In response to the user survey I Overlooked Trailers, a feature I will be posting on Fridays featuring trailers of interest that I may have, for one reason or another, not gotten to over the course of the week and trailers I simply didn’t feel like writing about… such as those you’ll find on the second page of this inaugural edition.
Many of you said you’d like to see information for smaller and independent films posted more often and this is only one of the ways I hope to do that and today I have a couple of titles — Samsara and The Ambassador — that look incredibly appealing, one of which you can head over to your television right now and watch if you so please.
For each title I will include the synopsis and every so often a few thoughts of my own. I hope you like this new addition to the site and stay tuned as this afternoon I’ll be posting a lengthy response to most everything you all brought up on the survey to give you greater insight as to all the changes you can expect from the upcoming redesign. Get excited, I am!
Samsara
August 24
Shot entirely in 70mm in 25 countries over the course of five years, Samsara reunites filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, whose award-winning films Baraka and Chronos brought a new visual and musical artistry to theaters. Dispensing with dialogue and descriptive text, Samsara explores the wonders of our world, from the mundane to the miraculous, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man’s spirituality and the human experience, and illuminating the links between humanity and the rest of nature.
The Ambassador
August 3 (VOD) / August 29 (Limited)
Similar to how Sacha Baron Cohen used Borat as something of a faux documentary using real people as his comedic case study, Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger takes things a bit further in what looks like an amazing movie, The Ambassador.
On Demand now, The Ambassador is said to rip the corroded lid off the global scheme of political corruption and exploitation happening in one of the most dangerous places on the planet: the Central African Republic. Armed with a phalanx of hidden cameras, black-market diplomatic credentials and a bleeding-edge wit, Brügger transforms himself into an outlandish caricature of a European-African consul. As he immerses himself in the life-threatening underworld of nefarious bureaucrats, Brügger encounters blood diamond smuggling, bribery, and even murder — while somehow managing to crack amazing razor-sharp barbs at every step along the way.
I honestly think I’ll be watching this tonight.
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
August 31 (IMAX 3D)
An explosive mix of warriors, fugitives and assassins converge in the desert for a deadly showdown in this multi-award winning, martial arts epic reuniting genre master Tsui Hark with Jet Li in an action-packed, visually breathtaking IMAX 3D experience.
The tale continues at the infamous Dragon Inn three years after it was left in ruins. A new gang has taken control of the inn as they secretly search for the nearby lost city of gold. Threatening to expose their search is the arrival of a beautiful fugitive from the palace accompanied by the swordsman who would die to protect her, and a group of assassins who will stop at nothing to find her.
