Category: Movies

“We’re brothers now.” A new comedy from the people behind Saturday Night Live. Brother Nature is an indie comedy produced by SNL’s Lorne Michaels, featuring at least four SNL cast members. The story involves a straight-laced politician named Roger, played by Taran Killam, who goes on a retreat to a cabin with his dream girl, played by Gillian Jacobs. But in the woods they meet his soon-to-be-brother-in-law, played by Bobby Moynihan, and his family, and things get wild as expected. Also featuring Rita Wilson, Bill Pullman, Ellen Bloodworth, Sarah Burns, Giancarlo Esposito, Rachael Harris, Kumail Nanjiani, Kenan Thompson and David Wain. This is chock full of really dumb humor that makes me wonder if it’s going to feel like a very drawn out SNL skit that just doesn’t work on the big screen. Have fun. ›››

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“We’re the bad guys.” It’s a common phrase heard throughout Suicide Squad, the latest expansion of the DC Cinematic Universe after Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The characters making up the eponymous team here are on constant alert to remind us just which side of the morality coin they prefer. Seeing “the worst of the worst” being forced to team up is an idea that works wonders on paper. Hell, it even works wonders in execution at least part of the time. But Suicide Squad, for all of its entertainment value, becomes the latest casualty to studio interference and the dreaded, editing machine. What’s left over has just enough verve and edge to let us in on the film that could have been, a potentially great film, too ›››

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“Change everything – passwords, codes – secure this place!” Another one of these. RLJ Entertainment has released the first official trailer for a film called I.T. (already a boring title), a technology thriller about a successful business owner whose life is sabotaged by a mentally deranged IT guy. Pierce Brosnan stars, along with James Frecheville, Anna Friel, Stefanie Scott, Michael Nyqvist, and Jason Barry. This is yet another fear-mongering “technology is scary!” movies, where it seems like the people behind it don’t even actually understand how most of this technology works. Of course the IT guy is creepy, and of course this is from the same guy who made A Good Day to Die Hard. I don’t recommend it, only if you’re curious. ›››

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It’s time for our first glimpse at Nolan’s new World War II movie. Warner Bros has released the first short teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s WWII action thriller titled Dunkirk, about the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. When Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain and France were surrounded by the German army during a fierce battle in France at the start of World War II, they figured out how to evacuate as many as possible by boat across the English channel. The full cast includes Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh, James D’Arcy, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, Adam Long. As expected, this looks epic in scale and it still has the gritty Nolan feel to it. I can’t wait to see more from this. ›››

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“Yeah I don’t think anyone’s seen something like this before…” IFC Midnight has released a trailer for the weird Sundance Midnight film Antibirth, a wacky drug-trip-gone-wrong horror-comedy starring Natasha Lyonne and Chloë Sevigny. The twisted pregnancy plot involves a “wild-eyed stoner” waking up after a seriously “wild night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions as she struggles to get a grip on reality.” The full cast includes Meg Tilly, Emmanuel Kabongo, Corey Pascall and Mark Webber. There’s some totally frickin’ wacky, disgusting and completely insane stuff in this trailer, I don’t even know what to make of it. But if you’re into trippy, crazy, unlike-anything-else horror – give this a shot. ›››

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Witness one girl’s dream take flight. Sony Classics has unveiled the first trailer for The Eagle Huntress, directed by Otto Bell, one of my favorite documentaries out of the Sundance FIlm Festival this year. The film follows the story of a young teenage girl in Mongolia named Aisholpan, living in the mountains with her family, who becomes the first ever female “Eagle Hunter” in over 2,000 years male dominance in their culture. Beyond telling an inspiring and exhilarating story, the film features some beautiful cinematography of the Mongolian region where she lives. I was totally enamored by this documentary when I first saw it at Sundance, and I’ve been raving about it ever since. I hope it finds a big audience here in the US and inspires many others. Oh and to top it off, Daisy Ridley narrates the film and helped produce it as well. Don’t miss. ›››

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“There’s a blizzard coming.” The first trailer has debuted thanks to TIFF for a film called Two Lovers and a Bear, a relationship drama set in the small town near the North Pole. Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan star as two “star-crossed lovers” and lost souls that end up together at the top of the world. Of course, things can’t be perfect and their pasts catch up to them, forcing them to make some rash decisions. There are some shots in this that seem straight out of The Thing, and an actual polar bear makes an appearance a couple of times. How the bears plays into the plot, I don’t know, but it’s cool to see even though it seems odd. The film didn’t get great reviews out of Cannes but a few of you may be interested in it. ›››

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“Do you think I feel sorry for you?” Sony Pictures Classics has debuted an official US trailer for a Danish drama called Land of Mine, set near the end of World War II. The story is about a group of very young German POWs captured by the Danish army who are forced to clear thousand of land mines from a beach. The full cast includes Roland Moller, Mikkel Boe Folsgaard, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Emil Belton, and Oskar Belton. As this trailer shows, the film looks like a very moving and tense story about these boys learning that “the war is far from over” even though they’ve stopped fighting and firing guns. I like the way the trailer ends with silence, plus that “boom” joke at the end, powerful stuff. Worth a watch. ›››

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“It’s purely a love thing.” Snowfort Pictures has revealed an outstanding treaser trailer for the upcoming documentary 24X36: A Movie About Movie Posters, which explains what it’s about right in the title. The film is having its world premiere at Fantastic Fest later this fall, the home of Mondo where many of the finest posters nowadays are being made. The documentary examines the love of movie posters old and new, discusses the sad decline of the studio poster today, as well as the rise of the new generation of poster artists and collectors. It features interviews with Roger Kastel, behind the classic Jaws poster, as well as William Stout, Jason Edmiston, Laurent Durieux, Gary Pullin, Orlando Arocena and others. Looks fantastic. ›››

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