Wednesday, July 26, 2006

If only Yul Brynner was alive to co-star...

Look at that poster!

LOCUSTS.

SWANK.

Nice. In The Reaping, Hilary plays a former Christian missionary who travels to Louisiana to investigate reports of biblical plagues that do not involve FEMA. For those of you who (inexplicably) loathed Million Dollar Baby and divorced yourself from its star after her "I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream" speech, The Reaping must be a plague all its own. Is this where everyone concludes Swank is a hack? Or will she excel in another trailer-trashy role? I happen to think she's a fine actress, though I have seen neither The Core nor The Affair of the Necklace. But I say it's high time for a pestilential blockbuster. Can't wait!

4 comments:

Alanna said...

I cant wait for death of the first born! Boy, is Pharoah's face gonna be red!

is that so wrong? said...

I'm sold on Hilary.... not sure why she's loathed so much. Insomnia is a nice gem. But.... I'm really looking forward to Brian DePalma's forthcoming The Black Dahlia (this year?), where word on the street says Swank plays the knockout bombshell. If those Calvin Klein ads of hers are any indication, sign me up.

J.J. said...

I forgot about Insomnia -- fantastic movie. She has a thankless role, but does the job. I think DePalma will do good things with her.

RC said...

i'm curious about the black dalhia, i'm not quite excited for it at this point...

i did a post on this film towards the end of last week...i think the tag line is just ridiculous.

--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com