Bug - Film, Moive - Trailer

Plot: The waitress Agnes (Ashley Judd), lives in fear of her violent ex-husband Jerry Goss (Harry Connick Jr.), who has been let out of jail. Agnes meets Gulf War veteran Peter (Michael Shannon) and they hole up together and he becomes her protector and lover. Peter begins to talk about the war in Iraq, UFOs, the Oklahoma City bombings, cult suicides, and then secret government experiment on soldiers, of which he believes he is a victim. His delusions infect Agnes and they are contending with an apparent infestation of microscopic bugs. Oddness darken into madness. Other characters include Agnes' lesbian friend and co-worker, played by Lynn Collins; and Peter's doctor, played by Brían F. O'Byrne. The story addresses issues of domestic violence, conspiracy theories, paranoia and schizophrenia.

Genres: drama, horror, thriller

Starring: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr, Lynn Collins, Brían F. O'Byrne

Director: William Friedkin

Producers: Holly Wiersma, Kimberly C. Anderson, Gary Huckabay, Malcolm Petal

Written by Tracy Letts

Music by Brian Tyler

Distributed by Lions Gate Films (US), Maple Pictures (CAN), Lions Gate (UK), Metropolitan Filmexport (FRA)

Release dates: May 25, 2007(US), May 25, 2007 (Canada), 2007 (UK), February 21, 2007 (France)

Official Website: http://bugthemovie.com/

Film, Movie - The Number 23 + Trailer

Plot: Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) finds a book that seems to be based on his life. While reading the book, he comes across details of a murder that hasn't happened in real life yet; as a consequence, he becomes obsessed with the number twenty-three and its ambiguous involvement with the murder.

Genres: drama, mystery, thriller

Starring: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston, Paul Butcher, Lynn Collins, Rhona Mitra

Director: Joel Schumacher

Producers: Beau Flynn, Fernley Phillips, Tripp Vinson

Written by Fernley Phillips

Official Website: http://www.number23movie.com/

Comment:
I saw the preview for this film, and was pleasantly surprised. Carrey's performance in a "smart" thriller neither overshadows nor draws away from the experience.

The concept, while not entirely concrete in its execution, is refreshing to experience in this sea of sequels, remakes, "homages" and pointless bio-pics.

Virginia Madsen is also quite good, though she never (in my mind) got better than her role in Candyman.

Now the director. Thank goodness Joel Schumacher got into something serious and original. I had nearly lost hope for the man after his horrific Batman & Robin, but his noir-comedy piece works excellently. The Fingerling sequences have a rely cool hazy-noir-comic look that I hope remains the same in the final release. Also, his use of colors - the reds, browns, and other dark tones set the mood really well, though that may be more to the credit of the production designer. And seeing Jim Carrey play both characters - the likable dogcatcher-family man and the hardcore, take no BS, sax-playin detective BELIEVABLY only reinforces his staying power as a legitimate actor.