa in The Lion King
  • The Narrator in Judge Dredd
  • Mr. Moses in The Meteor Man

And many more. You knew who it was the instant you heard James Earl Jones’s voice. And it creates instant excitement in any film.

With his passing, I want to look at some of his most memorable leadership quotes and the characters he played. His experience and legacy will be here for generations to come. Let’s celebrate the leadership insights he gave.

10 Leadership Quotes From James Earl Jones

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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In 1988, Tim Burton released Beetlejuice. It was a hilarious horror/comedy film about a recently deceased family disgusted by a new living family moving into their home. They hire a ghoul, Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), to scare the family away.

Almost 40 years later, Tim Burton and Michael Keaton return to the world of Beetlejuice. That same family is now in need of Beetlejuice’s help. Winona Ryder returns as Lydia Deetz, along with Catherine O’Hara as her mother, Delia. Joining the family is Jenna Ortega as Astrid Deetz, Lydia’s daughter. 

Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder as their Beetlejuice characters. Woman in a black dress and a man in a pin-striped suit

This time around in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Delia, Lydia, and Astrid return to Winter River. Delia’s husband has passed away. The trio now has to tie up loose ends on the family estate. That is until Astrid opens a portal to the other side…  Read more...