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Proven Government Secrets Exploit “Seberg” Poster and Trailer

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Kristen Stewart evolved into a talented actress since her Twilight movies. The camera shows her upbeat, charismatic, and determined. Jean Seberg is Stewart’s next role, and she’s embraced the character as the title role for the movie Seberg.

Directed by Benedict Andrews and inspired by true events, the movie follows Seberg as the French New Wave darling and Breathless star. 

Directed by Benedict Andrews and inspired by true events, the movie follows Seberg as the French New Wave darling and Breathless star. 

In the late 1960s, the FBI targeted her because of her support of the civil rights movement and romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal, played by Anthony Mackie, among others. 

Andrews tells the thriller through a film noir style. His directing credits include remakes of two Tennessee William’s plays: A Street Car Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 

Written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, Hoover’s overreaching surveillance and harassment to suppress and discredit Seberg’s activism destroyed her life and career.

The well-rounded cast includes Jack O’Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Yvan Attal, Stephen Root, Colm Meaney, and Vince Vaughn.

The next three movie clips offer the main plot point of the movie, which was the government spying on her because of her strong stance in cultural issues in America.

“Burden” Trailers, Clips and Posters

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Written and directed by Andrew Heckler, Burden is a true story about Michael “Mike” Burden, played by Garrett Hedlund, an ardent young South Carolina Ku Klux Klan member.

He rose to the rank of Grand Dragon – and walked away from all of it with the help of his new love and an unlikely ally, the African American religious leader and social activist Reverend David Kennedy, played by Forest Whitaker.

Mike Burden, rejected by his own racist family and raised by Klan leader Tom Griffin, played by Tom Wilkinson, becomes a pillar of the KKK and proponent of the divisive Redneck Shop, a Klan memorabilia store.

But then Mike meets and falls in love with Judy Harbeson, played by Andrea Risborough, a single mother deeply opposed to the Klan and Mike’s allegiance to the group.

Cut off from the only family he has ever known, Mike and Judy reach out to the Reverend, Mike’s former mortal enemy. In turn, Reverend Kennedy proves the power and conviction of his faith when he accepts Mike’s disavowal of the Klan and welcomes him into his home and church.

Together, they face down irate and vengeful Klan members and win over Reverend Kennedy’s skeptical parishioners, forming a genuine bond and forging a path toward redemption and forgiveness.

Heckler is known for directing Armageddon and the TV series Ally McBeal. Burden won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Sundance Film Festival 2018.

The second trailer tells more of the story and journey of this former Klansman and the priest.

The three movie clips show exceptional acting and directing skills.

Terrific “The Invisible Man” Poster, Clips, Featurettes & Trailers

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“What you can’t see can hurt you.” 

Leigh Whannell, one of the original conceivers of the Saw franchise who most recently directed Upgrade and Insidious: Chapter 3, wrote and directed The Invisible Man. The movie stars Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss in a terrifying modern tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic monster character. 

The movie is streaming on Amazon, the Blu-ray and DVD are available as well.

Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass, played by Moss, escapes in the dead of night, She disappears into hiding, aided by her sister, played by Harriet Dyer. The sisters hook up with their childhood friend, played by Aldis Hodge, and his teenage daughter, played by Storm Reid, who also helps her disappear. 

The film moves and twists with this sicko driving her crazy by being invisible. Moss is so dedicated to her role, as you can see in the trailers. 

The second trailer is even better.

The next two movie clips are intense, but one is in the trailer. I am curious as to what happens after Moss’s character gets the paint on the invisible man.

The featurette is quick and focuses on the 15-year old daughter.

The next two featurettes show the house where a lot of the action happens. Moss talks at the round table is very sure of her role and the movie.

The studio released the next two featurettes after the movie stole the box office weekend and, and the featurettes tell us more about the film. Moss reading the script is a fabulous idea.

“Bad Boys for Life” Poster and Trailers

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Screenplay by Joe Carnahan and Chris Bremner and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Bad Boys for Life hooks us up with the Bad Boys Mike Lowrey, played by Will Smith, and Marcus Burnett, played by Martin Lawrence.

They are back together for one last ride. If you know the first movie, you know the second one is pretty much the same. The Bad Boys are older and not as light on their toes as they were in the first movie.

The rest of the cast includes Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Nunez, Kate Del Castillo, Nicky Jam, and Joe Pantoliano.

