Time for another installment of movie news and blather, where I bring you all the movie news that’s fit to print (or at least what I find interesting). Without further ado or preamble, let’s get right into it!
1. Do you guys cringe every time you see the trailer for The Big Wedding, too?
I just think it looks awful. I’m embarrassed for it. I’m embarrassed for me, too, because I’ll probably see it. Ugh. Life, you know?
2. Inside Llewyn Davis might be the first Coen brothers movie I actually WANT to see
It boasts a pretty impressive cast and looks like it’s going to be interesting, intriguing, and well done. I don’t know. I’m not a Coen brothers fan, but this one looks not awful.
3. Judy Blume’s Tiger Eyes finally has a trailer
You can watch it here. I can’t wait to see it, but I love Judy Blume and I want to see Willa Holland in something where I don’t want to shake her. I think it looks pretty great. I can’t wait for this one in June.
4. The East looks pretty interesting and has my girl Ellen Page in it
It’s getting good buzz, and it’s about someone who goes undercover to investigate a cult and sort of gets sucked into it. I don’t know. It’s got Alexander Skarsgaard in it, too, so you know I’m there.
5. Emma Stone is in talks to star in Woody Allen’s next movie
Time for another installment of movie news and blather, where I bring you all the movie news that’s fit to print (or at least what I find interesting). Without further ado or preamble, let’s get right into it!
1. Nick Offerman stars in Somebody Up There Likes Me
The trailer for Nick Offerman’s indie movie Somebody Up There Likes Me is live. The movie is being released in limited theaters soon and will be available On Demand shortly after that. The film also stars Jess Weixler and Offerman’s real-life wife, Megan Mullally.
2. Jessica Alba to star in Weightless
The film is about astronaut Maysie Overall, a woman who always dreamed of becoming an astronaut and visiting space. Alba is in final negotiations to star in the film. I don’t know why this is news, because odds are the movie won’t be well-received and Alba will give a lackluster performance, but she’s just so pretty and she tries so hard. I can’t help but like her. (Comingsoon.net)
3. Leviathan trailer looks incredible
This is all about fishing and whaling, and it looks to be totally mesmerizing. The documentary also looks to be really upsetting. I have really complicated feelings about what’s happening in the oceans, and this documentary looks like it’s going to only add to my conflicted feelings.
4. There’s going to be a documentary about the conspiracy theories surrounding Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and I’m excited.
The film is entitled Room 237, and it will be released March 29th. I didn’t even know this was a thing, but now I can’t wait. (Metacritic)
5. The Fault in Our Stars movie should begin filming this summer.
Did you know it was being made into a movie? Have I posted about this before? I can’t remember any more, so forgettable and obvious is this news. Anyway, it’s got a very commercial production team and is guaranteed to make some good money at the box office, whoever they get to star in it. I don’t know. I’ll see this, because I’m a sucker and because I can’t help but be manipulated, but at least I know I’m being manipulated…right? (MTV’s Hollywood Crush)
Gentle readers, it’s time for another installment of movie blather and randomness, wherein I give you the latest (or latest-ish) news relating to all things movies. Without further ado, let’s get to the news!
1. Carrie teaser trailer is live
Just in time for Halloween, the first teaser trailer for Stephen King’s Carrie remake is live. There obviously isn’t much to go on, based on the one-minute teaser, but it certainly looks pretty crazy. What’s interesting about the casting of Chloe Grace Moretz is that she’s fairly divisive amongst audiences–people either think she can’t or they don’t. There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of middle-ground. I loved King’s book and enjoyed the original movie, so I’ll definitely be seeing this.
2. Shailene Woodley to star in Divergent movie?
I’m not going to lie: I’m somewhere between “meh” and “wrong on this one, but I’m writing about it because it’s sort of a big deal in the YA book blogosphere. There’s been a lot of speculation about who could play Tris in the sure-to-be mediocre Divergent movie, and it looks like Shailene Woodley (she of The Descendents and also The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which I will never let her live down). This isn’t a done deal yet, but it’s looking fairly likely, I guess. I don’t know. Meh. (Deadline)
3. Save the Date trailer looks awesome
Have you guys seen this? It has so many of my favorite people I hardly know where to begin. Lizzy Caplan, Martin Starr, Alison Brie? It looks quirky and weird and probably uneven, but to say that I am so there is probably the understatement of the week. I can’t wait, you guys.
4. Starlet trailer is mesmerizing
I hadn’t heard of this movie until I started doing a little bit of research for this post, but I watched the trailer and couldn’t look away. It looks so, so great, you guys. I can’t wait to see this–it’s the kind of thing my mom and I go see together (when we’re not seeing really stupid movies, I mean), and I think this one is going to be really moving and memorable.
