Thanks to Bleecker Street here’s the first official trailer of The Art of Self Defense, the upcoming comedy movie written and directed by Riley Stearns and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and Imogen Poots :

THE ART OF SELF DEFENSEPlot synopsis:
“Mocked by strangers and belittled by his male co-workers, meek accountant Casey Davies (Jesse Eisenberg) is used to avoiding conflict at all costs. But when he leaves the safety of his home one night to buy dog food for his sole companion, four helmeted figures on motorcycles chase him down a dark street, knock him to the ground, and viciously beat him unconscious.
Traumatized by the attack, Casey makes the rash decision to learn how to protect himself. While returning home from a gun shop, a nondescript karate studio catches his attention. Curious, he ventures inside and sees a group of middle-aged men practicing martial arts under the watchful eye of the charismatic Sensei (Alessandro Nivola).
Returning the next day, Casey meets Anna (Imogen Poots), the dojo’s only female member. In charge of teaching the children’s classes, she’s a tough-as-nails brown belt whose unorthodox lessons involve showing 10-year-olds how to shatter an opponent’s jaw with a perfectly executed spinning kick. Something about the hyper-masculine world of the dojo speaks to Casey, and his newfound confidence begins to grow as Sensei takes him under his wing.
Things spin further out of control when Sensei invites Casey to participate in the dojo’s mysterious night classes. Filled with full-contact brutality and raw male aggression, these bloody sparring sessions take Casey’s dark transformation to the next level. But when Sensei tricks him into committing a shocking act of criminal violence, Casey finds himself on a collision course with a karate master in a fight for dominance.”

Are you in for an original dark comedy karate movie that takes toxic masculinity to absurd extremes?

No official release date yet, but the film will has its world premiere at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival on Sunday, March 10.

Update – Two teaser posters:

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Check out the first official trailer of Wild Nights With Emily, the upcoming comedy movie written and directed by Madeleine Olnek and starring Molly Shannon, Amy Seimetz, Susan Ziegler, Brett Gelman, Jackie Monahan, Kevin Seal, Dana Melanie, Joel Michaely, Sasha Frolova, Lisa Haas, Casper Andreas, Allison Lane, Robert McCaskill, and David Albiero:

WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY

Based on the private letters of Emily Dickinson.

Plot synopsis:
“In the late 1880s Emily Dickinson is writing prolifically, baking gingerbread, and enjoying a passionate, lifelong affair with her friend and sister-in-law Susan…yes this is the iconic American poet, popularly thought to have been a reclusive spinster. Beloved comic Molly Shannon leads in this humorous yet bold reappraisal of Dickinson, informed by her private letters. While seeking publication of some of the 1,775 poems written during her lifetime, Emily (Molly Shannon) finds herself facing a troupe of male literary gatekeepers too confused by her genius to take her work seriously. Instead her work attracts the attention of an ambitious woman editor, who also sees Emily as a convenient cover for her own role in buttoned-up Amherst’s most bizarre love triangle. A timely critique of how women’s history is rewritten, WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY remains vibrant, irreverent and tender–a perhaps closer depiction of Emily Dickinson’s real life than anything seen before.”

There’s also a film poster, take a look below:

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WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY

I definitely dig Molly Shannon’s portrayal of Emily Dickinson! And you?

The release date of the movie Wild Nights With Emily is set to April 12, 2019 (Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment).

Stay tuned for updates.
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Here’s the official trailer of Better Start Running, the latest action comedy movie directed by Brett Simon and starring Alex Sharp, Analeigh Tipton, Edi Gathegi, Karan Soni, Maria Bello, Jeremy Irons, and Jane Seymour:

BETTER STAR RUNNINGPlot synopsis:
“An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in search of love and meaning while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive… preferably dead.”

And the film poster:

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This is a getaway, not a vacation!

Have you seen the film yet? What did you think?

Release date: October 12, 2018 (in theaters). Now available on DVD.
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A brand new poster has been unveiled for Never Grow Old, the upcoming action western movie written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh and starring John Cusack and Emile Hirsch, take a look below:

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NEVER GROW OLD

Greed digs the deepest graves.

Plot synopsis:
“An Irish undertaker (Emile Hirsch) profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises.”

Emile Hirsch’s gun is longer than John Cusack’s. Is there a subliminal message here? lol!

Release date: March 15, 2019.
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A first official teaser poster has been unveiled for Maleficent 2 aka Maleficent Mistress of Evil, the upcoming adventure family fantasy movie directed by Joachim Rønning based on a script by Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, and Linda Woolverton and starring Angelina Jolie:

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MALEFICENT MISTRESS OF EVIL

Plot synopsis;
“A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent II continues to explore the complex relationship between the horned fairy (Angelina Jolie) and the soon to be Queen (Elle Fanning), as they form new alliances and face new adversaries in their struggle to protect the moors and the magical creatures that reside within.”

The sexy Disney witch is back, hell yeah!

