T2, Danny Boyle’s sequel to Trainspotting, has already been released in the UK, where it received good but not great reviews.
(If anyone is interested in opening a TSL Bureau in the United Kingdom, please let us know.)
It’ll be released in America later this month. Here’s the latest trailer for the American release!
Happy Texas Independence Day!
Down here in Dallas, we celebrate Texas Independence Day by going down to Dealy Plaza and laughing at all the northern tourists sweating and talking about how they’re about to faint because they can’t handle a 75 degreee day.
But, if that sounds a little bit too mean-spirited to you, you can celebrate by watching my favorite scene from Richard Linklater’s Bernie! I know that I’ve probably shared this before but what can I say? I really love this quick lesson about my home state:
By the way, that line about “Dallas snobs,” always got a big laugh from the audiences at the Dallas Angelika. It’s important to have a sense of humor.
Don’t worry, Vermont. You’ll learn how to laugh at yourself someday.
Apparently, this is the first footage that we’ve seen of Aquaman and … uhmmmm …. yeah. This doesn’t look incredibly silly at all.
Hey, Zack, would it be too much trouble to get a Sucker Punch sequel?
Coming to Netflix in October…
It’s a new show about serial killers and the people who study them, hunt them, and hopefully capture them. It’ll be like Criminal Minds, though it’ll probably feature more profanity and nudity and less Thomas Gibson-involved physical assaults.
This show was produced by David Fincher so you know every film blogger is going to have to watch at least one episode.
Hmmm…
Okay, so for two months — January and February to be exact — I was convinced that War Machine was going to be some sort of Oscar contender but this just released teaser has changed my mind. It’s not that the teaser necessarily looks bad as much as it’s the fact that it ends with “Only on Netflix.”
(So, I guess it’s time to update those predictions before all the other award bloggers come across them and laugh at me. Seriously, award bloggers are mean!)
(Of course, it’s also not uncommon for Netflix to play their films in a Los Angeles theater for a week so that they’ll be Oscar eligible. That didn’t really work for Beasts of No Nation, of course….)
Anyway, here’s the teaser!
Hey, look! It’s Kurt Russell!
What I’ve been told is that, apparently, Kurt is playing an entire planet in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. I’m not sure how exactly that works but if anyone can pull off being a planet, I imagine it would be Kurt Russell.
Anyway, if I haven’t already mentioned it, there is probably no film that I am currently looking forward to more than I am looking forward to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!
I kind of wish this trailer didn’t open with everyone grinning like a bunch of missionaries preparing to leave on their first trip to the Amazon rain forest but otherwise, Alien: Covenant is looking pretty promising.
In theory, no movie should be scarier than an Alien movie. Hopefully, Ridley Scott will return this franchise to its former glory.
If you love classic movies, you’re going to love this trailer for the new Netflix documentary, Five Came Back!
Based on Mark Harris’s brilliant non-fiction book, Five Came Back takes a look at the work that five great directors — Frank Capra, William Wyler, John Huston, George Stevens, and John Ford — did during World War II. It’s a fascinating story and it was a fascinating book. I just hope this documentary does it justice.
We’ll find out on March 31st!
(Incidentally, Five Came Back is narrated by Meryl Streep so expect to see her nominated for Best Actress next year…)
Sorry, I’m a little bit late in sharing this.
To be honest, I’m still a little bit surprised to see how many people are excited for Kong: Skull Island. To me, almost everything that I’ve heard about it pretty much screams, “Summer movie that you will have forgotten about by next fall…”
That said, judging by my twitter timeline, a lot of people are excited about Kong: Skull Island. And this final trailer certainly looks good. So, let’s all go see Kong: Skull Island and hope that its box office success will lead to John C. Reilly getting better roles.
