Trailer Talk: Moxie, My Salinger Year, and more!

Moxie

I gotta say, I was a bit more excited when I first read about this project than I am now seeing the trailer. It doesn’t look bad, but I was hoping for something a bit more stylish and rough around the edges as opposed to looking like every other Netflix movie ever made, and very PG on top of that. That said, the story itself is still pretty promising. I haven’t seen Wine Country, another Netflix film, so I don’t know how Amy Poehler’s directing chops are like, but I can’t imagine someone with her comedic talent not being able to translate some of that energy onto her projects. I’ll probably be checking this out.

Moxie hits Netflix on March 3rd.

My Salinger Year

The only film I’ve seen from Philippe Falardeau was Chuck, which came out a couple years ago, and I really enjoyed that film. This doesn’t really catch my interest immediately. I suppose there is some insight to be found in the way Margaret Qualley’s character answers Salinger’s fan mail in a meaningful and philosophical way, but I don’t know, I just don’t see this building up to anything that exciting. At least, in my eyes. I was so caught off-guard at first because this takes place in the 90s, but looks like the late 70s or something. I’m sure the film will be fine, but it doesn’t look like my cup of tea.

My Salinger Year opens in theaters on March 5th.

Silk Road

I had to laugh at the part where Nick Robinson’s character was like, “this thing is gonna outlive us all.” This is based on a true story, but I have never heard of Silk Road or this Ross Ulbricht guy. I did take a quick glance at what this is all about, and it does sound compelling enough. I have a feeling the film is making this all look way more intense than it probably was. It does have a pretty decent cast here, and I would say that’s enough to make me interested in watching.

Silk Road opens in select theaters and VOD platforms on February 19th.

The Map Of Tiny Perfect Things

This looks cute. I like the idea of exploring a time loop in a coming-of-age setting. We sort of got that with Before I Fall, but that was a far more serious and heavy film compared to this. I don’t recall seeing this Kyle Allen guy, but I have seen Kathryn Newton in a couple things, most recently being the excellent horror-comedy, Freaky (which was on my list of favorite films of 2020), and she was great in that. It’s also nice to see the dad from Eighth Grade pop up here, looking like he’s going to once again provide some wisdom to a teen in need of direction. Obviously, we’ve seen enough of these time loop movies to have a solid idea of where this will go, but it looks like it will be a fun journey.

The Map Of Tiny Perfect Things hits Amazon Prime Video on February 12th.

Crisis

I have not seen Arbitrage, though I heard it was quite good, it’s one I’ve been meaning to watch. I bring that film up because Crisis is from the same filmmaker, Nicholas Jarecki. And this is another film that deals in the opioid crisis, which I feel is going to be a subject for many films in the next several years, and it’s hard not to see why. It’s interesting subject matter, and for a film coming from a fairly small distributor, the ensemble here is rather impressive. I don’t know if the film itself will be all that great, it does seem to take a rather bombastic approach to the material, but as long as it’s engaging, I’m fine with that. I’m actually looking forward to this.

Crisis will open in select theaters on February 26th before releasing on VOD platforms on March 5th.

The Girl On The Train

Remember Tate Taylor’s adaptation of this book from a few years ago? I honestly don’t, not all that much at least. I thought this would be an interesting way to close out the trailers for today. This isn’t a remake, it’s actually just a Hindi language adaptation of the book. I do think it’s kind of funny how this is more faithful to the setting of the book compared to the American remake by having it take place in London. I legitimately don’t remember much from the American film, so I don’t recall where the story goes. It’ll be interesting to see how well this holds up.

The Girl On The Train hits Netflix on February 26th.

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