1. First Man

Oh MAMA there goes that man! The Gos god and Damien Chazelle(La La Land, Whiplash) are reuniting to tell the story of one of the most significant events in human history. He’s joined by Claire Foy, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Jason Clarke, Ciarán Hinds and Pablo Schriber (who I only really know as the bad guy in ‘Den of Theives’ and as Pornstache in OITNB). That’s a awesome cast for this retelling, and it looks like Chazelle isn’t going to spare any details about NASA’s failures. We get a quick glimpse at the Apollo 1 disaster, where 3 Astronauts were incinerated during a test. There was also a look at the house fire Armstrong and his family almost died in, which I had never known of before. I have huuuuuge hopes for Gosling here, and even more for Corey Stoll as Buzz Aldrin because people never talk about the heros that cum second.

2. The Little Stranger

This doesn’t really look like my personal cup of tea, but I love Domhnall Gleeson. This is directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Room) and written by Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl) but looks like it takes more influence from the latter. It’s based off a 2009 graphic novel, which I read the plot summary of, and it seems pretty depressing. The important thing to note though is that damn, Domhnall Gleeson has RANGE. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Ex Machina, About Time, Unbroken, Black Mirror??? Is there anything he can’t do???

3. The Nun

I’m writing this right after watching it at 12:32am in the office which is completely empty, and this scared the living shit out of me. Religious stuff in general always scares me, even just mass and stuff like that. I even got left back in religion class (yeah they actually do that) because flat out refused to go to that musty/scary church basement just to get confirmed. Adding some CGI horror elements takes it over the edge. This is a spin-off of the Conjuring movies, which are some of the better horror movies of the last few decades. It stars and is directed by relative newcomers, but is written by Gary Dauberman who did all the Conjurings and also co-wrote ‘It’ which is encouraging.

4. Dumbo

I really don’t understand why they’re making this, and am just neutral on it after watching the trailer. It’s starring Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito and Alan Arkin which is a pretty baller lineup. But it’s directed by Tim Burton who I haven’t been hot on since ‘Sweeny Todd’. It’s also written by Ehren Kruger, who has a not promising bio:

That’s like putting in that you worked at Enron in your LinkedIn headline. I have no idea what bearing his experience will have on Dumbo, but I wasn’t overly interested anyway.

5. The Grinch (Trailer #2)

Speaking of reboots, we got another one here in ‘The Grinch’. I was a big fan of both the Jim Carrey live action movie and the animated one, and I’m not sure if either left a ton to be desired story-wise. Besides starring Cumberbatch, it’s co-directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney. Mosier is a Kevin Smith mainstay, and Cheney recently directed ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ which was fun to watch at the time. Its co-written by someone with no wiki page and Tommy Swerdlow, who has a wild writer history including ‘Cool Runnings’, ‘Little Giants’, and ‘Snow Dogs’. It looks funny enough to make a serviceable cash-grab holiday flick, but I don’t have high hopes for it being a masterpiece or anything.

6. The Children Act

TUCCI MANEEEEEEEEE and also 2-Time Oscar winner Emma Thompson, and that one scared white british guy from ‘Dunkirk’. But more importantly TUCCIIIIII BAYBAYYY. This premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September and has pretty favorable reviews at 83% on Rotten Tomatoes (12 reviews). The concept itself seems like something of a lifetime movie or ABC special, but I’ll probably check it out to get a good cry on.

7. Racetime

I literally can’t find any information about this movie at all and that’s probably for the best cause this trailer was dogshit, no pun intended.

Well that’s all for this week. I’ll be on the lookout for more ‘Racetime’ content this weekend while the rest of you are sucking down booze.

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