2020 – Page 138 – Movie Retakes

The Tax Collector Trailer for David Ayer’s Latest Revealed!

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First trailer for David Ayer’s The Tax Collector revealed!

After acquiring the latest crime thriller from the Training Day screenwriter in May, RLJE Films has revealed the first trailer for David Ayer’s latest project The Tax Collector starring Bobby Soto (The Quarry) and Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy). The trailer can be viewed in the player below!

The film follows David (Bobby Soto, Narcos: Mexico) and Creeper (LaBeouf), “tax collectors” for the Los Angeles crime lord Wizard who collect his cut of the profits from local gangs’ illicit dealings. When Wizard’s old rival returns to the City of Angels, the business is upended and David is put in a fight to protect his family.

“We are lucky to have an amazing caliber of actors and writer/director David Ayer on The Tax Collector,” Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer of RLJE Films, previously said in a statement. “Audiences will be awed and entertained by the talent they will see on the screen with this intense, edge-of-your-seat thriller.”

Ayer revealed he’s “very excited” to work with the AMC Networks-owned distributor, feeling that their past and current slate of projects “reflect their singular vision and desire to push the bounds of creative storytelling.” The studio is reportedly looking to bring the film to theaters this August.

The Transformers star and director previously worked together on the 2014 war drama Fury and LaBeouf is set to be joined by Bobby Soto (For the People), Lana Parilla (Once Upon a Time), George Lopez (Lopez) and Brendan Schaub (The Fighte & the Kid). Ayer, whose most recent work was the hit Netflix fantasy crime-thriller Bright and has co-written the script for the sequel, is directing based on an original script.

Production officially began on the film in July 2018, with LaBeouf having just come off of the autobiographical drama Honey Boy in which he wrote and stars as a character based on his father alongside Lucas Hedges (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) portraying versions of LaBeouf.

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Zachary Levi to Play Kurt Warner in Lionsgate’s American Underdog

Zachary Levi to play Kurt Warner in Lionsgate’s American Underdog

Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate have announced that Zachary Levi (Shazam!) will star as two-time NFL MVP and Hall of Famer Kurt Warner in American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story, which is expected to begin production later this year.

The film, which is being based on interviews with Warner and his memoir, “All Things Possible: My Story of Faith, Football and the First Miracle Season,” is set to be directed by Jon and Andrew Erwin (I Can Only Imagine, I Still Believe) and will chronicle the true story of Warner, who went from stocking shelves at a supermarket to become a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback.

“Kurt’s story is one of relentless faith – in his own abilities but even more so in a higher power,” Levi said in a statement. “When I read Kurt’s story, I identified with the quiet strength he found to persevere – that’s something I think anybody can recognize in their own lives. This is the kind of underdog story that sports movies are all about, and the fact that it’s true makes it even more special. I’m thrilled to be part of bringing his story to audiences.”

The biopic is being penned by David Aaron Cohen (Friday Night Lights) and the Erwin Brothers, who are also attached to produce the project via their Kingdom banner alongside Mark Ciardi (Invincible, The Rookie) and Kevin Downes, with Kurt and wife Brenda Warner attached to co-produce.

“Zachary was our first and only choice,” Jon Erwin said in a statement. “He brings a combination of humble charm and charisma as well as an intense physicality to the role. For our last several films, we have brought inspiring real life stories to the big screen and there is something magnificent and magical to Kurt’s rise as a champion.”

“This is about an everyman who never let his dream die,” Andre Erwin added. “Zachary was born to play this role – and when you add in his uncanny resemblance to Kurt Warner, we’re thrilled to be working with him.”

American Underdog marks the third film to be greenlit by Lionsgate in the past year, with Jim Miller and Chelsea Kujawa overseeing the project for the studio. It also marks the second film Levi has joined for the studio this year after signing on to star alongside Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) in the music comedy Under Cover.

