— by RACHEL COYNE — Germany: Homeland of strudel, the glockenspiel, and some of the bleakest movies you’ll ever see. The trailer for “The White Ribbon” is unsettling, to say the least; the fact that I have no idea what’s going on in it just adds to this uneasy feeling. It is[...]
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Trailer Talk: ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “It’s a Wonderful Afterlife” takes the genre of Indian/British/American comedy and makes it work well. The trailer has some great scenes, which are pretty humorous. The film is centered on an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into[...]
Poster Peek: ‘The Bounty Hunter’
— by JON MARTINCIC — Gerard Butler’s star is still on the rise. His latest adventure is with Jennifer Aniston in “The Bounty Hunter,” a story about a bounty hunter (Butler) who is assigned his ex-wife (Aniston) as his next target. “The Bounty Hunter” is[...]
Trailer Talk: Successful Alcoholics
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — Alcoholism is a serious disease, but the first half of the trailer below for “Successful Alcoholics” isn’t very serious. The two main characters have a run in with a cop after passing out in their car and it seems like a pretty funny scene. The scenes th[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Furry Vengeance’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Who do you know that can go from making a powerful, real-life drama with Harrison Ford called “Extraordinary Measures,” and then turn around and do a comedic movie that mixes animated characters (in this case, forest animals) and real-life people at war? [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Repo Men’ (Red Band Version)
— by JASON EAKEN — Here’s a fun game: watch the red band trailer for “Repo Men” below, then try to imagine what its normal preview might look like. Surprisingly difficult, right? I was letting my mind drift away, thinking about the recent influx of red band trailers and[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Warlords’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Jet Li stars as General Pang in this epic war film (previously known as “The Blood Brothers”). I have to say watching Jet Li is fun and yet almost every movie he comes out with has terrible reviews. I am definitely looking forward to watching him[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Knight and Day’
— by TOM ELCE — With the lousy “Identity,” director James Mangold suggested a gift (quite accidentally) for the preposterous, and so it’s no surprise that his forthcoming film “Knight and Day,” an action-comedy that immediately looks preferable to films like[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Cop Out’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Originally titled “A Couple of Dicks,” the now more appropriately titled “Cop Out” is a buddy cop comedy film written by brothers Mark Cullen and Robb Cullen and directed by Kevin Smith. The films the Cullen brothers write are usually very dialogue-heavy and [...]
Poster Peek: ‘Inception’
— by CAM SMITH — Christopher Nolan’s big-budget follow-up to “The Dark Knight” — the vaguely titled “Inception” — has, thus far, been something of a head-scratcher, a conundrum. An enigma wrapped in a riddle. While the brief teaser trailer was incomprehensible[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Sex and the City 2’
— by ALEXA MILAN — “Sex and the City” may have signed off of HBO five years ago, but in May fans will get the chance to laugh with Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) once again. Details are being kept very[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Karate Kid’
— by SEAN GERSKI — Getting a movie made in Hollywood is a very difficult thing to do — especially these days — so you really have to wonder how some of the movies being made now get greenlit. Out of all of the people involved, wasn’t there one person who could have said[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Bounty Hunter’
— by SEAN GERSKI — It seems like one of the most fun jobs in Hollywood would be casting the lead roles of a movie like this. I mean, let’s be honest, there are practically an infinite number of actors and actresses who could take on these roles. There are some movies you watch and [...]
Poster Peek: ‘Knight and Day’
— by SEAN GERSKI — There are people who will try to tell you that Tom Cruise is no longer a big movie star. Don’t buy it. If you want to play a fun game, listen when directors, other actors or movie studio executives talk about movies. Whenever they need to reference a movie star[...]