Trailer Talk: Licorice Pizza, The Souvenir Part II, and more!

Licorice Pizza

This looks pretty charming, I like how lowkey it all feels, as if this could have been one of Paul Thomas Anderson’s first features or something, and yet it has the scope and production value that could only come with someone with his track record. We don’t get a lot of movies like this sadly, the “small movies that feel big.” It’s cool seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman’s kid starring here, and while I’m not familiar with the works of the band, Haim, Alana seems pretty solid here as well. Plus, I’m all for a 70s set coming-of-age movie set in the valley, even if it seems a lot more whiter than it should be.

Licorice Pizza hits select theaters on November 24th.

The Souvenir Part II

I was honestly not very into The Souvenir at all. I found it hard to connect with, I genuinely don’t understand what it is that people saw in it. Not to say there weren’t admirable elements, I felt Honor Swinton Byrne was great, and man, the opening of this with her and Tilda, it is wild just how much she feels like a copy of her mother. I will say I do find a lot of moments here quite engaging, and I’m definitely willing to give it a shot. Here’s hoping I like it more than the first.

The Souvenir Part II opens in theaters on October 29th.

Army Of Thieves

I briefly discussed the teaser a while back, and I quite liked what I saw. I still find the whole conceit of doing a prequel like this, but it’s so random of a choice that it just might work. I thoroughly enjoyed Army Of The Dead, and and I think this looks like a ton of fun too in its own unique way. It’s not often you get a heist movie where there is a completely unrelated bit where someone watches a zombie apocalypse unfolding on the news. I’m cautiously optimistic about this.

Army Of Thieves hits Netflix on October 29th.

Benedetta

Always here for Paul Verhoeven, no matter what. And who among us would be crazy enough to not be excited for the lesbian nun movie? Who among us?!? Jokes aside, this is one I’ve been excited for since it was announced, Verhoeven’s last film, Elle, was terrific, so he definitely hasn’t lost his touch. So, it’ll be cool to see him to even further with his transgressive style. I don’t entirely know what to expect here, and that is what is so enticing about this project.

Benedetta opens in select theaters on December 3rd.

The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain

What an odd little trailer, but I gotta say, it won me over. If I recall correctly, Louis Wain was an artist who had issues with his mental health, and similarly to someone like Van Gogh, the effects of it bled into his work. Though, I am admittedly not too familiar with said work. I found myself quite moved by certain moments in this trailer, and I have no idea who this Will Sharpe is, a quick search showed that he has mostly done TV stuff in the UK, and a couple small indies, but this looks pretty good, and very interesting from a visual standpoint. I wasn’t aware of this movie prior to the trailer, but it’s one I’ll keep an eye out for.

The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain will open in a limited theatrical release on October 22nd and will debut on Prime Video on November 5th.

The Blazing World

Well…it’s most certainly an original, I’ll give it that, it definitely makes me intrigued. Can’t say I’ve seen anything quite like this all year, so I’m up for something wild. It’s the writing and directing debut for its star, Carlson Young, who up until this point has been an actor for largely TV shows here and there, but it seems like she’s got quite the imagination, and I’ll be very interested in seeing what she’s got in store here. Even if it doesn’t all work, at least she’s going for something big and imaginative. Big props to that.

The Blazing World will be released in select theaters and VOD platforms on October 15th.

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