So, if you’ve ever really wanted to watch Jake Gyllenhaal get the crap beat out of him, you’ll probably enjoy the trailer for Southpaw. Judging from the preview, Jake is apparently playing a boxer who gets beat up a lot and who loses his wife and nearly loses his daughter. Jake really did deserve an Oscar for Nightcrawler. Southpaw doesn’t look like an Oscar contender but it does look like another chance to Jake to prove his versatility and encourage us all to forget his unfortunae starring turn in the terrible Love and Other Drugs.
Seriously, I may have bitched and whined about the generic title and the generic teaser poster of the latest James Bond film but, when you get right down to it, how can you not be excited by the prospect of a new Bond film?
SPECTRE is going to have some pretty big shoes to fill, considering that 2012’s Skyfall was one of the best Bond films ever, as well as being the film that finally convinced a lot of people (including me) that Daniel Craig actually could be a credible 007.
Will SPECTRE be as good as Skyfall or will it be another Quantum of Solace? When the film was first officially announced, I was cautiously optimistic, largely because of the fact that Sam Mendes was returning as the film’s director. (It’s interesting that Mendes has both directed one of the best Bond films and one of the worst best picture winners. Seriously, American Beauty sucks.)
Well, today, the first teaser for SPECTRE was released and you know what? It actually looks pretty promising. Judging from the trailer, it appears that SPECTRE will follow up directly on the events at the end of Skyfall and it will involve secrets from Bond’s past. It’s a surprisingly low-key trailer, one that hints that SPECTRE may be even more of a moody film that Skyfall.
Through the Shattered Lens 