Attractive and Powerful “The Photograph” Poster, Clips, Trailers, Featurettes

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Perfect Valentine’s Day Movie

Written and directed by Stella Meghie, The Photograph brings a sweeping love story about forgiveness and finding the courage to seek the truth, no matter where it may lead you.

Starring Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield, Chanté Adams, and Y’lan Noel.

Here are two more trailers that speak for themselves.

Three of the following four clips are in the trailers. The one clip, a flashback, tells more about the story.

The featurette communicates the importance that this movie comes across as a black people’s movie.

The following two featurettes were released before the movie arrived in the theatres, so they get you interested in going to the cinema.

I like this movie clip because the chemistry is sizzling between these two people, and they seem comfortable with each other.

Innovative “Little Women” Trailer, Clips, Featurettes, Posters

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Based on the perennial novel by Louisa May Alcott and written for the screen and directed by Greta Gerwig, Little Women comes to the movie houses once again with Saoirse Ronan in the lead role as the Alcott’s distinctly other-self, Jo March.

Most of you are familiar with Gerwig’s Lady Bird, where Ronan played Lady Bird, a teenage girl trying to find the meaning of life through a coming of age and innocence. Gerwig also casts another alumnus from the movie, Timothée Chalamet, who plays the neighbor Laurie.

Jo reflects back and forth in her fictional life as Gerwig crafts the beloved story of the March sisters. They are four young women, each determined to live life on her terms, which is timeless and timely.

The sisters in the movie include Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March. New York Film Critics Circle (2019) awarded Laura Dern Best Supporting Actress for both Little Women and Marriage Story.

Gerwig tight directing brings new life to Little Women, as you can see in this clip. 

I like this movie clip because it’s clean and smooth, and the message is clear.

The movie shot beautifully, love Dern as the mother.

I love this clip with Letts. It’s so good.

The next set of featurettes tells the story of making the movie.

“The Laundromat” Images and Clips

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THE LAUNDROMAT

The Laundromat follows Ellen Martin, played by Meryl Streep, as her idyllic vacation necessitates an unbelievable twist when she investigates a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings linked to a Panama City law firm, and its vested interest in helping the world’s wealthiest citizens amass even larger fortunes.

THE LAUNDROMAT

The charming, and very well-dressed, founding partners Jürgen Mossack, played by Gary Oldman, and Ramón Fonseca, played by Antonio Banderas, are experts in the seductive ways of shell companies and offshore accounts help the rich and powerful prosper.

THE LAUNDROMAT

They are about to show us that Ellen’s expose only hints at the tax evasion, bribery, and other illicit absurdities that the super-wealthy indulge in to support the world’s corrupt financial system.

The movie clip shows the theme of the movie, and it is a comedy with a sense of hilarity in the two men talking to the camera while Streep talks about corruption.

The next movie clip explains Martin’s goal and purpose for exposing these to con artists.

“Frankie” Posters, Trailer & Clips

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Directed by Ira Sachs, Frankie follows a family on a vacation where all activities are focused on Frankie, played by Isabelle Huppert.

Three generations try an come to terms with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens and fairy-tale villas and palaces.

The movie also stars Brendan Gleeson, Marisa Tome, Sennia Nanua,  Greg Kinnear, and Ariyon Bakare.

The next clip is so sweet and innocent, but there are undercurrents. Kinnear is so cute. I love his smile.

“Dark Waters” Poster, Clips and Trailer

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Directed by Todd Haynes, Dark Waters, motivated by a harrowing true story of a determined attorney, played by Mark Ruffalo, uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world’s largest corporations – Dupont. 

In unearthing the corruption, he risks everything—his future, family, and life—to expose the truth. Haynes’s directing credits include Wonderstruck, the Mildred Pierce Mini-series, and Far From Heaven. 

Based on an article by Nathaniel Rich, Matthew Michael Carnahan wrote the first screenplay, which was finalized by Mario Correa.

The rest of the cast is impressive, including Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, and Bill Pullman.

One of the two following clips is decent. The other one doesn’t say much of the story, but we see some excellent acting by Tim Robbins.

This clip crescendos into a massive scene at a public function. Victor Garber holds his own with Mark Ruffalo.

“Portrait of a Lady on Fire” Poster and Trailer

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Written and directed by Céline Sciamma, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is a French movie with English subtitles that won Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival 2019. 

he movie takes place during the end of the eighteenth century on an isolated island in Brittany. A female painter named Marianne, played by Noémie Merlant, is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman named Heloise, played by Adèle Haenel.

Marianne is secretly painting Heloise’s portrait, and they gradually fall in love with each other.