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[dusang]

I love that Richard Gere's more recent love interests are younger than when he did a movie specifically about a May-December romance. (A larger age gap, I mean.)

[VCRTracking]

7 hours ago, dusang said:

I love that Richard Gere's more recent love interests are younger than when he did a movie specifically about a May-December romance. (A larger age gap, I mean.)

I'm glad Laura Linney is playing his wife in the upcoming The Dinner. I thought they had great chemistry in Primal Fear 21 years ago.

[Silver Raven]

Has anybody seen Norman?  Is Charlotte Gainsbourg Gere's love interest in that?  She's in her mid-to-late 40s.

[AshleyN]

Black Panther

[Snipsa]

Flatliners

 

Really Hollywood? The original was fairly entertaining drivel at best! But I guess it's perfect fodder for the remake machine that is Hollywood.. 

 

https://youtu.be/a1S52y5ZVlY

[ShadowHunter]

Since Kiefer Sutherland is suppose to appear in this I would rather be watching more of what Nelson is up to then this new group.

Flatliners is a a bit of a quilty pleasure for me.  I still watch it once in awhile. 

This one seems to be going for effects as i saw more in the trailer then i do in the original movie. 

Only Kiefer Sutherland delivers the line "It's a good day to die" the best.

[aradia22]

Oh, boo. I can't see the graphs. But interesting article anyway. Thanks for sharing. :)

[BetterButter]

DETROIT 

 

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Happy Death Day 

 

Daddy's Home 2

[Silver Raven]

Ugh, I hate Will Ferrell.

[Spartan Girl]

Couldn't we have gotten a sequel to The Other Guys instead?

[Chas411]

I'm in the minority... I think it looks kinda funny.

[Just Here]

The Only Living Boy in New York - August 11th

The Graduate* meets Scent of a Woman meets a less depressing Ordinary People?

*"The Only Living Boy in New York" is a Simon & Garfunkel song (Wikipedia, lyrics), which can be heard from ~1:45 on in the above trailer.

 

American Assassin - September 15 (Red Band)

American Assassin - September 15 (Green Band)

 

Thank You For Your Service - October 27th

[AimingforYoko]

First black player in baseball - check.

First black comic book hero - check.

Godfather of soul - check.

Next African-American icon for Chadwick Boseman? Thurgood Marshall, first AA on SCOTUS

[aradia22]

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The Graduate* meets Scent of a Woman meets a less depressing Ordinary People?

I feel like I got all excited seeing Pierce Brosnan and Cynthia Nixon and then the trailer ended up being about the much less interesting (to me) young people, and Jeff Bridges, and Kate Beckinsale who is trying to be interesting but it's not happening. I don't need Jeff Bridges as a wise mentor. Kate Beckinsale doesn't seem to have that enigmatic, compelling, sexy quality that makes a character like that worth watching. Heck, I might even take Elizabeth Hurley over her. And the young people seem boring. The guy reminds me of someone... maybe James Franco? I don't know. He seems very familiar... his speech, his mannerisms, his type. 

[thuganomics85]

Stronger a.k.a. The Other Move Based off of the Boston Bombing Marathon.

It looks like this one is only going to focus on one of the victims.  Looks a little Oscar-baity, but at least Jake Gyllenhall is way better then old Marky Mark.  But, really, I'm going to see it no matter what for Tatiana Maslany.  I am so hoping she breaks big, now that Orphan Black is wrapping up.

[ramble]

I'm looking forward to American Assassin. I'm an unapologetic Dylan O'Brien fan and am excited to see him branch out. He's the best thing to come out of Teen Wolf.  

I would like to see American Made because of the tie-in to my home state. (Arkansas - the Mena connection) However, I loathe Tom Cruise and usually refuse to support any project he's in. I wish he and his manic grin would go away. 

[BetterButter]

Pitch Perfect 3

[methodwriter85]

I saw Callum Turner in a Netflix movie called Tramps, where he plays a young New York boy with a shady brother who goes on a road trip with a girl in search of a briefcase as part of some kind of deal. He was pretty good in that part so I'll be sure to try to check that out.

