Lisa Gets Obsessed With Vegas


We all knew that the Step Up movies were eventually going to end up taking place in Las Vegas, didn’t we?

As much as I like the glitzy and decadent feel of that trailer, I still prefer the Cosmopolitan Vegas commercials.

Like this one!  Look at the kittens!

Or this one!  Because wild is laid!

Or this one!  What do you think is going to get buried?

Damn, I want to go to Vegas now…

Trailer: The Giver


The Giver is a film that has been frequently mentioned as being a possible Oscar contender, largely because it’s being released by the Weinstein Company and the cast includes not only Meryl Streep or Jeff Bridges as well.  I have to admit that I have my doubts.  The trailer looks good but if neither The Hunger Games nor Looper could get any love from the Academy, what hope does The Giver have?

The Giver will be released on August 15th.

Trailer: 24: Live Another Day


Was it just me or did the Super Bowl commercials kinda sorta suck this year?  I mean, I expect the game to always be long and boring but I can usually count on seeing at least a few memorable commercials.  Howevever, with a few notable exceptions (mostly involving puppies and horses), this year’s crop of commercials were just boring.  You could tell that advertisers were going so out of their way to keep things positive that they forgot that commercials also need to be interesting.

However, there was one commercial that seemed to excite everyone on twitter and that was a brief 49-second commercial for the return of 24.  Judging from this commercial, Jack Bauer is back and he’s as violent as ever.  And, apparently, he has some issues with the British.

Trailer: The Fault In Our Stars


Okay, so that trailer for A Million Days To Die In The West may have made some people laugh.  Not me necessarily but surely, someone out there found it to be hilarious.  Well, here’s a trailer for a film that — if it does its source material any justice — is destined to make a lot of people (like me!) cry.  The Fault In Our Stars is based on the novel by John Green and it stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort.

 

Trailer: Helen Alone


I haven’t heard much about Helen Alone, beyond the fact that it’s an independent film, it’s the directorial debut of Henrik Bech Poulsen, and it was filmed in my home state of Texas.  According to its imdb page, it’s scheduled to be released on August 1st.

And, based on the trailer, I’m looking forward to seeing it.  The trailer has a nicely surreal feel to it.  As someone who spent her teen years living in the Texas suburbs, there was a lot in this to which I could definitely relate.