Posted Jan 2nd 2009 8:32PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Trailer Trash, Trailers and Clips
G-Force
Guinea pigs in the employ of the FBI? Well, why the hell not? This is a live action film with digital rodents voiced by Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, and Tracy Morgan. I have to imagine this one got green lit after
Alvin and the Chipmunks started pulling in the bucks. The concept has a certain goofy charm, but the trailer has surprisingly few laughs. Judge for yourself on July 24.
Streetfighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
When I hear "Streetfighter" I think more of the
Sonny Chiba film
The Street Fighter and its sequels, but that's a different franchise entirely. This film is of course based on the long running series of video games (the first of which was released in 1987 as an arcade game) and stars the lovely
Kristin Kreuk of
Smallville fame. The trailer is a little hard to follow since the narration is in Japanese. What we've got is basically high kicking martial arts action with a sort of comic booky mysticism. Watch for this on February 27.
From Paris With LoveI've got to admit John Travolta with a shaved head and a bazooka makes for an eye catching image. He's a cop, things blow up. No U.S. release info yet.
Two LoversJoaquin Phoenix stars as a man torn between the woman his parents have fixed him up with (
Vinessa Shaw) and his unpredictable neighbor (
Gwyneth Paltrow ) who is dating a married man. Feel the love on February 13.
Crank 2: High Voltage
This adults only trailer is easily the most foul-mouthed trailer I've ever seen and it's also entertaining as hell. Jason Statham is back and this time he's had his heart swapped out for an artificial model that requires periodic jolts of electricity. This one hits on April 17.
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Posted Dec 31st 2008 1:32PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Action, Fandom, Trailer Trash, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips
So the first trailer for
Crank 2: High Voltage has hit the internets, and the thing is beyond NSFW (not safe for work). It opens with Asian men performing some sort of weird surgery on
Jason Statham (who's awake and watching), then leaps into a montage of foul-mouthed obscenities before introducing a character who apparently likes to spend his days slapping the bare behind of an African American woman -- and then we get action, guns, blood, sex, nudity, more cursing and then Amy Smart shows up. Phew. Watching it felt like riding a dangerous rollercoaster through a porn factory.
Needless to say, this is probably the dirtiest and filthiest trailer of the year -- and I kinda like how it's arrived on December 31st.
Crank 2, written and directed by those freaks Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, picks up where the original
Crank left off and follows a man whose heart has been stolen by a Chinese mobster and replaced with a battery-powered heart that needs jolts of electricity to keep working. We've posted the trailer after the jump, because it's ... just ... nasty. You've been warned ...
Crank 2: High Voltage hits theaters on April 17.
Continue reading 'Crank 2' Trailer Takes NSFW To Next Level
Posted Dec 27th 2008 5:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Trailer Trash
I don't know about you, but it's the day after the day after Christmas and I've
still got visions of sugar plums dancing in my head. To bring myself back down I'm going to scope out some new trailers. Won't you join me?
9Tim Burton produces this animated feature which is directed by
Shane Acker and based on Acker's short film of the same name. In a post-apocalyptic future, creatures who appear to be animated burlap bags fight for survival against monstrous machines intent on their extinction. Definitely not for the kids, but this is a gorgeous looking film and it releases, appropriately enough, on 9/9/09.
State of PlayRussell Crowe is investigating the murder of a Congressman's aid/mistress, with
Ben Affleck playing the congressman. It's probably not fair to judge dialog taken out of context, but a few lines like "good reporters don't have friends, only sources," and "I can't protect you anymore" sound like old school news room drama cliches. The cast is strong, though, and the film is based on an award-winning British mini-series. Look for it in theaters on April 17.
Monsters Vs. AliensThis is the new full-length trailer for Dreamworks' animated homage to sci fi monster flicks from the 50s. I loved the teaser and this new trailer makes me even happier.
Rainn Wilson as an earth conquering alien? What's not to love? The monsters will be unleashed on March 27.
