Co-written and directed by Macon Blair, Idiots follows two rock-bottom drivers (Dave Franco and Oshea Jackson Jr) tasked with transporting a wealthy teenager (Mason Thames) to rehab.
What should have been a simple job is derailed by their passenger into a journey that involves drugs, crime and danger..
Promising premise, Intriguing trailer, I like this combination.
In my entire history of film-loving, the very talented Mr Seth Rogen has only ever let me down one time. I’m of course speaking of his involvement in a movie that turned out to be quite the disappointment. The really great news today is this: said movie is not director Jonathan Levine’s latest comedy/romance, Long Shot.
Starring Rogen, Charlize Theron, Alexander Skarsgård and O’Shea Jackson Jr., Long Shot is a film I was always going to see because the cast are among my favourite filmmakers. I just wasn’t sure how the finished product would turn out, considering the somewhat unexpected pairing of Rogen and Theron, in a story about an unemployed journalist. One who decides to pursue his childhood crush. Particularly considering that his crush happens to be one of the world’s most powerful and unattainable women.
My initial lack of confidence has a little something to do with the trailer failing to accurately convey how the movie would play. Luckily, I had a great time. The dialogue, pace, story and tone all add up to a beautifully choreographed film that delighted me. I liked it so much it almost made me feel as happy as I was when I first discovered the magic that is Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008).
As for what I liked a little less, I vaguely recall the laughs slowing down a tad past the halfway point, but that’s barely a complaint, right? The bond between Jackson Jr. and Rogen’s characters, Skarsgård’s Prime Minister character, the role played by Andy Serkis and of course ‘Queen Theron’ are all just wonderful.
Definitely, definitely watch Long Shot if you haven’t already. I certainly won’t be forgetting all the elements it got just right, in the near future.
Long Shot is the latest comedy starring Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron and Alexander Skarsgård.
Directed by Jonathan Levine, Rogen is Fred Flarsky, an unemployed journalist who decides to pursue his childhood crush. The only thing is, his childhood crush is Charlotte Field, one of the most powerful and unattainable women on the planet.
Rogen and Theron together on screen feels quite unexpected, yet I definitely do love them both separately so I hope this really works.
Andy Serkis, Randall Park, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Aviva Mongillo, James Saito and Ravi Patel also star.
In new action movie Den Of Thieves, a thief gets trapped between two sets of criminals while he’s planning a bank heist.
Directed by Christian Gudegast; Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Sonya Balmores star.
I’m into this one because I’m curious about the dynamic between Butler and Jackson’s characters.
I want to see how things pan out for the thief, because if there was ever a great example of being ‘stuck between a rock and a hard place’, this might be it.
Lastly, this trailer makes me even more impatient for the sequel to The Equalizer (2014). You too?
Ingrid Goes West (2017), Elizabeth Olsen, Aubrey Plaza
In Ingrid Goes West, which stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen and O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ingrid is a mentally disturbed young woman who’s obsessed with a social media star with ‘the perfect life’.
Unsettling and increasingly dangerous is the turn Ingrid’s behaviour takes when she decides to move west to befriend the subject of her obsession.
I’m very much looking forward to watching Plaza, an actress I’ve only ever seen in comedy roles, play a part that seems to be a lot more dramatic.
