Fuck Yeah, Xavier Samuel!

The new UK trailer for A Few Best Men.

And if you’re in Australia, check out a new trailer here (it tells me it can’t be viewed outside of that area, so lemme know how it is).

The uncensored version of the UK trailer.

The US theatrical trailer for The Loved Ones.

And according to Bloody Disgusting, the film will be released in the following cities beginning June1:

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

AUSTIN, TX

CHICAGO, IL

NEW YORK, NY

HOUSTON, TX

LOS ANGELES, CA

An excerpt from a new review of The Loved Ones:

With The Twilight Saga: Eclipse‘s Xavier Samuel retrofitting proceedings with some much-needed star wattage, The Loved Ones is a film otherwise stocked to the rafters with unknowns. Considering just how much charm, charisma and credibility the cast generate between them, however, it is difficult to imagine their anonymity lasting that much longer. Samuel is superb as the luckless Brent: our tragic hero who, thanks to a shot of relaxant to the voice box, is left to spend most of the movie rasping in silence. Never quiet for long, he instead utilises an arsenal of twitches and grimaces to convey the shock, fear and pain that he is subjected to by Lola and her doting father.

The UK trailer for A Few Best Men.

Film review – Further We Search (2009)

Age (Xavier Samuel from September and Newcastle) has just hitchhiked into Melbourne with one suitcase, a book full of poems and the phone number of a girl he has never met. Over the next 48 hours Age awkwardly immerses himself in the hip counter-culture world of inner city Melbourne but his shyness and passivity prevent him from ever connecting with anybody.

Shot over three years on a budget of AU$8,000, Further We Searchcaptures the true spirit of independent filmmaking. Its loose narrative, naturalistic dialogue and cast of mostly unknown actors evoke the films of John Cassavetes, although writer/director/producer Darius Devas opts for a more impressionistic cinematography style making Further We Search a beautiful film to look at. Filled with atmospheric scenes depicting Melbourne’s alleyways, share-houses and nightspots, Further We Search depicts Melbourne’s young bohemian lifestyle from the point-of-view of Age, an outsider. Devas successfully captures the appeal of this world while also subtly exposing the insecurities behind it. Everybody in Further We Searched seems to be so intent on living in the moment that they’ve not given any thought to what happens next and this is something that deep down worries them all. All this is expressed simply through silences, glances and nervous conversation.

Further We Search is a breath of fresh air in the independent Australian filmmaking scene and establishes Devas as talent to look out for in the future.

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The “banned” trailer of A Few Best Men.