Ostensibly Killing Me Softly is about a high stakes card game robbery and the hitman hired to track the robbers down. But it’s really about……AMERICA!!!!!! And it goes to great lengths to ensure that we KNOW it’s about AMERICA!!!!!!
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Garrett Hedlund, Amy Adams, Richard Jenkins & Terrence Howard to Star in Dramedy ‘Lullaby’
Quite the cast is being assembled for Andrew Levitas directorial debut Lullaby, a drama/comedy that centers around a man who discovers that his dying father has chosen to take himself off his life support machine in the next 48 hours. Read more after the jump!
“The Cabin In The Woods” Is a Self-Aware Blast
The Cabin In The Woods, written by Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon, takes a page from Scream in that it functions as a commentary on the genre and the rules contained within. And while it is not all that scary, it is drolly funny and vastly entertaining – at least to a particular brand of moviegoer.
New Pictures of Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins and Ray Liotta in ‘Cogan’s Trade’
After directing the underrated The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik is making his long-awaited return behind the camera with Cogan’s Trade. The crime drama, based on George V. Higgins‘ novel, centers on about a mob enforcer (Brad Pitt) investigating a heist during a mob-protected poker game.
Watch: First Trailer for ‘Darling Companion’ with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline
Sony Pictures Classic has debuted a trailer for Lawrence Kasdan’s indie drama Darling Companion, starring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Richard Jenkins. The story revolves around a woman (Diane Keaton) forming a special bond with an abandoned dog only for her husband (Kevin Kline) to lose it shortly thereafter.
Watch: First Trailer for Horror Flick “The Cabin in the Woods”
The story centers around a group of five friends going on a quiet cabin retreat, only to scratch the surface of something so massive and horrific that they can only begin to fathom what might possibly be going on just as time quickly runs out.
“The Rum Diary” is a Jarringly Dull and Tedious Affair
Amid some truly hilarious scenes and solid performances from the cast, The Rum Diary is poorly executed, from its aimless storytelling to trite artistry, only to be exacerbated with an insurmountable two-hour run time that feels like five.
Richard Jenkins Joins Tom Cruise’s “One Shot”
Variety reports that Jenkins will take on the character of Alex Rodin, the district attorney in charge of prosecuting the sniper. He would play the father of Rosamund Pike’s character, Helen Rodin, who teams up with Reacher to investigate the shooting and becomes his love interest.
Trite, Tired Gags Drag Down “Hall Pass”
It’s fast becoming an annual tradition to dump a plethora of man-child buddy comedies on audiences, particularly in the first six months of the release year. Unless you can rekindle the magic formula that made 2007 such a successful year for Judd Apatow, you’re likely to come up empty-handed in the substance department. Such is the case with the Farrelly Brothers’ latest slapstick outing, Hall Pass.
