— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — Many films have tried to capture the depravity associated with young adults and drugs. Some have had hilarious effects, like “Reefer Madness,” and some are more successful, like “Requim for a Dream.” Joel Shumacher’s latest film, “Twelve,” looks [...]
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Trailer Talk: ‘Dinner for Schmucks’
— by RACHEL COYNE — When you first hear the premise for “Dinner for Schmucks” (a remake of the French comedy “Le dîner de cons”), where a group of business executives have a contest to see who can find the biggest moron to bring to dinner, your initial reaction is to think how a[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘After.Life’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Death seems like a pretty definitive phenomenon. Either you’re alive or you’re not. But what if you got stuck between life and death in a weird sort of limbo? That’s exactly what happens to Anna (Christina Ricci) in the upcoming thriller “After.Life.” After a[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Salt’
— by ROB COX — It’s not difficult to believe that Tom Cruise was once slated to star in the upcoming spy thriller “Salt.” The latest trailer for this story about an American spy wrongfully identified as a Russian double agent looks like run-of-the-mill stuff. The clip[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Lottery Ticket’
— by RACHEL COYNE — If you like your comedies formulaic and only mildly amusing, then you’re going to lukewarmly look forward to “Lottery Ticket.” Bow Wow (who is apparently no longer Li’l) stars as Kevin, a young man who shares an apartment in the projects with his grandmother ([...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’
— by ROB COX — Since 2002’s original “Resident Evil,” I’ve mostly avoided this series. I remember leaving the theater after that film thoroughly underwhelmed, thinking there was no place for the series to go beyond developing into an uninspired retread of the zombie genre[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Human Centipede’
— by H.G. WATSON — The trailer for “The Human Centipede” has stirred a conflict within me. On one hand, there is the raging film critic who would rather sit through “Transformers 2” again then have to watch another torture porn film in which a male villain maims a hapless[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘La Belle Visite’ (aka ‘The Beautiful Visitor’)
— by JOSIANE OCHMAN — This was a fortuitous trailer clip for me to review since this documentary hails from Quebec and I’ve just completed an article on French-Canadian cinema and how loved and appreciated the films are in Quebec. This one’s not a work of fiction but a[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘When You’re Strange’
— by ROB COX — When I first read about this film and saw Johnny Depp’s name attached, I didn’t realize it was a documentary. Johnny Depp as Jim Morrison? It’s hard to imagine anyone giving a more interesting, more uncanny portrayal of Morrison than Val Kilmer did in Oliver Stone’[...]
Poster Peek: ‘MacGruber’
— by ROB COX — With few exceptions, “Saturday Night Live” skits don’t translate well to the big screen. The biggest reason for that, I think, is the short, almost-gimmicky nature of the average SNL skit. SNL writers, generally speaking, probably don’t consider later adapt[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun’
— by BEV QUESTAD — The clouds’ dark shadows spread like a conquering beast across the mountains of Tibet. The prayer flags whip in the face of the red sun sinking in a broodingly black sky. The artful cinematography of “When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun” transfixes the view[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Splice’
— by KYLA DREWETTE — A new full-length trailer for the sci-fi creature film “Splice” was released yesterday. Set for a wide distribution release this summer, “Splice” stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, two scientists who begin experimenting with the merging of human and animal [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Expendables’
— by ALEXA MILAN — “The Expendables” reads like a who’s who of action stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger. However good or bad this summer blockbuster might be, it’s got one heck of a cast. Directed [...]