Besides Angelina Jolie, the cast also includes Elle Fanning, Ed Skrein, Sam Riley, Harris Dickinson, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

The release date of the movie Maleficent 2 Mistress of Evil is set to October 18, 2019.

Stay tuned with us for more details.
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We’ve got our hand son the first official trailer of Extra Ordinary, the upcoming comedy movie directed by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman and starring Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, and Claudia O’Doherty:

EXTRA ORDINARYPlot synopsis:
“Rose (Maeve Higgins), a mostly sweet and mostly lonely small-town driving instructor, must use her supernatural talent to save the daughter of (also mostly sweet and lonely) Martin (Barry Ward), from Christian Winter (Will Forte), a washed-up rockstar who is using her in a satanic pact that will reignite his fame.”

I think the levitating goat is stealing the show, lol! Anyway, are you in for a weirdly funny movie?

A first official poster has also been unveiled, take a look below:

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EXTRA ORDINARY

Putting the normal in paranormal.

No official release date yet, but the film will premiere at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.
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A first official trailer has been released online for Late Night, the upcoming comedy movie directed by Nisha Ganatra and starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling, watch it below:

LATE NIGHTPlot synopsis:
“Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. When she’s accused of being a “woman who hates women,” she puts affirmative action on the to-do list, and — presto! — Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling) is hired as the one woman in Katherine’s all-male writers’ room.
But Molly might be too little too late, as the formidable Katherine also faces the reality of low ratings and a network that wants to replace her. Molly, wanting to prove she’s not simply a diversity hire who’s disrupting the comfort of the brotherhood, is determined to help Katherine by revitalizing her show and career — and possibly effect even bigger change at the same time.”

Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling make for a funny duo. Sign me up for Late Night!

The release date of the movie Late Night is set to June 7, 2019 (in theaters).

Stay tuned for updates.
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You may watch below the first official trailer of Tell It to The Bees, the upcoming period romantic drama movie directed by Annabel Jankel and starring Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliott, Steven Robertson, Lauren Lyle, Gregor Selkirk and Katie Dickie:

TELL IT TO THE BEESPlot synopsis:
“Dr. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father’s medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie (Gregor Selkirk) in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia (Holliday Grainger) into Jean’s world. In the sanctuary of the doctor’s house the two women find themselves drawn to one another in a way that Jean recognizes and fears, and Lydia could never have expected. But, in 1950’s small-town Britain, their new secret can’t say hidden forever.”

Coming out sure was a great deal back in the days and likely to cause a commotion… especially in a small town. Anyway, great movie ahead!

A first official poster has also been unveiled, take a look below:

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TELL IT TO THE BEES

The release date of the movie is set to May 3, 2019 (in theaters and on VOD) .

Stay tuned for updates.
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Thanks to IFC Films here’s a brand new trailer for The Wind,the upcoming supernatural horror western thriller movie starring Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Miles Anderson, Dylan McTee:

THE WINDPlot synopsis:
“THE WIND explores an unseen evil as it haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy (Caitlin Gerard) is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be borne of the land itself, an overwhelming dread that her husband (Ashley Zukerman) dismisses as superstition. When a newlywed couple arrives on a nearby homestead, their presence amplifies Lizzy’s fears, setting into motion a shocking chain of events. Masterfully blending haunting visuals with pulse-pounding sound design, director Emma Tammi evokes a godforsaken world in which the forces of nature come alive with quivering menace.”

When the winds blows a haunting devastation follows… This place is wrong! Think twice before moving in this hood…

The film is directed by Emma Tammi.

The release date of the movie The Wind is set to April 5, 2019 (in theaters and on VOD).

Stay tuned with us for more details.
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You may watch below the first official trailer of Mother’s Little Helpers, the upcoming drama comedy movie written and directed by Kestrin Pantera and starring Milana Vayntrub, Breeda Wool, Melanie Hutsell, David Giuntoli, Sam Littlefield, Kestrin Pantera, Cool Benson, Rick Overton, and Mike Rose:

MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPERSPlot synopsis:
“When Joy Pride, a groovy 70’s burn-out on the caboose of the flower power movement, learns she has weeks to live, her estranged children come together to do right by a mother who always did them wrong. Mother’s Little Helpers is a funny dysfunctional family drama, based on true events, about how family ties can twist and tear you– and though they may not break you, they might send you to prison. The film is about deconstructing tall tales and saying goodbye to a parent- but someone who was *barely* a parent. More like someone who was your friend’s drug dealer.”

Their family is dysfunctional but maybe that’s what bonds them together…

No official release date, but the film is making its world premiere March 9th, 2019 at SXSW in Narrative Spotlight.
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Check out the official US trailer of Non Fiction, the latest French drama comedy movie written and directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, and Vincent Macaigne:

NON FICTIONPlot synopsis;
“Set amidst the bohemian intelligentsia of the Parisian publishing world, NON-FICTION traces the romantic and emotional fallout that results when a controversial writer (Vincent Macaigne) begins blurring the line between fact and fiction, using his real-life love affairs—including a passionate fling with an actress (Juliette Binoche) who happens to be married to his editor (Guillaume Canet)—as fodder for his explosive new novel. Balancing dry wit with keen observations on the tensions between art, commerce, and technology, NON-FICTION is a buoyant, breezy delight from a master director at his most effortlessly brilliant.”

