Just be sure you're not already in an emotionally fragile state or else you're in for a long night.Īronofsky reflections aside, this week's Top 5 highlights the first teaser trailer for director Jonathan Liebesman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, interviews for and Matt's review of Noah, the new trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past, Sabotage interviews and Matt's review, and Steve's coverage of CinemaCon from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Watch online: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything. If you haven't already, check out the film on Amazon Instant Video where it's available to stream. While its story and characters offer little to be optimistic about, Requiem all but cemented Aronofsky's place among the most skilled and uncompromising filmmakers of his generation.
The film netted the great Ellen Burstyn her sixth Academy Award nod while Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans provided equally powerful performances as heroin addicts whose trajectories only bend downwards. While I'd list Black Swan as my favorite Aronofsky film, Requiem stands alone as a devastating look at the nature of addiction that, by its end credits, will assure you that nothing decent will ever happen to you again.
novel of the same name, Requiem for a Dream. I've decided to use this weekend's release of Darren Aronofsky's Noah as an opportunity to reflect on the director's most soul crushing work to date: his adaptation of the Hubert Selby Jr.
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