Monthly Archives: July 2018

“Glass” Trailers, Movie Clips, Featurettes, & Poster

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Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, he brings collectively the tales of two of his champion originals— Unbreakable and Split. Combining the two movies into Glass, Shyamalan is calling the movie a comic-book thriller.

Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn and Samuel L. Jackson returns as Elijah Price with his pseudonym Mr. Glass.  Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

After the finale of Split, Glass starts with Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of intensifying encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an arranger holding secrets vitally important for both men.

Sarah Paulson joins the cast as the psychiatrist treating these three men. Other cast members include Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodar.

The next trailer tells more of the story, which is rare for Shyamalan.

True to Shyamalan style of promoting his movies, he is not saying much about the movie and the trailer shows awkward edits and extreme action.

The first movie clip released, and I am still trying to understand the story behind this movie. In the interview I’ve watched, I get the idea they are superheroes at some level.

This movie is strange and unreal. I am not sure what Shyamalan is trying to accomplish in this story. One of the producers in an interview on my YouTube Channel said he wanted people to get the messages “Why are we hear?” “What is the meaning of life?” All I can say is this is a strange way to put it.

The movie clips show how Glass is trying to get these guys to do something. I am not sure what, though. This is a very different and strange movie about superheroes. The main point is this is real or unreal. I am not sure.

The next featurette sums up the last movie of the trilogy, and what M. Night Shyamalan had in mind when he decided to make this movie. It’s pretty clear you need to have seen Unbreakable because he refers to it in Glass quite a bit.

The three clips show more of the story and how James McAvoy’s character is the most important aspect of the movie. I am not sure I understand the movie, but McAvoy’s acting is incredible.

The next featurette shows more of McAvoy’s talent when Anya Cliparette visits with the Beast.

The Blu-ray/DVD is available with the movie streaming on the main platforms. I’ve heard mix reviews about the movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, now is your chance.

The bonus features are epic with a look at each main player in the story, and how they work within the framework of Shyamalan’s creation.

M. Night Shyamalan works with the same crew from film to film.  The cast and crew share stories of working on his productions is like being with family. The Blu-ray or DVD is filled with deleted scenes and alternate ending.

“Overlord” Trailers and Poster

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Directed by Julius Avery and produced by J.J.Abrams, very little content is available regarding this movie. Their publicity department says “The story of two American soldiers behind enemy lines on D Day.”

Those words could mean anything about World War II, but watch the trailer and it is obvious Overlord, written by a couple of screenwriters, Billy Ray, and Mark L. Smith, is a horror movie. My feature image proves as well it is a horror movie.

Billy Ray wrote some impressive scripts from Shattered Glass to The Hunger Games. Mark L. Smith biggest credit is The Revenant.  Overlord may prove to be a fruitful horror movie for fans of the genre.

Avery other movies include Son of a Gun and Jerrycan.

Overlord cast includes Wyatt Russell, Bokeem Woodbine, and Pilou Asbæk.

The final movie trailer tells the story of what we will see when we go to the movie. I like the style of the music and attitude of the overall theme.

The movie trailer shows several Americans parachuting into German territory and confronting a Nazi experimental lab gone gruesome and horrific. The poster adds to the several parachuting with the parachutes in blood red. 

“Boy Erased” Trailer, Movie Clips, Featurette & Poster

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Directed by Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased is based on a memoir of a teenage boy whose parents encouraged him to attend a gay-deprogramming through a Christian-sponsored program. 

The movie stars some hefty actors like Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe and Oscar-nominated Lucas Hedges. Openly gay singer and songwriter Troye Sivan plays one attendee of the church-sponsored program.  In the trailer, Sivan appears to keep up with the other talented actors, and I am happy for him. 

The movie isn’t about being gay and accepting homosexuality. It’s about accepting your child or people.  Parents can mold their children into being what they want to be. I know it is cliche,  but parents have to accept who their children are and love them unconditionally.

This isn’t an anti-religion movie because, truly, it is about loving and caring for people and letting people be who they are.

Edgerton is an actor, and this is the fifth movie he’s directed.   He also wrote the screenplay based on Garrard Conley’s book Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family.

The featurette shows how much Edgerton is respected for directing this movie.

These two movie clips pretty much say what the movie is all about. Great acting, watch the clips and you will see what I mean.

The movie clip shows Troye Sivan playing a boy at the church-sponsored program.

The movie trailer tells the story and the frustration the boy and parents went through and the outcome we will find out when we watch the movie.

“Unbroken: Path to Redemption” Trailer, Movie Clips, Switchfoot Featurette, & Poster

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Directed by Harold Cronk, Unbroken: Path to Redemption follows Louis Zamperini, played by Samuel Hunt, as he returns home after undergoing a plane crash, weeks of floating on a makeshift raft in the Pacific, and then years of torture as a prisoner of war.

Angelina Jolie directed Unbroken, a movie about Zamperini’s hardship before returning home. The Coen brothers wrote the script for Unbroken.

They based the movie on Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling book of the same name. The story begins where the popular movie Unbroken concludes. Still, Zamperini’s story must be told because nightmares of his torment haunted him. Zamperini does not see himself as a hero.

He battles with anger and alcohol abuse. He senses an obligation to go on the Army tour and raise money for War Bonds. Instead, he spends more time in bars than selling War Bonds.  

They sent Zamperini to the beaches of Miami for some R&R. He meets Cynthia, played by Merritt Patterson, a young woman who captures his eye—and his heart. They marry and move to Los Angeles.