5. Most popular Halloween costumes this year are exactly what you’d expect
The original source is Fandango, so take from that what you will about those surveyed, but the report is that The Avengers and Katniss from The Hunger Games are topping the Halloween costume circuit this year. The entire article is sort of bizarre, but it’s worth a look just to see what people seem to want to do for Halloween. My costume is pop culture related, but nothing quite so relevant. (Maybe I’ll post pictures after the party tonight. Maybe.) (THR)
Gentle readers, it’s time for another installment of movie blather and randomness, wherein I give you the latest (or latest-ish) news relating to all things movies. Without further ado, let’s get to the news!
1. A second trailer for the Silver Linings Playbook
This is fast-becoming one of my most-anticipated movies. The buzz surrounding it continues to be really good, and I love Jennifer Lawrence so much, that I’m afraid I’ll see pretty much anything she’s in (I’ll wait for the DVD of HATES, though). What do you guys think about this one? Does it look as good to you as it does to me, or does my insane love for Matthew Quick make me totally biased?
2. Danny Strong will pen the Mockingjay movie script(s)
Danny Strong, who is fresh off of winning a screenwriting Emmy for the excellent Game Change, has been hired to write the screenplay for the third (and fourth) Hunger Games movies. I can’t be the only person who knows Strong best for his work as the morally relative Jonathan on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and that’s basically why this news is as exciting as it is. I did like Game Change, though. This is exciting. (Variety)
3. Mindy Kaling wrote a romantic comedy
Mindy Kaling wrote the script for a romantic comedy that Anne Hathaway is attached to. The movie is called The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie (yeah, it’s awful), and I will see it based on the fact that Kaling co-wrote it alone. I also secretly like Hathaway even though we still aren’t speaking because of her involvement in Love & Other Drugs. I’ll forgive you eventually, girl. The movie is exactly what you think it will be: a lady who has no self-esteem dates losers until a hot guy pursues her. Gross, but also I’m totally there because that was my life until I was about 25, only it wasn’t a hot guy so much as…well, that’s another story entirely. (Videogum)
4. 28 Hotel Rooms Trailer is mesmerizing
The movie stars Chris Messina (MY PERFECT MAN), and so you know I’m going to see it. If I can sit through An Invisible Sign for Messina, I can pretty much do anything. However, this one looks super compelling and interesting and probably really depressing. I love stories like this, where there’s a lot of grey area and a lot of questions. Can’t. Wait.
5. Just when you thought your childhood boardgames were safe after Battleship bombed, Hungry Hungry Hippos is a thing
No, seriously. It’s like a real thing that is happening. They’re also developing a movie based on Monopoly and “Action Man,” which I can’t even be bothered to google. Why is this happening? That’s not a rhetorical question. (LA Times) What about you? What movie news are you excited about this week?
Gentle readers, it’s time for another installment of movie blather and randomness, wherein I give you the latest (or latest-ish) news relating to all things movies. Without further ado, let’s get to the news!
1. For a Good Time, Call… Trailer is raunchy, silly, and kind of awesome?
I didn’t really think much of this film when I saw the posters for it, but I finally watched the trailer, and I have to say, I wouldn’t be opposed to watching this one. It looks like it might be a total raunchfest, which I’m okay with. There have been a slew of articles over the past week or so comparing this one to the (terrible) movie Bachelorette, saying that these are the movies that Bridesmaids paved the way for. I’m not sure about that, but I’ll still see this one.
The site has all kinds of goodies, from trailers to release dates. I love the start of each season, because it means that someone, somewhere, is creating a list of movies/books/music being released in that season. Metacritic is my favorite resource for movie and music news, so this round-up of what’s to come is a great thing to have at your disposal.
3. V/H/S trailer is terrifying
Have you guys seen the trailer for this? I’m a total sucker for things like this, and unfortunately I don’t have a lot of brave souls in my life who will watch these sorts of movies with me, but I’m determined to watch this one (it might have to happen in the middle of the day in a brightly-lit room). It’s certainly not genre-defying, but it looks like it might be satisfying in that really-scary way that so few movies are.
4. The Brave Little Toaster is getting a reboot, studios continue to rape our childhoods for profit
Word on the street (which street, I’m not sure) is that The Brave Little Toaster is getting another reboot. This time, the film will be a “CGI/live-action hybrid,” and that sound you heard was me dry-heaving. I don’t understand what the point of remaking a movie like this is, because surely there can’t be that much demand for it? Will I see it? Probably, but I’ll hate-watch it like a CHAMP. (the Wrap)
(Also, does anyone remember that scene with the quicksand or mud or whatever? Still terrifying.)
