Thursday, 6 June 2013

Underdog Films of Summer 2013



(1) Kristen Wiig, Darren Criss, one movie? Is this real life? Girl Most Likely follows Imogene (Wiig), a failed New York playwright who moves back home after both her career and relationship backfire. Back home in New Jersey, Imogene must awkwardly navigate life as she's forced to live with her eccentric mother (Annette Bening), and two new strange men sleeping in her house (Matt Dillon and Darren Criss). I missed this at the Toronto International Film Festival last year (where the film was previously titled Imogene). I'll definitely be checking it out this summer when it hits theatres July 19th.
Watch the trailer here

(2) Remember little Moises Arias as Rico from Hannah Montana? Well, he's back making a name of his own while working on projects like Ender's Game and this summer's film The Kings of Summer. The Kings of Summer follows three teenage friends who, in a declaration for freedom, spend their summer in the wilderness building a house and living off the land. The Kings of Summer is playing in select theatres now.
Watch the trailer here

(3) A Sundance nominated film, Ain't Them Bodies Saints starring Rooney Mara is an romancic-drama following the tale of an outlaw who escapes prison and journeys across the Texas countryside to reunite with his wife and daughter who he has never met. Slow paced and beautiful photography, this film was the winner of the Cinematography award at Sundance Film Festival. Ain't Them Bodies Saints opens in theatres August 16th.
Watch the trailer here

(4) Another TIFF film, Much Ado About Nothing is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy. Shot in 12 days, in Black and White, and using the original text, the film follows two pairs of lovers with different views on romance. The film will be released in select theatres on June 7th.
Watch the trailer here

(5) Cate Blanchett stars in this summer Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine. The plot of the film is somewhat of a secret, the only thing disclosed is that it is "the story of the final stages of an acute  crisis and a life of a fashionable New York housewife" according to the film's distributor Sony Pictures Classics. Blue Jasmine hits theatres July 26th.
Watch the trailer here

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