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Drama

HERE (2024): New Trailer From Robert Zemeckis, Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Michelle Dockery, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly…

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Directed by Robert Zemeckis; starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery and Paul Bettany, Here is the story of the multiple families that lived in one specific place.

The drama captures the human experience over several generations.

Wow!

So many thoughts went through my head as this trailer played. The biggest one is, how wonderful it is to see Hanks and Wright reunited. I can’t help but consider their character’s relationship as the kind that Jenny and Forrest always deserved.

Artificial Intelligence/CGI also came to mind because I’m almost certain this movie didn’t start shooting when Hanks and Wright were still as young as they appear in the above thumbnail.

Then there’s the strong This Is Us vibes, the telling of a family’s story over different generations. I admit to not actually watching the last few seasons of This Is Us because I found that I cried at least once in every episode, which is simply too much.

Something else the Here trailer reminds me of is this moving Quaker Oats ad I saw for the first time just two weeks ago.

Will you be watching this, considering the stellar cast and filmmaking team?

Ophelia Lovibond, Dexter Sol Ansell, Ben Wiggins, Beau Gadsdon, Leslie Zemeckis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Lilly Aspell, Joel Oulette, Stephanie Siadatan, David Fynn, Billie Gadsdon and Jonathan Aris also star.

Here Release Dates: November 15th, 2024 (US)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, No Spoiler Reviews

DAMSEL (2024): The Things I Liked…

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I’m a sucker for empowered and empowering female characters. No surprise then, when it came to my eagerness to watch Damsel, the latest action/adventure/fantasy from Stranger Things breakout star, Millie Bobbie Brown. 

After watching the trailer, I was excited to witness the young damsel, Elodie (Brown) rise. Especially since Brown has that undeniable quality which more than suggests ‘capable heroine’. 

After agreeing to marry a handsome prince following encouragement from her father, things end up being very far from ‘happily ever after’ for young Elodie. The good news is that what follows is a fun and easy-to-watch adventure. One I may not recommend with the highest level of enthusiasm when asked. Nevertheless, I say it’s worth it; particularly if you agree with the above opening line to this review.

It was satisfying to watch Elodie’s resilience as the story progressed. Even though, for me, the script felt a tad basic in parts. My only other issue is that final walk towards the end. It came across as overly exaggerated in a laughable and arguably cringy way for me. Perhaps I’m just too ‘mature’ for this type of execution. 

Lastly, in case you were wondering, that wonderful dragon voice is courtesy of Shohreh Aghdashloo, a lady, would you believe it? Brava, I say, brava! 

Happy Film Loving,

G

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

DAMSEL (2024): New Trailer Starring Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, Nick Robinson, Robin Wright…

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Damsel (2024), Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix

Read my spoiler-free movie review of Damsel (2023).

Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, Ray Winstone, Robin Wright and Nick Robinson are the stars of Damsel; a new action/fantasy/adventure directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.

Brown plays Elodie, a dutiful damsel who agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find that the royal family’s plans for her look nothing like happily ever after.

We definitely have another trailer here that has shown far more of the story than is ideal. However, thankfully, I remain excited to see Elodie overthrow the super-entitled royals.

I’m in for the coming-of-age story of what looks like a very capable heroine. There’s also the tasty vengeance to look forward to, and the scene of Elodie confronting Prince Henry (Robinson) after his unflinchingly cruel betrayal should hopefully be great.

Esther Odumade, Ulli Ackermann, Nicole Joseph, Nick Robinson, Milo Twomey, Brooke Carter, Ezra Faroque Khan, Brogan Mcfarlane and Sonya Nisa also star.

Damsel Release Dates: March 8th, 2024, Netflix…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama

LAND (2021): New Trailer From Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Warren Christie…

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Land (2021), Robin Wright, Focus Features
Land (2021), Robin Wright, Focus Features

New drama Land has Robin Wright as Edee Mathis; a bereaved woman who seeks out a new life in Wyoming. A life alone and off the grid.

Directed by Wright herself; additional key cast includes Demián Bichir and Warren Christie.

Every so often, I remember that Robin Wright is Jenny from Forrest Gump (1994) and I smile. As a fan of her acting work, I’m intrigued by the experience of a Wright-directed movie.

Also, Land reminds me of Reese Witherspoon’s Wild (2014), another female-led and well-told story of redemption and self-discovery. I wonder what Edee will discover while in Wyoming.

Kim Dickens, Brad Leland, Barb Mitchell, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Laura Yenga and Finlay Wojtak-Hissong also star.

Land Release Dates: February 12th, 2020 (US)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, No Spoiler Reviews

WONDER WOMAN (2017): Good…

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Wonder Woman (2017), Gal Gadot
Wonder Woman (2017), Gal Gadot

As good a film as Wonder Woman is, I’m quite sure that I adore the trailer more. This is probably the first time I’ve said I love a trailer more than I love the film, but without really meaning that the film is bad. 

The pace of director Pattie Jenkins’s movie was OK, and the humour was fun, but there’s something about the film’s initial trailer that I just can’t forget about – because it was super.

Of course, the exceptionally chosen, perfectly rousing trailer music coupled with great editing, storytelling and visuals had much to do with it. Yet Wonder Woman’s crime, for me, at least, may be that the wonderful high I experienced as I watched the trailer simply wasn’t constantly present throughout the film. Not that I’m saying that would have been a great idea, mind you.

It’s just that there’s no denying, for me, the noticeable absence of said high by the end of this movie. I did not take my hands to the air while silently yelping, so as not to annoy my neighbours, as I did the first time I saw the trailer. Instead, at the end of Wonder Woman, all I could say as the credits started to roll was ‘It’s not a bad film‘.

Gadot is really great. She’s beautiful, strong, very capable and in my mind, as Wonder Woman, she remains my big sister. As such, if you haven’t already, watch it because it’s good.

Happy Film Loving,

G