He's apparently up and coming- he's playing Newt Scammander's brother in the next Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Edited June 27, 2017 by methodwriter85

[BetterButter]

Logan Lucky

THE FOREIGNER

The Greatest Showman

A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS

[AimingforYoko]

5 hours ago, BetterButter said:

The Greatest Showman

 

It's so amazing that one of the biggest superhero actors is such an unapologetic theater geek.

[Spartan Girl]

The Greatest Showman looks really good. I love Hugh Jackman.

[aradia22]

I think the tone has to be managed very carefully in The Greatest Showman. My first thought was that Hugh Jackman is far too attractive. So realistic biopic is out the window. If it's more about flash and spectacle... kind of like Moulin Rouge, that could work. But even though the messaging is about people being different etc. etc. they're selling it all on the conventionally attractive Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams and what looks like a romance between the conventionally attractive Zendaya and Zac Efron. And not any of the actual "freaks." I assume the younger couple are acrobats or dancers or something. Maybe the trailer is misleading but all I'm seeing is bland Hollywood moviemaking with some pretensions at being Oscar bait but only if it's a really weak year. Like... safe, pedestrian, not challenging, and unremarkable except you hired some big names and you spent a lot of money. 

[Crs97]

The trailer for The Greatest Show left me cold.  How is it that a story about PT Barnum could look boring? The word "ponderous" came to mind.  Of course, it wouldn't be the first time a trailer didn't match the movie so I will wait for reviews.

[BetterButter]

I Do...Until I Don't

INGRID GOES WEST

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

 

 

 

Edited June 29, 2017 by BetterButter

[Silver Raven]

People are complaining about Karen Gillan's skimpy outfit in the previews for Jumanji, but she said that's a plot point in the movie, so we'll have to see.

[JBC344]

On ‎6‎/‎29‎/‎2017 at 1:34 PM, Silver Raven said:

People are complaining about Karen Gillan's skimpy outfit in the previews for Jumanji, but she said that's a plot point in the movie, so we'll have to see.

It's a play on the "skimpy"outfits that female video game characters are put in.  Karen's character actually addresses it in the trailer. 

[AshleyN]

Did we really need a Theory of Everything remake this soon?

 

I am curious, given the much publicized overhaul of Academy membership, if this sort of paint-by-numbers-looking Oscarbait will still work.

[raezen]

On 01/07/2017 at 5:21 PM, AshleyN said:

Did we really need a Theory of Everything remake this soon?

 

I am curious, given the much publicized overhaul of Academy membership, if this sort of paint-by-numbers-looking Oscarbait will still work.

Love both those actors but I think it's awfully close to The Theory of Everything with a little bit of Awakenings. 

I'm actually interested in what will be said by the community of people with disabilities.  I recently saw a story on the news with spokespeople saying they were getting disturbed by the rising trend of films where someonedisabled would rather die then continue life in the same way. You Before Me  and  Everything, Everything  as an example. 

Edited July 4, 2017 by raezen
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[methodwriter85]

On 6/28/2017 at 1:28 PM, BetterButter said:

Logan Lucky

 

 

 

A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS

 

Watching Logan Lucky's trailer reminds me that in some alternate reality, Channing Tatum is probably just some regular Joe redneck living in Florida. I always forget he's Southern- he doesn't really play Southern boys.

Bad Moms 2...totally there. Man, that was a quick turnaround for a sequel, though.

[xaxat]

On 7/1/2017 at 5:21 PM, AshleyN said:

Did we really need a Theory of Everything remake this soon?

 

 

I am curious, given the much publicized overhaul of Academy membership, if this sort of paint-by-numbers-looking Oscarbait will still work.

Has there ever been a parody film of the British historical romance overcoming tremendous adversity Oscar bait genre?

I think there might be an opportunity there.

[AshleyN]

8 minutes ago, xaxat said:

Has there ever been a parody film of the British historical romance overcoming tremendous adversity Oscar bait genre?

