Incredible. The first two teasers of this Scientology-based film from P.T. Anderson have piqued my interest, but now I’m fully invested. Thank god I live in NY as I imagine this will be getting a limited release. I can almost assure you that either Philip Seymour Hoffman or Joaquin Phoenix will be walking away with an Academy Award.
I swear this is the last trailer I post today.
Check it:
Zack Snyder’s first crack at bringing us a Superman film that isn’t dreadfully boring is only a year away and with The Dark Knight Rises coming out this past weekend, most theaters got a print of this teaser. There are two versions with different voiceovers; one being Supermans earthly father played by Kevin Costner, and the other voiced by his kryptonian father played by Russell Crowe.
I think that this might be the film to transition Snyder from substance over style, and with Christopher Nolan producing, maybe he can help bring the best tendencies out of Snyder. Already this trailer evokes an incredibly pastoral sensibility, different in tone to any of the previous Superman films. I think that if Snyder can channel a bit more of the Malick-like nature this trailer seems to hint at, but keep the action kinetic and make Superman do more than be the world’s greatest outfielder, he could be on to something.
Man of Steel comes out next summer, but this trailer will hold you over. I’m excited.
Bachelorette is a new “girls-only” comedy starring Kirsten Dunst (who made it and lost it), Isla Fisher (who almost made it and faded away), Lizzy Caplan (never quite made it), and Rebel Wilson (jury’s out). It basically looks like the type of film we would make up in either our Fake Movie Friday or during one of our improv shows. It was made purely to capitalize on the Bridesmaids money that proved that women could be funny or whatever. What is weird however is that it takes about 12-15 months to rip off an idea and get it into theaters in time. I cant imagine anyone will care about this movie, but then again it’s not trying to get me to see it.
Check out this studio-forced abortion of non-humor here:
Cup of Life is a romantic drama written by Zoe Kazan and directed by Marc Webb.
Cup of Life is about second chances, love, loss, and learning how to live blah blah blah. Anyway Cup of Life begins with a young man named Jonathan, played by Kit Harrington getting ready for work. We get the hint from his answering machine, that his girlfriend has recently broken up with him and wants to get her stuff back. He deletes her message and goes on getting ready for his day. He walks out of his Greenwich Village apartment and hops on his bike. He gets off and ties up his bike and heads into Cup of Life. Once he goes inside he pulls out his macbook and starts writing. It is clear that he is a writer and goes to coffee shops to write. However right as he is about to begin writing the manager played by Geoffrey Arend tells him that he has to buy something first. He goes to the front of the line with a pack of mints to buy and then the manager rudely tells him to get to the back of the line. When he finally gets to the front the manager, clearly just being a pain at this point tells him he has to buy a beverage, and they have a long drawn out back and forth over him just ordering a cup of regular coffee, when that is the only thing they don’t have on their menu. The girl behind him, Laura, played by Zoe Kazan starts giggling over the exchange and when Jonathan doesn’t have enough money on him, she gives him an extra quarter. He thanks her and grabs his latte and goes back to his table.
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I wouldn’t feel right making a Fake Movie Friday today without addressing this at least in some degree.
James Holmes went into a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, threw a gas canister into the crowd and opened fire on hundreds of innocent people. He killed 12 people and injured dozens, including a fucking 3 month old child.
What is wrong this world that it is not even safe to go to a movie anymore?
At Movie Movie we bitch about movies like they actually matter all the time, and even go so far as to bitch about the fact that Bloomberg doesn’t want us to drink big sodas anymore. When something like this happens so senselessly, it’s clear that our country often ignores the bigger issues. Normal people shouldn’t be able to have guns. I know it’s the second amendment, but it was written with the thought that automatic weapons didn’t exist, so I’m sorry if my viewpoint infringes on those of others, but if James Holmes couldn’t have a gun, he couldn’t have killed 12 people and ruined the lives of many others and their families.
I love movies and the experience of going to a theater and for some young people, that is going to be something they never even think of doing as a result of this asshole.
I speak for all of us when I say our thoughts are with the victims and the families of the victims of the Colorado shooting. Hopefully something like this never happens again.
Dreamworks has obtained the rights to the popular street racing videogame franchise Need For Speed and they have sent an offer out to none other than Taylor Kitsch to star in the lead role.
Haven’t we been down this road before? This is a case of “If at first you don’t succeed, try again, then if that doesn’t work, try again, and if that doesn’t work try again.
