- Death of a Unicorn, a horror-comedy from A24
- The Woman in the Yard, a psychological horror from Blumhouse
- A Working Man, an action-thriller from MGM
I’m making this post to bring attention to original movies being released that people here might not have heard about. If it’s recieved well, perhaps I’ll make this a weekly series of posts about originals being released.
Okay, technically, A Working Man is based on a book, but for all intents and purposes, it’s original.
Went to see Unicorn just as it came out - purely by chance, I was in town and needed to kill a couple of hours.
You’ll find this out if you look at most reviews, but it’s a solid 6/10 movie. It’s competent and has an interesting premise, but it doesn’t do anything terribly original with it. The “scare” moments were predictable to even a passive fan of horror, though not unearned.
What brings it out of mediocrity are the performances; the whole cast is bringing their A game. Even if the characters never really surprise you, they’re still somehow believable and it’s easy to root for (or against) them.
All three of these look pretty interesting.
If you told me that these posters were parody artwork I would belive you.
The text is too clear to be AI; must be real!
…this timeline sucks.
I’m not convinced they aren’t
Theres multiple theatrical trailers for the woman in the yard.
The first one looks like a porn parody and I dont know why.
“Death of the Unicorn - One mens struggle with erectal disfunction”
That very much sounds like a moment for self-reflection.
Working Man is technically original but its also Jason Statham shooting a million dudes while acting like Billy Badass so its kinda just derivative of all his other movies.
It looks so generic 😑
“From the director of The Beekeeper” is enough to make me uninterested in this.
That movie sucked, even for a “Jason Statham kills people for 90 minutes” movie.
Hmmm, sounds like something I’ll like.
If you just like “Shoot Em Up” movies and aren’t turned off by the idea of Paul Giamatti sucking on a dead woman’s milky tit then I have the movie for you.
I’m listening…
Jason Statham is like his own IP now, similar to superhero or star wars movies. Should we call it the “Jason Statham universe”?
You mean the Stathamverse?
*except Spy
I once jumped a car onto a moving train while on fire
Sounds VERY original.
And we love to see it!
You see Statham on the poster, you know exactly what you are getting.
I was surprised by just how far they pushed the ending of The Meg 2. That might be only a film I like though!
Ferocious bald man
Oi, I’m from fackin landan you, cant. jump kick to the head
So aufentic it makes me omesick, innit?
It looks like a carbon copy of Bee Keeper
“I just want to do my job” -Jason Statham in Transporter/Beekeeper/Working Man
He’s like the AC/DC of acting: you know exactly what you’re getting each time.
He had all kinds of jobs. First a transporter, a mechanic and then a bee keeper.
Sounds like… a working man 😂
He is the Johnny sins of the acting world, obviously not as accomplished still.
Plus a diver and a dancer in music videos. But these two in real life.
And an extensive military career as a highly trained operative in every private and government special program.
A24 and Blumhouse will always get the benefit of the doubt from me, at least for me checking them out. Paying for a theater experience has to be for a movie I’m super hyped for, however.
Statham… 🫥
The other two seem very interesting though!
These are the types of movies I want to watch. Consider this post received well (by me).
I have heard about one and a half of these.
There are no longer gatekeepers, which means there are no longer promoters outside of narrowly defined online niches associated to specific brands or viral hits.
It… kinda sucks. I miss when we all heard about the same things. There were pros and cons to all the centralied control of dicourse, but man, do the pros sound increasingly better than the cons this century.
Yeah I have to check the Alamo app once a week to keep up what drives me nutts is they release all the originals in the same week to avoid the slop franchise movies. So it makes hard to see them in theater. Since the window for them being there is so short.
If A Working Man is based on a book, you can’t really call it original. It’s also another Statham action movie, which also can’t really be called original.
I am excited to see Death of a Unicorn.
A fresh horror movie to watch that I have never heard of before?
Yes please!
Two, if one counts Death of a Unicorn as well, in spite of its comedic elements.
If it’s horror comedy like The Menu I’d probably like it. Tough category to pull off though
The menu was great.
The vibes I get from the trailer is that it will be similar to Ready or Not 2019, which I thought was an okay movie but that the female lead was too helpless towards the end.
How’d you feel about Cabin in the Woods?
I guess this is why sequels and reboots are so popular.
Planning on seeing A Working Man and Death of a Unicorn this weekend.
I was not overly excited by the trailer for “… Unicorn” but will watch it to give it a chance. The Monkey was borderline too silly for me but I did enjoy that one.
Original movies come out all the time. Any given week, if you look up what’s currently playing, there are some original movies. I’m so sick of people constantly complaining there’s nothing original because they’d know about all the original movies coming out if they actually cared. It’s like hearing someone complain there’s nowhere to buy groceries while on a street with three grocery stores.
nobody advertising originals means nobody will see them since they might sa well not exist. Not everyones browser home page is the imdb released today list. Basically nobodies is. Most people are casual viewers. I’d say its very good casual viewer is getting exhausted of capeshit or sequels and wants something new. Unless you want only films people see to be disney cashgrabs or marvel copy pastes, I don’t see why you complain people bringing attention to different films, especially ones not from hollywood.
Yeah but I think it’s childish to complain about movies “might as well not existing” if you haven’t even looked for them.
Things that don’t get advertised might as well not exist.
Is that your attitude to everything in life? The only book I’ve seen advertised lately is the new Hunger Games. Do people assume it’s the only book released lately or do people who want to read go to the fucking bookstore and see what else is there? If you need a new stove or a new sofa, do you wait around for an advertisement or do you fucking look for what you want? If you have a child, do you research what toys and books might be good for them or do things only exist if an advertisement happens across your screen?
I dont go on bookdatabase or gamesdatabase or sofadatabase and take all the new books/games/sofas released that day. I usually watch reviews from people i trust and any that have caught my eye from people talking about them online, eg recently released threads. After which I add it to a list to check it out later. As in reminder that word of mouth advertising is advertising and you are complaining about it.
You know why? You would if you checked new movie/whatever releases. It is cause 90-99% of new releases are shit. And again i don’t know a single fucking person who sits in the new releases one and spends hundreds every day watching films (that may not even available in their region) in order to “not be someone influenced by marketing, word of mouth or otherwise” cause that is insane.
Where did I complain about word of mouth advertising? Somehow you took my comment as a complaint about the original post advertising that there are original films. I didn’t take any issue with the post.
My complaint is people saying there are no original films when there are. I think it’s reasonable to expect someone who cares enough to complain that there are no original films to care enough to look up what films are out
Calling people childish for wishing there were more original movies and more advertising for original movies and spending every single post arguing how people should just shut up and find movies on their own. Your attitude says that to me, even if you did not mean it.
I’m not complaining about bringing attention to original films. I’m just saying if all the people whining “there’s nothing original” actually wanted original, they’d bother to look up what’s playing
I go out of my way to watch as many original movies at the theater as i can so they make and release more. This is a great post to keep tabs on new ones to see. Thanks
