The return of Paul Thomas Anderson is nigh.

You have been forewarned. Ready thy self for the coming storm because you know it’s going to be a big one.

The first official trailer for PTA’s The Master has been released and whilst it doesn’t give away much, it sure as hell makes you interested to know more. A lot more!

From the director of Magnolia (which still blows me away with every viewing) and There Will Be Blood (easily one of the greatest films of the last 30 years) comes the story of a drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) who becomes involved with an “intellectual stranger” whose faith-based organisation is beginning to catch on during 1950′s America.

You just know that the description above won’t even begin to broach the complexities of the story or the examination of the human condition and religious themes that will … Read More »

Written by: Stoic Taco

Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA), the genius behind Magnolia and There Will Be Blood, is all set for his new film The Master.

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in the lead role as Lancaster Dodd, a World War II veteran who returns home disillusioned with everything he’s seen whilst serving in the war. In an effort to find himself, Dodd builds a belief system that catches on during the 1950′s. Joaquin Phoenix co-stars as Freddie Sutton, an alcoholic drifter who becomes Dodd’s right hand man.

The film has already generated a lot of buzz with its subject matter as it has been said to be influenced by a  current popular celebrity religion and has since undergone some script changes.

PTA has delivered some of the most intense, gripping, and emotionally draining films that I have ever seen, as mentioned above, Magnolia and There … Read More »

Written by: Stoic Taco

Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA), the genius behind Magnolia and There Will Be Blood, is all set for his new film The Master.

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in the lead role as Lancaster Dodd, a World War II veteran who returns home disillusioned with everything he’s seen whilst serving in the war. In an effort to find himself, Dodd builds a belief system that catches on during the 1950′s. Joaquin Phoenix co-stars as Freddie Sutton, an alcoholic drifter who becomes Dodd’s right hand man.

The film has already generated a lot of buzz with its subject matter as it has been said to be influenced by a  current popular celebrity religion and has since undergone some script changes.

PTA has delivered some of the most intense, gripping, and emotionally draining films that I have ever seen, as mentioned above, Magnolia and There … Read More »