Those French and their complicated love life à la Woody Allen!

Anyway, here’s the French poster:

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The US release date of the movie Non fiction is set to:
– in New York on May 3rd, 2019;
– in Los Angeles on May 10th, 2019.

Stay tuned with us for more details.
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Check out the first official trailer of Acts of Desperation, the upcoming a Tarantino-esque thriller movie directed by Richard Friedman based on a script by Nathan Illsley and starring Jason Gedrick, Paul Sorvino, Kira Reed Lorsch, Tim DeZarn, Treva Etienne, Erin O’Brien, Neraida Bega, Chris Coppola, Vince Lozano, Dee Dee Sorvino, Tomas Johansson, Jackie Falcon, Chris Markle, Asante Jones, Matthew Alan Brady, Alex D’Lerma, and Carly Lopez:

ACTS OF DESPERATION

When all goes wrong the pressure is on.

Desperate people do desperate things.

Plot synopsis:
“A desperate cop on the edge is obsessed over the fact that his beautiful but desperate wife is having an affair. At the same time, he tracks a desperately shrewd bank robber who is falling in love with a desperately obsessed woman whose life he just saved from suicide. As if that’s not enough, he is also being blackmailed by two desperately unhinged street criminals who will stop at nothing to get their money. Time is running out for all of them as their worlds collide in in this intensely unique and desperately compelling and unpredictable thriller!”

Damn, do you think she will somehow survive this fall?

Anyway, there’s also a film poster, take a look below:

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ACTS OF DESPERATION

Desperate people do desperate things.

The release date of the movie Acts of Desperation is set to march 12, 2019 (on VOD).

Stay tuned with us for more details.

Update – A preview clip:

Acts of Desperation – I like cookies.
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Here’s the official trailer of Shadow Fighter, the latest action drama movie directed by Alyn Darnay based on a script he co-wrote with Steve Daron and starring Steve Daron, Burt Reynolds, Omar Brunson, Cristina Figarola, Michael Christopher Rodney, Chase Victoria, Shana Eva, Izzy Martinez, Miguel Suarez, Mitch Lemos, Dyah Ali Davis, Courtney Dlugos, Christopher Green, Steve Mocco, Todd Vittum, Tina Pfeiffer, Gene Picchi, Mike Calloway, James Hook, Scott Villanacci, Vanessa Villanacci, Blake Daron, Raul Colon, Adric Kennedy, and Karen Ross:

SHADOW FIGHTERPlot synopsis:
“An inner-city teen pursues a homeless ex-boxer that came to his defense against ruthless drug dealers that killed his brother and are trying to drag him into their dark world. After years on the run, this talented boxer that wouldn’t sell out to the powerful underworld carries a burden that forces this existence. The teen wants the homeless man to teach him to fight so he can protect himself and his single social worker mother who doesn’t want to lose a second son to the streets.
The teen faces an inner-city status quo that leaves him with no good choices or options in life. Until that fateful day when the homeless ex-boxer and inner-city teens unlikely bond helps them face their future while fighting the tragedy from the past”

There are also two film posters:

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SHADOW FIGHTER

Before you can fight for the future you have to face the past.

He will learn to fight and will rise against oppression!

Release date: March 5, 2019 (now available on all major VOD platforms).
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Check out the first official trailer of I Spit on Your Grave Deja Vu, the upcoming horror thriller movie sequel written and directed by Meir Zarchi and starring Camille Keaton, Jamie Bernadette, Jim Tavaré, Maria Olsen, Andrea Nelson, Holgie Forrester, Meir Zarchi, Ben Whalen, Jonathan Peacy, Kelci C. Magel, Tony Snegoff, Jeremy Ferdman, Alexandra Kenworthy, Jan O’Connell, Roy Allen III, Terry Zarchi, Tammy Zarchi, Sean Wyn, Adam Cerro, Phillip K. Galaras, and Dave Moore: Continue reading »

Here’s the US trailer of Yardie, the latest crime drama movie directed by Idris Elba and starring Aml Ameen:

YARDIEPlot synopsis;
“Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney (a neighborhood in London with a large Jamaican community), Yardie, based on the best-selling novel by Victor Headley, centers on the intertwined worlds of Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry, following a young courier named D (Aml Ameen) to London where he seeks revenge for his brother’s murder and reunites with his estranged girlfriend (Shantol Jackson) and child.”

What do you think of Idris Elba’s directorial debut?

Besides Aml Ameen, the cast also includes Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Fraser James, Sheldon Shepherd, and Everaldo Cleary.

The US release date of Yardie is set to March 15, 2019.
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