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Michael Fassbender is on a hunt for a serial killer in a new crime thriller horror film from director Tomas Alfredson “The Snowman.”

The Swedish filmmaker has so far delivered with “Let the Right One In” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and his latest looks like another winner.

Rebecca Ferguson, Chloe Sevigny, Val Kilmer, J.K. Simmons, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Toby Jones co-star, so there is some serious talent in involved in the film. Martin Scorsese was also once attached to direct the film back in 2013.

The Snowman is based on the novel of the same name by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø and it set to open on October 13.

Here’s the official synopsis of “The Snowman:”

When an elite crime squad’s lead detective (Fassbender) investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit (Ferguson), the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall.

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Emma Stone may be headed back to Oscar glory and make history after her latest film, ‘Battle of the Sexes’ premiered to rave reviews at the Telluride Film Festival. The sports comedy-drama film from directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) was written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and stars Emma Stone as legendary tennis player Billie Jean King.

Stone, who recently won an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing an aspiring actress in last year’s La La Land, was in Colorado on Saturday to promote her new movie ahead of the film’s release later this month. Billie Jean King was also at the premiere screening.

The plot is loosely based on the eponymous battle of the sexes tennis match in 1973 when King was a 29, against Bobby Riggs (played in the film by Steve Carell,) then 55-years-old. King won the match in three sets, and the win became a milestone in public acceptance of women’s tennis. There was heavy media attention leading to the match as a few months earlier, Riggs won a similar match against Margaret Court, while King founded the Women’s Tennis Association.

Also in the film are Bill Pullman, Elisabeth Shue and Sarah Silverman. ‘Battle of the Sexes’ will again be screening at the Toronto International Film Festival next week, followed by a limited release on September 22.

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Takashi Miike’s latest film “Blade Of The Immortal” gets a red band treatment, fitting for its bloody content and its not for the squeamish. See trailer below.

For those unaware, keep in mind before watching the trailer that the legendary Japanese director is never one to shy away from blood and extreme violence that is stylistically a major part of his film’s themes which defined his career, and this trailer proves just that.

Based on the eponymous manga series by Hiroaki Samura, Blade of the Immortal is Miike’s 100th film. The film is set to premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas this month of September, and then later nationwide on November 3, 2017.

Here’s the synopsis for the film:

“Samurai Manji has taken a lot of lives, both innocent and guilty, and now lives life in feudal Japan as a criminal. After being cursed with immortality until he kills enough evil men, Manji meets a young girl who enlists him to be her body-guard. Swearing loyalty, protection and vengeance against the group of sword fighters who slaughtered her family, the unlikely duo set on a remarkable quest to make right against those who did them wrong.”

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“Super Troopers 2” won’t be in theaters until next year, but the film already has a new red band trailer, and it looks like the hilarious team is back to their shenanigans on the highways of Vermont.

There is good reason the characters’ antics will please its fans. Though the film was not a massive hit during it’s theatrical run, the film did emerged as a cult classic since it’s release. That fan-base who responded after Broken Lizard started a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, eventually raising $4.4 million, allowing them to film the sequel.

Comedy troupe Broken Lizard consisting of Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske, return as writers. The team also stars in the film with Rob Lowe co-starring, while Chandrasekhar is directing.

Fox Searchlight Pictures will release “Super Troopers 2”, slated for April 20, 2018, 17 years after the original film’s release.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

Everyone’s favorite cops are back (by popular demand) with the long anticipated follow up to the cult comedy classic: Super Troopers 2. When the United States and Canada get into a dispute about the location of the actual border, the Super Troopers – Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva – are called in to set up a new Highway Patrol station in the contested area. Our heroes quickly revert to their own brand of unconventional police work.

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Lionsgate has released an official trailer to the upcoming sci-fi thriller “Rememory”, finally giving us a peek of what seems to be an intriguing sci-fi and psychological whodunit combo.

“Rememory” follows the mysterious death of a scientific pioneer (Martin Donovan) who created a machine capable of extracting and viewing memories. Sam Bloom, played by Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage, steals the machine to set to solve the murder, thereby uncovering a series of events, relives other’s lives which puts him in dangerous situations.

The film also stars Julia Ormond, Henry Ian Cusick, Martin Donovan, Evelyne Brochu, and the late Anton Yelchin. Yelchin died last June 2016 outside his home in Studio City, California after a freak accident with his own vehicle. Rememory is one of the films Yelchin filmed prior to his death and one of the film’s he’s in that still will be released posthumously.

Directed by Mark Palansky, “Rememory” premiered last January at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, will be released on August 24 on Google Play, and will have a limited theatrical release on September 8.

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Creepy uninvited guests invade Darren Aronofsky’s first full length trailer to his new psychological horror-thriller “Mother!”.

The cryptic trailer shows couple Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem one day letting an unwelcome guest in their isolated house. First there was a strange man played by Ed Harris, then later a strange woman played by Michelle Pfeiffer. Both appear to be bad decisions as thing quickly escalate from there as a series of frightening images flash on the screen while composer Jóhann Jóhannsson’s terrifying score play in the background.

The trailer shows a suspenseful and dark overall tone similar to Aronofsky’s highly successful Black Swan from 2010, while also recalls another psychological horror classic Rosemary’s Baby.

Written by Darren Aronofsky, the film co-stars Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, and Kristen Wiig. “Mother!” will be premiering at the 74th Venice International Film Festival before it’s scheduled theatrical release on September 15, 2017.

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A. A. Milne finds his inspiration through his young son Christopher Robin Milne for his fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh in the new trailer of Fox Searchlight’s “Goodbye Christopher Robin”.

Directed by Simon Curtis of My Week With Marilyn, “Goodbye Christopher Robin” stars
Domhnall Gleeson as the man who created the teddy bear character A. A. Milne, while Will Tilston is his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. “I’d really like if you wrote a book for me. I’d definitely read it,” Christopher Robin says in the trailer.

Also in the film are Margot Robbie as A. A. Milne’s wife Daphne de Sélincourt, Kelly Macdonald as Christopher Robin’s nanny Olive, Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Mary Brown, and Alex Lawther as the older Christopher Robin.

The film shows the origin of the Pooh Bear from an author who was coping with his post-traumatic stress following his return from World War I. After the war there was so much sadness. Then ‘Winnie the Pooh’ came along,” says Ribin’s nanny Olive.

Here is the film’s official synopsis:
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will TIlston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?

“Goodbye Christopher Robin” will be in select theaters on October 13th, 2017, with expansions planned in the succeeding weeks.

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Writer-director Darren Aronofsky is back to his dark psychological horror/thriller turf with “Mother!” starring Jennifer Lawrence, and we finally have a first look at what the director and his star has been up to.

The creepy teaser starts with Lawrence wandering around an empty house with mysterious voices of various characters heard in the background. The teaser then ended with intense quick cuts of Michelle Pfeiffer and Javier Bardem as well as horrifying images that suggests something ominous and sinister is about to happen.

Written by Darren Aronofsky, the cast also includes Ed Harris, Kristen Wiig, Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson. As the film is kept under wraps, not a lot is known about its plot. Paramount’s official synopsis for the film reads: “A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.”

As announced on the end of the teaser, there will be a full trailer next week, August 8.

Known for his mind-bending films such as Black Swan, The Fountain, and Requiem for a Dream, Aronofsky last directed the Biblical epic turned Hollywood blockbuster “Noah” with Russell Crowe in the title role.

“Mother!” will be premiering at the 74th Venice International Film Festival before it’s scheduled theatrical release on September 15, 2017.