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Twilight Eclipse Trailer = More of the Same

Published by Dan on March 11, 2010 in Coming Soon and Trailers. 5 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Twilight is what it is: Love it, hate it or care less.

I don’t begrudge anyone their love for the series, but tend to hold coats in the “care less” line. The new trailer for the latest entry (directed by 30 Days of Night’s David Slade and chomping at the bit for its June 30 release) doesn’t help, considering it could have easily been used for last year’s New Moon. Has such a simple story ever felt like its climax has been so needlessly strung out? You know, besides Harry Potter?

Bella: I hate my life… wait! Oh, you’re hot. And pale.
Edward: Yes, I am. I’m also a 100-something year old pedophile, but luckily I’m trapped in this teenage body because I’m a vampire.
Bella: –Swoon– I’m so in love with you.
Edward: I love you too. And by I love you too, I mean you smell really good and I want to eat your neck.
Bella: Go for it, but I think some other vampires want my neck.
Edward: No they don’t. I killed them.
Bella: Swoon.
Jacob: Wait, Bella. I love you too… but I’m a werewolf.
Bella: Gross. Wet dogs stink.
Edward: Hey guys, what’s up? I went away for a while but now I’m back.
Bella: I want you in my underpants.
Edward: You sure? Ok. Beat it, Jacob.
Bella: I’m preggers.
Edward: Sweet.
Bella: Here, Jacob. I like you. You can have my vampire daughter.
Jacob: Sweet. I love her.
Bella: Swoon.

THE END.

That said… Cougars, unfulfilled housewives, teen ladies and the handful of guys still in the closet about loving this stuff, your wait is over. Behold the trailer for Twilight: Eclipse.

Trailer Tuesday: Iron Man 2

Published by Andy on March 9, 2010 in Coming Soon, Trailer Tuesday and Trailers. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Is this really anything eloquent or witty I can say about this Iron Man 2 trailer that isn’t summed up by simply saying: Wow? Still, this trailer gives us a deeper look at Whiplash, played by Mickey Rourke, as well as glimpses of Rhodey Rhodes/War Machine (Don Cheadle), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). And even though the cast is eclectic and talented and Scarlett Johansson makes me drool, the driving force behind Iron Man 2 will be Robert Downey Jr.’s charisma and charm.

As always, please share your thoughts. Will Iron Man 2 be better than Iron Man?

Trailer Tuesday: Tron Legacy

Published by Dan on March 9, 2010 in Coming Soon, Trailer Tuesday and Trailers. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , .

At this point, nine months out, I’m not sure there’s anything we can say here about Tron Legacy that hasn’t already been said from what little we’ve seen. Andy’s not so hot on Tron Legacy. I think it looks exciting, slick and am chomping at the bit.

Tron’s first theatrical trailer– the one debuted before Alice in Wonderland– has been released to the internet. Judging by the $114 million haul Alice made over the weekend, most of you have probably already seen its combination of adrenal kicking rhythm, crackling energy and uber-fine visuals, but that doesn’t make repeat viewings look any less sexy or thrilling. With Jeff Bridges’ recent stock  increase thanks to a Best Actor win, by the time December rolls around and Disney’s hyper-refined marketing machine’s had another nine months to play it up, Tron Legacy should be incredibly high profile.

Long term success will obviously boil down to whether director Joseph Kosinski has made a good movie, but I have yet to see anything that says he hasn’t.

In the mean time, enjoy… or enjoy more by viewing the Tron Legacy trailer in larger, sexier HD right here.

New Prince of Persia Trailer Surprisingly Not Turdtastic

Published by Andy on March 3, 2010 in Coming Soon and Trailers. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , .

I don’t care for the Prince of Persia video game franchise. I’m not a huge fan of Jake Gyllenhaal (although I did like him in Zodiac) and I’m usually hit and miss with everyone’s favorite guy that once played Gandhi, Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island). So, to say the least, I have not been in the Cartwheel Club for Disney’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. From posters to trailers, thus far the movie has failed to hook me. Imagine my surprise when this recently released second trailer for The Sands of Time actually warmed my cold heart just a bit. I still think it’s going to suck, but I’m to the point where I actually want to see it now. That’s a big step for me. Big.

Check out the trailer below and let me know your thoughts. Am I just having a great day, or does this trailer seem better to you, as well?

Trailer Tuesday: The Pirate Movie

Published by Andy on March 2, 2010 in Trailer Tuesday and Trailers. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

I’m sending you back to 1982 via Trailer Tuesday with The Pirate Movie, a musical loosely based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s “comic opera,” The Pirates of Penzance. You remember 1982. It was the year of the Tylenol cyanide scare, the first artificial heart transplant and the year Michael Jackson’s Thriller sold 20 million albums to become the biggest selling record ever.

Me? I had just turned 8 years-old and had spent that summer crying at E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, crapping my Underoos out of fear in Poltergeist and watching Rocky whoop Mr. T’s mohawk hairdo into submission in Rocky III. And just so we’re clear, 1982 was all the year of The Beastmaster, Blade Runner, Creepshow, Conan the Barbarian, The Dark Crystal, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Gandhi, The Man from Snowy River, An Officer and a Gentleman, Porky’s, The Secret of NIMH, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, Tex, The Thing, Timerider, Tootsie and Tron, to name a few.

I’m 100 percent sure I didn’t see The Pirate Movie in theaters, but I’m fairly certain I caught in on HTN or HBO a gazillion times and was head over heels in love with Kristy McNichol (she played Buddy on ABC’s Family from 1976 to 1980). When she sang “Hold On,” I was in rapture, especially with that low-cut dress. In fact, there were many memorable tunes in The Pirate Movie, including Christopher Atkins’ (The Blue Lagoon) snappy ballad, “How Can I Live Without Her,” and the entire cast performing the movie’s grand finale, “Happy Ending.”