(Photos by D Dipasupil/FilmMagic & Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

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New Tenet Poster Art for Christopher Nolan’s Latest

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WB unveils new poster art for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet

Though fans were just hit with the sad news that Christopher Nolan’s Tenet had been hit with yet another delay in its theatrical release, Warner Bros. is trying to keep anticipation high for the mysterious blockbuster with a mind-bending new poster, which can be viewed below, and a new IMAX poster can be viewed in the gallery below!

Time runs out. New art for #TENET only in theaters Wednesday, August 12. pic.twitter.com/8Q0DBsIzj2

— TENET (@TENETFilm) July 1, 2020

The most recent Tenet trailer arrived stamped with the tag, “Coming to theaters,” though copy within the YouTube video continued to push the July 17 release. And while everyone at Warner Bros. remained optimistic situations will improve enough for them to release the film and NATO recently confirmed theaters would be open in time, it appears Warner Bros. would rather be safe than sorry by delaying the film by two weeks. Tenet’s success was set to pave the way for other planned releases, including Disney’s Mulan remake on July 24 and Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984 on August 14, but now that it has been pushed back to August, it’s unclear what will be the next big theatrical success of 2020.

The film is written by Nolan and will utilize a mixture of IMAX and 70mm film, which is something he’s become famous for.

Tenet stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy and Himesh Patel.

The director first made an impact in 2001 with his indie film Memento. His next film, Insomnia, was also a modest hit. but it wasn’t until Batman Begins hit theaters in 2005 that Nolan became a box office force in his own right. The Prestige was Nolan’s last movie to gross under $200 million worldwide. His other films include The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk.

Nolan is producing Tenet along with his partner Emma Thomas and is currently slated for an August 12 release.

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Exclusive Silent Running & The Thing Print Reveals From Vice Press!

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Exclusive Silent Running & The Thing Print Reveals From Vice Press!

On Thursday, June 2 Vice Press will be launching their newest line of prints: Vice Press Editions. Vice Press Editions is a collection of open edition prints, taking the pressure off of having to wait for a limited edition drop and giving everyone who wants one plenty of time to pick a copy up. Each print released will be available for an extended period, with plenty of notice ahead of them going out of print. Check out the newest releases in the gallery below, along with previous Vice CS exclusives!

Their first releases are Silent Running by Matt Ferguson and The Thing by Patrick Connan. Vice Press Editions will be more wall space friendly, and each movie poster will be A2 in size. That’s 594x420mm or 16.5×23.4 inches, making it easier to get off the shelf frames, or custom frames much more affordable. Each movie poster will also be priced at just £29.99 ($37.37 US).

Occasionally Vice will also be releasing some smaller art prints to coincide with the movie posters, and for this release Matt has designed 3 5x5inch art cards featuring Silent Running’s Huey, Dewey and Louie! This set will cost just £14.99 ($18.68 US) and will be available as long as Matt’s Silent Running is in print.

For The Thing, Patrick Connan has designed two amazing new posters, each capturing key iconography from the movie. These are some of the best posters for The Thing yet!

Silent Running by Matt Ferguson and The Thing by Patrick Connan will be available to purchase worldwide from Vice Press by clicking here at 5pm on July the 2nd. They will also be available at the same time from Zavvi.

The Thing (Blue Version)

Artist: Patrick Connan

Size: A2 (420mm X 594mm)

Edition size: Open Edition with stamp of authenticity on reverse

Medium: Lithograph on 300gsm archival paper

Produced by Vice Press under licence from Universal.

£29.99 each ($37.37 US)

The Thing Variant (Red Version)

Artist: Patrick Connan

Size: A2 (420mm X 594mm)

Edition size: Open Edition with stamp of authenticity on reverse

Medium: Lithograph on 300gsm archival paper

Produced by Vice Press under licence from Universal.

