Tag Archives: Broadsheet Trailer Park

Demolition

What you may need to know

1. After losing his wife in a car crash, investment banker Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal) finds comfort in writing a series of complaint letters.

2. Including Accidental Love, Southpaw and Everest, this is Gyllenhaal’s fourth movie produced in 2015. Down boy.

3. Classic movie driving @0:24 – it was bound to happen sooner or later.

4. Bored at work? Robin Cooper’s Timewaster Letters are hilariously self-descriptive.

5. Technically that’s a backhoe loader… But bulldozer sounds cooler.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: Respectfully irate etc.

Release Date: April 8, 2016 (US).

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

Krampus

What you may need to know:

1. While his dysfunctional family argue their way through Christmas, Max (Emjay Anthony) renounces Santa and unleashes the wrath of the Krampus.

2. Writer/director Michael Dougherty was also responsible for the Halloween horror-comedy Trick ‘r Treat (2007). What’s next? The Easter Bunny?

3. Too soon? Sure there’s only 104 sleeps left. And it’s been Christmas at Brown Thomas since August.

4. Full disclosure: Christmas can’t start before I’ve watched the Box of Delights and the entire Band of Brothers.

5. What’s your Christmas ritual? Die Hard (1988)? Trading Places (1983)? Weekend at Bernies (1989)?

6. Broadsheet prognosis: Rocky Horror Picture Ho (Ho Ho).

Release Date: December 4.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

ourbrandiscrisissmall

What you may need to know:

1. The Thick of It-style satire about an American spin doctor’s role in the 2002 Bolivian presidential campaign.

2. A cautionary tale of US political interference in the developing world? Or ‘Murica… Hell yeah!?

3. It’s produced by Grant Heslov and George Clooney (who else?), so probably the former.

4. No llamas were harmed in the making of this trailer.

5. It’s hard to believe that Joaquim de Almeida has never been a Bond villain.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: Argo on.

Release Date: October 30 (USA).

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

beasts_of_no_nation

What you may need to know:

1. In a war-torn West African country, a young boy (Abraham Attah) is forced into the life of a child soldier when his father is killed by mercenaries.

2. Netflix’s first foray into original movies is written and directed by True Detective’s Cary Fukunaga.

3. Netflix also passed on Top Gear. Well played. On the other hand, they have financed FOUR Adam Sandler movies. So it’s a one-all draw.

4. Idris Elba and Tom Hardy are the current names attached to take over as Bond when Daniel Craig steps down.

5. Although we would be happy to see Elba playing DCI John Luther in perpetuity.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: My little Kony.

Release Date: October 16.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

the-danish-girl

What you may need to know:

1. Eddie Redmayne plays 1930s artist Lili Elbe, one of the first recipients of sex reassignment surgery.

2. It’s the latest from Byker Grove director Tom Hooper.

3. Redmayne came in for quite a bit of criticism when he landed the role. It could have been worse – Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman were all linked to the part at one time or another.

4. In fairness, he does carry it off better than Jeffrey Tambor.

5. Alicia Vikander’s career is stepping up nicely. She’s just signed up to Paul Greengrass’ return to the Bourne franchise with Matt Damon.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: Oscar calling. Again.

Release Date: January 1, 2016.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

downton-abbey-final-season

What you may need to know:

1. Carson gets a happy ending.

2. Julian Fellowes can finally put away his copy of ’20th Century History for Dummies’.

3. There’s no doubt that Downton suffered a dip in quality after Dan Stevens’ departure at the end of series three, but new love interest Matthew Goode should make the ladies happy.

4. These final nine episodes better have more in store than the very poor last series. Who could forget Branson fretting about pigs, the death of Isis the dog, or that unbearably tense scene when Lady Mary took her hat off?

5. All the previous seasons are on Netflix if you fancy a catch-up.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: It’s been emotional.

Release Date: September 20.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

THE-WITCH

What you may need to know:

1. In 1630s New England, the infant son of a Puritan family disappears. Father William (Ralph Ineson) suspects daughter Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy) of witchcraft.

2. Those crazy Puritans and their witchcraft.

3. The debut feature from writer/director Robert Eggers went down very well at this year’s Sundance.

4. You may recognise Ineson as Finchy from The Office. You may also recognise his sonorous tones as the voice behind any number of benefits cheating/airport customs-based reality docusoaps.

5. The absence of jump scares, found footage and Rob Zombie bodes well.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: Don’t go in the woods.

Release Date: 2016 (TBC).

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

scouts-guide-poster

What you may need to know:

1. Very, very NSFW.

2. The title is pretty unambiguous, although it is missing an apostrophe.

3. In fairness, this looks like it has bigger problems than correct punctuation.

4. Boy scouts? Really? Tye Sheridan is 19 and Logan Miller is 23. That’s just plain weird.

5. Sheridan deserves so much better than this Superbad-meets-Zombie Strippers dreck.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: Zombieland it ain’t.

Release Date: November 6.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

Victor Frankenstein

What you may need to know:

1. Paul McGuigan, the director of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ Sherlock gives Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes treatment. Got it? Good.

2. Starring James McAvoy’s wig, Daniel Radliffe’s wiggier wig, and Andrew Scott (no wig).

3. If you will insist on naming your kid Igor, don’t be surprised when he grows up to be a mad scientist’s evil henchman.

4. The US trailer far more jokey and uneven. Screenwriter Max Landis has promised that this UK version is closer to what we’ll see in December. Hmm…

5. Seems like a good excuse for a bit of Black Books.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: “IT’S ALIVE!”

Release Date: December 4.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

images

What you may need to know:

1. Two cops (Ice Cube and Kevin Hart) take down a Miami drug dealer. Shenanigans etc.

2. There was a Ride Along 1? What a world.

3. Kevin Hart is like Chickenpox; small, irritating and everywhere.

4. Tim Story is the director responsible for the classic Think Like a Man (2012) and the seminal Think Like a Man Too (2014). His two contributions to the Fantastic Four (2005 & 2007) franchise made Roger Corman look good. Almost. Of course that was before Josh Trank’s recent exercise in career suicide.

5. “Please, call me Ice, everyone else does.”

6. Broadsheet prognosis: Straight Outta Crapton

Release Date: January 22, 2016.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)