Kind of a bad week for trailers, but here are a few that I've missed
Warrior
The story for this one is rather simple. A former MMA fighter has to return to the ring in order to care for his family, only to have to face his brother in the final round. Basically the makings of 90%of all sports movies.
Two things make this movie stand out for me. First off is the cast, I'm quickly becoming a fan of Tom Hardy (Inception) he's really been on a rocket as far as his career has gone, and its only going to improve when he plays Bane in Christopher Nolan's next Batman movie. Also, there is some very early Oscar buzz going for Nick Nolte, who plays the recovering alcoholic father that trains Hardy for his bout against his brother. Nolte has always gotten a bit of a bad reputation as of late, but believe or not he is more than capable of giving a really good performance. If I had to say his greatest fault as an actor is never reaching the potential he has shown in a few of his movies, allowing the outside world to overshadow them.
The other thing that catches my eye is that fact that it has Gavin O'Connor directing it. He hasn't made many films (this marking his third in the past decade), but among them was Miracle from 2004, which is a really underrated sports movie in my opinion, so hopefully he recaptures some of that magic for this movie.
Warrior is expected to come out September 9th
Crazy Stupid Love
Lately it seems as though more and more ensemble comedies are being released as of late, where we get a whole bunch of name actors portraying characters in a number of intertwining stories with no real focus. Crazy Stupid Love is kind of like that, but not entirely. It instead focuses on three select story lines rather than a multitude of them to spread out a weak plot.
The story at the core of this one centers around Steve Carrell, who is in the middle of a divorce with his wife, played by Julianne Moore. So in order to rebound he goes out to meet women and gets tutored in the way of modern women by a womanizer named Ryan Gosling. It gets a little more complicated and that, but essentially thats the gist of it.
I really like the cast for this one, Carrell in anything not related to The Office has always been good (I cant stand him on The Office), and the rest of them are primarily dramatic actors who have dabbled in comedy, but it looks like this movie will have a nice balance between both the drama and comedy to help that. Ryan Gosling will be interesting to see how he holds up, since this is his first role in a comedy, and this is a guy who is primed for a commercial breakout...well, at least for a breakout in something that isnt The Notebook.
Crazy Stupid Love is slated for a July 29th release date.
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