The Last Showgirl (2024), Pamela Anderson, Roadside Flix
Gia Coppola is the director of Pamela Anderson’s Golden Globe-nominated drama about a seasoned showgirl whose show comes to an abrupt end after 30 years.
Additional key cast includes Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, Dave Bautista and Jamie Lee Curtis.
When I think of Pamela Anderson, Baywatch and Borat (2006) are the entertaining releases that immediately come to mind. I’m excited to see her flourish in a dramatic role, especially since this trailer makes the movie look like quite the emotional journey and revelation.
Are you ready for Anderson’s next phase/era of iconic? Because it looks like it’s here?
Billie Lourd, John Clofine, Linda Montana, Giovani L. DiCandilo and Melina Blitz also star.
Starring Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans; Red One is a new action/adventure comedy about when Santa Claus was abducted from the North Pole.
Directed by Jake Kasdan; additional key cast includes Kristofer Hivju, Kiernan Shipka and Nick Kroll.
I love the trend of a new reimagining of Christmas movies every year, a trend that I first noticed with Fatman (2020).
Admittedly, I wasn’t sure about Red One until the very end of this trailer when Johnson’s character asked, ‘Is my face still there?‘ I’m still not sure, honestly. However, I’m now more inclined to give it a try.
On second thought, I’ve watched this trailer at least twice now and after the second viewing, I find myself even more excited. Funny how that can happen.
I’m also curious about the Johnson/Evans dynamic. What are your feelings after watching this trailer?
Bonnie Hunt, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Wesley Kimmel, Wyatt Hunt, Clayton Cooper and Jenna Kanell also star.
The premise of The Silence is similar to that of the above mentioned movies. All three feature a family who have to stay silent in order to survive the deadly creatures terrorising Earth.
Starring Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka and John Corbett, I settled into the pace and style of The Silence at the start quite nicely. Especially the introduction of the family at the centre of the story. I enjoyed this phase so much that I did then miss it once the scary creatures came to obliterate the peace.
I like that there’s a fair amount of tension-filled ‘scary’ moments in The Silence. Not the kind of scary that would induce nightmares, but rather the more ‘suspenseful-scary’ variety. In fact, for me, the most horrifying thing in The Silence isn’t the deadly, primaeval species with acute hearing. It’s the intentions of a specific group within the story. I also liked the Tucci/Corbett dynamic and the design of the primaeval species.
Overall, I think The Silence is OK. The parts I wasn’t overly enthused by include the final cut of the car crash because it looked to me as though a clip of the crash was missing. There’s also a moment when the family seemed to have forgotten about a vulnerable family member during a particularly dangerous time, which annoyed me. I know that almost anything can happen during desperate times. However, maybe I just don’t know, but I found it hard to believe that everyone forgot to do a ‘head count’ of their loved ones during such a desperate moment. The last part that left me wanting is the ending. I understood it, but it felt flat and disappointing.
None of the ‘silence or you die’ movies are perfect, but A Quiet Place does sit at the top in my mind. It did come first; nevertheless, I also really connected with the characters, appreciated the pace, the heart, and I was more impressed by the cleverness/ingenuity when it came to how to survive a silent world. In second place is Bird Box, mainly because of the film’s last thirty minutes.
Starring Kiernan Shipka, Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, John Corbett and with John R. Leonetti as director, The Silence is the latest horror film from Netflix
Set during a time when the world is being terrorised by a deadly, primaeval species with acute hearing, a family seeks refuge to wait out the invasion as they wonder what kind of world will remain by the time they emerge.
I’m guessing that this is the kind of horror film that will make me jump several times, but then once it’s over, I soon forget about it. I could be wrong, of course. Either way, I just hope it’s clever. I really think that I’m going to need something about The Silence to be clever.
Kate Corbett, Dempsey Bryk, Kyle Breitkopf, Billy MacLellan, Callum Shoniker, Hannah Gordon and Taylor Love also star.
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