Nothing goes well with the Zamperini’s marriage and they are heading for a divorce when Cynthia attends Billy Graham’s 1949 Los Angeles Crusade where she finds faith in God and a renewed commitment to her marriage and her husband. Now, her most fervent prayer is for God to help her husband. She prays he finds peace and forgiveness. His grandson, Will Graham, plays Graham.

The screenplay is co-written by Richard Friedenberg and Ken Hixon. Cronk has directed several other faith-based movies. The cast rounds out with David Sakurai and Gary Cole.

The movie clips below are really good. I am impressed.

The movie clip is intense, and it’s like the viewer is right there with him.

The featurette offers details about the making or Switchfoot and the creation of this song “You Found Me” for the movie.

The movie trailer tells the story, and it is easy to guess how it ends if you saw the first movie directed by Jolie.

“Hell Fest” Trailers, Featurette, and Posters

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Directed by Gregory Plotkin, Hell Fest follows three teenagers, played by Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, and Taylor-Klaus, into a Hell Fest.  There is an urban legend about a teenage girl being killed last year at Hell Fest, which is a strong foreshadowing.

As the movie plays out and verified by the movie trailer, someone in the fest is killing the teenagers. Security and others are saying it’s part of the fest.

Gale Anne Hurd is a legend as a producer. She brought us cutting-edge movies like The Terminator.  The vignette of you talking about Hell Fest is super. Enjoy!

The poster below shows the characters with the focus on the lead,  Forsyth,  someone the audience can focus on even though the movie has an ensemble cast.

The next poster shows the theme park barker to the left. He is an interesting character, and the actor who plays him sees him as a pirate who wears things he collects.

Here is the 80s Trailer the studio produced for promoting the movie. I like it. I’d love to see this style come back to movie trailers. They are so simple and easy to follow because it tells you what the movie is about not the whole story. The narration is awesome, too.

Plotkin edited both Get Out and Happy Death Day. He directed one of the Paranormal Activity movies. Hell Fest is scripted by at least seven screenwriters.

The Truth About “City of Lies” Trailer and Poster

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Directed by Brad Furman, City of Lies, based on an authentic story, stars Johnny Depp as Russell Poole and Forest Whitaker as Jack Jackson. The movie follows Poole and Jackson as they investigate the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG spark.

The screenplay is by Christian Contreras, who adapted the story from Randall Sullivan’s non-fiction book. Contreras also wrote the script for Zero Dark Thirty.

Furman is best known for directing The Lincoln Lawyer, and the movie trailer shows a tight and well-crafted movie.

Colette Trailers and Poster

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Co-written and directed by Wash Westmoreland, Colette follows Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, played by Keira Knightley, after marrying a successful Parisian writer Willy, played by Dominic West, is transplanted from her where she grew up in rural France to the scholarly and artistic richness of Paris.

Shorty, Willy persuades Colette to ghostwrite for him. She writes a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and gutsy country girl named Claudine. The book becomes a trending bestseller and a cultural inspiring story.

After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels. Colette’s fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing literature, fashion, and sexual expression.

Richard Glatzer and Rebecca Lenkiewicz also contributed to the screenplay.  Westmoreland is known for directing Still Alice, which won Julianne Moore several international awards. 

The movie is about real people and their relationship with the story. The second trailer shows more of the movie and the sexual innuendoes of one of the most famous books in the world at the time.

“Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween” Trailer and Posters

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Directed by Ari Sandel, kids are going to have a tree on Halloween. Goosebumps comes alive once again in a brand-new comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books.

The screenplay is by Rob Lieber who also wrote Alexander the Terrible and Peter Rabbit.

The cast includes Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris, Chris Parnell, and Ken Jeong.

The second poster colors are much better. The lettering is on the bottom of the poster. Otherwise, both posters are almost similar.

Amazon’s “Eat. Race. Win.” Trailer and Poster

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Eat. Race. Win. takes a behind-the-scenes look at the off-the-bike adventure into one of the biggest annual sporting events in the world – The Tour de France.

The movie follows Chef Hannah Grant on her race within the race as she sources performance food for Australia’s pro cycling team, Orica-Scott.  Sports Director Matthew, with Orica-Scott, rallies his riders to victory.

Grant and her team competently create a daily menu of food that is delicious tasting and geared to fuel riders for over 2200 grueling miles. Along the Tour and across the culinary landscape of France, Grant—known as the Queen of Performance Cooking and the first chef of elite pedigree in racing—shows us exactly what it takes to perform at the edge of human endurance for 21 race days.

All six episodes will stream during the release of Grant’s cookbook of the same name.

“Life Itself” Trailer, Movie Clip, and Posters

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Written and directed by Dan Fogelman, Life Itself follows a young New York couple going from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child. The story begins here, and unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

The second poster shows the couple expecting their first baby, happy and secure in their relationship. Watch the clip and trailer; something has happened to them so far. All is not heavenly forever.

Life Itself examines the perils and rewards of everyday life in a multigenerational saga featuring a talented ensemble including Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Olivia Cooke, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Laia Costa, Alex Monner, and Mandy Patinkin.

Fogleman shot the movie in both New York City and Carmona, Spain. Life Itself honors the human condition and its complications with humor, poignancy, and love.

He is multi-talented and wrote the screenplay for Bolt, Cars, and Tangled. His work includes several TV series, from Galavant to This Is Us.

The movie clip shows the main couple we see throughout the trailer. Somehow, they influence the rest of the characters in the story.

Watching the movie trailer, I got the idea of vignettes about life itself based on the birth of the couple’s child.