I think there might be an opportunity there.

I dunno, but this suggestion made me laugh when I saw it.

[thuganomics85]

My biggest response to the Breathe film was surprise over this being directed by Andy Serkis.  Judging from his past work, I would have thought he would lean more towards CGI films.  Maybe he's trying to keep it simple for his first time in the big chair (he's mainly done second unit work before)?

Besides that, yeah, the cast looks good (besides Garfield and Foy, I spotted Tom Hollander at the end), but it really does look like another Oscar-baity, British drama, that probably won't impress the critics, but manage to sneak in a few nods.  Although, I would so be down for an Avengers-style film, with all of these British-disabled characters teaming up to take down an evil threat (Hitler, I guess?).  Especially Colin Firth busting out the King George stutter again as the Nick Fury of the group!

[methodwriter85]

27 minutes ago, AshleyN said:

I dunno, but this suggestion made me laugh when I saw it.

I kind of wish someone were willing to do a Me Before You Parody. (I actually enjoyed the film, but I would love to see it get ripped a new one, too. Alas, it wasn't popular enough to get targeted for a parody.)

Someone did do a parody of Oscar bait films, although it was more on family drama period pieces:

[AshleyN]

11 hours ago, thuganomics85 said:

My biggest response to the Breathe film was surprise over this being directed by Andy Serkis.  Judging from his past work, I would have thought he would lean more towards CGI films.  Maybe he's trying to keep it simple for his first time in the big chair (he's mainly done second unit work before)?

Well, his next movie is a motion-capture-focused adaptation of The Jungle Book (no, not that one, this one), which seems a bit more on-brand.

[xaxat]

On 7/3/2017 at 0:06 AM, methodwriter85 said:

I kind of wish someone were willing to do a Me Before You Parody. (I actually enjoyed the film, but I would love to see it get ripped a new one, too. Alas, it wasn't popular enough to get targeted for a parody.)

Someone did do a parody of Oscar bait films, although it was more on family drama period pieces:

 

I should have guessed that the Christopher Guest Playhouse would have done something like that.

They  really ran that "art house" parody genre into the ground.

ETA John Oliver delivers! (For some reason I can't get it to embed at the right time. You can jump to 4:02 to see the trailer for his Oscar nominee filled masterpiece.)

Edited July 5, 2017 by xaxat

[aradia22]

I don't hate it? I know a lot of people are mad about it but... eh? I love the original. I used to watch it on VHS all the time. And I get that this is very different. But it doesn't seem any worse than a host of family friendly action adventure movies. The original Jumanji still exists. I don't have a problem with them playing around with the idea of people being sucked into a game. And I'm OK with it not being all about father/son relationships and family again because why would you retread the same ground? I'm not sure about the humor. I don't know if they quite worked out the whole Karen Gillan's skimpy costume thing. And now you have a lot of other identity issues with everyone else. I hope they tread carefully with Jack Black's character. That could easily become like a Rob Schneider Hot Chick thing. Again, eh, it looks fine. 

[Sweet Tee]

I agree.  Yes, this has a different tone than the first one but I don't really care.  I like the first one too.  I remember being really creeped out by the beginning when I was a little kid.  But, I think the concept of this one is fun and I'm looking forward to it.

[festivus]

I didn't even know they were making another Jumanji. I actually think it looks pretty funny. I remember buying the VHS of the first one for my kids. We watched it a lot. 

[BetterButter]

The Shape of Water

 

The Snowman

ALPHA 

The Layover

Naked

The Incredible Jessica James

[thuganomics85]

Hey, The Shape of Water has a mini-Boardwalk Empire reunion with both Michael Shannon and Michael Stuhlbarg!  They just needed to get Shea Whigham and Michael Kenneth Williams and it would be perfect!

The Snowman: I know Disney would have never, ever let it happened, but considering this new trend in trailers where they take a popular song and play a creepy version in suspenseful/horror film, I would have loved the trailer forever if it had a "haunting" version of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" from Frozen.  Other then that, I love J.K. Simmons, but it's a bit weird seeing him with a British accent.  From the brief glimpse we see of him, it felt like it should be a role reserved to the likes of Tom Wilkinson or Michael Caine.

