Directed by Elegance Bratton, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Beharie Josh Lucas and Mark Wahlberg are the stars of By Any Means, the story of a notorious mafia hitman named Greg Scarpa (Wahlberg) and a young Black FBI agent.
Based on a true story, the two men team up to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 in Mississippi.
This one’s a must-watch for me. Especially because it has a bit of that Blackkklansman (2018) energy, which was great. Plus, Beharie is always impressive, and I give almost every Wahlberg movie a chance.
LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry, David Strathairn, Giancarlo Esposito, Jalyn Degraffenreid, Biko Eisen-Martin, Alanna Masterson, Todd Warren, and Lee Perkins also star.
Baby Driver (2027)writer-director Edgar Wright’s latest action-adventure, The Running Man, starring Glen Powell, proved adequately entertaining at best.
The performances weren’t bad; however, in a movie about hunters chasing the contestants of a game show to kill them when caught, my chase-sequence-loving heart simply didn’t rate the film’s chase scenes as highly as the unforgettable one in Apocalypto (2007).
To be clear, I’m not saying I wasn’t at the edge of my seat during certain scenes, but the execution of the film wasn’t as satisfying as hoped.
My main issue with Wright’s film is how tired the ‘my child is ill, so I make unwise decisions to save them’ premise feels. I’ve seen this too many times before, which made this rehashing feel lazy, even though it’s based on a Stephen King book written in 1973 and published in 1982.
Additionally, the world the film occupies felt unreal, but not in the way good sci-fi movie worlds are unreal yet interesting and exciting. Instead, I found myself wondering why more effort hadn’t gone into making the world feel distinct, interesting, and visually memorable, rather than vague and surprisingly dull.
I don’t remember much about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1987 The Running Man movie. Yet, I have a feeling I prefer it to this remake.
Have you seen The Running Man? Perhaps you had a better time with it.
Edward Norton, Penelope Cruz, Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen’s latest is a comedy/drama/romance directed by Wilde.
Rogen and Wilde play a couple whose marriage has seen better days. They invite their intriguing neighbours to a dinner party, and naturally, the night takes some unexpected turns.
‘We love, a contentious environment.’
I can’t get over the delightful delivery of the above line, and how it seems like a good handful of the laughs will be courtesy of Norton’s character, an actor who’s always a highlight on any cast list. Particularly since you never quite know what he’ll bring. I’m into this cast.
May the finished film be as engaging as this great trailer. Silly question, but are you excited by this too?
Skip Howland, Rachel Thurow, Mel Powell and Mario Valdez also star.
The second trailer for the latest retelling of Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat is here.
Starring Bill Hader, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson and Giancarlo Esposito, the animated/comedy/adventure promises mayhem and mischief in great measure.
There seems to be a lot going on here. And since the story is still largely new to me, hopefully, I can keep up.
I suspect I’ll enjoy the ‘Things’ quite a bit. Maybe not to the level of my obsession some years ago with the yellow Minions of The Minions and Despicable Me movies, but I sense a strong attachment coming.
How’s this second trailer looking to you?
America Ferrera, Quinta Brunson, Xochitl Gomez, Tituss Burgess, Bowen Yang, Paula Pell and Tiago Martinez also star.
Co-written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, the new drama/thriller The Social Reckoning is the official sequel to 2010’s rather impressive drama/biopic The Social Network. A movie about the story of Facebook and its infamous founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
The new instalment, which stars Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison, Betty Gilpin and Jeremy Strong, follows Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, who went to The Wall Street Journal to blow the whistle on Facebook’s most guarded secrets.
‘Please, please, let me quote that.’
Jeremy Strong wouldn’t be my first choice to play Zuckerberg, based on appearance alone. Nevertheless, I’ve seen so much personally exciting casting lately. And I’m just thrilled by several of the names listed for this movie.
I’m excited about this role for Mikey Madison, Best Actress Oscar winner for Anora (2024). I’m always very pleased to see Bill Burr (or ‘Billy Burry,’ as I like to refer to him in my mind affectionately). He is on my top five list of favourite comics, after all. A list that also includes Chris Rock, who wrote and starred in the movie Top Five (2014). I digress.
The two Jeremys are also great.
I like that the music at the end of this trailer features quite prominently in a very significant scene or two in The Social Network (2010). All that’s left to do is hope I find this film close to as impressive as its predecessor.
Wunmi Mosaku, Billy Magnussen, Patrick Fischler, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Anna Lambe, Portia Doubleday, Nelson Franklin, Sierra Capri, Nathan Witte and Kelley Pereira also star.