Weather GirlAfter committing career suicide on the air, a former weather girl tries to find her place in the world. No release info for this yet, though it shows a lot of charm and will be playing January 17 at the Slamdance Film Festiva
Continue reading Trailer Park: Post Christmas Comedown
Posted Dec 20th 2008 5:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Horror, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Trailer Trash, Trailers and Clips
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Hugh Jackman returns to the role of the adamantium-clawed Wolverine. I loved the first two
X-Men features and even kind of liked the third one, but the idea of Wolvie going solo without the rest of Xavier's crew leaves me kind of cold. Start sharpening your claws for a May 1 release.
Eden Log The trailer for this French film is delightfully vague. Apparently the movie portrays a bleak future set in a subterranean world. I'm not real clear on the details, but the imagery is fascinating. This one goes into limited release in February.
I Love You, Man
Paul Rudd plays a man about to get married, but finds himself without male friends and in need of a best man. Soon he's good pals with Sydney (
Jason Segel), but his relationship with his fiance begins to suffer. Both of these actors have made me laugh before, but I don't know about this one. Spread the love on March 20
.
Against the Dark
Another zombie apocalypse? Nope, it's a vampire apocalypse this time, and with much of the world's population annihilated our only hope is a group of vampire hunters led by -- wait for it -- Steven Seagal. I'm not a Seagal fan but I can see this one having a certain B movie appeal. It comes out on February 10.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Mutants, Cross-Dressing and Predestination
Posted Dec 14th 2008 5:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Trailer Trash, Movie Marketing
Terminator: Salvation
Yes, we were teased with a few seconds of footage last week but at last we have the full length trailer for the new
Terminator flick, and in a nutshell: it rocks. The movie opens on May 22.
Dragonball: Evolution
This new trailer isn't impressing me any more than the last one. There's plenty of sci-fi fantasy kung foolery here if that's your kind of thing. Fans of the anime don't seem too thrilled with this adaptation, so I don't see a bright future for it. If you're so inclined, watch for this one on April 8.
Powder Blue
Jessica Biel stripping and Forrest Whitaker committing suicide dressed like Santa are just two of interesting visuals on display here. Aside from a few words spoken at the end there is no dialogue and very little to go on as far as what the movie is about. Still the imagery is pretty gripping. No release date for this one just yet.
Good
Viggo Mortensen stars as a college professor in Germany during the rise of the Nazi regime. Essentially a good man, he finds himself compromising his principals and accepting membership in the Nazi party. Watch for this one in limited release on December 31.
The Proposal
A retread of the getting-married-to-stay-in-the-country premise with
Ryan Reynolds being coerced to marry his Canadian boss played by
Sandra Bullock. The leads have appeal but I can't get past the cookie cutter plot that reminds me of countless TV episodes. Look for this one on June 12.
Continue reading Trailer Park: A Good Proposal That Rocked
Posted Dec 6th 2008 5:03PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Trailer Trash, Trailers and Clips
Friday the 13th
This is the new full length trailer for the reimagining of the classic horror franchise. Sexually active young adults being stalked by a big dude in a goalie mask. Aside from a Jason who is much faster than the lumbering killing machine in countless sequels I don't see anything new here. This hits theaters on Friday February 13.
Terminator Salvation
OK, this is really just a preview of the preview which is kind of lame.
Entertainment Tonight is going to have the official first look at the full
Terminator: Salvation trailer next tuesday, but this clip from the 12/4 shows some intriguing bits.
Terminator 3 pretty much killed my interest in the series, but between this and the teaser trailer they've definitely got my attention. Salvation begins on May 22.
Donkey PunchDespite a title that implies some bizarre form of animal cruelty (and the actual meaning of the term is even more disturbing) this is a horror suspense yarn about a good time gone very wrong. Three girls out partying in Spain meet some guys and go back to their yacht. One of the girls ends up dead after some rough sex games and the plot is off and running. The trailer makes me think of
Wolf Creek, another young-people's-vacation-turns-to-horror movie. Look for this in theaters on January 23 in limited release.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Salvation or Termination?
Posted Nov 29th 2008 3:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Trailer Trash
Time to kick back, have a turkey sandwich and dig into some post-Thanksgiving movie trailer goodness.
