In a World – Movie Trailer
Sep 9th
Lake Bell (“Children’s Hospital”) stars in In a World…, a hilarious romantic comedy about a struggling vocal coach who strikes it big in the cutthroat world of movie-trailer voiceovers, only to find herself in direct competition with the industry’s reigning king-her father. Written and directed by Bell, who won the Sundance 2013 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for the script, In a World… also stars Fred Melamed (A Serious Man), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Demetri Martin (“Important Things with Demetri Martin”), Michaela Watkins (“Enlightened”), Ken Marino (“Burning Love”), Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”), Alexandra Holden (The Hot Chick) and Tig Notaro (“The Sarah Silverman Program”).
“Closed Circuit” a Terrific Two-Pronged Thriller
Sep 7th
“Terrific Two-Pronged Thriller”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
Closed Circuit is a terrific thriller about what is called the biggest high-profile murder case in British history.
Eric Bana stars as Martin Rose, who becomes the attorney for the defendant after the previous attorney committed suicide.
Or did he?
And to complicate matters, a woman, Claudia, whom Martin once had an affair with, is the defendant’s special advocate, and because of the sensitivity of the case to the government’s national interests, she is allowed to see information that not even the defendant, nor Martin, nor the general public will be allowed to know about.
Also, Claudia cannot share that information with Martin in defending the case against the accused murderer.
At any rate, Martin tells his superior, “You may rely on me.”
Unfortunately, this might not be a case of what you don’t know can’t hurt you.
Both Martin and Claudia discover that they are being kept under surveillance by an unknown person or persons.
In fact, evidence suggests that MI5, the British secret intelligence agency concerned with national affairs, might be involved in the case.
Or are they?
Martin and Claudia even get attacked separately, and Martin is laid up in the hospital.
So, Martin has to wade through a room full of documents left by the previous attorney, and Claudia has to go through the evidence that is revealed to her in secrecy as they both make their cases for the defendant.
And someone else who has been in contact with Martin about the case turns up dead.
So, we get two stories going on at once involving Martin and Claudia, with crosscutting between the two, and the tension becomes as thick as a London fog.
In addition, not everyone they know whether or not connected to the case is as they seem.
Eventually, Martin and Claudia determine that there is no good way out of this, and they are not strong enough to fight whoever is making it difficult for them.
On the other hand, Martin doesn’t want to give up and tell whoever is watching them that he and Claudia will do as they are told.
Although Martin and Claudia agree that they were the worst thing that ever happened to each other, their working on this case might not even let them correct the situation.
Closed Circuit is a terrific two-pronged thriller.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
Closed Circuit – Movie Trailer
Sep 2nd
In the international suspense thriller “Closed Circuit,” a high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team – testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy. One morning, a busy London market is decimated by an explosion. In the manhunt that follows, only one member of the suspected terrorist cell survives: Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto), who is arrested and jailed. Preparations begin for what promises to be the trial of the century. But there’s a hitch: the government will use classified evidence to prosecute Erdogan, evidence so secret that neither he nor his lawyers can be allowed to see it. Hence the need for the Attorney General (Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent) to appoint a Special Advocate, an additional government-approved defense lawyer (Claudia Simmons-Howe, played by Golden Globe Award nominee Rebecca Hall), one who has clearance to see classified evidence and who can argue for its full disclosure when the trial moves to “closed” session. The rules for the Special Advocate are clear: once the secret evidence is shared with her, Claudia will not be allowed to communicate even with the defendant or with other members of the defense team. But just as the case is on the eve of going to trial, Erdogan’s lawyer dies suddenly, and a new defense attorney, Martin Rose (Eric Bana), quickly steps in. Martin is tenacious, driven, and brilliant – and an ex-lover of Claudia’s. The two lawyers make an uncomfortable pact to keep their former affair hidden. But as Martin begins to piece the case together, the outlines of a sinister conspiracy emerge, one that will draw him and Claudia dangerously close again.
