Lucky (2017), Barry Shabaka Henley, Harry Dean Stanton
Directed by John Carroll Lynch; starring Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch and Ron Livingston, Lucky is a drama about the spiritual journey of a ninety-year-old atheist…
The subject matter and the characters in this trailer are simply too intriguing to ignore.
Directed by Karyn Kusama, Michiel Huisman and Logan Marshall-Green are the stars of The Invitation, a tense new thriller/ horror movie set at a dinner party where things aren’t quite what they seem…
Teaser Trailer
Trailer 1
In addition to the unsettling tensions, it looks like The Invitation will be one of those stories that reminds us all to always trust our instincts and get the hell out if the situation doesn’t feel right. Though, I guess if everyone did that, where would scary movies be – dare we ponder…?
John Carroll Lynch, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Mike Doyle also star.
Crazy Stupid Love (2011), Steve Carell, Julianne Moore
Steve Carrel, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Julianne Moore are the stars of this drama/ romance / comedy. A story about a man whose world is altered after what should have been a romantic dinner date with his wife turns into something else.
Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, I tuned in because of Carell and Moore’s reputations and found myself pleasantly surprised. A big highlight is the scene with the valedictorian speech. That and Gosling’s character, Jacob’s fashion sense.
Watch it for a reminder that humour is tragedy plus time. You’ll go through some emotions but you will certainly laugh as well.
Crazy Stupid Love (2011), Ryan Gosling
Along with The Notebook (2004) this movie is without a doubt responsible for a good number of Ryan Gosling crushes.
An unexpected friendship, post 9/11 and between a young female soldier (Kristen Stewart) and a Guantanamo Bay detainee (Peyman Moaardi) is the premise of director Peter Sattler’s Camp X-Ray.
Both leads, Stewart and Moaardi deliver good performances. But there were definitely times when I had to check the time because things just weren’t moving fast enough.
Camp X-Ray (2014), Kristen Stewart, Peyman Moaardi
Perhaps the pace was deliberately slow to give the viewer a better idea of what life at Guantanamo Bay was actually like. Either way, I’m glad I made it to the end because it’s in the last thirty minutes that the most engaging stuff happens.
My curiosities about what could have led to the unlikely friendship I saw in the trailer a few months ago are satisfied.
Watch it if you have the same curiosities and also to get some insight in to what life can be like as a female soldier in the U.S. Army.