The Ugly Truth
Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler star in this romantic comedy. Butler is an abrasive, chauvinistic TV personality and Heigl is his romantically challenged producer. The story looks fairly predictable and this one is going to have to rely heavily on the charisma of the cast. The release date is April 3.
What Doesn't Kill YouCrime drama starring
Mark Ruffalo and
Ethan Hawke as childhood friends from Boston whose life of crime puts a strain on their personal lives. This looks reminiscent of other Boston-based crime flicks like
The Departed and
Gone Baby Gone, but looks like it has a passion all its own. This will be one to watch for and it goes into limited release on December 12.
New in Town
A fish-out-of-water comedy starring
Renee Zellweger as a Miami businesswoman who relocates to Minnesota in the middle of the Winter. Having witnessed a Minnesota Winter firsthand, I can sympathize.
Harry Connick Jr. plays the flannel-garbed, rough-around-the-edges hunk she falls for. This could be fun, and it comes out sometime in 2009.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Things Get Ugly
Posted Nov 22nd 2008 12:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Foreign Language, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Trailer Trash, Family Films, Trailers and Clips
Trailers? Oh yeah, we got your trailers here.
Star Trek Like a lot of people, I got my first glimpse of this one when it played with
Quantam of Solace last weekend. While this will obviously play hell with
Star Trek continuity, I am one Trek geek who is looking forward to the J.J. Abrams take on the franchise. It opens on May 8.
Astro Boy Here's a teaser for the CGI animated adaptation of the classic anime about a robot boy built by a scientist to replace the son he lost. The trailer doesn't give us much to go on, but the impressive voice cast includes
Freddie Highmore,
Nicolas Cage,
Kristen Bell,
Donald Sutherland,
Eugene Levy, and
Nathan Lane. Things get cosmic on October 23.
CoralineI find it odd that Neil Gaiman's name isn't mentioned in the trailer, since the film is based on his novella. Gaiman isn't a household name but I would have figured he was well enough known to catch a few people's attention. Nevertheless, this stop-motion animated feature from
Henry Selick, the director of
A Nightmare Before Christmas and
James and the Giant Peach, deals with a young girl who finds a pathway to a parallel world in which duplicates of her parents sport buttons for eyes. This deliciously creepy looking film will be in theaters on February 6.
Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursAll of our favorite characters return for this third installment of the series, and this time it's in 3-D. The only one we see in this new trailer is Scrat, on the trail of not just another acorn but apparently romance as well. The one hits on July 1.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Wrestling With The Truth About Trek
Posted Nov 19th 2008 6:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Horror, Romance, Trailer Trash, Family Films
This past weekend marked the biggest opening in history for a James Bond film and Daniel Craig proved that his successful reimagining of the character in
Casino Royale was no fluke. Here's the top five:
1. Quantum of Solace: $67.5 million
2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $35 million
3. Role Models: $11.1 million
4. High School Musical 3: Senior Year: $5.6 million
5. Changeling: $4.3 millionTwo new releases this week, including an animated comedy and a teen romance with a hint of horror.
BoltWhat's It All About: Animated family feature from Disney about a canine actor who doesn't realize the amazing feats he performs on television are really just special effects. Featuring the voices of
John Travolta,
Miley Cyrus, and
Malcom McDowell.
Why It Might Do Well: The trailer is appealing and slapping Miley Cyrus's name on anything geared at kids is like having a license to print money. Combine that with an 85% fresh rating at
Rottentomatoes.com, and this one should open to impressive numbers.
Why It Might Not Do Well: The
Madagascar sequel is still out, so it may siphon off some of the audience
Bolt is shooting for.
Number of Theaters: 3,500
Prediction: $42 million
Twilight
What's It All About: A teenage girl moves to Washington state to live with her father and soon falls in love with a local boy. Her new heartthrob, however, has no heart beat as he and his family are vampires.
Why It Might Do Well: Twilight is based on a best-selling series of novels with an ardent fan following ensuring that come this Friday theaters will be filled with goth-tinged teen angst both on an off screen.
