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Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE (2025): New Trailer Starring Sam Rockwell, Michael Peña, Juno Temple, Zazie Beetz…

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is the latest action/sci-fi/adventure from director Gore Verbinski.

Starring Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Zazie Beetz and Michael Peña, Rockwell plays an unhoused-looking man from the future. One who’s on a mission to recruit people to help him extinguish the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.

I love the title of this one. And if this trailer is anything to go by, we have plenty of laughter, great pacing and Rockwell magic in store.

Also, given what’s shown between 1:27 and 1:31 in this trailer, there might be some scares, too. I’m just glad that horror isn’t listed as a sub-category.

May this please be a well-executed film about the dangers of AI. What do you think of our chances?

Haley Lu Richardson, Stevel Marc, Tom Taylor, Tanya van Graan, Cassiel Eatock-Winnik, Georgia Goodman, Asim Chaudhry and Dino Fetscher also star.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Release Dates: February 13th, 2026…

Happy Film Loving,

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Drama, Romance

FIVE FEET APART (2018):New Trailer From Cole Sprouse, Haley Lu Richardson, Claire Forlani…

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Five Feet Apart (2019), Cole Sprouse, Haley Lu Richardson
Five Feet Apart (2019), Cole Sprouse, Haley Lu Richardson

Starring Cole Sprouse, Haley Lu Richardson, Claire Forlani and directed by  Justin Baldoni; Five Feet Apart is the story of two teenagers with life threatening illnesses who meet in a hospital and fall in love.

I wouldn’t mind learning a thing or two about cystic fibrosis (CF) via a dramatic film.

My biggest burning question isn’t really about CF, though. How different is this movie really, compared to the huge success that was The Fault in Our Stars (2014)?

Parminder Nagra, Kimberly Hebert Gregory and Emily Baldoni also star.

Five Feet Apart Release Dates: March 22nd, 2019 (US)…

Happy Film Loving,

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Comedy, No Spoiler Reviews

SUPPORT THE GIRLS (2018): The Thing I Liked…

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Support The Girls (2018), Regina Hall
Support The Girls (2018), Regina Hall

I was looking forward to Support The Girls as a fan of Regina Hall and an enthusiast of movies that show beautiful, healthy sisterly bonds. Having made it to the end of writer/director Andrew Bujalski’s movie, I’m still a fan of Hall, who performed well. Nevertheless, I found this movie quite awkward.

Hall plays the general manager of a highway-side sports bar, where, through the course of one day, her incurable optimism and faith in herself, her customers and her team, which features some peculiar characters, are tested. 

Soon after hitting play, the pace of Support The Girls started to dull my initial excitement. The film seemed to move slowly and part of the problem is that I found myself very often wondering what exactly was going on.

In the end I could appreciate and identify with Hall’s character’s need to take care of her team. Particularly as, situations where women are taking care of each other, especially when confronted by toxic masculinity always warm my heart. Unfortunately, this movie’s rhythm just never quite synchronised with mine.

As for the ‘comedy’ categorisation, I don”t recall laughing, though I may have smiled a few times.

Even though I didn’t love it, there are definitely people who really had a good time watching Support The Girls. As such, maybe you’ll be one of them. Watch it if you’re curious enough.

Haley Lu Richardson, Dylan Gelula, Brooklyn Decker, Dylan Gelula, AJ Michalka and Lea DeLaria also star.

Happy Film Loving,

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Comedy

SUPPORT THE GIRLS (2018): New Trailer From Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Dylan Gelula, Brooklyn Decker…

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Support The Girls (2018), Haley Lu Richardson, Regina Hall
Support The Girls (2018), Haley Lu Richardson, Regina Hall

Read my spoiler-free movie review of Support the Girls (2018).

n the Andrew Bujalski-written/directed comedy, Support The Girls, Regina Hall is Lisa, the general manager of a highway-side ‘sports bar with curves.’

The story is set over the course of a long strange day that tests Lisa’s incurable optimism and faith in her girls, her customers, and herself.

Haley Lu Richardson, Dylan Gelula, Brooklyn Decker, Dylan Gelula, AJ Michalka and Lea DeLaria co-star…

I’m in for the love and sisterhood between the ladies. I’m also quite happy to see Hall in a promising leading role. I’ve been a fan ever since her ‘Candy’ character in The Best Man (1999).

Read my spoiler free movie review of  Support The Girls

 Support The Girls Release Dates: August 24th, 2018 (US)…

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Comedy, Drama, No Spoiler Reviews

THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (2017): Good, Harrelson Was Fun…

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The Edge Of Seventeen (2017), Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson
The Edge Of Seventeen (2017), Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson

Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson and Kyra Sedgwick; director Kelly Fremon Craig’s movie, The Edge Of Seventeen, features good performances from the entire cast.

Steinfeld, whose great work in True Grit (2010) will probably always be my favourite of her roles, did a good job of playing a high school student. One whose life becomes even more challenging than it already was, now that her brother and best friend have started dating.

What’s useful to note is that this tale of a high school student finally growing up is more drama than it is comedy. As such, definitely don’t expect to laugh too much. What you probably can expect is for a thought similar to the following entering your mind: ‘Parenting is hard, adolescence is hard, relationships, friendships, and siblinghood are hard; especially when you get a massive wrench in the works that is your life, and your main support is absent.’

I enjoyed Harrelson and Sedgwick’s performances the most. Harrelson for the humour and Sedgwick for her portrayal of a struggling mother of two teenage children.

By the end, even though my teenage years weren’t the worst, I was left feeling rather grateful that those years are well and truly behind me. In truth, of course, every decade of life is challenging; except that, with time, we hopefully should be getting better and wiser, so we hurt people less.

Watch the Edge of Seventeen if you’re curious.

Happy Film Loving,

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