£29.99 each ($37.37 US)

Silent Running

Artist: Matt Ferguson

Size: A2 (420mm X 594mm)

Edition size: Open Edition with stamp of authenticity on reverse

Medium: Lithograph on 300gsm archival paper

Produced by Vice Press under licence from Universal.

£29.99 each ($37.37 US)

Silent Running – Huey, Dewey, Louie

Artist: Matt Ferguson

Size: 5×5 inches each

Edition size: Open Edition with stamp of authenticity on reverse

Produced by Vice Press under licence from Universal.

£14.99 set ($18.68 US)

Patrick Connan, The Thing (Blue Version)

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Mortal Trailer: Nat Wolff Stars in André Øvredal’s Superhero Film

Mortal Trailer: Nat Wolff stars in André Øvredal’s superhero film

Signature Entertainment has released the official trailer for André Øvredal’s upcoming fantasy superhero film titled Mortal, featuring Nat Wolff as a Norwegian-American teenage boy who is trying his best to control his unknown god-like superpowers. The film will be having its digital release in the UK on August 3. Check out the video in the player below!

Based on ancient Norse Mythology, Mortal is a fantasy adventure epic that is being described as a fusion of previous superhero films such as Chronicle, X-Men and Thor. It will follow the story of a young boy, who must discover the origins of his extraordinary powers before he is captured by authorities hell-bent on con-demning him for an accidental murder. A breath-taking and thrilling origins adventure story.

Joining Nat Wolff (Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars) are Norwegian actors Iben Akerlie, Priyanka Bose, Arthur Hakalahti, Anna Sedunova, and Per Egil Aske.

Mortal is written and directed by André Øvredal, who also serves as an executive producer along with Aage Aaberge, Aron Eli Coleite, Malene Ehlers, Joshua Horsfield, and Henrik Zein.

André Øvredal is best known for his feature directorial debut film Trollhunter and the 2016 supernatural horror film The Autopsy of Jane Doe. His most recent work was on Guillermo del Toro’s live-action adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. His upcoming projects are Amblin’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Stephen King’s The Long Walk film adaptation.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor Excited for Sam Raimi’s New Take on Doctor Strange 2

Chiwetel Ejiofor excited for Sam Raimi’s new take on Doctor Strange 2

Following the confirmation of Chiwetel Ejiofor’s return as Mordo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Oscar-nominated actor has opened up about the highly-anticipated MCU film. Speaking with Games Radar, Ejiofor has expressed his excitement to work with Sam Raimi for the first time as he praises the Spider-Man director’s unique way of storytelling.

“I love Sam Raimi, so I’m very excited that he’s making a film, the second Doctor Strange,” Ejiofor said. “He brings to anything he does a wealth of imagination and passion. In this genre he’s just one of the seminal figures. I remember seeing ‘Darkman’ when I was a kid. It was beyond, it’s so amazing.”

He continued, “So I think he has an incredible mind and I think he’s really able to bring that mind into his storytelling in a really unique way, and it’s very suited to the world that’s been created by Doctor Strange, and I’m very excited to see what he does with that world.”

Ejiofor is officially the first cast member of the sequel to address Raimi’s involvement, who took on the directing duties after Scott Derrickson’s sudden exit as the upcoming film’s director due to creative differences with the studio.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is being described as the first horror film in the MCU with Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch returning as the titular sorcerer supreme and Elizabeth Olsen also appearing as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch. According to Kevin Feige, the upcoming Disney+ shows WandaVision and Loki will both directly impact the events the Doctor Strange sequel.

Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch recently appeared in this year’s highest-grossing film of all time, Avengers: Endgame, where they were both last seen attending Tony Stark’s funeral. Loki also appeared in Endgame and was last seen after the events of the Avengers’ first battle in New York, where he escapes with the Tesseract cube.

Originally set to be directed by Scott Derrickson, the sequel will now be helm by Spider-Man‘s Sam Raimi with Loki head writer Michael Waldron set to rewrite the script that was first written by The Turning scribe Jade Bartlett. Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Benedict Wong will be reprising their roles, with Rachel McAdams not expected to return to her role of Dr. Christine Palmer.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will hit theaters on March 25, 2022.

