It take a while in between Paul Thomas Anderson movies but they are usually worth it and Anderson is following up his Academy Award winning There Will be Blood with The Master, which is about a charismatic author turned cult leader (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) and a drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) who becomes his devout assistant. It’s a not so subtle commentary on Scientology with Hoffman filling in for L. Ron Hubbard and it looks appropriately epic and dramatic, as is the norm for PT Anderson movies. It’s also the first big movie since the insane prank/experiment that was I’m Still Here for Joaquin Phoenix. Check out the trailer below and the movie is out in limited release this holiday season and probably won’t go wide until after Christmas.
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