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Here’s the New Trailer for BODY BROKERS Starring Frank Grillo and Melissa Leo

BODYBROKERSwhichis directed and written byJohn Swab (Run with the Hunted, Let Me Make You a Martyr) and stars Frank Grillo (The Purge franchise, Captain America franchise, The Grey), Melissa Leo (Prisoners, The Fighter, Frozen River), Jack Kilmer (The Nice Guys, Palo Alto), Michael K. Williams (12 Years a Slave, “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Wire”), Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day franchise), and Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures, Ginger & Rosa). Check out the trailer:

One of the key takeaways from the film is that unfortunately, drug treatment facilities are organized as a multi-billion dollar insurance scandal rather than a center created to help individuals with addiction.  
Director John Swab saw this first hand, which inspired him to create the film.

Utah and Opal are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood (Michael Kenneth Williams) brings them to Los Angeles for treatment. While Utah finds sobriety with the help of the treatment center shrink (Academy Award®-Winner Melissa Leo), he soon learns that rehab is not about helping people—it’s merely a cover scheme for a multibillion dollar fraud operation, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Seduced by the money, but troubled by the hypocrisy, Utah must decide between what will make him rich, and what will save Opal.

BODY BROKERS stars Jack Kilmer, Michael K. Williams, Jessica Rothe, Alice Englert, Peter Greene, Owen Campbell, Sam Quartin, Thomas Dekker, with Frank Grillo and Melissa Leo

KABOOM – The Review

Who is The Chosen Son and what the f *ck does it all mean?

There is a lot going on in writer/director Gregg Araki’s new film KABOOM. Most of the frantic energy emitted from the film is refreshingly welcome, although often jarring and jaded. Araki, known for his intensely hip indie films such as MYSTERIOUS SKIN and THE DOOM GENERATION, has created a sex comedy for a new generation, but it’s much more than just crude sex humor.

KABOOM is a comical science-fiction story about a group of college students, each experiencing a unique sexual odyssey. Laced with undertones of horror. The title is catchy, but if KABOOM were renamed to describe what the viewer should expect, it may go something like… “Donnie Darko Goes to White Castle While Horny and Tripping on Acid Made by David Lynch.”

Thomas Dekker (HEROES, 7TH HEAVEN) plays Smith, a sexually confused young man and the central character around which the rest of the crazy, hormonal universe of KABOOM revolves. Haley Bennett (THE HOLE, MARLEY & ME) plays Stella, Smith’s lesbian best friend and lover to Lorelei (Roxane Mesquida), a strange, exotic woman with mystical sexual powers. Juno Temple (THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, ATONEMENT) plays London, a promiscuous pleasure guru who befriends Smith.

Smith is haunted by visions of a troubled red-haired girl (Nicole LaLiberte, DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS) and violent men in animal masks. KABOOM is a bizarre journey full of plot twists and shocking jolts of abstraction. Araki has employed a nearly over-saturated color palette and stark contrast in lighting to pack punch into the heavy, uncomfortable scenes, while keeping the lighter moments resembling an R-rated TV sitcom version of THE BREAKFAST CLUB.

Araki’s dialogue is sharp and witty, at times nearly too much so. His stock of supporting and bit characters span an array of modern stereotypes, but the humor works well enough to summon laughter, even during the less original moments. While the first third of KABOOM skates by mostly on raunchy humor, sex and nudity, the remainder of the film will have many scratching their heads and others applauding it as a pseudo-psychedelic work of modern art.

Pay attention when watching KABOOM. This is not a leisurely popcorn flick. Those who enjoyed DONNIE DARKO, LOST HIGHWAY, or THE RULES OF ATTRACTION are likely to enjoy this film. Those who prefer a tidy, typical and safe ending to their movies should tread with caution when seeing KABOOM, but I still recommend you tread to see Araki’s imperfect, yet challenging and entertaining film.

In the end, the audience will be split between those who love KABOOM and those who hate it… determined almost exclusively by the viewers’ preconceived notions (if any) of what they were expecting to witness on screen. Some may say Wes Craven’s SCREAM franchise changed the rules for the horror film, but Gregg Araki’s KABOOM takes the rules of the horror film, rolled them up and smoked them, baked the ashes in a batch of brownies and got high again, just for good measure.

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Remake Picks Up Two More

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Kellen Lutz and Rooney Mara have signed on to be Jackie Earle Haley’s latest victims for the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ remake. Â  Aside from Haley, who will be filling Robert Englund’s role as Freddy Krueger, the film also stars Thomas Dekker and Kyle Gallner.

Lutz, who you may know as Emmett Cullen from the ‘Twilight Saga,’ is in negotiations to play a school jock. Â  Mara will be filling the lead role of Nancy, previously played in the original film by Heather Langenkamp.

‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ begins filming May5 in Chicago. Â  It is scheduled for release next April.

Source: THR

Thomas Dekker To Join ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’

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Thomas Dekker, most notable as John Connor on Fox’s “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” series, is in final negotiations to take a role in another franchised property.   Dekker will be joining the cast of the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ remake as Jesse, a swim team jock.

This news comes a week after the announcement that Jackie Earl Haley had filled the role of Freddy Krueger and that ‘Haunting in Connecticut’ star Kyle Gallner had signed on.

Dekker is no amateur when it comes to horror.   He first appeared as a child in John Carpenter’s remake of ‘Village of the Damned’ and last made his feature film appearance in ‘From Within,’ one of the latest films in the After Dark Horror Fest.

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ is being directed by music video director Samuel Bayer and is set for an April 16th, 2010 release.

What do you think?   How is the casting for this remake coming along?   Is Dekker a good choice to play one of the film’s potential victims, or are you just annoyed at seeing him as the whining embodiment of John Connor?   Who else should Platinum Dunes look to cast in the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ remake?   Let us know by commenting below!

Source: Shock Till You Drop