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[Review] “The Struggle Is Real” In The New Horror Film ‘Tone-Deaf’
The story of Tone-Deaf begins with Olive (Amanda Crew) going through an odd break up with her boyfriend and practically at the same time suffering the wrath from her boss and getting fired. A frustrated Olive decides to bale out of town and she books the weekend at a very large home. Harvey (Robert Patrick) the owner of the house, claims to have recently lost his wife and lives not too far from the home, just down the road to be precise. Too many memories keep Harvey close to the home. Harvey is battling through his own demons as his son David, (Ronnie Gene Blevins) has a deep fear that his father is slipping into dementia and this man that he once knew is turning into something quite different. Of course, Harvey denies this. Harvey has his sights set on Olive, and he is out for murder!
After watching the trailer for the film I already started developing an opinion on how this movie was going to play out, and it seemed absolutely bonkers! and Robert Patrick to top it off? Yeah, this movie was on my radar for sure and I knew I must see it!
The film uses some very weird and colorful nightmare scenes that just didn’t appease me at all. The scenes were more of an art performance and consisted of everything Harvey dislikes about Millenials, this baby-boomer cannot stomach these types of people. Stuck in the middle, I personally do not feel a part of either generation so this conflict in the film really has sparked an interest. I also need to note that the dialogue in the film adds a humorous temperament throughout with lines cited by Robert Patrick’s character, Harvey – “Sunglasses are for the outside, and Sundays are for the lord.” Outside of the humorous aspects of the film, there are moments throughout Tone-Deaf’s 87-minute runtime where Harvey starts speaking directly into the camera to the viewer, a very creepy idea and I absolutely could not help but squirm in my seat!
Tone-Deaf is a step by step manual on the divide culturally between our current generation. After the first twenty minutes, I found myself sold on this film and everything about it. The film made me laugh, cover my eyes and I didn’t catch myself checking my cell phone every five minutes. If you need something entertaining, fun and straight out bat shit crazy, Tone-Deaf is your go-to film.
Tone-Deaf made its world premiere at this year’s SXSW. The film is currently in theaters and On Demand from Saban Films.
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‘Invisible Man 2’ Is “Closer Than Its Ever Been” to Happening
Elisabeth Moss in a very well-thought-out statement said in an interview for Happy Sad Confused that even though there have been some logistical issues for doing Invisible Man 2 there is hope on the horizon.
Podcast host Josh Horowitz asked about the follow-up and if Moss and director Leigh Whannell were any closer to cracking a solution to getting it made. “We are closer than we have ever been to cracking it,” said Moss with a huge grin. You can see her reaction at the 35:52 mark in the below video.
Whannell is currently in New Zealand filming another monster movie for Universal, Wolf Man, which might be the spark that ignites Universal’s troubled Dark Universe concept which hasn’t gained any momentum since Tom Cruise’s failed attempt at resurrecting The Mummy.
Also, in the podcast video, Moss says she is not in the Wolf Man film so any speculation that it’s a crossover project is left in the air.
Meanwhile, Universal Studios is in the middle of constructing a year-round haunt house in Las Vegas which will showcase some of their classic cinematic monsters. Depending on attendance, this could be the boost the studio needs to get audiences interested in their creature IPs once more and to get more films made based on them.
The Las Vegas project is set to open in 2025, coinciding with their new proper theme park in Orlando called Epic Universe.
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’ Series Gets Early Release Date
Jake Gyllenhaal’s limited series Presumed Innocent is dropping on AppleTV+ on June 12 instead of June 14 as originally planned. The star, whose Road House reboot has brought mixed reviews on Amazon Prime, is embracing the small screen for the first time since his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.
Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.
These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:
According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.
Presumed Innocent is an eight-episode limited series set to stream on AppleTV+ starting June 12.
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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed
The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.
Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.
The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.
Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”
Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.
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