5. The To-Do List redband trailer is live
This movie stars Aubrey Plaza as a girl determined to lose her virginity. It boasts a fairly impressive comedic cast and is garnering good buzz. I personally can’t wait to see this, as I love Plaza and this is the type of movie that I not-so-secretly love.
Anything I missed this week? Movies you’re most looking forward to seeing?
I kind of like posting about movies on Saturday, so today I bring you more movie news and randomness. True? True.
1. The Bourne Legacy’s got another trailer.
Not going to lie: the only reason I’ll see the Bourne Legacy is because my boyfriend* Jeremy Renner stars in it. I love me some Renner, y’all. The man is charming as all get-out, sings (gooooooooooooogle it), and is actually a pretty great actor. I’ve been watching The Unusuals on Netflix, and it’s all because of this charismatic man.
To be fair, the movie boasts a pretty impressive cast all around. Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, and David Straithairn are all in the movie, too.
2. The CBGB movie added to its cast…
…and decided that a smart move is Malin Ackerman as Debbie Harry. Just shoot me in the face now, okay? Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. (Variety)
(The movie also has Alan Rickman and Rupert Grint, which makes me feel marginally better about the whole thing.)
Part of me kind of wonders how this movie will do, anyway, though. Do people care about how CBGB’s came to be? Will people flock to see a movie like this, or will we end up with another disasterpiece like Studio 54? (Here’s hoping.)
3. Les Miserables’ trailer went live
Mostly it’s Anne Hathaway looking sad and singing “I Dreamed a Dream,” but you also get glimpses of Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman (rocking a huge beard) and that creeper Eddie Redmayne (shudder). I’m not a huge fan of musicals in general and have never been a Les Miserables fan, but I’ll probably see this because it’s going to be a movie-event. I can just tell.
4. Book-to-movie news
Robopocalypse, based on the eponymous title, will hit theaters in April of 2014. I know you were dying for that news.
You know how Tom Cruise is starring in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series? They’ve changed the title from One Shot to Jack Reacher, and it’ll be out on December 21st. Just in time for Christmas. Ugh. (THR)
Stephen King’s IT will be adapted into two films by the guy who did Jane Eyre (THR)
5. Perks of Being a Wallflower Trailer
This is perhaps one of the most eagerly-anticipated movies of the year. The trailer looks…pretty much like I’d expect it to look. I remember liking this book very much when I was young, but I’m scared to reread it because I have a feeling it won’t hold up. Emma Watson does her very best manic-pixie-dream-girl in the trailer. I like some of the other people in the movie, and I’m super into the Imagine Dragons song they use near the end of the trailer.
I’m lacking focus this week, which is why I’ve decided to do a fairly random post about movies today. Here are five movie-related things for your reading and viewing pleasure.
1. Hit and Run trailer
Dax Shepard and his fiancee Kristen Bell introduce their new movie (out in August) in this video. The movie was written by Shepard (as well as co-directed by him) and features Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, and Kristen Chenoweth. It looks…well, it looks really awful, actually. There’s a bunch of supremely unfunny scenes in the trailer, and there’s at least one joke about being raped in prison by a black guy that is completely offensive and totally uncomfortable. I like both Shepard and Bell, so this kind of bums me out. Also, best guess? This movie will tank.
2. Won’t Back Down Trailer
Here’s the first trailer for Won’t Back Down, which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis as moms who start a charter school when the public schools fail them and their kids. This is an issue near and dear to my heart, and it’s definitely a movie I’ll be seeing, despite the fact that the director is also responsible for the Vanessa Hudgens disasterpiece Beastly.
3.Sequels Galore
There’s going to be a Sin City 2 after all: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For will be directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. It’s scheduled to be released October 4, 2013, which means by the time it actually arrives, literally no one will care about it (maybe that’s just me, though?). Both Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba are confirmed to reprise their roles, because, well, why not? (The Film Stage)
Oh, and there’s going to be a sequel to the Planet of the Apes prequel Rise of the Planet of the Apes (you saw this coming, right?) Writer Scott Z. Burns (Contagion) has been hired to pen the script. (THR)
10 Things I Hate About You is getting a sort-of sequel. Directed by Gil Junger, who also did the first movie, it’ll be called 10 Things I Hate About Life and will star Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger). That sound you hear? Is the sound of my adolescence DYING. (Variety)
4. The Great Gatsby Trailer
Have you guys seen this trailer yet? It’s…certainly something. It’s from Baz Luhrmann, who brought us Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet, so you know it’s going to be visually remarkable (I mean, look at the trailer). But…I can’t decide if it looks like it’s going to be awesome or a total hot mess. The trailer has awakened a desire in me to reread the book, which is not something I thought I’d ever do, to be honest.