Why It Might Not Do Well: I don't see that happening. In fact I think this will be the number one flick.
Number of Theaters: 3,200
Prediction: $44 million
The big question is how well
Quantam of Solace is going to do in its second week. I'm betting that both of the new releases will outdo Mr. Bond, leaving him shaken but not stirred. Here's my prediction.
1. Twilight
2. Bolt
3. Quantum of Solace
4. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
5. Role Models
Continue reading Box Office: Twilight Arrives
Posted Nov 17th 2008 1:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Trailer Trash, Movie Marketing, Remakes and Sequels, Trailers and Clips
Over the weekend, the new full-length
Star Trek trailer debuted in front of
Quantum of Solace, as well as in
shoddy bootlegged form over on YouTube. Thankfully, Paramount has finally debuted that sucker online in glorious HD, and you can
check it out over on Apple right now. Go ahead ... we'll wait here.
Since I've never been a hardcore
Trek fan (or Trekkie, or Trekker, or TrekWTF), I can't pinpoint all the little things this trailer either gets right or wrong regarding the
Trek mythology. I will say, though, that it looks to have all the makings of a big, exciting summer blockbuster and I'm sure audiences will devour it come May. Later on this evening,
Cinematical will be joining
Trek director
J.J. Abrams for a very special presentation of footage from the new film, so we'll definitely be back to let you know how it looks, feels, sounds, etc ... And if there's anything specific you'd like us to try to ask Abrams, let us know in the comments.
In the meantime, feel free to sound off on the new trailer below. Is this what you expected? And are you more excited or less excited about the film after watching this preview?
Star Trek arrives in theaters on May 8, 2009.
Posted Nov 14th 2008 12:20PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Fandom, Trailer Trash, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips
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Potter and Pixar magic, a new
Watchmen trailer and Roland Emmerich courts the apocalypse once again. Here's what's happening in trailers:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceNot to be outdone by those vampires over in
Twilight land, Warner Bros. has released a brand new, full-length trailer for
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which, of course, should satisfy those Potter fanatics who were pissed the release date was pushed back from next week to this July. Check it out below:
2012If
Roland Emmerich hadn't chosen the career of film maker, I suspect he would have become a super villain as this film marks his third attempt to destroy the world
(after
Independence Day and
The Day After Tomorrow) -- and fourth if you count
Godzilla, though the big lizard confined the devastation to New York City. Evidence as to what can happen when a dripping faucet gets out of control, this teaser looks pretty darn spectacular. Whether or not the film has any soul to back up the effects remains to be seen, but it opens on July 10.
UpThis preview spends a fair amount of time reminding us of all the hits Pixar has had before giving us a glimpse of this newest effort. We meet Carl Fredricksen (
Ed Asner), a grumpy old man who devises a unique plan for dealing with urban sprawl that's encroaching upon his home. Still just a teaser here, so story info is light, but I'm betting Pixar has another winner on its hands when the flick arrives in theaters on May 29, 2009.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Harry Potter, Armageddon and Pixar
Posted Nov 7th 2008 9:03PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Trailer Trash, Family Films
We've got another bushel or so of trailers for films just over the horizon. How promising are they? You tell us.
Monsters Vs. Aliens
Dreamworks latest animated feature has a group of terrestrial monsters (a blob, a fish man, a giant bug, a human-sized cockroach/mad scientist and a very tall woman named Susan) fighting off an alien attack. This homage to 1950s sci fi features the voices of
Seth Rogen,
Will Arnet,
Paul Rudd,
Hugh Laurie,
Reese Witherspoon,
Kiefer Sutherland,
Rainn Wilson,
Stephen Colbert and looks flat out awesome. It opens on March 27 but I really want to see it NOW.
Pink Panther 2
While it's hard for me to work up much enthusiasm for a sequel to a remake I didn't see which was based on a series that had pretty much run out of steam by the end,
Steve Martin's Inspector Clouseau does have an endearing charm and I found myself hoping the damn fool doesn't get himself killed falling down stairs, impersonating the pope and brawling with eight year old karate students. Also, this time Inspector Dreyfus is played by
John Cleese who I think is one of the funniest guys on the planet.