I’ll give it to Taylor, he should take this role, but I also at the same time admonish Dreamworks, because how do they think they are going to pull this off? Kitsch is becoming reverse Hemsworth in that everything he touches turns to shit. I don’t blame him because he has the look and the requisite action chops to pull shit like this off, but who thinks this is a good idea for a movie anyway? This is Battleship territory again in which you are really trying to graft a story onto a game, that typically didn’t have one. The most they had in the way of story was you have to drive fast, but not get caught by cops. If your story is one sentence long, you should probably just not make a movie out of it.
Also, remember when Fast and Furious did incredibly well and spawned a franchise that many love? Yea? Ok now remember Biker Boyz, Torque, and all the other shit storms that tried to capitalize on the appeal of racing? They didn’t work. Fast and Furious is the only one that did and if you look over at that franchise and the action talent it has between Vin Diesel and The Rock, its clear that one movie is making the right moves. Kitsch should be very wary of putting himself in the other racing franchise even if it has a videogame fanbase and instead try to get himself inserted into Fast Six. Everyone and their mother is in it and he would at least not have to carry the film.
Need For Speed has failure written all over it. Dreamworks, Try harder.
At Movie Movie Podcast, sometimes it seems like we bitch more about movies than we applaud them. It seems that way because its true. We love movies but wish that the people making them would aspire to a higher standard.
That being said, the website Flavorwire put together a short video inter-cutting some of the best shots in the history of film and put it to parts of Clint Mansell’s soundtrack from the incredible film, Moon. This is something that I think is worth watching because it reminds you that films can still be great and moving. We just need people willing to make them that way.
The oscars should just use this from now on when they need to put a montage together.
Check it out here:
Now that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has cast Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch and Jena Malone as Johanna (which is perfect in my opinion), it appears as though the rest of the dominoes are starting to fall into place.
It is being reported that even though everyone from Taylor Kitsch to Garrett Hedlund had been in the running for the role of fan-favorite Finnick Odair, it looks like Sam Clafin is getting the offer. Clafin has already been in two big budget films (Pirates 4/Snow White and the Huntsman), but was never really one of the focal points. The role of Finnick in this film is a relatively meaty one, and based on his look, I think this is something he can pull off.
In even better news it looks like veteran character actors Melissa Leo (fresh off a hilarious turn in last weeks Louie) and Tony Shaloub have also been offered the roles of Mags and Beetee respectively. If they accept this franchise will have an interesting mix of younger untested talent and seasoned veteran actors, none of which command a crazy paycheck. While I am not crazy about the rushed production schedule, it looks like Francis Lawrence and Lionsgate are putting together a world that will rival some of the great sci-fi franchises of the last 30 years.
I’m excited to see how it all plays out.
So fresh off the heels of the fantastic Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson has announced he’s ready to start working on his next film which he plans to shoot in Europe. All we know about it to this point is that it is going to be titled The Grand Budapest Hotel and it will star Johnny Depp.
I like this even though I feel like I’ve seen this already
Why do I like this?
-Because I like everything Wes Anderson has made. Even Darjeeling Limited, which is my least favorite film, is still good, and breathed some new life and actors into Anderson’s familiar film formulas.
-Because like Woody Allen’s recent infatuation with Europe I think the change of scenery (like his turn at Animation) will enliven Anderson, and he’ll find a way to make Europe look more beautiful than it already looks.
-Because Anderson can remind us that Johnny Depp used to be more than just a tentpole adventure hero. The subtlety of Wes Anderson’s direction should elicit one of the better performances of Depp’s last 10 years.
-Because he plans on filling the film with Bill Murray and other familiar faces.
I think you are as excited about this film as you are excited about Wes Anderson films in general. I’m sold.
It is being reported that Marvel is actively in negotiations for Anthony Mackie to play the character of Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Almost anything being reported on the Marvel front these days ends up happening so I’m going to assume this is going to happen. Here is what you get by incorporating Falcon into Captain America:
-You get a black character
-You get people to chill on asking for Black Panther
-You get a character that will require less of an origin story than B.P. does
-You get a character who will be introduced into the new Avengers cartoon as the eyes of the viewer. So here you are going to get a bunch of kids who see themselves as him, happy to see him in a movie.
While I would rather see Black Panther become an Avenger over Falcon, I think Anthony Mackie can bring the requisite coolness to a character like this, and it will also flesh out the Captain America world more. Considering all his buddies are dead (minus Bucky), this helps keep his movie-verse active. Only issue now is what happens with Bucky. Lets assume Chris Evans and Mackie are the good guys this time, can Sebastian Stan really hold his own this time around? I guess we’ll have to wait and find out.