Snap Judgments Review: Clark Gregg's 'Trust Me'

Clark Gregg (The Avengers, Agents of SHIELD) writes, directs, and stars in the Hollywood-skewering comedy, Trust Me, playing Howard Holloway, a former child actor-turned-agent for child actors who can't catch a break. With his company on the verge of going under after he loses yet another client to his archnemesis (Sam Rockwell), things start to look up for Howard when he meets the supremely talented Lydia (Saxon Sharbino), a young actress who just secured a major Twilight-esque franchise and wants to be Howard's client....assuming he doesn't screw things up.

Trust Me is available now On Demand. Check out my Snap Judgments review of Trust Me below.

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Trailer for Clark Gregg's 'Trust Me' Starring Sam Rockwell

It's been six years since Phil Coulson...er, Clark Gregg's last directorial effort, the Chuck Palahniuk adaptation, Choke. He's been pretty busy dealing with superheroes in the Marvel Universe ever since, but now he's getting back behind the camera for Trust Me, and now it has a trailer.

Gregg also wrote and stars in the film, playing an agent for child actors who discovers a teenaged star (Saxon Sharbino) who may finally catapult him into the big time. But first he has to deal with the girl's overprotective father, scheming producers, and his nemesis played by Sam Rockwell. The cast is great with Allison Janney, Amanda Peet, Felicity Huffman, and her husband William H. Macy all making appearances. It's a premise brimming with potential, so hopefully Gregg is able to make the most of out of it.

Trust Me hits VOD on May 6th and theaters a month later. 

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Rosario Dawson Joins 'Incarnate'; Walton Goggins In 'Mojave'; 'Poltergeist' Adds Jane Adams

 * Blumhouse Productions has had no trouble finding big stars for their micro-budgeted horrors, and the latest to join the family is Rosario Dawson. She'll star in Brad Peyton's exorcism thriller Incarnate, which recently cast Aaron Eckhart in the lead role. The film centers on “an unconventional exorcist who can tap into the subconscious of the possessed who meets his match when a 9-year-old boy is possessed by a demon from his past”. [THR]

* Walton Goggins (Justified) is joining Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund in Mojave, the latest thriller from writer/director William Monahan. His role is unclear at this point, but Goggins is best when he's a bad guy putting the screws to somebody, so hopefully there will be some room for that. Hedlund stars as a suicidal artist lost in the desert who meets his doppelganger, a brilliant homicidal drifter played by Isaac.

* Gil Kenan's Poltergeist remake continues to shape out its cast, adding one of my favorite character actresses and someone else I've never heard of. Jane Adams, who I loved on Hung and in The Anniversary Party, has come aboard the horror film that already stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Sam Rockwell, and Jared Harris. Also joining Saxon Sharbino (Touch) as the 16-year old daughter of the terrorized family. Adams will play "a parapsychologist called in to help the family find their daughter and identify the supernatural forces at work in their home." [THR]

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