— by CAM SMITH — With their upcoming super-dad family film “The Legacy,” Seaside Pictures — the production company behind the Kurtwood Smith grouchy old man comedy “Peace” and the Jewish dating satire “Shvingers” (no joke!) — are taking us all on a unique [...]
Archive for the ‘Posters & Trailers’ Category
Trailer Talk: ‘Turning Green’
— by RACHEL COYNE — Not to be a Debbie Downer, but there are good reasons why some movies never make it any further than film festivals and wind up languishing, unwatched, on a studio’s shelf. Case in point: “Turning Green.” The movie first premiered at the Cinevegas Film Festival [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Mary and Max’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Mary and Max is a stopmotion claymation feature film directed and written by Adam Elliot. The voice cast consists of Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Eric Bana. Oddly enough, this film states that it is based on a true story. Mary and Max looks to tell[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Black Lightning’
— by CAM SMITH — It’s tough to know what to make of the recently leaked trailer for the Timur Bekmambetov-produced airborne car opus “Black Lightning.” While, in theory, a vehicle-centric comic-book origin tale makes for an interesting concept, it is impossible to take[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Fourth Kind’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — The film “Paranormal Activity” relied on internet viral-advertising for its success. It ultimately worked and now Olatunde Osunsanmi is planning to do the same thing for his film “The Fourth Kind.” This is Osunsanmi’s first independent film, though he[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Determinism’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — The trailer for “Determinism” shows how harsh and unapologetic the streets really can be. Sanjit and Ranju Majumdar, 24-year-old identical twin brothers, are the writers and directors of what they call a “no budget crime epic.” The following is a[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Motherhood’
— by SEAN GERSKI — Uma Thurman recently said she would be interested in returning for a third “Kill Bill” movie, and after seeing this trailer for “Motherhood,” it’s easy to see why. To me, the trailer for “Motherhood” looks more like a long[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Missing Person’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Director Noah Buschel’s new film, “The Missing Person,” looks like a dark crime drama. Its plot revolves around a private detective who is hired to follow a man named Harold Fullmer on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Detective John Roscow later[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Old Dogs’
— by SEAN GERSKI — With its $168 million box office take, “Wild Hogs” was a surprise hit in 2007. Its popularity with audiences made talk of a sequel all but inevitable. And now we have director Walt Becker and actor John Travolta back for “Old Dogs” … which[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Opie Gets Laid’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “Opie Gets Laid” is an out-of-the-ordinary sexy comedy about “the world’s biggest loser” (James Ricardo). Surprisingly enough, he winds up dating and having sex with three different women (April Wade, Ute Werner, Jesselynn Desmond) without t[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Serious Moonlight’
— by SEAN GERSKI — There is a strange tone about this trailer, but I don’t know how it could be otherwise. The plot involves a high-powered attorney duct-taping her adulterous husband to the toilet … right before their home is invaded by burglars. Mixing a kidnapping with a r[...]
Poster Peek: ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — The couple in the poster is Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant). The comedy “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” follows the exceedingly successful couple whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure — their dissolvi[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘It’s Complicated’
— by RACHEL COYNE — “It’s Complicated” is a comedy starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. What, that wasn’t enough to sell you on it? That seems to be all the studio is relying on to attract an audience, but if you insist … In an effort to show that being over 50[...]