David Gordon Green has been busy in Hollywood for the last few years with the like of Pineapple Express, Your Highness and The Sitter, but now he’s heading back to his low budget indie roots with Prince Avalanche, although he does have Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch to help him.

The film is and English-language adaptation the Icelandic comedy Either Way. Here’s the synopsis: ‘An odd couple of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin (Rudd) and his girlfriend’s brother, Lance (Hirsch), dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the centre of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. An unlikely friendship develops through humour and nasty exchanges, leading to surprising affection.’

It premiered at Sundance and also screened at Tribeca. Now it’s preparing for an August UK release, although no UK date is set yet. Take a look at the new trailer below.

Bobcat Goldthwait may be best known to many as a comedian and as Zed in the Police Academy movies, but he’s also got himself a cult following as the director of film like Sleeping Dogs and God Bless America. Now he’s back with a micro-budget found footage horror, Willow Creek.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Jim and his girlfriend Kelly are in Willow Creek, California, to retrace the steps of Bigfoot researchers Patterson and Gimlin, who, in 1967, recorded the most famous film of the legendary monster. Kelly is a skeptic, along for the ride to spend time with her boyfriend between acting gigs. Jim, a believer, hopes to capture footage of his own, so his camera is constantly rolling.’

The movie apparently has more humour than the trailer suggests. No release date is currently set, but the film is playing at film festivals.

Jobs got a bit of a mixed reaction when it debuted earlier this year at Sundance, with some saying it was interesting and well acted, while others found it a bit of a dull journeyman effort. The distributor when delayed it from a planned spring opening, with some saying they may have been doing some tinkering in the editing room.

Now a new trailer has popped up, so we can get our own feel for the movie.

The film is about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher), following him ‘from the enthusiasm and self-discovery of his youth through his darkest days, brightest triumphs, and the ultimate power of his drive, his passions, and his undying will to change everything we thought possible. Dark, honest, and uncompromising, Jobs plunges into the depths of Steve Jobs’ character, uncovering his driving motivations, his gifts, his flaws, his failures, and his ultimate successes.’

It hits US cinemas on August 16th. No UK date is set yet.

Crystal Fairy (also known as Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus) is an intriguing looking movie, although it’s not likely to change perceptions that Michael Cera is a bit of a one-trick pony.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘On a trip through Chile a boorish American expat named Jamie (Michael Cera) and three Chilean brothers plan to set off in search of the prized San Pedro cactus and its promise of beachy hallucinations. But in the previous night’s drunken stupor Jamie invites a free-spirited fellow American (Gaby Hoffmann), whose devil-may-care worldview gives them more of an adventure than any of them had bargained for.’

Take a look at the trailer below.

 

Gargamel really needs to get another hobby, as his destroying smurf obsession is getting increasingly unhealthy. However it was surprisingly fun in the first of the CG/live-action mix films, and will hopefully work again in The Smurfs 2.

In the sequel Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants – and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs – Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world’s greatest sorcerer. It’s up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus – or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?

It hits UK cinemas on July 31st.

In a role which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, Richard Gere plays a man beyond redemption in Nicholas Jarecki’s blistering thriller Arbitrage. And we’ve been given a clip, which you can watch below.

When we first meet New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere – An Officer And A Gentleman, Pretty Woman) he appears the very portrait of success in American business and family life. However, behind the gilded walls of his mansion Miller is in over his head, desperately trying to conceal an affair with French artist Julie Cote (Laetitia Casta – Gainsbourg) whilst racing to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before his fraudulent dealings are revealed.

When a tragic accident complicates things further, attracting the unwanted attention of NYPD detective Michael Bryer (Tim Roth – TV’s Lie To Me, Pulp Fiction), and the net tightens around him Miller realises that the suspicions of not just the police but also his loyal wife (Susan Sarandon – Robot & Frank, Dead Man Walking) and heir-apparent (Brit Marling – Sound Of My Voice, Another Earth) have been aroused. With time running out, Miller finds himself battling not just for his reputation but also his life.

Arbitrage is available on Blu-ray and DVD from 15th July, 2013 and is available to pre-order now.