A Quiet Place: Day One

I’ve enjoyed both Quiet Place films, and I think for a basic, gimmick-driven scare fest, I think there’s still enough mileage in the material to warrant a spin-off like this. I’m very curious to see Pig filmmaker, Michael Sarnoski, helm a big budget genre picture like this, and it’s always great to see the likes of Lupita Nyong’o and Djimon Hounsou, so yeah, consider me very interested to see what this has to offer.

A Quiet Place: Day One hits theaters on June 28th.

 

Tarot

You know what? I think this could be fun. I can see a version of this movie in my head that is just a delightfully mean spirited story about a bunch of people getting hunted down by whatever showed up on these cards. If it tries to over-complicate things, then we could have some problems, but I think I’ll be cautiously optimistic. I like the designs for the demons or whatever these things are. There’s a very tactile quality to them, mild Guillermo del Toro vibes. I don’t know, it could still be total junk, but I have a feeling this could be a good time.

Tarot hits theaters on May 10th.

 

We Grown Now

I really dug Minhal Baig’s debut film Hala from a few years ago. It had a somewhat similar vibe to this, except this one has more of a stylistic feel to it. And I’m really liking a lot of these choices. The story certainly looks intimate and affecting, and hopefully explores a place and time with a lot of empathy and insight. The actors look great, especially the kids. I can’t wait to see what the film has in store.

We Grown Now opens in select theaters on April 19th before expanding on May 10th.

 

The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare

I am absolutely loving this modern phase of Guy Ritchie. Even though I had my reservations with The Gentleman, his run of Wrath Of Man, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, and The Covenent has been a strong run with some of his most assured and adventurous work yet. I love the setup here, I love the cast he has assembled here, the vibe just looks so much fun. Plus, I’m always a sucker for a good WWII story, so this is definitely one I’m really looking forward to.

The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare opens in theaters on April 19th.

 

Sleeping Dogs

I’m hoping they don’t go for the obvious twist that I’m sure most folks who see this trailer will assume the second they make it clear the detective has memory issues. Anyway, this doesn’t look that bad. It does seem like a fairly standard thriller, Russell Crowe seems to be at that point where he’ll do whatever, and it’s turned up some pretty fun stuff, so maybe this will be a compelling watch.

Sleeping Dogs hits theaters on March 22nd.

 

One Life

Really wish they didn’t add that little bit at the end. Once I saw the TV station bit at the beginning and cut to WWII, I immediately recognized who this story is about, and I really think the payoff would be much better if it’s not even hinted at in the marketing. There’s already a compelling story here, so you don’t need to add this strange tease, which probably wouldn’t even make sense to folks who don’t know about this guy and what he did. Keep us in a little bit of suspense. But anyways, it does look good. Hopkins is always a reliable actor, and this looks like it’ll be a very powerful watch.

One Life opens in theaters on March 15th.

 

Thoughts on any of the trailers? Feel free to discuss in the comments!