The first Doctor Strange movie was released in 2016 with Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the titular role. Joining him in the film were Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo, Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Nicodemus West. It also featured the MCU debut of critical characters from the pages of Marvel Comics, including Benedict Wong as Wong, plus Mads Mikkelsen as villain Kaecilius, and Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One (who is of Celtic origin in the film instead of East Asian origin). Doctor Strange was directed by Scott Derrickson, whose previous credits were primarily horror films like The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, and Deliver Us from Evil.

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June 30 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases

Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s June 30 Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD column! We’ve highlighted this week’s releases in detailed write-ups of different titles below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon!

New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD

Force of Nature
In this thunderous action-thriller, Mel Gibson, Emile Hirsch, and Kate Bosworth join forces to battle a deadly gang of thieves as a brutal hurricane engulfs the city.

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) returns in a cinematic sequel to the wildly popular TV series. In 1929 Jerusalem, Phryne’s rescue of a young Bedouin girl leads her on a globe-trotting adventure to uncover priceless treasures, wartime secrets, and an ancient tomb bearing a terrible curse, with the help of handsome detective Jack Robinson (Nathan Page).

Street Survivors: The True Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash
In 1977 a plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd to a concert runs out of gas mid-air, crashing into a swamp, leaving one of the survivors to seek help from a nearby farm. Decades later, the question still begs – what really happened?

The Etruscan Smile
A rugged old Scotsman reluctantly leaves his isolated island for San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, his life will be unexpectedly transformed by a baby grandson and a beautiful woman.

Four Kids and It
In this star-studded family adventure, based on the best selling children’s book, four kids discover a magical creature that grants their wishes-but they face danger when each wish ends right at sunset.

Reissues

Paracelsus
A physician, alchemist, and spiritual guru, Paracelsus (1493-1541) was one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of science. And, like its subject, this 1943 film is shrouded in mystery, even though it was directed by one of the supreme stylists of the German cinema: G.W. Pabst.

Braveheart (4K Steelbook)
William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.

Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films of Shinya Tsukamoto
One of the most distinctive and celebrated names in modern Japanese cinema, there s no other filmmaker quite like Shinya Tsukamoto. Since his early days as a teenager making Super 8 shorts, he has remained steadfastly independent, garnering widespread acclaim while honing his own unique and instantly recognizable aesthetic on the margins of the industry. Frequently exploring themes of urban alienation, physical transformation and psychosexual obsession, his films cross genre boundaries, defying straightforward classification. This exclusive collection gathers together eight feature-length films and two shorts from Tsukamoto s diverse filmography, including his most recent offering his samurai drama Killing, making its home video premiere.

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
New 2K and 4K digital restorations from original 35mm nitrate, Laurel and Hardy’s classic comedies are here in the best quality since their first release! Two features and 17 shorts, including the legendary pie-fight silent film The Battle of the Century, making its video debut and nearly complete for the first time in over 90 years!

The Mad Fox
Amidst a mythically-depicted medieval Japan, a court astrologer foretells a great disturbance that threatens to split the realm in two. His bitter and treacherous wife conspires to have the astrologer killed, as well as their adopted daughter, Sakaki. The astrologer s master apprentice, Yasuna, who was in love with Sakaki, is driven mad with grief and escapes to the countryside. There, he encounters Sakaki’s long-lost twin, Kuzunoha, and the pair meet a pack of ancient fox spirits in the woods, whose presence may be the key to restoring Yasuna’s sanity, and in turn bringing peace to the fracturing nation.

America as Seen by a Frenchman
At the end of the 1950s, celebrated French documentarian François Reichenbach (F for Fake, Portrait: Orson Welles), whose lens captured the likes of Brigitte Bardot and Johnny Hallyday, spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants and their pastimes.

