I think it’s a fair question to ask whether — after four documentaries and countless books — there’s really anything new to be said about the West Memphis Three. That’s certainly the question that I asked when I heard that Atom Egoyan was making a narrative film about this case.
Having watched the trailer below and speaking as someone who has spent her share of time in Arkansas, I will say that Reese Whitherspoon appears to be perfectly cast while Colin Firth appears to be intriguingly miscast.
As far as I know, this film is not a sequel to The Beaver.
This film, which has already had an extremely limited theatrical release (for instance, it played a weekend at the Alamo Drafthouse), will be available via OnDemand on February 11th.
Was it just me or did the Super Bowl commercials kinda sorta suck this year? I mean, I expect the game to always be long and boring but I can usually count on seeing at least a few memorable commercials. Howevever, with a few notable exceptions (mostly involving puppies and horses), this year’s crop of commercials were just boring. You could tell that advertisers were going so out of their way to keep things positive that they forgot that commercials also need to be interesting.
However, there was one commercial that seemed to excite everyone on twitter and that was a brief 49-second commercial for the return of 24. Judging from this commercial, Jack Bauer is back and he’s as violent as ever. And, apparently, he has some issues with the British.
Okay, so that trailer for A Million Days To Die In The West may have made some people laugh. Not me necessarily but surely, someone out there found it to be hilarious. Well, here’s a trailer for a film that — if it does its source material any justice — is destined to make a lot of people (like me!) cry. The Fault In Our Stars is based on the novel by John Green and it stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort.
For all eight of you Family Guy fans out there, here’s the red band trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming film, A Million Ways To Die In The West.
I haven’t heard much about Helen Alone, beyond the fact that it’s an independent film, it’s the directorial debut of Henrik Bech Poulsen, and it was filmed in my home state of Texas. According to its imdb page, it’s scheduled to be released on August 1st.
And, based on the trailer, I’m looking forward to seeing it. The trailer has a nicely surreal feel to it. As someone who spent her teen years living in the Texas suburbs, there was a lot in this to which I could definitely relate.
A lot of people are probably going to be inclined to dismiss The Rover out-of-hand simply because it stars Robert Pattinson. I suggest that, if those people need proof that Pattinson is capable of more than Twilight, they should go watch Cosmopolis.
And besides, even if you aren’t a fan of Pattinson’s, you should still be willing to take a chance on The Rover because it was directed by David Michod, who previously directed the absolutely brilliant Animal Kingdom, and it co-stars the great Guy Pearce.
The Rover will be released in the summer of 2014.
Cheer up everyone! It may be snowing up north. The ground may be shaking in California. It might be 30 degrees and sunny in the South. But the first trailer for Veronica Mars is here and everyone should be happy!
Here’s something for everyone to look forward to in 2014.
Through the Shattered Lens 