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TRAILER PARK: The Lincoln Lawyer, Water for Elephants and Paul
Behold! The latest trailers for some of the most noteworthy upcoming flicks.
By R. Kurt Osenlund, The Good Life film critic
THE LINCOLN LAWYER
A colleague brought this movie to my attention, so excited was he over the abundance of starry names in the cast. Funny, isn't it, how we always get a tinge of excitement when the names of known actors fire at the screen like rubber stamps? This very procedural-looking legal/crime thriller has: Matthew McConaughey! Ryan Phillippe! John Leguizamo! Josh Lucas! Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei! Academy Award nominee William H. Macy! and Michael Pena! I love the Oscar citations, as if they make any difference in this case. At most, I'm intrigued by the McConaughey-Phillippe match-up -- it's always fun to see popular actors square off.
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
This looks like a truly beautiful movie, and one in which the "Academy Award" cast labels do indeed hold water, if you'll forgive the pun. Christoph "Inglourious" Waltz returns from winning 1,000 trophies last year to play a circus ring leader, and whether that's brilliant casting or type-casting, I'm sold. Reese Witherspoon continues her comeback as perhaps the most gorgeous circus performer to be caught on celluloid. Hal Holbrook is back for more reminiscing, Oscar shaftee Paul Schneider ("Bright Star") has a bit part, and thtn there's RPattz as Holbrook's younger self. Doesn't Pattinson seem infinitely more appealing in this film? What a difference some color in the cheeks makes.
PAUL
Unlike the general public, I'm not cuckoo for the cinematic collabos of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost ("Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz"). But, then, the general public and I have never really seen eye to eye. This flick, about a he's-just-like-us alien (Seth Rogen) who hooks up with the Brit duo at Area 51, looks kinda charming, and at least rainy-Sunday-afternoon funny. It helps big-time that the cast features Kristen Wiig, who proved invaluable in last year's "MacGruber." This is HIGH concept stuff. Will it be highly entertaining?
By R. Kurt Osenlund, The Good Life film critic
THE LINCOLN LAWYER
A colleague brought this movie to my attention, so excited was he over the abundance of starry names in the cast. Funny, isn't it, how we always get a tinge of excitement when the names of known actors fire at the screen like rubber stamps? This very procedural-looking legal/crime thriller has: Matthew McConaughey! Ryan Phillippe! John Leguizamo! Josh Lucas! Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei! Academy Award nominee William H. Macy! and Michael Pena! I love the Oscar citations, as if they make any difference in this case. At most, I'm intrigued by the McConaughey-Phillippe match-up -- it's always fun to see popular actors square off.
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
This looks like a truly beautiful movie, and one in which the "Academy Award" cast labels do indeed hold water, if you'll forgive the pun. Christoph "Inglourious" Waltz returns from winning 1,000 trophies last year to play a circus ring leader, and whether that's brilliant casting or type-casting, I'm sold. Reese Witherspoon continues her comeback as perhaps the most gorgeous circus performer to be caught on celluloid. Hal Holbrook is back for more reminiscing, Oscar shaftee Paul Schneider ("Bright Star") has a bit part, and thtn there's RPattz as Holbrook's younger self. Doesn't Pattinson seem infinitely more appealing in this film? What a difference some color in the cheeks makes.
PAUL
Unlike the general public, I'm not cuckoo for the cinematic collabos of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost ("Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz"). But, then, the general public and I have never really seen eye to eye. This flick, about a he's-just-like-us alien (Seth Rogen) who hooks up with the Brit duo at Area 51, looks kinda charming, and at least rainy-Sunday-afternoon funny. It helps big-time that the cast features Kristen Wiig, who proved invaluable in last year's "MacGruber." This is HIGH concept stuff. Will it be highly entertaining?
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