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Drama, Thriller

DISORDER (2015): New Trailer Starring Matthias Schoenaerts & Diane Kruger

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Disorder (Maryland) (2015), Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger
Disorder (Maryland) (2015), Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger

In Disorder, a.k.a Maryland, Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts is a highly capable bodyguard sufferring from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Diane Kruger is the wife of a wealthy but absent Lebanese businessman. If you try just a little, I could be wrong but you can probably guess  how  the story is likely to unfold…

My thoughts about the trailer include words like dangerous,sexy, thriller, Matthias Schoenaerts, etc., etc.

All that remains is for the movie to be as good as the trailer hints. Disorder is subtitled  but if you want to see Schoenaerts in English speaking roles, try The Drop (2014) and The Danish Girl (2015). He’s wonderful in both.

Written and directed by  Alice Winocour, the cast also features Paul Hamy and Victor Pontecorvo.

Disorder (Maryland) Release Dates: March 25th, 2016 (UK); August 19th, 2016 (US)…

Happy Film Loving 🙂

G

Comedy, Drama

WAR DOGS (2016): New Trailer From Todd Phillips, Starring Jonah Hill & Miles Teller

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War Dogs (2016), Miles Teller, Jonah Hill
War Dogs (2016), Miles Teller, Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill and Miles Teller’s new movie has a certain Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) and 21 Jump Street (2012) vibe. So if you loved those movies, chances are…

I wonder if this story would be as intriguing if it wasn’t based on real people. Namely David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli – the two young men who were hired to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan.

I’m really hoping that the characters in this movie are not as annoying as the trailer music. War Dogs is directed and co-writen by Todd Phillips of The Hangover (2009). So perhaps I ought to be more hopeful. 

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War Dogs Release Dates: August 19th, 2016 (US); August 26th, 2016 (UK); September 1st, 2016 (GER)…

Happy Film Loving 🙂

G

Documentary

THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED (2016): New Documentary About The Lives Of Afghani Children…

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The Land Of The Enlightened (2016)
The Land Of The Enlightened (2016)

From first-time director Pieter-Jan De Pue, The Land Of The Enlightened follows a group of children from the Kuchi Tribe who live in a minefield around Bagram airfield, Afghanistan.

The Land Of The Enlightened captures the children’s  daily lives, a life that involves digging up personal mines to sell to other children whose job it is to mine precious blue stones (Lappis Lazulli)…

I’ll be tuning in thanks to the haunting atmosphere of this trailer. I also want to see a side of Afghanistan that before, I’d only ever have imagined.

Release Date (s): February 2016 (Belgium)…

Happy Film Loving 🙂

G

Comedy, War

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (2016): New Trailer Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman…

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), Tina Fey
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), Tina Fey

There’s a new Tina Fey comedy and it’s not Sisters (2015).

Starring Fey, Alfred Molina, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton, Whiskey, Tango Foxtrot tells the story of Kim Barker (Fey), a US journalist stationed in Afghanistan and Pakistan…

I really must first give full points for the music in this trailer. It does a great job of setting the tone.

Generally, what I’m most excited about here is the humour, which I think will work as an antidote to the tension-filled Kilo Two Bravo (2014), (another war region movie) vibe.

My fingers  are crossed that this one works, especially since the last comedy set in Afghanistan (Rock the Kasbah (2015) apparently didn’t do so well.

Release Date (s): March 4th, 2016 (US & UK)…

Happy Film Loving 🙂

G