Dream Demon
As her marriage to war hero Oliver draws near, Diana moves into her new London home where she starts to experience strange and terrifying nightmares.

New On Digital HD

Irresistible (Premium VOD)
From writer/director Jon Stewart comes the comedy of a Democrat political consultant (Steve Carell) who helps a retired Marine colonel (Chris Cooper) run for mayor in a small Wisconsin town.

Viena and the Fantomes
A young roadie who’s on a journey of self-discovery and shocking survival travels across America with a punk band during the 1980s.

TV on Blu-ray and DVD

Evil: Season One (DVD) (exclusive deleted scene)
Evil is a psychological mystery that examines the origins of evil along the dividing line between science and religion.

Manchild: The Schea Cotton Story (exclusive clip)
Manchild is a documentary film that chronicles the circuitous life of legendary Los Angeles hoops megastar Schea Cotton. The documentary is expressed through Schea’s intimate accounts and those that knew him best on and off the court.

Traditional Wild America: Duck Hunting On The Santee Delta (DVD)
Traditional Wild America’s first film takes duck hunters and outdoor adventure enthusiasts to the blind to be among revered sportsmen.

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Amulet Trailer: Have Faith in Fear

Amulet Trailer: Have faith in fear

Magnet Releasing has unveiled the first official trailer for the upcoming horror film Amulet from debuting writer/director Romola Garai centered on a former soldier who goes to help take care of a sinister old woman. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!

Written and directed by Garai, the story centers on former soldier Tomaz who, following an accident that leaves him homeless in London, is brought to the rotting home of Magda, a lonely woman in desperate need of help as she looks after her dying mother. Though at first resistant, Magda eventually welcomes him into their lives and allows him to help her care for them. But as he worms his way into their routine and begins to fall for Magda, Tomaz starts to notice strange, unexplainable, and ugly phenomena. Something seems very wrong with the mysterious old woman who never leaves the top floor, and Magda may in fact be enslaved to do her otherworldly bidding.

The cast for the film is made up of Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049), Alec Secareanu (God’s Own Country), Imelda Staunton (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) and Angeliki Papoulia (The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea).

Having garnered strong reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the film is set to hit select theaters and VOD on July 24.

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CS Interview: Phillipa Soo Talks Hamilton & Playing Leading Lady Eliza

The stages of Broadway remain quiet in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis that has seen the shutters come down on all shows since March 12, and it will stay that way through the end of the year according to The Broadway League. Even before the shut-down, though, seeing Hamilton was out of reach for many of its fans.

Early in 2020, before the quarantine that would define all that came after, the announcement that Disney had bought the film rights to distribute a live performance of Hamilton was huge news. Filmed in 2016 with the Original Broadway Cast, Hamilton fans no longer had to wonder when they’d get a chance to take in the show, albeit on the big screen: Disney confirmed an October 2020 release. Then the coronavirus hit and Disney adjusted its plans, announcing they would premiere Hamilton by bringing it into the homes of its Disney+ subscribers just in time for the July 4th weekend.

ComingSoon.net had the opportunity to speak Phillipa Soo, one of Hamilton’s leading ladies, who graduated from Julliard in 2012 and in that same year was cast as the lead in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. Future Hamilton director Thomas Kail, and writer/star Lin-Manuel Miranda, took in a performance and asked Soo to take part in an early reading of their show.

Soo would go on to shepherd the role of Eliza, wife of the titular Alexander, all the way to Broadway. CS spoke to Soo, just a few weeks after she’d celebrated her birthday in quarantine by adopting a new puppy, about her time with Hamilton, and her thoughts on how it resonates in our current social and political climate.

ComingSoon.net: You were a part of Hamilton from the very beginning, from the first readings and all the way up through Broadway. What do you remember most about those early days?