Check out the trailer below and if you want to whisk away to a time when synth-heavy, pop-musicals were all kinds of awesome (Oh yeah, you know damn well if you were born in the 70s you loved Xanadu), I suggest you Netflix The Pirate Movie pronto.

Nightmare On Elm Street Cuts A New Trailer

Published by Dan on February 25, 2010 in Coming Soon and Trailers. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

If anything, the New Nightmare on Elm Street is going to be  a great looking schlock-fest. We’ve see the trailer that came out way back in September, but it wasn’t until checking out this new green band I noticed how slick the new Nightmare looks. Sure, there’s a gooey pile of shots lifted straight from the first, but this one shakes its pretty ass while doing it.

Still, that’s not to say it’s going to be worth recommending. Or will April 30 be the day Platinum Dunes breaks precedent with an enjoyable 80’s horror remake that’s not more interested in being mean-spirited than good?

Weigh in after watching Freddy sharpen his fingernails on both pipes and nubile flesh below.

Trailer Tuesday: Middle Men Red Band Extended Trailer

Published by Andy on February 23, 2010 in Trailers. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Luke Wilson is long gone from his best acting performances in The Royal Tenenbaums and Old School, but the current AT&T Wireless spokesman, looking rather plump these days, definitely has the potential and skill to find his niche again in Hollywood. Perhaps Middle Men, a movie – and a true story I might add – about a family man who helped launch the first-ever web porn billing business, is the type of picture and role Wilson needs to remind everyone why he was so great as Richie Tenenbaum.

Middle Men also stars Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar), James Caan (Get Smart), Gabriel Macht (The Spirit), Jacinda Barrett (The Last Kiss), Laura Ramsey (The Ruins), Kelsey Grammer (Fame), Terry Crews (Gamer), Kevin Pollak (Cop Out) and Robert Forster (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past).

Check out the extended red band trailer below and give us your thoughts.

Trailer Tuesday: Defendor

Published by Dan on February 23, 2010 in Coming Soon, Trailer Tuesday and Trailers. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

So you know about this little movie called Kick-Ass: sewer-mouthed kids dressed in bright pajamas and capes who cheerily introduce bad guys to the pitfalls of additional holes in the head/the miracles of modern day prosthesis. If it can get past it’s first-blush head-trip of being insanely crude just for the sake of “we can”, Kick-Ass will be the latest entry in a deconstructive super-hero sub-genre that’s as interesting as it is fun.

With Kick-Ass‘ April arrival sucking all of the air out of the multi-plex, the also-ran superhero flick Defendor may be left in the lurch. The movie stars Woody Harrelson as a “slower than normal” everyman out to avenge his mother’s death. Apparently, it’s part comedy, part drama and part sympathetic character study. Either way, it’s set in the steamy dark alleys of a major city and has Woody getting beat to a pulp.

Of course, Defendor and Kick-Ass are just the latest– not the only– entries into the “real” superhero subgenre. 1999 gave us the love-it-or-hate-it Mystery Men and 2006 introduced us to Special, a hard-knock look at a delusional guy who uses his new “does he or doesn’t he have them” super-powers to fight crime. Another film along the same lines, Super (directed by James Gunn, the guy who gave us the silly, fun and underseen Slither) is due this year as well.

We’ll see how the genre continues to hold up, but with real people in real cities living the superhero dream, movies like Defendor continue to be no less fascinating. Defendor is arriving on Friday in limited release, but with positive reviews coming in, deserves to be seen when it arrives sooner than later in your Netflix queue.

Kick-Ass Red Band Trailer is All Kinds of Bitchin’

Published by Andy on February 19, 2010 in Trailers. 5 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Maybe I’m a filthy old man, but there’s something absolutely hilarious about a spunky 13 year-old girl (Chloe Moretz) spouting spicy dialogue that would make a sailor blush. The only problem is will the shock-value of Kick-Ass, coming to theaters on April 16, 2010, be the foundation for the film, or simply the cherry on top? My hope is the latter, especially considering what looks to be strong, quirky, memorable performances from Nicholas Cage and Mark Strong.

If you haven’t guessed from the trailers, the plot of Kick-Ass centers on a teenage boy, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) who decides to become a real-life superhero. He goes by the name Kick-Ass and is soon joined by Hit Girl (Moretz), Big Daddy (Cage) and Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). I would be lying through my teeth if I said I was absolutely and unequivocally looking forward to April 16 like a six year-old looks forward to Santa Claus on December 25.

Take a peek at the newest red band trailer below and give us your thoughts. Me? I likey.

Trailer Tuesday: Killers

Published by Dan on February 16, 2010 in Coming Soon, Trailer Tuesday and Trailers. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

Despite the triumphant return of Tom Selleck’s hallowed mustachio– which incidentally, has been missing from theaters far too long– and Katherine Heigl’s chest, Trailer Tuesday presents to you a movie that looks so lifeless, it doesn’t have a poster yet: Killers.

I’ll come to an understanding of the metaphysical laws of dark energy before ever I fathom Katherine Heigl’s appeal. Seriously. Since Knocked Up, the lady’s screen presence is so blase and nondescript as to being completely replaceable via any other blond actress with teeth.

So, Killers: An oh my dreamy boyfriend turned husband isn’t who I thought he was–he’s a spy!!– romcom-thingy. Killers doesn’t look like it’ll be sweeping the knee of any trends except letting Heigl nail a hat trick of mind-numbingly boring and completely uncharismatic movies.

Watch the blah-ness below– then diagnose why this trailer ruined my Tuesday in our comments section.