We Are What We Are is a remake of a disturbingly intense 2010 Mexican film about a family of cannibals. Will the remake match the original’s intensity? It’s hard to imagine that it could but, judging from the trailer, the filmmakers are at least going to try.
Yay! It’s another trailer featuring my favorite actor — JAMES FRANCO! He not only stars in Palo Alto but he produced it and it’s even based on his short stories. Can we just go ahead and announce that 2013 will be forever remembered as the Year of Franco?
This year is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and I have to admit that I’m surprised that there aren’t a few hundred JFK-related films coming out this year. Seriously, since January, it’s something that those of us in Dallas have had to hear about it on a daily basis.
Then again, it’s because I’m from Texas that I’m somewhat glad that there aren’t a lot of films coming out about that day back in 1963. Quite frankly, I don’t need to sit through a hundred films featuring a bunch of character actors butchering my state’s native accent.
If you can’t do the accent, don’t accept the damn role. End of story.
However, just because there aren’t a lot of them, that doesn’t mean that there won’t be films looking to exploit the anniversary. For example, there’s Parkland. Judging from the trailer below, Parkland appears to be an ensemble film about “ordinary” people dealing with the assassination of President Kennedy.
A lot of critics have been saying that Parkland might be a dark horse contender for best picture but it looks dreadfully earnest to me. Add to that, this seems like just the subject matter to bring out the pompousness that always seems to be hiding underneath the surface of producer Tom Hanks.
That said, I know I’ll end up seeing it.
It’s about my hometown, after all.
It’s hard for me to think of any film that I’m as eager to see this year as Blue Is The Warmest Colour. The film already won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year and it’ll be interesting to see if it duplicates the success that the previous Cannes winner, Amour, achieved in the U.S.
A lot of people, like me, felt that Matthew McConaughey deserved an Oscar nomination earlier this year for his performance in Killer Joe. It looks like he’ll get a second chance this year with his performances in both Mud and the upcoming Dallas Buyer’s Club, the trailer of which can be found below.
So, when I saw You’re Next last weekend, I also saw the second trailer for Machete Kills.
The audience I saw seemed to be really excited about the trailer but I have to say that, after seeing it, I’m actually a bit worried about Machete Kills. The first Machete was a parody of grindhouse filmmaking but it was an affectionate parody. As over-the-top as it was, it still felt like it could have also been a genuine grindhouse film.
This trailer for Machete Kills, however, feels like the exact opposite. Instead of celebrating the excesses of the grindhouse, this trailer feels more like it’s inviting us to mock the films to which it claims to be paying homage.
This trailer almost feels like it’s for a film that was made by somebody who has never seen an actual grindhouse film but who has seen plenty of YouTube videos.
Hopefully, I’ll be proven wrong.
I am as shocked as anyone to admit that I’m really looking forward to seeing a movie about a man who is addicted to online pornography. However, in the case of Don John, it helps that the addict is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who also makes his directorial debut with this film). Add to that, how can you not be excited about seeing Robin and the Black Widow fall in love on the big screen?
Directed by actor John Turturro, Fading Gigolo has recently been getting a lot of buzz. Some people have even speculated that it might get Woody Allen an acting nomination to go along with all of the probable nominations for Blue Jasmine. All I know is that Fading Gigolo sounds like a bit of an over descriptive title.
So, I was recently talking to someone on twitter and he essentially said, “Nice blog but enough with Sharknado.” I have to say that I agreed with him. We do have a pretty nice blog here and Sharknado has been the overhyped, overrated film of 2013.
What’s distressing is that a lot of people think that Sharknado is the epitome of a good, silly SyFy film. By SyFy standards, Sharknado was nothing special. Certainly, it could in no way compare to previous SyFy films like 2-headed Shark Attack, End of the World and Flying Monkeys. The only thing that set Sharknado apart was the fact that it was watched by a bunch of celebs who proceeded to tweet some the lamest film commentary ever seen on twitter.
Myself, I’m much more looking forward to August 22nd of this year. That’s the day that Ghost Shark will premiere on SyFy. Not only was Ghost Shark directed by the great Griff Furst (director of such classic SyFy films as Arachnoquake and Swamp Shark) but, judging from the trailer below, Ghost Shark appears to deliver exactly what it promises: a shark that’s also ghost which eats a lot of fat people.
What more could you possibly need?
This weekend, when I first saw this trailer, I was struck by how much it felt like what we’ve come to expect from Wes Anderson. However, this film was directed by Ben Stiller, who also plays the role of iconic daydreamer Walter Mitty.
Through the Shattered Lens