Phillipa Soo: I remember constantly being surprised by like, the hair standing up on my arms, you know, all those moments. Because I started, and I only heard the second half of the show, because it was a reading of act two. So I didn’t have any idea what was happening in act one until the next reading that I did. And that was like, my mind was blown. I was just like, “what? ‘Helpless,’ ‘Satisfied,’” like, “this is incredible!” You know, and it just kept on adding from there. But I think the thread is that every single moment working on that show and hearing a new piece of music, or seeing a new person come in, it sort of clicked? Like it kept clicking, and the air would change in the room, and we would all sort of look at each other and be like: “whoa, okay. I can’t believe this.”

CS: Wow. That sounds incredibly intense. I have to wonder, what’s it like revisiting the show for you now? This film coming out while America is in the middle of another revolution, what some are calling the largest civil rights protest in history?

Soo: Yeah, I mean, I am so glad that we can have this film come out and have it be a part of the conversation into Black Lives Matter, and really examining what it means to be an American. And like the show, to see that it’s imperfect, that revolution is messy. And that shouldn’t deter us from going out into the streets, using our voice, using our ballot to create a country that we want to see.

CS: Eliza is such an emotional character in many ways that feels like she’s the audience’s surrogate emotionally. What’s your experience like inhabiting someone who goes through such profound emotional changes eight nights a week?

Soo: Well, it was not easy.

CS: I can’t imagine!

Soo: I mean, it’s not an easy task. Well, I’ll say this, it was easy in so many ways because the writing and the material is so profound, and I deeply connected to it on so many levels. So in terms of that old actor story of “being in the moment” and: “will the tears be there, will the emotion be there?” So often I didn’t really have to worry about that, because just looking at my cast, and listening to the words, and looking out into the audience and seeing all of the faces of the people who were coming to see it, I would just get emotional thinking about it.

CS: Sure.

Soo: So that fed me. That certainly fed me. But I think as a young actor, you don’t know how to prepare for something like that.

CS: Or how to re-emerge from the role?

Soo: More so to know how to maintain health and balance during things like that, because it’s so rare that an actor is asked to do the same thing, multiple nights in a row for like, two years. So I think I learned a lot about myself, as an actor and just sort of like, the mechanics of it and how to like, take care of myself.

CS: In many ways, Eliza’s journey reminds me of what a lot of Americans are going through right now. Do you see any common threads between her struggles and kind of what’s happening right now in the nation?

Soo: Certainly. I mean, here you have a mother who loses her child to a bullet. I think that certainly resonates with me. And I think that at the end of the day, what’s most important to remember is that these historical figures that we look at, when we see their stories, it’s important to remember that they were people, too? That their hardships are not just tales of a story long, long ago, that they were us, you know?

So I find that in moments now when I’m sort of looking at the world, I just try and remember that people have had hardships for centuries and centuries and centuries. And I feel quite lucky to be where I am. And I have to ask myself: what can I do based off of the hard work and fighting for change and fighting to have their stories told and their legacies maintained? Like what can I do to honor the people who have come before me by using my body, by using my voice? You know, how can I lift them up and honor them?

CS: It seems like Eliza’s legacy, I was reading a bit about her to refresh my memory, was the safety net she helped create for hundreds of orphan children, as well as documenting the work and legacy of her husband. And I wondered, did portraying her get you thinking about your own legacy and about how you’d want to be remembered?

Soo: Oh absolutely. I mean, I think as I was 25 and 26 at the time and thinking like, “what am I supposed to do?” This woman lived a full life, and helped so many people, and dedicated her life to uplifting voices that might not have been heard. So I don’t know, I just think like: “well, geez. Like, how can I try and even remotely do that?” But her story is so comforting because yes, we’re living in a moment where we “cannot throw away our shot.” Like we just, we can’t wait. We gotta go now. We gotta say the things we want to say. We gotta write the things we want to write. We need to connect with the people that we want to connect with.

