John Hawkes made the bonus Olsen twin shoot a kitty

After the jump, you can watch the just-released trailer for Martha Marcy May Marlene, starring John Hawkes and Elizabeth Olsen (The Olsen Twins’ little sister! The Bonus Olsen!), which premiered to rave reviews at Sundance earlier this year (I didn’t get to see it).  It opens in theaters October 17th.  If you’ve seen Winter’s Bone, I don’t have to tell you how righteous John Hawkes is, but if you haven’t seen Winter’s Bone, I promise you, John Hawkes is totally f*cking righteous.  He’s amazing at playing the wiry, terrifying meth head who looks like he just wants to pummel you to a bloody pulp and spit.  I came here to beat my wife and wear Oakley glasses, and my cousin stole my Oakley glasses.  This time around, he plays a cult leader who haunts Elizabeth Olsen’s memories. The film looks pretty solid, but it’s destined to fail at the box office.  No way the target audience is remembering that title. I can only imagine my mom trying to tell me we should go see that Marsha Marty Mandrake Marlboro Man movie two or three times before she just says f*ck it and zones out on Paxil.

HD at Apple. Someday they’ll start using embeddable trailers, I can feel it.

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