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Trust

David Schwimmer's new film, Trust, finds him drifting far away from comedy to tackle some serious subject matter—a teenage girl is seduced and raped by an online predator and she and her family must deal with the aftermath. Fortunately, Schwimmer has recruited a capable and talented cast for the film. Unfortunately, the dialogue and scenarios, written by Andy Bellin making his screenwriting debut, are often that of a high-budget, high-brow TV movie.  read more

Cyrus Review

Moderately famous for barely-there budgets and heavily improv’d dialogue, the Duplass Brothers are thrust into the spotlight...  read more

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Release Date: April 30 Director/Writer: Nicole Holofcener Cinematographer: Yaron Orbach Starring: Catherine Keener, Rebecca Hall, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Sarah Steele Studio/Run Time: Sony Pictures Classics, 90 mins. Whining and Pining in New York Nicole Holofcener’s fourth film begins with some of the saddest breasts ever committed to film, as a radiology technician (Rebecca Hall) administers a series of mammograms. It’s the film’s cleverest sequence, a comic desexualizing of human flesh. It’s also a feint, as Holofcener is not interested in any of the boob’s symbolic virtues. Her story is about that most tedious of subjects: white, liberal,...  read more

Indie Dark Comedy The Oranges Announces Full Cast

The Oranges, a new dark comedy about a young guy from the suburbs who falls in love with the daughter of family friends, only to watch her fall in love with her parents’ older male friend, had an interesting journey from script to screen. When it first reached the desks of movie execs back in 2008, every studio passed on it. Then it appeared at the top of last year’s Black List, a ranking of the best unmade scripts from the previous year. Olympus Pictures picked up the film, and it’s now in production....  read more

David Schwimmer to Direct Clive Owen and Catherine Keener in Trust

Over the years, David Schwimmer has tried his hand at directing theater, TV and comedic films. Now he changes gears again, leaping into the director’s chair for a dark, dramatic thriller called Trust....  read more

Watch the New Where the Wild Things Are Trailer

For months, a teaser trailer was all that was available for the anticipated adaptation of one of the most popular children's books of the century. And if watching that initial teaser somehow wasn't enough to get you excited, watching this second, longer trailer for Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are will make you begin to understand what all the hype has been about. James Gandolfini is especially good doing the voice of Max's "wild thing" pal Carol....  read more

What Just Happened?

Given Hollywood’s proclivity for epic narcissism...  read more