Time to catch up on recent trailers that slipped pass us in a difficult week. Ready set - go for discussions on the latest star vehicles for Kate Winslet and Keanu Reeves and a new Agatha Christie movie Crooked House.
The trailers with quickie YNMS breakdown are after the jump...
WONDER WHEEL (2017)
yes COLOR. We like it when movies go there. The period Coney Island setting looks wonderful and something about this looks like a filmed play which, one realizes, is not usually meant as a compliment. But in this case, I mean it so. Also: Kate Winslet rocking hair that Clementine would probably approve of.
no Does Justin Timberlake narrate this whole thing? Yikes.
maybe so Woody Allen's minor gangster fetish (not as pronounced as his peers like Coppola & Scorsese, but still) feels deeply been-there-done-that at this point. So let's hope there's enough juice in the character drama to make the crime drama merely "setting"
REPLICAS (2018)
yes The premise (cloning dead loves one) is intriguing in that it's not exactly the same "artificial intelligence are all too human!" creepy thing that the movies are always harping on, even if it's the in the same sci-fi horror tinged 'don't mess with god's creations' wheelhouse.
no That said this could easily be Z grade and the visuals do not appear fresh or well executed enough, at least in these bite sized doses, to instill confidence.
maybe so We ❤️ Keanu but you have to cast him just-so for him to work wonders. Some of brain doctor / scientist seems like risky territory for everyone's favorite earnest goofy retired surfer type action star.
CROOKED HOUSE (2018)
yes Murder mysteries > movies about murdering. And what a cast! They're not people you see in every movie... least of all with each other.
no It looks like it's trying awfully hard (music color DRAMA) but that could just be an overly caffeinated trailer-editor
maybe so The success depends on the confidence of the filmmaking (Gilles Paquet-Brenner had a minor hit with Sarah's Key but people seemed to hate his most recent movie Dark Places). Well that and how well the cast gels. Will they cohere into an exciting ensemble or will they all seem like they're in separate movies?
Which of these films are you a yes on?