And at the same time, there is time and we need to use it wisely. Even if that means like, waiting. Even if that means listening and patience; that there is a way to be constructive with your time. And I think that’s just for the individual person to know, like: “do I need to focus more on my output right now, or do I need to focus more on my input?” And that’s a question that we can continue to ask ourselves and continue to strive to move forward.

(Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage via Getty Images)

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Belzebuth Review

Rating:

6.5/10

Cast:

Tobin Bell as Vasilio Canetti

Joaquín Cosio as Emmanuel Ritter

Tate Ellington as Ivan Franco

Giovanna Zacarías as Leonor

Aurora Gill as Marina Ritter

Aida López as Elena

Yunuen Pardo as Beatríz

José Sefami as Demetrio

Co-written and Directed by Emilio Portes; Co-written by Luis Carlos Fuentes

Click here to rent or purchase Belzebuth!

Belzebuth Review:

The concept of possession has been one of the longest-lasting and most exhilarating of the horror genre when executed correctly and though motivations have mostly been left as a mystery in the past, there are a handful of films that see explanations given, some smart, others lackluster, and while Emilio Portes’ Belzebuth offers a fairly interesting justification for its events and scares, some of the dialogue and plotting can’t quite live up to its efforts.

Special Agent Emmanuel Ritter is enjoying the arrival of his newborn baby with his wife, but before she can be discharged from the hospital, a monumental tragedy strikes that leads to him losing both and heading towards a personal downward spiral. He is put on the case of a series of shocking massacres in his area, in which he comes across a paranormal forensic investigation team led by a Vatican priest and learns of a dark being responsible for the murders and must search for an excommunicated priest who may have knowledge on how to bring the madness to an end.

The opening minutes of the film may be a bit tonally imbalanced and over-the-top, with Tobin Bell’s narration feeling very mismatched with the happier moments of Ritter’s wife giving birth and the two preparing for a happy future, but its transition into its tragedy is smooth and incredibly effective, resulting in quite the jaw-dropping start for the events to come. As events unfold and more massacres occur, the character development of Ritter feels interesting and compelling, with the crime scenes themselves all proving visceral and shocking, though what it’s setting up feels very reminiscent of the Denzel Washington-starrer Fallen. Though there are some plot elements that many will not see coming as the film progresses, the clear connection of “an evil entity is driving these deaths” kind of makes it clear where some character arcs are heading and takes away from some of the originality on display.

The mood of the film finds a nice balance of working to keep its story grounded in reality while also delivering a number of solid scares, even if a number of the scares themselves prove predictable or expose some of the weaker dialogue and acting from its cast. One notable scene comes near the middle of the film as Ritter and Tate Ellington’s Ivan Franco investigate a seemingly abandoned church and are confronted by a form of the titular demon inhabiting a porcelain figure of Jesus on the cross. It’s a well-shot scene, keeping the more haunting elements in the dark and creating a highly-tense scene, but the dialogue from Franco in the scene does kind of suck the tension away as it becomes cyclical and pad the scene rather than just allow Ritter to “peacefully” interact with the demonic presence.

That scene aside, however, the majority of the scenes find a great way to deliver chills and scares that, even if seen before, still prove to be a thrill ride for genre fans. From unique takes on classic exorcism scenes to great practical effects work, the horror in the film is mostly enough of a joy ride to put aside some of its more lackluster writing and uninteresting performances. It’s not that the actors don’t appear to be trying, with Cosio delivering one of the better performances in the film, but even decent performances can’t quite seem to elevate some of the material.

Belzebuth may have quite a bit of dull dialogue and predictable plotting, but thanks to some skillful scares and a few points of originality, this is a chilling enough affair to strike fear in the hearts of the easier-to-frighten at the least, if not genre fans.

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Year: 2020

First trailer for David Ayer’s The Tax Collector revealed!

Zachary Levi to play Kurt Warner in Lionsgate’s American Underdog

WB unveils new poster art for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet

Exclusive Silent Running & The Thing Print Reveals From Vice Press!

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