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It looks like a straight cash grab. (I'm looking at you Samuel L. Jackson )
 
Trapper9 said:
It looks like a straight cash grab. (I'm looking at you Samuel L. Jackson )
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There's a line in Ted 2 that goes something like...'have you ever seen a movie? You know the black guy that's in it? That's Samuel L Jackson'. Please...Sam L. knows how to cash a paycheck.
 
jerseydevil said:
There's a line in Ted 2 that goes something like...'have you ever seen a movie? You know the black guy that's in it? That's Samuel L Jackson'. Please...Sam L. knows how to cash a paycheck.
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Samuel L Jackson is Black!?!

Dunno. If people pay to see Ted 2, they'll pay to see anything. mhihi: ;)
 


‘The Assignment’ Trailer: Walter Hill’s Trashy Trans Thriller Sends Michelle Rodriguez on a Revenge Mission
http://collider.com/the-assignment-movie-trailer-michelle-rodriguez/#walter-hill

I’m always conflicted when it comes to overtly provocative garbage like this. It’s offensive and rude and inconsiderate, but as someone who grew up fascinated with exploitation cinema, the Marquis de Sade, and the tradition of crass, crude provocateurs, I have a soft spot for such purely insane and uncompromising trash. That said, in a time when trans rights are still struggling to take shape, my own self-indulgent interest in button-putting sleaze holds no weight next to the needs of a community in an unending battle for acceptance.

Plus, it’s not necessarily the idea that’s offensive, it’s the execution. And it looks like The Assignment is just swinging blindly in that regard. Pedro Almodovar‘s extraordinary The Skin I Live in played with a lot of similar themes and subject matters, but it did it in a thoughtful and sympathetic way that offered a little commentary on gender culture and human nature in addition to its lurid plot points. I think The Assignment is pretty much a surface-level revenger that’s pretty unconcerned with soul-searching commentary.

Here’s The Assignment‘s logline:

A revenge tale about an ace assassin who is double-crossed by gangsters and a rogue plastic surgeon operating on the fringes of society. The story becomes a trail of self-discovery and redemption against a criminal mastermind opponent. Starring Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, and Tony Shalhoub
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OOOOOOOOOohkay. Look, you want inclusion. Fine. Part of that 'inclusiveness' is exploitation. Perhaps NOT always being presented as a golden archangel of progressive movement. So...LGBT, African Americans, Asians, etc...all want to see more films include more characters that represent them. Ok. Whatever. Fair enough. But this whining when they don't completely agree with said 'inclusion'...NO! You don't get to mandate EVERYTHING. Personally, I find this movie to be ****ing brilliant. No real deep thoughts...just a clever twist on a very old story. It means nothing to me as far as the war for peoples rights etc...just a possibly cool shoot em up flick. Inclusion means you get represented as bad guys too. The whole spectrum. Jayzus, take the damned training wheels off. So, picket, what essentially would have been a straight to video release, and make people curious about it. For ****s sake people...cure cancer or something. There has to be better things to dedicate your time to.

EDIT: BTW, Almadovar's The Skin I Live In, was no less exploitative. Just because it was dressed in arthouse flourishes it gets a pass somehow. The end result is the same. Phony baloney posturing. If Laverne Cox, or Action Transvestite Eddie Izzard had been cast instead of Michelle Rodriguez, I am SURE this movie would be lauded as a trashy but IMPORTANT step in the evolution of QUEER cinema. **** right off would you.
 
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The Beguiled, adapted by Sofia Coppola from Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name, unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has been sheltered from the outside world— until the day a wounded Union soldier is discovered nearby and taken in.
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The highly anticipated follow-up to Amirpour’s acclaimed directorial debut, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, THE BAD BATCH follows Arlen (Waterhouse) as she is unceremoniously dumped in a Texas wasteland fenced off from civilized society. While trying to orient her unforgiving environment, she is captured by a savage band of cannibals and quickly realizes she’ll have to fight her way through her new reality. As Arlen adjusts to life in ‘the bad batch’ she discovers that being good or bad mostly depends on who you’re standing next to.
 
Drew Goddard to Direct Secretive Thriller ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’
http://collider.com/drew-goddard-bad-times-at-the-el-royale/

Per THR, Goddard just sold a secretive spec script titled Bad Times at the El Royale to 20th Century Fox which he will produce and direct. Details are being kept firmly under wraps, but it’s described as a contained thriller with either sci-fi or horror elements—which doesn’t sound dissimilar from Cabin in the Woods.
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‘Logan’ Director James Mangold to Helm Gritty Cop Drama ‘The Force’
http://collider.com/james-mangold-the-force/

OK...I want to know, does any self respecting actual police officer refer to his profession as 'the force'? Or is it just a horrible cliche' contrived by douchey Hollywood types. I cringe every time somebody hacks out a line like 'something something something THE FORCE something something'. It's just soooooooo horrible. Can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE lose that.
 


Here’s the official synopsis for The Bad Batch:

The highly anticipated follow-up to Amirpour’s acclaimed directorial debut, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, THE BAD BATCH follows Arlen (Waterhouse) as she is unceremoniously dumped in a Texas wasteland fenced off from civilized society. While trying to orient her unforgiving environment, she is captured by a savage band of cannibals and quickly realizes she’ll have to fight her way through her new reality. As Arlen adjusts to life in ‘the bad batch’ she discovers that being good or bad mostly depends on who you’re standing next to.
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