Category: Movies

“I was just supposed to be camping!” Netflix has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled The Package, the latest from Funny or Die filmmaker Jake Szymanski (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates). The wacky, stupid comedy is about a group of teenage friends who go on a spring break camping trip, but an accident causes them to change their plans in hopes of saving their friend. Yeah, it’s dumb and made for teenagers to get drunk and laugh at. The full cast for this includes Daniel Doheny, Geraldine Viswanathan, Sadie Calvano, Luke Spencer Roberts, Eduardo Franco, Michael Eklund, Gary Jones, Alexander Calvert, Sugar Lyn Beard, and Blake Anderson. These kind of dumb comedies are not for me, way too goofy and stupid and just not funny. But if you’re into this kind of humor, then have fun. ›››

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“We are our choices.” -Jean-Paul Sartre. Life is all about choices. The choices we make, or that we don’t make, in small decisions, in big decisions. Everything is about these choices and every choice we make, even subconsciously, leads us down one path or another. We can’t go back, but we can continue to be aware and learn what influences us to make decisions. This is an endless philosophical discussion with no conclusion, but the concept of “choices” has been on my mind a lot at film festivals – ever since a discussion I had with my friend & fellow critic Pamela Jahn at the Cannes Film Festival. Then it continued while I was at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. I chose to go to this festival because I enjoy it, and I really want to catch up with and see more films. I’m so happy I went to this festival, and strangely enough even though a number of my friends were also there we never ended up at the same screenings. This isn’t uncommon at film festivals, but it did make me think more about the choices we make – especially at fests. ›››

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“Do you think you could like me?” Netflix has debuted an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, another reinvention of the romantic comedy play Cyrano de Bergerac (this isn’t the only film based on that play this year – there is also the British film Old Boys). Shannon Purser stars as Sierra, the one from the title of the film, who is very intelligent but not very pretty by high school standards. A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school and the biggest loser must come together to win over their crushes. Also starring RJ Cyler, Noah Centineo, Chrissy Metz, Alan Ruck, and Lea Thompson. This actually looks like a cute & honest film. ›››

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“Think about the opportunity you’re sitting on here.” Vertical Entertainment has released an official trailer for an indie crime drama titled A Crooked Somebody, the latest film from director Trevor White (Jamesy Boy). This film originally premiered back at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2017, but is only now getting a release this fall. A Crooked Somebody stars Richard Sommer as a man whose father was a minister, now working as a cheesy spirit medium. But one day he’s kidnapped and realizes there’s an opportunity: he sets out to become a celebrity TV psychic by solving the mystery of a high-profile crime in the national spotlight. The cast includes Clifton Collins Jr., Amanda Crew, Ed Harris, Gillian Vigman, Amy Madigan, Randee Heller, and Joanne Froggatt. This looks fun and twisted and interesting, maybe worth a watch. ›››

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“Since when you have considered scandal to be a bad thing.” Bleecker Street Films has released the first official trailer for the indie drama Colette, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Colette is the latest film from filmmaker Wash Westmoreland (Quinceañera, Still Alice) and it stars Keira Knightley as a talented author. She marries a successful Parisian writer, who asks her to help ghost write for him. The novel she writes becomes a huge success, but she struggles to maintain her name known as the original writer, fighting against gender norms and stereotypes. The full cast includes Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson, Fiona Shaw, Ray Panthaki, Aiysha Hart, Denise Gough, Robert Pugh, and Masayoshi Haneda. This looks like an empowering story of feminism and sexuality, for sure. Take a look. ›››

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“You discovered a walking, talking dummy and you didn’t tell me?!” Sony Pictures has debuted the first trailer for horror comedy sequel Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, based on R.L. Stine’s book series known as Goosebumps. This is the follow-up to the 2015 live-action Goosebumps movie that didn’t get great reviews, and it looks like it’s even worse. They decided not to bring back Jack Black as R.L. Stine (aside from his voice), and instead they’re telling another CGI-filled haunted story this time around. The ensemble cast of Goosebumps 2 includes Ken Jeong, Wendi Mclendon-Covey, Chris Parnell, Madison Iseman, Ben O’Brien, Caleel Harris, Jeremy Ray Taylor, and Jack Black as the voice of Slappy. Others from the first movie might appear as well, but are not confirmed yet. This doesn’t look like it will impress anyone. ›››

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“Don’t give up on him too easily. He’s quite a cute little fellow, isn’t he?” A new official trailer has debuted for a fun indie comedy titled Patrick, about a spoiled pug named Patrick who gets bequeathed to a young woman who is having some typical troubles in her life. As expected, the challenging pup provides some good laughs and plenty of pain, but he also helps her get back on track – with falling in love. Aw, how romantic, right? Beattie Edmondson stars as Sarah, and the cast includes Ed Skrein, Emilia Jones, Jennifer Saunders, Meera Syal, Gemma Jones, Emily Atack, Cherie Lunghi, and Peter Davison. This looks even worse than Dog Days, and that’s a shame since lovable dog movies should be better than this. Oh well. ›››

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