— by JESSIKA OWENS — Sexy women dressed as nurses are not a new trend or a new interest in Hollywood … or any other platform for that matter. Thai cinema is no exception. Revolver Entertainment presents to us “Sick Nurses” — or “Suay Laak Sai” in the T[...]
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Trailer Talk: ‘Adopted’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Angelina did it. Madonna did it. And now … Pauly Shore? That’s right, in Shore’s latest movie, he will stop at nothing to adopt a child during a trip to Africa. “Adopted” is a mockumentary about the lengths to which some celebrities will g[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘$5 a Day’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — In “$5 a Day,” con man Nat (Christopher Walken) tells his estranged son Flynn (Alessandro Nivola) he is dying of a terminal illness and wants to reconnect. Nat wants Flynn to drive to New Mexico with him to go to an experimental medical facility. In the [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Conviction’
— by RACHEL COYNE — Oh man, can you smell the Oscar bait up in here? Based on a true story? Check. Starring multiple past nominees and winners? Check. Lead actor de-glamorizes to play a “real” person? Check. The drama centers around a legal and/or political problem? Check. If only Co[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Tangled’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — In Disney’s new CGI flick “Tangled,” an often ignored fairytale character, Rapunzel, gets her screen time. Princess Rapunzel, voiced by Mandy Moore, finally gets to “let her hair down” when bandit Flynn Rider (voiced by Zachary Levi of [...]
A First Look Behind the Scenes of ‘Thor’
— by CAM SMITH — For the life of me, I can’t understand why major studios feel it necessary to offer “Entertainment Tonight” exclusive first-look glimpses at their major motion picture offerings. Sure, I get that they’re probably easy to control and are a mega-popular mainstream [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Gulliver’s Travels’
— by JESSIKA OWENS — “Black is the New Big” is the new tagline for the upcoming, and highly anticipated, “Gulliver’s Travels.” The film stars Jack Black as Lemuel Gulliver, who many of us remember from our childhoods either from the book by Jonathan Swift or[...]
Hollywood Will Keep Going Back to the ’80s
— by ROB COX — Remakes have been around almost as long as motion pictures themselves. In recent years, though, they’ve grown increasingly pervasive in Hollywood, as executives seek titles with built-in recognition and fan bases that will give each film a better chance at financial[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Love Ranch’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — Helen Mirren. Joe Pesci. Bordello. You may think this is a grown-up version of the “Sesame Street” game “One of These Things Is Not Like the Other.” But, it isn’t. Those three words actually go together in director Taylor Hackford’[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Nature of Existence’
— by BEV QUESTAD — This is The Big Life Irony. We try really hard for years to better ourselves, to advance, to be happy, to become financially stable, to be physically fit … and where does it get us? Why do we go through all the challenges, hardships, disappointments, calamities, [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Thirst’
— by JESSIKA OWENS — The quest to quench the aridity for a good horror flick is aggressively becoming harder and harder. Audiences are widely becoming more perceptive of plot lines, twists and turns in current horror films, resulting in unsatisfactory experiences. I have become very skep[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Pretty Bird’
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — We’ve all been fooled by trailers. We see a trailer and think a movie is going to be awesome and then we are sadly let down. On the flip side, there are times when a trailer cannot show all the best parts of the film and we are pleasantly surprised […[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Morning Glory’
— by ALEXA MILAN — A lot of chick flicks about independent women follow the same formula: Protagonist is obsessed with overcoming challenges at work and puts personal relationships at risk, but ultimately she succeeds at both. “Morning Glory” appears to follow a similar struc[...]