A couple of trailers worth a look today starting with the Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried-led new thriller “Things Heard & Seen” which hails from “American Splendor” filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini.
The story follows a young woman who reluctantly trades life in 1980s Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George (James Norton) lands a job teaching art history at a small college.
Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property – and in her marriage to George.
James Norton, Natalia Dyer, Alex Neustaedter, Rhea Seehorn, Michael O’Keefe, Karen Allen, Jack Gore, F. Murray Abraham, James Urbaniak, and Ana Sophia Heger co-star in the film which arrives on the service on April 29th.
Then there’s “Percy vs. Goliath,” a true story tale of a farmer in a small town that becomes the target of one of massive agriculture corporation Monsanto.
He fights back thanks to the help of a young lawyer, an environmental activist and his community – all the way up to the Supreme Court. Christopher Walken, Zach Braff, and Christina Ricci star in the film which hits cinemas and VOD on April 30th.
Bleecker Street has released the full trailer for the comedy film “Together Together” starring Ed Helms and Patti Harrison and which is expected to arrive in theaters on April 23rd.
The story features a single man in his forties who just wants to become a dad. Because of this, he hires a young twentysomething woman to become his surrogate. Throughout the pregnancy, they form an unlikely platonic bond which will make their situation more complicated.
Finally, there’s “Above Suspicion,” a new thriller from “Mississippi Burning” writer Chris Gerolmo and based on Joe Sharkey’s true crime novel. Jack Huston, Emilia Clarke, Sophie Lowe, Austin Hebert and Karl Glusman star.
The true story deals with a relationship that ended with shocking result and set a historical precedent at the FBI – changing how personal affairs, especially field operations, were treated among the agency. The film hits cinemas and VOD on May 14th.