💎 back for round two — flicks.002
💎 back for round two — flicks.002
a little bit louder now
Welcome back to the second edition of silver-screen voyage, a newsletter all about movies and trailers.
Not a lot to talk about this week in film.
We did get casting for Superman and Lois Lane in the upcoming James Gunn Superman film. The New Yorker has a quick piece about Bill Murray not showing up in Asteroid City. And Christopher Storer, creator of The Bear, is set to direct the adaptation of The Winter of Frankie Machine, which both Scorsese and Michael Mann were previously attached.
In Theaters
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
So, Indiana Jones, again… I don’t know that there’s much to say. I didn’t see the last one (or two…? I can’t even remember how many they’ve done at this point) and I have no interest in this one either…
Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken
New DreamWorks animated film doesn’t seem to be getting reviewed exceptionally well, but it’s what we’ve got…
New Trailers
Dune: Part Two
3 November
Leading off with the second trailer for Dune: Part Two, which is obviously a must watch around these parts.
Dumb Money
22 September
Huge cast in this one about the whole GameStop stock thing that happened very recently. Too recently for there to be a big movie like this about it, imo. But it actually does look pretty good. It’s based on the book The Anti-Social Network by Ben Mezrich and has a very Adam McKay sensibility to it, which isn’t that surprising because Craig Gillespie is in the directors chair and he did a decent job in doing some unique things with the biopic I, Tonya.
Dreamin' Wild
4 August
Casey Affleck and Walton Goggins doing a version of Inside Llewyn Davis / Crazy Heart music movie, kind of. I love music movies so I’ll give it a shot.
Bottoms
25 August (Limited)
Fun over the top, wild high school movie starring Ato Edebiri (aka Sydney from The Bear), what’s not to be excited for. Also comes from writer/director Emma Seligman, who previously did Shiva Baby, which I never saw, but heard good things, so maybe I should rectify that…
Lastly
I saw Asteroid City last Saturday and ended up being a bit disappointed with it. I mean, any Wes Anderson movie is better than a lot (probably most) movies getting made, but it didn’t live up to the hype and the expectations I had set in my head for it. I still enjoyed it, but that let down has been sitting with me now. I threw up a quick, spoiler-free review on Letterboxd that captures my thoughts a little bit more.
Stay sane,
— humdrum