A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
Loren Cass (2006): Merely going off the film’s own press release, it’s difficult to discern what this movie is, although we learn a lot about how [...]
DIRECTED BY: Daniel Barnz
FEATURING: Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson
PLOT: Adorable, precocious and angst-ridden Phoebe (Fanning) has a psychological
disorder that makes her spit on her classmates and occasionally talk to the Red Queen, among other misbehaviors; she uses her role in the school’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” as self-therapy.
WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: A [...]
“[Producer] Jeremy [Thomas] knew [raising money to make Tideland] would be difficult, particularly because the film is very, very weird.”–Terry Gilliam
DIRECTED BY: Terry Gilliam
FEATURING: Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jeff Bridges
PLOT: Jeliza-Rose is a nine year old girl with an active imagination who is being raised by a pair of junkies. When her father spirits her [...]
