It’s interesting how many post-apocalyptic films have been released over the past few years. People really do seem to be convinced that the world is on the verge of ending and who knows? Maybe it is!
Oh well. It has to end sometime, right?
Anyway, here’s the trailer for Into The Forest. Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood play sisters who live in a house that’s on the edge of the forest. When the world ends, they go into the forest and make a deal with Meryl Streep and … oh wait, that’s Into The Woods.
Okay, so there’s no Meryl Streep and that might actually be a good thing. Both Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are excellent actresses and they deserve a chance to shine. Fortunately, Into The Forest is also a Canadian film and our longtime readers know how much I love the nation that gave us Degrassi.
So, prepare for the world to end with Into The Forest!
When I first read that Don’t Breathe caused quite a stir at SXSW earlier this year, I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical. Trust me for I am from Texas and I have spent a lot of time in Austin and I know of what I speak: it’s not that hard to create a stir in Austin. In fact, the main appeal of Austin is that practically everything leads to a stir.
But then I watched the trailer and wow, is it intense! The film tells the story of three teenagers who make the mistake of attempting to rob a blind man. The blind man is played by Stephen Lang and, considering that his character was one of the worst things about Avatar, it’s kind of nice to see that Lang may have finally gotten a role worthy of his menacing talent.
I know next to nothing about the game that this film is based on, beyond what I’ve seen in commercials. (Apparently, it involves a lot of building jumping.) But the trailer features Michael Fassbender, looking all intense and haunted and sexy and that’s a good thing!
Remember when the Da Vinci Code came out and every toadsucker in the world suddenly thought they were an expert on both art history and Catholic theology?
“The Magdalene was actually the beloved disciple and, by having Jesus’s children, she gave birth the French royal family blah blah blah blah blah..”
Yeah, everyone wants to deny it now and pretend like they were too smart to fall for Dan Brown’s BS but, just ten years ago, Da Vinci Code was a big deal. I never had much use for it because, as an art history major, it was obvious to me that Dan Brown didn’t know a damn thing about Leonardo Da Vinci or The Last Supper.
Anyway, Ron Howard, Dan Brown, and Tom Hanks are all back with Inferno! Inferno is going to suck but here’s the trailer anyway:
My advise is that you skip Ron Howard’s Inferno and instead, watch Dario Argento’s!
Dario Argento’s Inferno — now, that’s a good movie!
When I originally heard that Ang Lee’s new film was going to be called Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, I was super excited because I assumed it was a baseball film and my sister loves baseball and I’m kind of obsessed with finding movies for my sister to not only watch but to enjoy watching as well!
(If I love you, that means I’m going to obsessively try to find a movie that you’ll love as much as I love Upstream Color.)
However, as I expressed my excitement to the TSL’s own Jedadiah Leland, he mentioned to me that apparently halftime is a football thing.
So, this is not a baseball film! In fact, judging from the trailer, it’s not much a football movie either. Instead, it’s a war film. Or at least, it’s kind of a war film. Apparently, it’s also a coming home film. Judging from the flag that appears in the background of one of the scenes, it’s also a Texas film. That can be either good or bad. Movies never get my home state right, especially when those movies are attempting to make some sort of statement about American foreign policy.
(Seriously, Hollywood: Oregon has its share of jingoistic assholes as well. Go make a movie about those jerks, for once.)
But — and here’s the reason why I am optimistic — Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk was directed by Ang Lee, who is one of my favorite directors!
In fact, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is being described, by some, as the film for which Lee may finally pick up an Oscar for best picture. (He has two Oscars for directing but none of his films have ever won the big prize. Adding insult to injury, one of them actually lost to fucking Crash.)
Anyway, I kinda lost my train of thought so, instead of going on and on, I’ll just post the trailer for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.
This new trailer for The Neon Demon really puts the red into red band!
Okay, I’m not sure what that means but it sounds nice and clickbaity so I’ll go with it. Anyway, The Neon Demon is the latest film from Nicolas Winding Refn. Refn, of course, is still beloved around these parts for directing Drive…
….which, come to think of it, is a film that I oddly have no desire to sit through again.
Isn’t it funny how that happens sometimes? You see a film and you know it’s great but, whenever you have a second chance to watch it, you’re just like, “Hmmm…no, once was enough.”
Will I want to rewatch The Neon Demon? I have no idea but Jena Malone is one of my favorite actresses and Elle Fanning was heartbreakingly good in Somewhere. There are a few moments in the trailer that made me think of both Maps to the Stars and Lost River (and that’s not a good thing) but then there were other moments that made me think of Under The Skin (and that is a good thing!)
Anyway, this trailer is NSFW so watch it from the safety of your own car…
It actually looks really good! I have to admit that I’m a little bit cynical when it comes to Ben Affleck movies but The Accountant looks really, really good.
Will the movie live up to the trailer? We won’t find out until November. Until then, watch the trailer below and see what I’m talking about!
Adam Wingard’s got a new movie coming out and, if you’ve seen either You’re Next or The Guest, you know why those of us at the Shattered Lens Bunker are excited about it!
Below, you’ll find the trailer for the upcoming film Nerve and I dare you to watch it! (Hence, the title of this post. Clever, no?)
So, did you watch it? What did you think? It looks like it might be kind of stupid but, for whatever reason, I want to see it. In fact, Nerve is one of those films that you probably have to see when it’s first released because, two or three years from now, it’ll probably seem ludicrously dated.
Is it a romantic comedy? Is it a multimedia satire? Is it a thriller? I’m not really sure.
But it does feature good-looking people running around in their underwear and we all know that’s what audiences really want.
