— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — While offering what has become a common plot lately — regular guy decides to become super-hero — “Somebody’s Hero” is a more family-friendly version. It focuses on positive side to the taker of the mantle of being a super-hero. Sure, thi[...]
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Trailer Talk: ‘Red Riding Hood’ (Teaser Version)
— by ALEXA MILAN — First classic novels like “Wuthering Heights” and “Pride and Prejudice” got “Twilight”-inspired covers. Now, a popular fairy tale is about to get a supernatural romance makeover. I sure don’t remember the tale of Little Red Rid[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ (Teaser Version)
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Alright, I am not going to lie, the moment I heard Indiana Jones and James Bond would be in a movie together, I was sold. Well, fine, it’s not really Dr. Jones and Mr. Bond, but it is Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, in a movie directed by the[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Raging Boll’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Finding a fellow Uwe Boll fan is extremely stressful. Most die-hards are hermits, and the online hate movement is stronger than ever. So where does that leave me, a film critic, who should be trained to hate Boll and his audacity? Simply put, I’m stuck on a cro[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Green Lantern’
— by H.G. WATSON — I was rooting for you, “Green Lantern.” I love Green Lantern comics. Sure, they’re dorky and about an intergalactic space cop. But they also represent some of the best science fiction available in the comics world. I was thrilled that WB seemed to be [...]
Trailer Talk: MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf’
— by SEAN GERSKI — When I first heard MTV was making a TV show based on the Michael J. Fox “Teen Wolf” movie, it wasn’t news that thrilled me. Like many, I enjoyed the heck out the first one when I was younger. However, after seeing the show, I now realize I had absolut[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Country Strong’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Gwyneth Paltrow has been on a marketing tour recently for her upcoming movie “Country Strong.” The trek included a stint on this year’s Country Music Awards, where she closed the ceremony by performing the title song. In “Country Strong,” Beau Hutton (Garret[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Last Night’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — In “Last Night,” Joanna (Keira Knightley) accompanies her husband Michael (“Avatar”‘s Sam Worthington) to a party where she meets his “new” coworker Laura (Eva Mendes). Joanna is upset because Michael has never mentioned Lau[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
— by ALEXA MILAN — It looks like little Lucy and Edmund Pevensie are all grown up in the latest installment of the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, in which the younger Pevensie siblings ditch their humdrum everyday lives for a journey on the high seas. In “Voyage of the [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Jane Eyre’
— by RACHEL COYNE — It’s no secret that I love a good literary adaptation period drama. So it is with nerd-girl pride that I look forward to the release of the umpteenth incarnation of Charlotte Brontë’s gothic love story, “Jane Eyre.” Much like any of the novels by Jane Austen,[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Zookeeper’ (Teaser Version)
— by RACHEL COYNE — If you count “Doctor Doolittle,” “Stuart Little,” “Cats & Dogs” and “Garfield” among your favorite movies of all time, then you’re in for a treat with “The Zookeeper.” If, however, you don’t have an affinity for talking animal movies and a[...]
Kung Fu Panda 2: Teaser
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — One word comes to mind after watching the teaser trailer for “Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom”: hilarious. Just as the trailer dictates, the awesomeness returns next summer and if the sequel is as amusing as this teaser, the second film will be as funny [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Rabbit Hole’
— by ADAM POYNTER — We’ve all experienced loss in one way or another and we know the pain and heightened emotions you can go through while working your way through the grieving process. It can be an extremely hard thing to get through even if it isn’t you, but someone you love who is[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Love & Distrust’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Star power isn’t everything, and “Love & Distrust,” unfortunately, might be the perfect movie to prove that. The film tells intertwining stories a la “Love Actually” of people searching for love and happiness. A waitress (Amy Adams), [...]