Movie Trailers for August

The story is that I wanted to watch a movie in August, but when it came down to it, it was either spend 3 hours watching The Odyssey or watching Spider-Man, and neither one of those propositions appealed to me.

I usually do just ten of these, plus some honorable mentions for TV series. This month is gonna be different because...there are some patterns. I'll group movies with similar elements with a title.

Our House. In the Middle of Our--OH GOD WHAT IS THAT!? 

The Last House (August 7th)

The End of Oak Street (August 14th)

 

I listed The Last House first because it just looks better and it reminds me less of the 1997 The Outer Limits episode, "Feasibility Study."

It also looks a little more horror than action, with a mystery that slowly unravels. As opposed to The End of Oak Street, which concedes we're on an alien planet with murder dinosaurs and I guess you're just fucked.

 

One Night Only (August 7th)

 

I've seen people bagging on this because the premise is inherently puritanical, but I don't think the message of that film is that it's good. I think that like any good science fiction, we're supposed to learn more from the humans in the scenario instead of questioning the premise.

I'm not a rom-com guy, but it won me over. I don't know the appeal of Callum Turner. I guess that's what they call "suspension of disbelief." 

 

Colony (August 28th)

Actually, I'm intrigued. It's zombies, but a fun twist on it.  

The Succession Wars, but the Throne Is That of Pineapple Express

Idiots (August 28th)

THAT is a fucking trailer!

The Wrong Girls (August 14th) 

Girl stoner action comedy? Kristen Stewart and Kate McKinnon are draws. And it has more claim to the Pineapple Express throne, despite lacking a Franco. But...not really my thing.

 

Tony (August 7th)

Ever since A24 got in bed with AI, I'm less compelled put them on these lists, but I do want to rag on what appears to be a completely pedestrian coming of age story about a Very Special Boy who turns out to be Anthony Bourdain. 

Just read Kitchen Confidential.

 

Super Troopers 3 (August 7th)

I wish these were as good as the first one. We all do. Sometimes, you've only got one song in ya though. I'd at least respect them a bit if they were riffing with an understanding of Indian culture, but it looks like it's gonna be sarees and basket snakes all the way down.

 

Romantic Youth Substitutes for Ipecac

Driver's Ed (August 7th)

I hate a trailer with a trailer at the start. This is a 20 minute premise with a 90 minute runtime (it's more than 90 minutes).

There is a charm to it, but I'll leave that up to Gen Z to find.

Finding Emily (August 28th) 

 

 

I was prepped for a "Few things could draw me less than a movie named 'Finding [middle-aged white woman name].' She's in the SUV parked in a suburb."

 

But it's a generic little twenties movie. It would be fine to call it "a bit broad" for the tropes its using, but the clip about someone saying "toxic masculinity" for a guy trying to find a girl who was into him seems like it's maybe giving undue attention to that intersection between how someone pursues a romantic interest and the public line about what's "too far" in doing that.

 

Let's face it; it's gonna be shit.

 

 

Coyote Vs. Acme (August 28th)

 

This was a movie a lot of people wanted released out of spite, even though Looney Tunes movies typically don't perform that well at the box office. Do you remember The Day the Earth Exploded? few people do. I suppose there's some reason this is being released by...Ketchup Entertainment instead of Warner Bros., but I don't care.

 

Let's see if Will Forte can break the curse of having Will Forte's agent.

 

 

Willem DaFriend

The Birthday Party (August 14th)

 

An actor with a great agent is Willem DaFoe. He isn't just great, he keeps getting great roles. This looks like a straightforward drama with Willem DaFoe being what Nicholas Cage tries to be in every movie.

 

Late Fame (August 7th)

 

This is such an indy film lil' film with Willem DaFoe. Compels me.

 

 

 

Hot Spot (August 21st) 

10% chance it's a timeless sci-fi classic. 90% it's crap. I...I might roll those dice. 

 

 

 

Honorable Mentions

 

Lanterns (August 16th)

HBO Whatever. Series. 

 

Looks okay. The James Gunn DC stuff seems crazy unfocused, but let's see where it goes. I was looking for the trailer using DuckDuckGo's video search feature and I could tell the fake AI trailers because they were the ones where they were using the ring.