It’s an extremely useful list, and they plan on updating it as titles change.
There are some great titles on there. For the record, I recommend: The Constant Gardener, BrokebackMountain, Drive (if you like super violent stuff), DonnieDarko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and GosfordPark.
(I plan on watching Trainspotting and Rabbit Hole soon. Both are SUPER uplifting, so that’ll be a fun time.)
We’re on day 3 of National Novel Writing Month, and I’m doing quite well, all things considered (my computer was repaired and ready for pickup on Monday, but as soon as I got it home I realized there was something else wrong with it, so it had to go back in for another round of repairs).
That being said, my word count is currently at 8,316, and I’m hoping to hit 9,000 today. The actual writing seems to happen in small clumps, but nothing about the process has been painful so far. I have lots to say, and while I’m certainly playing fast and loose with the characters and the plot this year, no one has rebelled or taken off running in a completely different direction yet. Am I in love with every word that I’m writing? Absolutely not. But am I loving the process of writing? Yes, most definitely.
I bought Taylor Swift’s new album on Amazon.com (it was super cheap), and I’m enjoying it immensely. It makes for pretty decent writing music, and there’s something about her that I find completely adorable. Shut up.
Back to the story. Ava’s telling me about how her sister used her bedroom window to run away from home. It’s riveting stuff, let me tell you.
I’ve been procrastinating on finishing my novel from NaNo, and in doing so, I’ve been creating more posts on both blogs than I would normally. In doing so, there are things that I’d like to accomplish sometime in the near future:
Bake something that requires me using yeast. This could be bread of some sort, and is likely to be monkey bread, specifically this recipe.
Donate the bags of clothes/books sitting around my apartment to ARC or GoodWill.
Clean the floors of the apartment with special cleaning thingy.
Fix the molding in the bathroom before landlord inspection.
FINISH collecting the SVH series so they can all be recapped without waiting and thus losing motivation.
I think that’s it, for the time being. Some are easier to accomplish than others, but I think I can do it all.
I’ve made mention to the fact that I’m a teacher on this blog before, and I’ve probably mentioned the fact that I can’t find a full-time teaching job. I’m perfectly qualified, and have had enough experience in the classroom that at this point, I should be teaching full-time. But I’m not, because that’s what the teaching job market is like right now. So I substitute teach, but I hate it, which means that I don’t do it every day, which means that right now, I’m under-employed.
That fact brings me to my point. I have a lot of free time. I live alone, and The Boy works full-time (and then some), and so I spend a lot of time alone. Because I’m poor, I have to find things that are free to occupy my time. I can only spend so much time at the gym, you know? So when I discovered that Netflix is currently streaming all 10 seasons (so far) of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, I accepted the challenge. What’s embarrassing is that I quickly became hooked.
I’m approaching the end of the 10th season, and I haven’t been watching all that long. The series is addictive in that it’s got a pretty strong recurring cast of characters and the plot lines are interesting and engaging but require very little investment in thought when one is not watching the show.
The Manhattan Special Victims Unit focuses on sex crimes and on cases involving rape, children, the elderly, and incest. The star detectives are Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), two cops who have different approaches but work surprisingly well together. Where Olivia is kinder and gentler, Elliot is more likely to jump to quick conclusions, act self-righteous, and punch someone in the face. They always get their perp, though, and both are strong actors.
I’m a multi-tasker, and I don’t like to watch TV without having something else to do. I sometimes read, draw, knit, or clean while watching TV, but lately I’ve been playing videogames at the same time, a feat that seems both ridiculous and impossible but isn’t. I don’t feel the need to explain the mechanics of it, but just know that I do both at the same time without any problems.
So what is it about this show that I find so compelling? I don’t have a definitive answer, to be honest. I like guessing who’s guilty, and I like seeing all the guest-starring actors that I recognize from other shows/movies. I like watching Mariska Hargitay, who I think is beautiful and underrated. Something about the show being complete escapism for me has pulled me in. I like seeing a world with a bunch of good cops in it.
It’s a vice, you guys. It’s a current obsession, and when I finish the show later this week, I don’t know what will take its place.
in that case THEY owe ME money RT @morninggloria: You should only have to repay student loans if you remember anything from college. 11 hours ago
haha. never change. remain as oblivious and self-involved forever. keep writing about it, because it's the cheapest entertainment out there. 11 hours ago
