— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — I never saw the first movie, so I wasn’t sure what to expect when the trailer started. I have to admit that I laughed when the little “dog” started taking photos. No one will confuse this with an award-winning type of movie, but it looks funny[...]
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Trailer Talk: ‘Annihilation Earth’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Ah, another SyFy Channel movie. I think all these movies really need is a little more time spent on them and at least one good actor in them. But most of the time, a SyFy movie means watch out for the horrible acting and also horrible effects. This time around[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Crazy On The Outside’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — It is very noteworthy to me that some actors continue to confidently make movies in genres in which they have had hits and perhaps even more misses. This is the case for Tim Allen. Even though he has had some not so well received comedies, he still manages to[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Tenderness’
— by RACHEL COYNE — While watching the trailer for the crime-thriller “Tenderness,” I kept thinking, “This doesn’t look very thrilling.” Then the words “From the director of ‘Swimfan’ and ‘Hide and Seek’” appeared on the screen, and I understood why. Russell Crowe[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Alice’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Fans of “Alice in Wonderland” won’t have to wait until Tim Burton’s adaptation is released in March for a new version of the classic story thanks to a new mini-series on the Syfy Channel. In “Alice,” the modern reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It’
— by SEAN GERSKI — I’m sure someone could make a really funny parody movie about the Judd Apatow movies. As entertaining as the movies are, there is a lot of territory to explore in a satire. Unfortunately, this is not that movie.[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Nativity!’
— by RACHEL COYNE — My first thought after watching the trailer for “Nativity!” was, “It’s sort of like a British ‘Waiting for Guffman.’” And that is not a bad thing. Proof that absolutely anything can be turned into a competition, “Nativity!” tells the story of[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Young Victoria’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I kind of dig “boring” movies. If you ever saw a trailer for a movie that featured nothing but long conversations and tortured relationships between the characters, and wondered to yourself, “Who would watch this?,” chances are I would. Add some high-concept[...]
Poster Peek: ‘The Book of Eli’
— by ALEXA MILAN — January is usually a pretty unexciting time for new movies, but hopefully the latest film from Albert and Allen Hughes will be an exception. “The Book of Eli” is set in a post-apocalyptic America, a bleak and violent society where the world as people once knew it[...]
Poster Peek: ‘Iron Man 2’
— by CAM SMITH — Back in 2008, “Iron Man” was considered an expensive gamble on Marvel’s part; a superhero adventure with a non-super-powered, middle-aged corporate tycoon at its centre, directed by the guy from “Swingers” and that episode of “Friends” where Monica dated a [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Last Station’
— by JASON EAKEN — I’ve never been a fan of stuffy British movies. The Merchant-Ivory collection would be wasted on me. I don’t know what it is, it just seems like a slog. In the opening moments of the trailer for “The Last Station,” I felt that pang of stuffiness[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Greenberg’
— by SEAN GERSKI — When writer-director Noah Baumbach first came on the scene, I associated him with Whit Stillman (this is a very high compliment). Sure, the Chris Eigeman connection helped, but both seemed to be making movies that were of a similar vein. Baumbach’s “Kicking[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Breaking Point’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — When you’re watching this trailer, you may get a sense that “Breaking Point” can actually be a serious contender for an indie film of this kind. That really surprised me, because when I first saw Busta Rhymes was in this I chuckled — I think we all know[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’ (International Trailer)
— by ALEXA MILAN — What do you get when you combine Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, a Wyoming ranch and the witness protection program? Yet another predictably cheesy rom-com that will likely earn big bucks at the box office. In “Did You Hear About the Morgans?,” Meryl (Parker) and[...]