What you may need to know:
1. It’s the first time we’ve featured a record in the Trailer Park:
2. This Lynch-ian (David) infomercial is actually a trailer for the new
album by The Black Keys.
3. They made the official announcement via Mike Tyson’s Twitter page (above).
4. This isn’t the first time the Keys have gone the wacky informercial route. Last time out, they enlisted the help of Bob ‘Better Call Saul’ Odenkirk
5. Needs more Ray.
Release date: May 13
What you may need to know:
1. Scratch is a new Irish short film.
2. It’s screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which is kind of a big deal.
3. In NYC? Tribeca screening details here.
4. It stars Ian Lloyd Anderson from Love/Hate, and Stephen Jones, from Love/Hate. Being in Love/Hate is like being in Father Ted – even if you were in it for two seconds, you’re ‘Love/Hate star…’ for THE REST OF YOUR DAYS.
5. Tribeca are also screening The Stag (2014). The Irish are coming, etc.
Release date: N/a
What you may need to know.
1. Yes it’s a James Brown biopic.
2. Who’s that playing The Godfather Of Soul? Chadwick Boseman, who already tackled one African-American icon, Jackie Robinson, in last year’s 42.
3. Now THIS is what we call a JB impersonation.
4. Dan Aykroyd? Seriously? Him and JB go way back.
5. If you liked Ray (2004), then…
6. Broadsheet Prognosis: We feel good.
Release Date: August
What you may need to know:
1. Mike Judge made a new TV show for HBO.
2. Mike Judge gave us Beavis And Butthead, King Of The Hill, Office Space (1999) and Idiocracy, so this is a kind of a big deal.
3. HBO are only rocking it these days. They’ve got new seasons of Game Of Thrones and Veep next month, too. And we’re presuming you saw True Detective.
4. The advance word is only massive.
5. Broadsheet Prognosis: The Social Network (2010) meets Office Space
Broadcast Date: April (US)
What you may need to know
1. Nice to be back. We’ve been busy, watching True Detective.
2. The first Sin City (2005) was a lot of fun – they’ve been talking up the sequel for ages. Nine years later, it’s here.
3. New arrivals include Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Josh Brolin, Stacy Keach, Ray Liotta and Lady Gaga.
4. But wait – SPOILER ALERT – weren’t Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis killed in the first one? It’s a prequel, and a sequel, see, like Godfather Part 2 (1974).
5. But why bother? Sin City creator Frank Miller just had another belated prequel/sequel thing, 300: Rise Of An Empire (2004), open, and open big. And director Robert Rodriguez could do with a hit after those brutal Spy Kids and Machete re-threads.
6. All hail Eva Green, BEST BOND GIRL EVER. She’s also in the 300 sequel, and makes the whole thing worth the price of admission alone. Anyone meet her when she was in Dublin shooting Penny Dreadful? .
7. Broadsheet Prognosis: Powers Boothe. Always a good idea.
Release Date: August (US)
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What you may need to know:
1. Frank is the fourth film directed by Lenny Abrahamson, after Adam & Paul (2004), Garage (2007) and What Richard Did (2012).
2. It is a fictional story loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom (Michael Fassbender), the persona of cult musician and comedy legend Chris Sievey.
3. One of Variety’s most anticipated films of SXSW.
4. Michael Fassbender in a papier–mache head, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson. What’s not to like?
5. In cinemas on May 9th.
Previously: Frank’s A Million
Broadsheet Trailer Park’s ‘Delboy’ is on holiday.
A Broadsheet ‘first look’ new clip from Irish comedy The Stag (courtesy of Eclipse Pictures}
Directed by John Butler, co-written by Peter McDonald The Stag was the closing movie at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival last night and opens in Irish cinemas on March 7.
It stars McDonald, Andrew ‘Moriarty‘ Scott, Hugh O’Conor, golden-throated Andrew Bennett, The Hubes and, observing Equity rules, a Gleeson (Brian).
Previously: Broadsheet Trailer Park: The Stag
Thanks Miguel Rivas
We don’t know about you, but we had a GREAT year at the movies.
Best Irish Movie: Good Vibrations Plus Best Scene, to boot:
Most Outrageously Brilliant Thing We Saw All Year: The gonzo ‘Safe Haven‘ segment of horror anthology V/H/S 2, as directed by the guy (Gareth Evans) who did The Raid (2011). Watch it in full here – it’s seriously NSFW, borderline insane, and may mess you up:
Best Movie Everybody Hated But We (sort of) Liked: Only God Forgives. (NB: Drive is over-rated)
Future Cult Classic: The Lone Ranger. Fact.
The ‘What Happened’ Award: Danny Boyle’s Trance, AKA Pants.
Broadsheet Award For Outstanding Services To Cinema: The Rock. Brings it every time.
Best Irish Performance: Brendan Gleeson trying to muster enthusiasm for his role in Smurfs 2 (2013).
Best Irish Director: Paul Duane, who we’ve been telling you about for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages. Don’t believe us? Ask Variety.
And the best thing you saw?
‘Good Vibrations’ poster by Peter Strain. Available to purchase here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0wP5ZkaUGg
What you may need to know:
1. Cool teaser alert.
2. The last Planet Of The Apes flick was so good, it made us forget about the stinky Tim Burton version.
3. You can never really go wrong with a Gary Oldman voiceover.
4. Dawn... stars Aussie thesp Jason Clarke, from Lawless (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Anyone remember Brotherhood?
5. The real star is mo-cap God Andy Serkis, returning as Caesar.
6. This one’s directed by the dude who did Cloverfield (2008).
7. Broadsheet Prognosis: Unfinished Monkey Business.
Release date: Summer 2014
What you may need to know:
1. The first 21 Jump Street (2012) was the best movie based on an old TV show since The Untouchables (1987). Or maybe The Addams Family (1991). Or A Very Brady Sequel (1996).
2. Channing Tatum. Master Of Modern Comedy. Who knew? Loved that This Is The End (2013) cameo.
3. Jonah Hill should get his second Oscar nomination for Scorsese’s Wolf Of Wall Street (2013). Loved that Django Unchained (2012) cameo.
4. We’re still holding out for McConaughey in a Magnum P.I. Movie.
5. Broadsheet Prognosis: if it ‘aint broke…
Release date: Summer 2013 2014
