I thought this day would never come. A first look at the trailer for the remake of the 1992 Abel Ferrara film, Bad Lieutenant. The original starred Harvey Kietel in the title role of a morally bankrupt law man. While trying to solve a murder he exposes his own personal demons which include drug addiction,theft, and gambling. In the new version entitled, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Nicolas Cage takes on the lead role, and tries to do his best bad ass impression. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Cage in anything character driven, but this trailer doesn’t exactly blow me away.

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For those of you who are sick of the Four Christmases of the film world, here is a list of ten amazing Arthouse films that you need to see. Sadly, only one of these films so far has a US release date as of right now, but if we’re lucky some or all may be coming to a cinema (somewhere vaguely) near you in 2009…

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