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Trespass (VOD/limited)
“‘Trespass‘ is a stupid movie, with even dumber characters, and an atrocious plot. It’s a pointless movie that does nothing to further the home invasion subgenre, and ultimately becomes a snoozer of a copycat that isn’t worth a second of your time.”
There’s no arguing the filmmaking talent behind Trespass, directed by Joel Schumacher, but what hits the screen is an embarrassingly clichéd home invasion thriller that doesn’t have a single drop of entertainment value.
The pic centers on a crafty business man (Nicolas Cage) who, along with his wife (Nicole Kidman) and daughter (Liana Liberato), are the victims of a home invasion. The intruders want Cage to open his safe, which holds hundreds of thousands of dollars and diamonds.
The first and foremost problem is that there truly is nothing at stake. The invaders aren’t threatening; all they do is spend the first 45 minutes screaming back and forth with Cage. There are no sexual advances on Kidman or Liberato, and none of the masked men/women physically assault Cage. They literally just throw spit at each other and make loud threats. An hour into the movie, one of the baddies tosses out a line that literally says it all: “ Let’s start over.” That is the point where the movie should have started. Things finally escalate, but by then it’s too little, too late.
Even more embarrassing is the jumbled third act that ends up playing like the “OC” skit on “SNL” (see below). And even worse of an offense are the onslaught of twists (if you can even call them that) that prompted me to exclaim “what a twist!” aloud on several occasions.
Trespass is a stupid movie, with even dumber characters, and an atrocious plot. It’s a pointless movie that does nothing to further the home invasion subgenre, and ultimately becomes a snoozer of a copycat that isn’t worth a second of your time.
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‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel ‘Apartment 7A’ from ‘Relic’ Director Heads to Paramount+ This Halloween
Get ready to revisit the Bramford apartment building this Fall. Paramount+ today announced that the all-new original film set before Rosemary’s Baby, Apartment 7A, will premiere this Halloween season exclusively on the streaming service.
Set in 1965 New York City, the film tells the story prior to the horror classic Rosemary’s Baby, exploring what happened in the apartment before Rosemary Woodhouse moved in.
Our first look image gives a closer peek at the Bramford. Check it out above.
Directed by Relic filmmaker Natalie Erika James, the film stars Julia Garner (Ozark, Wolf Man), Dianne Wiest (Mayor of Kingstown), Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) and Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean film series). Additional supporting cast includes Marli Siu (Anna and the Apocalypse), Andrew Buchan (All the Money in the World), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean) and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Wonka).
In Apartment 7A, “When a struggling, young dancer (Garner) suffers a devastating injury, she finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected, older couple promises her a shot at fame.”
“Apartment 7A is the perfect way to kick off the Halloween season,” said Jeff Grossman, Executive Vice President, Programming, Paramount+. “Director Natalie Erika James and the prodigious creative team have crafted a chilling and clever new entry into the genre.”
The psychological thriller is a Paramount+ original movie in association with Paramount Pictures and is based on the novel Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin. Directed by James, with a screen story by Skylar James and a script by Natalie Erika James & Christian White and Skylar James, the film is executive produced by Vicki Dee Rock and Alexa Ginsburg, and is produced by John Krasinski, Allyson Seeger, p.g.a, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, p.g.a, and Brad Fuller.
While Paramount+ hasn’t announced the official debut date just yet, expect Apartment 7A to arrive just in time for Halloween as part of the streamer’s Peak Screaming collection that offers a broad and popular lineup of new originals, fan-favorite horror movies and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series.
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