Mar 6 2009 'Limits of Control' Trailer: It's a Jarmusch Alright
Nothing like a new Jim Jarmusch movie to make a Friday feel like a Saturday, you know? Just that he usually makes good films, and The Limits of Control, with a guitar string-based killer and Bill Murray, looks like it will be good too. This trailer is our second Saturday:
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Apr 4 2008 'Blindness' Trailer Envisions World Without Blog Skimming
Sure, the dismal events of 28 Days Later painted a grim vision of a future overrun by a spreading zombie plague, but man, wouldn't it also suck to be blind? Fernando Meirelles offers just such an experience, placing Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in a world where a sudden blindness-inducing virus threatens the population's retinas. It asks a chilling question: how will Moore sell Revlon cosmetics if no one can see her ageless, near-translucent skin? I have no idea.
As you'd expect from the director of City of God and The Constant Gardner, it looks both beautiful and frightening while managing to steer clear of becoming a cautionary tale of over-masturbation. I suggest watching.
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Jun 19 2007 Bernal and Luna to 'Hook Up' for Cuarón Again
Insert borderline racist pirate joke here
Those three powerhouse filmmakers, Iñárritu, Cuarón, and Del Toro, who formed their own production company and proved conclusively that brown is the new black, have announced their first production. Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso's brother and co-writer on Y Tu Mamá También, will direct Rudo y Cursi, starring También stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna.
The title translates to "Rough and Corny" and the film follows two brothers who play soccer, or as our friends south of the "border" hilariously refer to it, fútbol. No word on whether there'll be any man-on-man oral in this one. As my neighbor Tyrone says, "That shit ain't right, dawg."
