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.
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.
Co-written/directed by Brian Duffield, Whalefall is the story of a scuba diver left with just one hour of oxygen after the worst happens during an important dive.
Austin Abrams, Elisabeth Shue, Emily Rudd and Josh Brolin are among the key cast.
Yeah! More Austin Abrams. No. This is not good for my claustrophobia and fear of the deep ocean.
What a clever trailer. As terrified as I was while it played, I couldn’t look away. Still, that’s ‘light work’ when it comes to a two-and-a-half-minute trailer. But for a whole movie? I may surprise myself upon release, but let’s just say that I’m happy for those who love this sort of thing.
I’m now wondering how clearly we’ll be able to see all the action, considering the darkness at the deep depths. Perhaps that’s part of the horror. This may not be categorised as a horror movie, but ‘horror’ still feels super accurate.
Is Whalefall your kind of thing?
Jane Levy, John Ortiz, Mark Meloro Jr., Grayson Paul Solomine, Sam Skolnik, Sam Franich, Nicholas Gould and Laurel Lane Bowen also star.
New action/crime/drama/thriller, Primetime has Robert Pattinson starring as Chris Hansen, a journalist who investigates a criminal underworld, leading to a notable shift in television.
Directed by Lance Oppenheim, additional key cast includes Anna Faris, Phoebe Bridgers and Jonathan Lipnicki.
I’d like to say that I know exactly what this is about and where it’s going, but I don’t, so I can’t.
However, I am interested because it’s Pattinson. Additionally, Pattinson’s seemingly creepy character brings to mind Jake Gylenhaal’s super creepy turn as Louis Bloom in the great Nightcrawler (2014).
What are you thinking about this one?
Bokeem Woodbine, Sean Bridgers, Matthew Maher, Jessica Blackmore, Stanley White Jr., Sue-Lynn Ansari, Lacey Dover, Caroline Hebert and Brittany Seals also star.
