May 21 2008 Watch 'Quid Pro Quo' Trailer in Exchange for Something
Disabilities. To many of us they're just something one of the characters on PBS cartoons always has, but to others they're a part of daily life. And to other still, they're something you pay a doctor to give you by sawing off your legs so you too can enjoy the luxuries of driving a Rascal. Wait, what? Such is the premise to Quid Pro Quo, a new thriller in which wheelchair-bound radio host Nick Stahl investigates a twisted web of lies and deceit as he tries to figure out what's behind the sudden jump in voluntary amputees, and why he can never seem to find parking anymore. Trailer under the cut.
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Jan 22 2008 'Sleepwalking' Trailer Is Like I've Been Sleepwalking, But It Woke Me Up
Overlook the initial desperation in conveying dysfunction (girl jumping off a diving board in roller skates and hating her life, the American Beauty music) and the distracting urge to figure out how you know young AnnaSophia Robb (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Bridge to Terabithia, I eventually realized) and you might be tempted to think Sleepwalking could be decent if typical indie fare. Admittedly, the cast of Charlize Theron, Nick Stahl, Dennis Hopper, and Woody Harrelson looks somewhat promising, but with a visual effects artist at the helm, and a film colorist writing contrived lines like, "It's like I've been sleepwalking... but you helped me--you woke me up," I'll keep my reservations about this one.
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