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trailer_spot ([personal profile] trailer_spot) wrote2025-08-22 11:08 am
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Anemone, Swiped, Peter Hujar's Day, It Was Just An Accident, Anniversary

Anemone     HD720p 25MB
Emotionally charged family drama that gets a lot of attention because after eight years Daniel Day-Lewis takes a break from his acting retirement for this film. It's set in Northern England and begins as a middle-aged man (Sean Bean) sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother (Day-Lewis). Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship - one that was forever altered by shattering events decades earlier. Samantha Morton also stars. It marks the directorial debut of Ronan Day-Lewis, it's also written by the father and son.
The father-son connection made me wonder if all the hoopla is justified. But so far it's an impressive looking trailer. Will Sean Bean survive?

Swiped     HD1080p 24MB
Biographical drama about Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of online dating platform Bumble, who became the youngest female self-made billionaire. It is 2012. The tech industry remains a boy’s club. But 22-year-old Whitney (Lily James) refuses to observe Silicon Valley’s glass ceiling. In the wake of a failed startup, she joins the development team at MatchBox, a company she would rebrand as Tinder. As vice president of marketing, she cracks Tinder’s college campus market and sees its user base explode. She's on top of the world — until tensions between her and her male counterparts burgeon, and she finds herself subject to sexual harassment.
Will start streaming on Disney+ and Hulu September 19th.

Peter Hujar's Day     HD720p 25MB
A richly cinematic rendering of a conversation recorded in 1974 between photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw) and writer Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall). Their talk that day focused on a single 24 hours in the life of Hujar, the famously uncompromising artist who was one of the most important figures in downtown New York’s legendary cultural scene of the 70s and 80s. Set entirely in Linda’s Manhattan apartment, the film freely and imaginatively recreates that long-ago afternoon and the wonderfully discursive exchange between these two singular individuals.
An interesting concept. Festival reviews are very favourable.

It Was Just An Accident - Yek tasadef sadeh     HD720p 22MB
Tense moral thriller from Iran in which Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, he gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor.
Written and directed by Jafar Panahi who won the Golden Palm this year in Cannes. Another movie from him that's unlikely to ever be shown in his home country.

Anniversary     HD720p 29MB
Thriller drama in which a close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as “The Change.” Ellen and Paul (Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler) witness their lives fall apart when Ellen’s former student, Liz (Phoebe Dynevor), reappears and starts dating their son (Dylan O’Brien). As Liz becomes a part of the the family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. Zoey Deutch, Madeline Brewer and Mckenna Grace are also part of the cast.
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trailer_spot ([personal profile] trailer_spot) wrote2025-08-15 11:08 am
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Marty Supreme, Dead of Winter, The Last Viking, Steve, Ella McCay

Marty Supreme     HD720p 24MB
Trailer for the latest movie directed by Josh Safdie one of the Safdie brothers (Uncut Gems, Good Time with his brother Benny). It's an A24 production, which means there's no meaningful summary available. Only the general tagline says: Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. By that sentence you probably wouldn't have guessed it, it's about a ping-pong player with the story losely based on Marty Reisman. Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma and Fran Drescher are also part of the cast.

Dead of Winter     HD720p 32MB
Tense crime thriller about a grief-stricken loner (Emma Thompson), who, after being hit by a blizzard, gets lost among backroads near a Minnesotan lake and stops for help at a remote cabin in the woods. Here she discovers a young woman (Laurel Marsden) kidnapped by a desperate couple (Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca) who are armed and intent on murder. Isolated and without cell service, this unlikely hero realizes she is the woman’s only hope of survival.
I'm not entirely sold, but Thompson is always worth watching and festival reviews are mostly very favourable.

The Last Viking - Den Sidste Viking     HD1080p 26MB
Dark, comedic drama from Denmark written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen (Riders of Justice, The Green Butchers, Men & Chicken). Brothers Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and Manfred (Mads Mikkelsen), who are reunited after Anker’s years-long jail stint for a bank robbery. Since Manfred is the only one who knows where the loot is buried, Anker has no choice but to contend not only with his brother’s many psychological issues but the legacy of the traumas they suffered in their childhood. Sofie Gråbøl and Søren Malling are also part of the cast.
When these top Danish actors get together they always seem to have a hell of a good time.

Steve     HD720p 26MB
Intense drama set in the mid-90s that follows a pivotal day in the life of headteacher Steve (Cillian Murphy) and his students at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken them. As he fights to protect the school’s integrity and impending closure, we witness him grappling with his own mental health. In parallel to his struggles, we meet Shy (Jay Lycurgo), a troubled teen caught between his past and what lies ahead as he tries to reconcile his inner fragility with his impulse for self-destruction and violence. Tracey Ullman and Emily Watson are also part of the cast. Directed by Tim Mielants (Small Things Like These, Patrick), based on a novel by Max Porter.
After a brief theatrical run, will start streaming on Netflix October 3rd.

Ella McCay     HD720p 35MB
Comedic drama about an idealistic young woman (Emma Mackey) who juggles her family and work life in this movie about the people you love and how to survive them. Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Ayo Edebiri, Rebecca Hall, Julie Kavner, Albert Brooks and Woody Harrelson are also part of the cast. Written and directed by James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment, Spanglish), who's now 85.
At least in the trailer Ella McCay mainly seems to be a passive prop.