Night Hunter is the latest action/thriller, written/directed by David Raymond and starring Stanley Tucci, Henry Cavill, Alexandra Daddario and Ben Kingsley
At the centre of everything is a recently arrested troubled man who’s linked to years of female abductions and murders. Things don’t go smoothly when the police force and local vigilante begin a dangerous scheme involving the troubled man.
There’s definitely room in my heart for a great new thriller. I wonder if this will be the one. What I know for sure, based on impressive thrillers I’ve seen in the past, is that the psychopath really has to be convincing. No pressure, Brendan Fletcher.
Emma Tremblay, Brendan Fletcher, Eliana Jones, Mpho Koaho, Daniela Lavender and Carlyn Burchell also star.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018), Alexandra Daddario, Taissa Farmiga, Brainstorm Media
Directed by Stacie Passon, We Have Always Lived In The Castle is a new mystery / thriller starring Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover, Sebastian Stan and Taissa Farmiga.
Based on the novel by Shirley Jackson, this is the story of Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian. Living in isolation after a family tragedy six years earlier, they welcome cousin Charles into their home. Charles is actually there to steal the family fortune; and for good measure, threaten the dark secret they’ve been hiding.
I think I can see cousin Charles’s strategy for stealing the fortune based on what’s shown in this trailer. Now I just want to know the nature of the hidden dark secret.
Paula Malcomson, Peter O’Meara, Peter Coonan, Stephen Hogan, Bosco Hogan, Anna Nugent and Joanne Crawford also star.
Random great one liners here and there are really the main highlight in the 2017 version of Baywatch.
Directed by Seth Gordon and starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra and Alexandra Daddario, this is a film that made me laugh, mostly when I watched the trailer. It’s also really unfortunate that Gordon’s movie happens to contain some seriously cringeworthy moments and dialogue. If by some chance you’re a fan of cringe, then you’re definitely in luck!
I remember people complaining about Ed Sheeran’s cameo on Game of Thrones, but I’d like to add that David Hasselhoff’s appearance in Baywatch is probably far more awkward. In fact, I’m at the point of thinking that the original Baywatch television series about a group of California lifeguards may have had a little more substance than this re-imagining.
The first thing about Gordon’s movie that disappointed me is the lack of sufficient character backstory. How else was I going to connect with them and become invested when I hardly know a thing about most of the key players?
The way the story was written had me thinking about how dissatisfied the Baywatch characters must have been with their own jobs. Especially since, in Seth Gordon’s movie, they appear to be so unhappy that they assume the roles of police officers. I mean, isn’t that illegal? Did the TV series also take things this far, and I just didn’t notice?
I know that this is a movie, and things often have to be ‘bigger and better’ in movie versions and sequels. However, for me, it was definitely bigger, but instead of better, it’s beyond ridiculous.
If I had to pick a favourite moment, in this film, I choose the beautiful fireworks display towards the end. That’s really it because the trailer proved better than the finished product. A far too common trend with comedies, it seems.
The Layover (2017), Alexandra Daddario, Matt Barr, Kate Upton
In The Layover, two best friends, played by Kate Upton and Alexandra Daddario, end up competing for the affections of a man they meet on a road trip. I personally took immediate issue with the film’s premise because I would never, ever… Ahem, since this movie was clearly never about me and my ‘would never evers,’ I got myself together and carried on watching.
I’m not going to lie, I expected more than what I got; a truth that’s of course my own fault. The reason is I saw the trailer and made the mistake of assuming that William H. Macy, an actor who’s been in a number of my favourite movies – Magnolia (1999) to name just one, and often played very interesting complex characters was going to direct a film with similar qualities. I unfortunately would not call The Layover complex. And, as for interesting, that depends on what you’re into.
Those who really ‘like’ Upton and Daddario are the ones likely to enjoy this film.I smiled at certain points, but definitely didn’t laugh much. I’ve only ever seen Upton in one movie, The Other Woman (2014), a film in which she plays a relatively sweet and innocent twenty-something-year-old. Perhaps it’s partly because of that memory of Upton’s sweet character in said film that I found it odd-sounding and challenging to buy the expletives that were flying out of her character’s mouth in Macy’s movie.
The avid movie watcher will likely guess how the story will end before they even start watching. There’s an overall forced feeling about this film, particularly in regards to the emotional and romantic moments. Don’t make my mistake and tune in with expectations based on Macy’s previous acting work. Big fans of Upton and Daddario… enjoy, I guess?
The Layover is a new comedy starring Alexandra Daddario, Kate Upton and William H. Macy.
With Macy also directing, the story centres around two friends who go on a road trip and end up fighting over a handsome guy they meet.
I’m tuning into this one because I’m open to a few seemingly cheap laughs. Who knows, maybe there’ll be more to this movie than I imagined. Nevertheless, I think I’ll be okay if there isn’t, because I’m curious about Mr. Macy as a director. He’s an actor I’ll always appreciate thanks to Magnolia (1999), one of my absolute favourite films.
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