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I'll Never Ask You to Do Another Con Again

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (29)

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Rian Johnson’s follow-up to the brilliant high-school noir, Brick (perhaps the best cult movie of the last half-decade) is coming to theaters at the end of May, after it was pushed back from a December release. Since then, it has had the benefit of mostly positive reviews out on the festival circuit, though I’m curious as to why the studio would release it wide on the same day that both Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell and Pixar’s Up are released. Even fans of Brick, and those that have kept up with the BB’s buzz online, will likely still consider Brothers Bloom a third option that weekend. However, the con comedy will begin its limited run up against Angels and Demons, a far less formidable box-office opponent, at least for its target audience.

Either way, I suspect Brothers Bloom — which stars Adrian Brody, Rachel Weisz, and Mark Ruffalo — will slowly pick up supporters, and has the potential to be a big summer sleeper, if there even is such a thing anymore.

And, it’s as good as time as any to remind those in New England that the Independent Film Festival of Boston takes place at the end of the month, The Brothers Bloom will open the festival on April 22nd at the Somerville theater. Rian Johnson will be in attendance.

The ultimate point of this post? Here’s the new trailer for Brothers Bloom, and it’s a good one — the crime comedy is a rare breed, and this one looks among the best.










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Comments

Famous last words.... Don't forget "So that's what a silencer looks like."

Posted by: George at April 7, 2009 7:31 PM

Best famoust last words were Voltaire's. When he was receiving last rites and was asked if he would renounce Satan, he replied, "This is no time to be making enemies."

Posted by: Fredo at April 7, 2009 7:41 PM

Fantasmagoric trailer. And yes. I spelled it that way.

Posted by: ChristianH at April 7, 2009 7:46 PM


Hmm. I'm intrigued. Perhaps in 2 years I can get this through Netflix. No arthouse theatre here in the sticks.

Posted by: Lance at April 7, 2009 7:50 PM

The trailer and the cast (why is Rachel so pretty?) looks awesome. Thanks for posting, Dustin.

Posted by: KP at April 7, 2009 7:59 PM

Is Robbie Coltrane (sp?) playing Poirot? Also, I hope this movie brings back the bowler hat.

Posted by: coveredinbees at April 7, 2009 8:15 PM

WOW, am I seeing that. If for no other reason than because I have a severe-to-crippling crush on Rachel Weisz.

Plus it looks awesotacular.

Posted by: Sean at April 7, 2009 8:21 PM

I have an unnatural attraction to Adrian Brody, and I love this genre so there's no doubt this will be my number one that weekend.

Posted by: Cindy at April 7, 2009 8:26 PM

My personal favorite last words:

"What's that do?"
-The Judge, from Innocence.

Posted by: TK at April 7, 2009 8:43 PM

In case anyone cares, I'm on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/MyLeftWingMSOC

(Though for the life of me I do not see why anyone WOULD care. As you can see, I have lost a modicum of self-esteem in the divorce process.)

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor at April 7, 2009 8:48 PM

I cannot seem to play any of tehse trailers from TrailerSpy you keep using, Dustin. I don't know why, but I can't play them on either my desktop or my laptop. I'll have to try to find one I can watch, though, because I (like Cindy) have an unnatural attraction to Adrian Brody. Also, I love Mark Ruffalo in everything I see him in. Everything. Including that god-awful S&M cop movie with Meg Ryan. Oh, god, that movie was horrible.

Posted by: totally not Anna von Beaverplatz at all at April 7, 2009 8:52 PM

I don't think the attraction to Brody is an unnatural one, Anna, Cindy...he's a babe. A Baberham Lincoln. (Yes, I know I just quoted Waynes World. I am not afraid.)

Posted by: kidtiger at April 7, 2009 9:04 PM

Try this one AvB (trailer link at top):

http://www.brothersbloom.com/

Posted by: Cindy at April 7, 2009 9:11 PM

A redneck's last words?

"Hey, watch this."
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IhopeIhopeIhope this is good. Mrs. , and I love us some con capers.

*Watches trailer*

Hot damn, does that look cool. Hurry up and get here.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at April 7, 2009 9:20 PM

Obviously, TCFKASBucdaddy, you've not been around any REAL rednecks. It's actually, "Hey, y'all! Watch this shit.

RIP Cousin Buford.

Posted by: superEdna at April 7, 2009 9:49 PM

I too, can not play the video embedded in the post. The official website one plays ok though. In other news, it looks like I might actually have to drive to phoenix to catch this in a decent theater. FUCK.

Posted by: the_wakeful at April 7, 2009 10:25 PM

Oh wait, now its working. Looks like it just needed 10 minutes to load. AGAIN, FUCK.

Posted by: the_wakeful at April 7, 2009 10:27 PM

Edna, Well, I live in West Virginia, but you're right: That's much better.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at April 7, 2009 10:47 PM

Thanks, Cindy! It took like half an hour to load, but it was totally worth it. It looks like fun.

I think my Adrian Brody crush goes back to my nose and eyebrow fetishes that I apparently have. I seem to be mostly attracted to men with very strong eyebrows and interesting or unique noses. I don't fight it anymore.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at April 7, 2009 11:12 PM

Mark Ruffalo makes me so happy!

Posted by: king at April 8, 2009 12:15 AM

You fellow Pajibans should bookmark this site...

Apple.com trailers is obvious...so I'm not posting that link...

Not so many know about this one...and it's easy to find...

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/hdtrailers.html

Brothers Bloom Trailer 2 in glorious 1080p was posted yesterday.
For those who are new to the link above there's also an archive too going back to late 06 or early 07 IIRC.


Posted by: WhoWhatWhere at April 8, 2009 6:53 AM

Saw the trailer for this a while ago, and I would agree it looks amazing. As for Brick, the movie is truly awesome enough that my brother who's in high school right now FUCKING LOVES that movie. True story, I showed it to him a couple years back and he went ape shit over it. Just last month we were at Big Lots and they had it for $3. I scooped up a copy and he's all like, "No, that's mine!". I refuted him, and he was not happy. This eventually lead to the compromise of us both buying our own copy, so nobody went home unhappy. Yeah, it was that good.

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at April 8, 2009 9:26 AM

My favorite last words: Henrik Ibsen's nurse told him that he seemed to be doing better. He responded, "On the contrary."

Posted by: Lucie at April 8, 2009 9:33 AM

Great list of last words here:

http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/dying.html

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at April 8, 2009 9:52 AM

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2? Not necessarily a bad thing.

Posted by: Beckylooo at April 8, 2009 10:48 AM

Ahh, I've been waiting for this movie to come in theaters for more than a year! And now, May?! Siigh. Why is it that a movie like this takes forever yet something like Twilight comes out 6 or so months after the first?!

Oh, wait, I just remembered: Quality takes time.

Posted by: io at April 8, 2009 11:39 AM

"Either they go, or I do." -Oscar Wilde, of his curtains.

"More weight." -that dude whose name I can't remember who was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials.

Anyway, I cannot wait to see this film. It looks fabulous.

Posted by: lizzieborden at April 8, 2009 12:15 PM

Saw this at TIFF, and it was awesome! A little lagging in the third act, but the ending is so poetic it more than makes up for it.

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Posted by: yx at April 8, 2009 10:40 PM