In Fabric
Now that’s what I call a trailer! Amazing! Peter Strickland is someone who I’ve been keeping my eye on ever since I first saw Berberian Sound Studio back in 2013, and his last film, The Duke of Burgundy is, in my opinion, one of the best movies of this past decade. I adored it so much, and from the looks of it, this looks just as terrific. I love the style, the look, the vibe, the sly sense of humor. I just love everything about how this trailer is put together. I was already sold on this movie, and my anticipation has only grown. I can’t wait to see it.
In Fabric does not have a release date set yet, but will likely his theaters later this year.
Rambo: Last Blood
I gotta say, I didn’t expect a trailer to play the sad version of “Old Town Road” this soon. Makes this feel like a straight up parody, if I’m being honest. I did love Rambo from 2008. The levels of sheer brutality in that film is damn near inspired, and I’ve yet to see an American film really match it since. I guess on that somewhat superficial level, I’m curious to see what Stallone does here, but at the same time, I just don’t think this is a character and franchise that we – as a culture – need to revisit. But who knows, maybe there will be some nuance here that the trailer isn’t showing. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Rambo: Last Blood opens in theaters on September 20th.
Leto
I have no idea who this biopic is about, but a look into the emerging rock scene in early 80s Soviet Russia sounds cool to me. I have heard some good things about this from critics I follow here and there, so I’m certainly compelled to give this a shot. Weirdly enough, the thing I find fascinating about this the most has nothing to do with the actual movie. Apparently, the director – Kirill Serebrennikov – is currently under house arrest for embezzling government funds, but he claims that the charges were politically motivated. Pretty wild. This looks cool too, I guess.
Leto will open in select theaters starting on June 7th.
The Goldfinch
I haven’t read the novel, or even heard of it, but this seems interesting enough. I like the cast, John Crowley directed Brooklyn, which I liked quite a bit, and the writer, Peter Straughan, has written some movies I liked. And of course, Roger Deakins doing the cinematography is always something to look forward to. It’s not getting me excited or anything, it looks like fairly standard middle-brow prestige fare, but it definitely has my interest.
The Goldfinch will release in theaters on September 12th.
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
So, I never actually got around to seeing 47 Meters Down. Not because I didn’t want to, I just didn’t have the time, and I got lazy. I don’t know if I’ll catch this one, I mean, I’m not sure what else there is you can do with a premise like this that wasn’t already – presumably – done with the first one. I might get to it if I catch up with the first one before it releases. I did like director, Johannes Roberts’ stylistic choices for The Strangers: Prey At Night – which is the only other film of his that I’ve seen, so I am curious to see if he fares well here. Also, huge missed opportunity not calling this 48 Meters Down.
47 Meters Down: Uncaged will open in theaters on August 16th.
Annabelle Come Home
I was pretty disappointed with The Curse of La Llorona, but I’m still excited for this. Gary Dauberman has had a mostly solid handle on writing a bunch of these movies, and I’m curious to see how he does as a director. This could potentially be the most fun out of these movies, especially if they go all out with creating new demons like that Ferryman guy, who looks really cool. I’m aware that none of these movies are anywhere near horror classic territory (aside from the two main Conjuring movies), but they have largely been well made, and had a solid sense of fun and playfulness to them that I enjoy. So, I’m really looking forward to this.
Annabelle Comes Home on June 26th.
Armstrong
If First Man didn’t do much for ya, then I guess this will be a good substitute. I loved First Man, but I’m still curious to check this out. Space stuff if my jam, if I hadn’t made that clear enough. I recently got around to watching the documentary, Apollo 11, which was fantastic. Coming off of that, I am slightly disappointed to see this take a far more traditional approach to documentary filmmaking, but I’m sure it’ll be plenty insightful.
Armstrong will hit select theaters and VOD platforms on July 12th.
Thoughts on any of the trailers? Feel free to discuss in the comments!