Pink Panther 2 hits theaters on February 6.
Cadillac Records
Set in 1950s Chicago, this one follows the lives of musical legends such as Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf and Elvis Presley, with a cast that includes
Beyonce Knowles,
Adrien Brody and
Mos Def.
Cadillac Records comes out on December 5.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Monsters, Panthers and Fanboys
Posted Oct 31st 2008 9:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Fandom, Trailer Trash, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips
Another gaggle of fresh previews this week featuring wizards, robots, and French school teachers. Here we go:
Angels and Demons -
Tom Hanks returns to the role of Robert Langdon in this prequel to
The Da Vinci Code based on the novel by Dan Brown. This time he is on the trail of an ancient secret organization called The Illuminati in an attempt to prevent a terrorist act against The Vatican. This teaser trailer doesn't give much to go on, but I'm sure fans of the books are getting all tingly.
The Class -
Francois Begaudeau, who wrote the screenplay and the novel on which this film is based, also stars in this French-language film as a teacher trying to reach a group of mult-ethnic students in a Parisian high school. Comparisons to
To Sir With Love seem inevitable, but this looks like it could be worth a look.
The Day the Earth Stood Still - (extended international trailer) - More
Keanu, more devastation and more Gort in this extended trailer. I'm torn here by the fact that this remake doesn't seem to get the idea of the 1951 original but still manages to look pretty cool on its own.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Angels, Hotels and Hogwarts
Posted Oct 25th 2008 9:32AM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Trailer Trash
We've got a pack of new trailers this week, and this being the Halloween season it's not surprising that quite a few are for horror flicks. We've also got super heroes, introspective middle aged men and angsty teens (as pictured above). Let's dive in, shall we?
Friday the 13th
The first trailer for the new
Friday the 13th remake arrived online during the week before Halloween. Kids. Screaming. You get it. Just as modern audiences seem to prefer the fast zombies of Zach Snyder's
Dawn of the Dead, Jason is much more nimble here than I remember him being.
Notorious
The first trailer for the much-hyped Notorious B.I.G. biopic
introduced itself to to us the other day. The film tells the life (and eventual death) story of the famous rapper from Brooklyn. Jamal Woolard stars as B.I.G. and Derek Luke does his best P. Diddy. This one is set for January 19.
Trick r Treat
Scott
first posted about a trailer for this cool looking horror anthology back in July of 2007. This looks great and word from a recent press screening is extremely positive, but unfortunately Warner Bros. doesn't know what the hell to do with it. Hopefully the new hype will convince them to chuck it out in a few theaters and give it to us on DVD sooner rather than later.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Tricks, Treats and Trailers
Posted Oct 18th 2008 5:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Horror, Music & Musicals, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Trailer Trash
This week I'm taking a look at trailers chosen purely on the basis of how much they caught my eye.
Marley and Me What caught my attention here was the idea that
Owen Wilson is yet again playing a man wrestling with his inability to grow up, kind of like he did in
Wedding Crashers and
You Me and Dupree. Is this a groove or a rut? This time out Wilson is playing a married man who is unsure about whether or not he's ready to be a father, so he and his wife (played by
Jennifer Aniston) test the parental waters by getting a dog. There's lots of cute doggie hijinx on display here, but between the
Beethoven flashbacks and the fact that I've yet to see a really good Jennifer Aniston movie, I think I'll be passing on this one.
Sunshine Cleaning In this indie comedy, two down on their luck sisters launch a business in which they clean up after crime scenes and untimely deaths. It's no one's dream job, but I can see there being a market for it. This is being touted as coming from the producers of
Little Miss Sunshine, and one of that film's stars (
Alan Arkin) appears here as the sisters' father. We've got some laughs and endearing characters here and there's a scene with
Amy Adams lounging fetchingly in her underwear. I'll be watching for this one. Check out
Kim's review of the film.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Standing Out in the Crowd
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