In new biography/drama Dark Waters, Mark Ruffalo is a corporate defence attorney who takes on a chemical company with a lengthy history of environmental pollution.
Additional key cast includes Anne Hathaway, William Jackson Harper, Bill Pullman…
As a Ruffalo fan, his role in Spotlight (2015), where his character fought tirelessly for abuse victims, came to mind almost immediately as this trailer played. Then followed Julia Roberts’s great work in Erin Brockovich (2000).
I’m ready to discover any additional similarities and/or differences between the three, and to learn more about the DuPont chemical leaks.
Tim Robbins, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, Bill Camp, Louisa Krause, Kevin Crowley, Daniel R. Hill, Lisa DeRoberts, Denise Dal Vera, Chaney Morrow and Marc Hockl also star.
Ordinary Love (2019), Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville
Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville and David Wilmot are the stars of Ordinary Love, the new Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn-directed drama/romance about an everyday couple with a remarkable love.
A couple whose endearing devotion is clearly seen after a breast cancer diagnosis. One that sets them on a path to find the humour and grace to survive a year of adversity.
I’m ready to see this beautiful version of love and can’t wait to watch Neeson in this non-action movie role.
Is this movie likely to make all single people feel more single than ever before? Absolutely! So, let’s get ready to ‘suffer’ for this promising piece of art.
One more thing, unsurprisingly, perhaps, but I simply can’t see the words ‘ordinary love’ and not instantly think of Sade’s beautiful classic song, No Ordinary Love. You’re welcome.
Fo Cullen, Chloë Ní Dhúada, Matthew Sharpe, Vivien Monory, Stella McCusker, Desmond Edwards, Maggie Cronin, Melanie Clark Pullen, Geraldine McAlinden, Lalor Roddy, Esh Alladi and Amit Shah also star.
Ordinary Love Release Dates: December 6th, 2019 (UK); …2019 (US)…
The Rhythm Section (2019), Blake Lively, Paramount Pictures
In new action/mystery The Rhythm Section, Blake Lively is a woman determined to seek revenge against the people behind a plane crash that killed her family.
Directed by Reed Morano; additional key cast includes Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown and Max Casella.
Both Peppermint (2018) and Taken (2008) came to mind as this trailer played. That’s precisely after the thought, ‘Is Blake Lively speaking in a British accent?‘ The answer is yes, and my fingers are crossed that the end result is as thrilling as this trailer suggests.
Daniel Mays, Richard Brake, Raza Jaffrey, Geoff Bell, Nasser Memarzia, Jade Anouka, Jack McEvoy, Tawfeek Barhom and Ivana Basic also star.
Starring and written/directed by Melanie Martinez,K-12 is a fantasy/horror/musical about two best friends and their mission to take down an oppressive schooling system. A schooling system where students are force-fed medication to stop them from revolting/leaving, and teachers are more concerned with exerting their authority than anything else.
K-12 is essentially Martinez holding a mirror up to several of America and society’s recent, long-standing ills and social injustice issues. Issues including but not limited to bullying, transphobia, police brutality, suicide, women’s rights, body image and racial discrimination. K-12 also features several positive and uplifting messages that many of her young fans no doubt appreciate. For example…
‘The greatest power we will hold is that of acceptance’
‘Any strain we face will transform itself into a crystal rainbow in divine timing’
K-12 (2019), Emma Harvey, Hair by William Scott Blair
Having not really been aware of Martinez and her music prior to K-12, I was drawn to her aesthetic, creativity and humour in the K-12 trailer. The world Martinez’s film occupies is visually interesting. I enjoyed the costumes, hair and endless pink, a feature reminiscent of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
The music in K-12 certainly isn’t bad either – even though I have to admit that there was a point where it all started sounding the same. Yet, even with that said, a week has passed since I watched K-12 and I can’t deny that I wrote this entire review while listening to all the film’s music. Some things just grow on you, I guess. The vocals and production on Wheels On The Bus andStrawberry Cupcake are two key highlights.
There was a point when it felt like the film could have been 30 minutes shorter. Still, I don’t regret watching K-12. It’s quite the filmic and musical achievement for the young (24) and talented Miss Martinez.
On another note, I think my not especially beady but certainly observant eyeballs may have noticed a continuity error regarding a cut on a character’s arm that materialized on her upper arm, only for it to be misrepresented on her forearm a short while later.
Based on the novel by Stephen King and Joe Hill, director Vincenzo Natali’s In The Tall Grass is a new horror/thriller starring Patrick Wilson, Avery Whitted, Laysla De Oliveira and Harrison Gilbertson.
It’s the story of a sister and brother who venture into a vast field of tall grass, after hearing a young boy’s cry for help, only to realise that there may be no way out.
I can’t help but wonder, is there actually a novelist whose books have resulted in film adaptations more than Stephen King? I think not.
I want to see this one because I’m curious about where King’s imagination will take us this time.
On a related note, if a stranger is asking for help from within a field of tall grass, while I’m on the edge of it, I’d like to believe that not only am I NOT going to enter the tall grass, but what I’d like to think I’d do instead is ask questions first. You know, important questions that the emergency services I’ll be calling will need answers to. That all makes some sense in my head. That is, until I realise that the voice asking for help belongs to a seemingly helpless child.
And just like that, into the tall grass I go… to never be seen again.
Rachel Wilson, Avery Whitted, Will Buie Jr. and Tiffany Helm also star.