Finally, I swear I've heard about that Layover film for ages.  Granted, having both Kate Upton and Alexandra Daddario in it sure gives the films points for eye-candy, and I actually think Daddario has decent comedic timing, but there is something extremely dated over what looks like it's going to be "Two BFFs suddenly turn on each other, in order to get into Hawley from Sleepy Hollow's pants" film.

[AimingforYoko]

Taraji P. Henson is:

How Quentin Tarantino is not involved with this project, I'll never know.

[Shannon L.]

21 hours ago, AimingforYoko said:

How Quentin Tarantino is not involved with this project, I'll never know.

Hell, the title, the font, the song all scream Quentin Tarantino.  I'm not sorry, though, since I got tired of him long ago.  As for the trailer, I need to see a lot more before I decide if I want to see it or not. 

[Irlandesa]

I love the trailer for Proud Mary but I haven't seen enough to know if I'd like the movie.  I do think Taraji will be fun in this kind of role, though.

And I can't believe I'll be able to stream that Jessica Williams movie in a week. 

[BetterButter]

LBJ

Suburbicon

Marjorie Prime 

ONLY THE BRAVE

Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

Unlocked 

Jigsaw 

Edited July 28, 2017 by BetterButter

[wanderingstar]

 

Sigh. I can already tell I'm going to be disappointed by this movie. I like Michael Fassbender, but I feel like he's completely wrong for the role of Harry Hole. Oh well, I'll still go see it.

[AshleyN]

I spent the whole Suburbicon trailer thinking it looked like a Coen brothers knock-off, only for it to reveal at the end that they wrote it.

I think the trickiest thing about doing a Coen-style movie is controlling the tone, so I'll be curious to see if Clooney is able to manage it.

Edited July 29, 2017 by AshleyN

[Silver Raven]

Call Me By Your Name (Timothee Chalamet is 21, btw)

 

[aradia22]

Re: Call Me By Your Name

This one's weird for me because I've seen Chalamet in a play but he reads SO young in this movie, even younger than he did on stage. Armie Hammer doesn't read old. He's pretty much every blond, buff object of desire in one of these coming of age movies. For most of the trailer I was like... is anything going to happen? This feels like a lot of subtext for a movie trailer made in 2017 (regardless of the time period of the actual movie). But then towards the end of the trailer it does seem like there's actually a relationship. I don't know. I'm still kind of meh because of the age difference and because I can't tell what it's really about.

I read the wikipedia synopsis for the book. It's pretty detailed. From the trailer I didn't get anything about the characters being Jewish and it certainly doesn't hint at all the sexual content, though maybe that won't be in the movie if they want to qualify for a certain rating.

[aradia22]

RE: Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

Oh, so we're going there. I've known about this for a while but I didn't see Hollywood tackling it. Also, I know the movie counterparts are usually more attractive, but Luke Evans, really? That's like casting Hugh Jackman. I don't remember hearing about his wife though. This seems like a weird way to sell polyamory. Not sure of the movie's position yet. Awards bait... but unconventional in its argument. Not sure how this will go over.

[Irlandesa]

45 minutes ago, aradia22 said:

This one's weird for me because I've seen Chalamet in a play but he reads SO young in this movie, even younger than he did on stage. Armie Hammer doesn't read old.

Tim's character is 17 in the book and Armie's is 24.

I've been waiting for this trailer so I'm happy it finally dropped but it is not a great trailer. Although others liked it, I feel like it's almost too literal with the narration matching clips from the film like swimming, going out ...etc. I don't know if it's because it's Merchant Ivory-esque (minus Merchant of course) so it's tough to make it seem like things happen when so much of it will likely be in the subtle gestures--similar to the book.  It took a long time before things started happening.  I appreciated the beginning of the book much more when I went back but it was slow for a while.

Edited August 2, 2017 by Irlandesa