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Although this film is reworking the subgenre of the thriller film like Single White Female and Fatal Attraction did in the late 80s and early 90s. Joel Edgerton's The Gift does teach our couple and specifically Gordo (Edgerton) ends up teaching Simon (Jason Bateman) a very important lesson when it comes to bullying. The two childhood friends meet when Simon and his wife, Robyn (Rebecca Hall) move back to California after having a seemingly tough time (and miscarriage) back in Chicago where they are moving from. Read More »
The suspense thriller The Gift follows the story of a young married couple, Robyn (Rebecca Hall) and Simon (Jason Bateman), who come into contact with an old acquaintance of Simon's named Gordo (Joel Edgerton). After a few visits and some over-the-top gifts, the couple begins to feel not only uncomfortable but threatened by Gordo. Simon seems to think that Gordo is holding a horrifying secret Simon made over twenty years ago over his head. The couple ends up heading into a twisted situation of chaos, deceit and it seems like Gordo just won't leave them alone. There's the tense push and pull of a cat and mouse situation between the couple and Gordo, but also that deep dark secret that Gordo is either making up or will eventually reveal. Read More »
Last week we talked about the first teaser trailer for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Transcendence, but two more popped up over the weekend as well (Check those out HERE and HERE). It seems like the teasers are over, however, because this week we have a full-length trailer for this highly anticipated film. Johnny Depp stars along with Morgan Freeman, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, and Cillian Murphy. Read More »
Sci-fi films often explore the subject of machines becoming sentient and therefore endangering the future of the human race. But what if the a scientist put himself into a machine to speed up this process? In Wally Pfister's Transcendence, we get to explore this concept with Johnny Depp in the role of the scientist. Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Hall, and Morgan Freeman also star. Read More »
Disney will once again set sail with a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie when Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales hits theaters in 2016. Some new casting news about the movie has now surfaced and it features a name very familiar to fans of Quentin Tarantino films. Read More »
