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“Inside” stars Willem Dafoe as the thief Nemo.
The spring movie schedule is packed with numbers: “Book Club II” (May 12); “Creed III” (March 3); “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (May 5); “John Wick: Chapter 4” (March 24); “Grito VI” (March 10); “Fast X” (May 19).
Even several of the unnumbered titles have subtitles, indicating that they are from a franchise: “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (March 17); “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (March 31); “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (June 9).
However, there are still some films that are accompanied by a film program or a prerequisite: films that stand on their own two feet and, for better or worse, stagger or try to grab our attention on their own. Character, direction, acting, writing and story.
Here are some of the most unique and idiosyncratic films of the season (release dates are subject to change).
1. ‘Cocaine Bear’: The real occasion when this horror comedy based on real events, whose plot of crazed predator and addicted to coca is perfectly summed up in the name of two words, is evocative enough to recommend a deliciously deranged one. history.
In 1985, narcotics investigators in rural Georgia found the bones and skin of a black bear not far from a gymnastics bag and 40 broken packages of cocaine allegedly dropped from a plane through Drew Thornton, a narcotics officer. He died before being to retrieve the package.
There is no evidence to recommend that the bear went insane after an overdose, as shown in the trailer, which went viral in December. Queen. ” Opened on February 24.
2. “Inside”: If you take your Willem Dafoe proper, the actor serves what one of the film’s producers described as “essentially a one-man show” in this mental thriller, which marks the Greek filmmaker’s fictional debut. Vasilis Katsoupis.
Set in a luxurious high-tech penthouse in New York’s Times Square, Ben Hopkins’ high-concept story centers on an art thief named Nemo (“nobody” in Latin) who finds himself trapped inside his latest robbery.
Able to enter but not leave, and keep millions of dollars worth of art that he cannot sell, Nemo slowly loses control of reason. As “The Lighthouse” enthusiasts already know, Dafoe is smart enough to communicate the drawbacks. of isolation. Inaugurated on March 17.
3. 65″: Adam Driver plays an astronaut who crashes into a mysterious and harmful planet, only to realize it’s Earth, 65 million years ago, in the age of the dinosaurs. Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of the wonderful 2018 hit “A Quiet Place,” the sci-fi mystery has been described as “Star Wars” meets “Jurassic Park. “According to Knockturnal, the couple began writing it following Paramount’s resolve to make “A Quiet Place” a franchise — anything the filmmakers, who turned down an offer from Lucasmovie for paintings over episodes of “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones franchises,” simply weren’t fashionable. We wrote ‘A Quiet Place’ because they were tired of the aftermath,” Woods explained. “The only movies that were made were sequels, franchises and comics. We wrote this film as a result of that. Released on March 10.
4. “Air”: Ben Affleck leads his old friend Matt Damon for the first time in true history of how a successful shoe company called Nike courted teenager Michael Jordan to sign his first shoe approval contract in 1984. In addition to his executive roles, Affleck plays Nike co-founder Phil Knight, and Damon plays Sonny Vaccaro, the Nike executive whose far-fetched concept about the sports gadget perspective mentions the beginning of a new era in celebrity marketing. The script, the first produced by Alex Convery, has been decided for the 2021 blacklist, the annual animated list of the most productive unproduced scripts. Premieres on April 5.
5. “Renfield”: Supposedly the story of R. M. Renfield, a supporting actor in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula” who did the dirty job of the titular vampire, this fresh horror comedy is the latest of Universal’s reboots of its ancient monster movies. Nicholas Hoult plays the servile main character, but it is the Count himself, he played Nicolas Cage as the most terrible of all terrible bosses, who will surely borrow, or at least take a big bite, in the spotlight. The bloody R-rated movie, which could appeal to Hulu enthusiasts. What We Do in the Shadows”, also starring Awkwafina as the love interest of Renfield: a New Orleans traffic cop. Premieres on April 14.
6. “Beau Is Afraid”: We don’t know much about Ari Aster’s sequel to “Hereditary” and “Midsommar,” and that’s even more true after watching the banana trailer. Joaquin Phoenix plays the main character, who appears in various ages, in a tale whose official synopsis reads: “A paranoid boy embarks on an epic odyssey to get back to his mother. “It’s also a rough approximation of the plot of Aster’s 2011 short film, “Beau. “However, like each and every one of the filmmaker’s previous feature films, surprises are to be expected. It opens on April 21.
7. “Are you there, God?” It’s me, Margaret. “: Author Judy Blume had long been reluctant to give up the film rights to her beloved 1970 novel about the sixth-grader daughter of an interfaith couple, partly a coming-of-age tale. partly a non-secular discovery story. That was before producer James Brooks (“Broadcast News”) and writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig (“Break of Seventeen”) called five years ago: “I was so nervous because someone would turn the movie into something shiny and pretty, where all the edges would be sanded down,” Craig told Entertainment Weekly. “When I sat down with her, she had just seen my first movie, ‘The Edge of Seventeen,’ and she said that it was done – he assured that he would embrace all the flaws and nuances. She gave him confidence that the film would have the same honesty for which it is so well known. Abby Ryder Fortson (“Ant-Man”) stars as Margaret, with Rachel McAdams and Benny Safdie as parents and Kathy Bates as grandmother. Amazon’s documentary “Judy Blume Forever” is also coming to Prime Video on April 21. It opens on April 28.
8. ‘The Little Mermaid’: As Disney slowly moves through the studio’s canon of animated classics, it generates live-action updates like “Maleficent,” “The Jungle Book,” “Pete’s Dragon,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” “Cruella” and, recently, “Pinocchio,” analyzing diversity from “dazzling” to “chaotic and inert. “Mermaid,” arrived with black actor and singer Halle Bailey as Ariel, reactions ranged from pure emotion to racist reactions. Let’s talk about laughter and magic. Bailey’s casting is a welcome solution, and black mermaid culture has a long history in African folklore character Mami Wata. Premieres on May 26.
9. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”: is to communicate about the new videos expected in the spring without mentioning at least one superhero sequel. I’m sorry (I’m not sorry). And this sequel to the 2018 Oscar-winning animated film, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” a visually striking and inspiring groundbreaking success, is my concession to popular demand. As before, The New Film concentrates not on Peter Parker, but on teenager Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a black and Latino cobweb caster, at least in a part of the film’s mind-boggling parallel universes. Premieres on June 2.
10. “Flamin’ Hot”: You may have read something about Frito-Lay janitor Richard Montañez, son of Mexican immigrants, who says he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. And maybe you’ve also read something about how this junk food origin story could turn out to be, well, junk food, with some at the company saying that Montañez, who eventually made quite a bit in the company, was only incidental in the creation of the popular snack. Based on an urban legend or not. , the long-gestation film about Montañez nevertheless arrives on Hulu, directed by Eva Longoria and starring Jesse Garcia of “Quinceañera” as Montañez. Premieres on June 9
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