Friday, March 27, 2015

This Week's Trailers: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION, ENTOURAGE, SOUTHPAW



Here's my take on this week's trailers (released from Saturday-Friday)...

1. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - Three-time Oscar-nominee Tom Cruise is back as MIF agent Ethan Hunt in the fifth installment of the successful film series based on the classic TV series of the same name. I'm a fan of this film series with my favorite being the most recent installment in the series, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011). After that film, which was praise by critics and audience, as well as a box office success, I have been really looking forward to next installment in the series. While I wish Brad Bird came back to direct this, I think Christopher McQuarrie, who directed Cruise in 2012's Jack Reacher, is going to do a great job with this movie as it looks from the trailer. The film also stars Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames and Alec Baldwin. It will be released on July 31st.


2. Entourage - The boys are back in this film adaptation of the hit HBO comedy series of the same name. At the time of me writing this, I'm on season 6 of the show and there are 8 seasons. I love the show, even though it has had some missteps. The thing that's great about the show are not only the brilliant cameos, but the bond between these five friends. All the cast members from the series return, which is great. The show's creator, Doug Ellin is writing and directing the film. I love this trailer, like a lot! I really like how our lead, Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), wants to start doing directing, but it might not be going down a pretty road, especially for Vince's former agent turned studio head, Ari Gold. Can I just say? If this film is great, Jeremy Piven should get Oscar consideration for his three-time Emmy Award winning performance. I'm serious, he is incredible on the show. We also see the return of Kevin Connolly as Eric "E" Murphy, Kevin Dillon as Johnny "Drama" Chase and Jerry Ferrara as a really skinny Turtle. I couldn't be more excited for the film and it looks that it'll satisfy fans of the show. It will be released on June 5th.


3. Southpaw - Looks like Jake Gyllenhaal could FINALLY get that long-awaited and deserving second Oscar nomination for this movie. The film will follow Gyllenhaal as a boxer who, after his life starts to fall apart, tries to start over and make everything better for not only him, but his family. I love Jake Gyllenhaal and he's been snubbed for the last few years especially recently for his incredible, haunting performance in Nightcrawler. He's going to knock this role out of the park. Another thing about the film that excites is who's writing it. The writer of this film is Kurt Sutter, who created and wrote FX's hit drama, Sons of Anarchy, which is one of my favorite TV shows. Since the show ended in early December 2014, I have been curious to see what projects the cast and crew have coming up in the future. This looks like Kurt Sutter could possibly get an Oscar nomination for the script. The film is being directed by Antoine Fuqua, who made an interesting list of films with my favorite being Training Day. I think this film could be really great. But if it stinks, I will be very disappointed. We got to be optimistic though. The film also stars Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, Naomie Harris, Victor Ortiz and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. It will be released on July 31st.

- BS

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