Trailer: The Judge

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Someday, Robert Downey, Jr. is going to win an Oscar but will it be for his performance in The Judge? This upcoming film has been mentioned on some sites as being an Oscar contender but, based on the newly released trailer, I have my doubts. Don’t get me wrong — it looks like it’s going to be a good film and Robert Downey, Jr. looks like he’s been perfectly cast. But, at the same time, the trailer makes the film look just a bit predictable. Hopefully, the film’s plot — Robert Downey. Jr. is a slick lawyer who defends his estranged father (Robert Duvall) after the latter is accused of murdering his wife — will provide a few unexpected twists that aren’t obvious from the trailer.

That said, this is a film that I will definitely see when it’s released in theaters. How can you not see a film that features both Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duvall?

International Trailer: Guardians of the Galaxy

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here’s the international trailer for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy!

Despite knowing next to nothing about the comic books that inspired this movie, I can’t help but look forward to it. How can you not love a raccoon that sounds like Bradley Cooper?

The Final Trailer: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here is the third and final trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes! Judging from this trailer, it looks like the apes are basically kicking humanity’s ass and you know what?

GO APES!

Sadly, it appears that my beloved James Franco has failed to survive the apocalypse. However, Gary Oldman is still around and, if anyone can properly represent what’s left of humanity, it’s probably Gary Oldman.

(Incidentally, I’m pretty sure that I would survive the apocalypse. I have redhead survival skills, after all…)

AARP Continues To Kick Ass In This Trailer For The Expendables 3

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here’s the latest trailer for The Expendables 3. Apparently, every actor over the age of 60 will eventually appear in an installment of the Expendables franchise.

Trailer: All Cheerleaders Die

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Arleigh

Lucky McKee is one of my favorite horror filmmakers since I first saw his 2002 film May. I’ve followed his career since and last year he premiered his latest horror film during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

All Cheerleaders Die will have a limited release this summer and will most likely be available on Video On-Demand soon after. Whether I see it on the big-screen or in the comfort of my own home I know for a fact that my partner-in-crime, Lisa Marie, will be watching this as well. She won’t be able to resist after just seeing the title alone. It’s right up her wheelhouse, so to speak.

Trailer: The Interview

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Kim Jung-un, the verifiably evil dictator of North Korea who is currently starving his nation and trying to build up a nuclear arsenal, might seem an unlikely subject for a comedy. However, you would be wrong. This is America and our filmmakers are willing to use anyone and anything, except for Barack Obama, for comedy fodder. YAY AMERICA!

Anyway, the upcoming film The Interview deals with a talk show host (James Franco) and his producer (Seth Rogen) and details what happens when they are recruited by the CIA to assassinate Kim Jung-un. It’s probably not too much of a stretch to say that the CIA has an actual, real-life plan to assassinate Kim Jung-un but, then again, it’s not like this film is ever going to be seen in North Korea.

Add to that, the trailer actually looks funny. And even more importantly, James Franco looks really hot.

The Interview will be released on October 10th.

The Official Teaser For Birdman Is Here!

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Birdman is one of those films that people like me have been predicting will be an Oscar contender, despite the fact that we know next to nothing about the film. What we do know is that it’s been described as a dark comedy. We know that it features Michael Keaton as an actor who is best known for playing a super hero. We know that it has an excellent and quirky supporting cast that is made up of wonderful performers like Edward Norton, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, and Emma Stone. Perhaps most importantly, we know that it was directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, a brilliant director who one usually does not associate with comedy.

The first teaser for Birdman was released today and having seen it, I’m even more excited to see the actual movie. I say this despite the fact that the trailer doesn’t reveal anything new about the film. However, the trailer makes good use of Crazy and I now really want to know what that marching band is doing on the stage.

Watch it below!

Trailer #2: Sin City: A Dame To Kill For

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Lisa Marie Bowman

To be honest, I wasn’t a huge fan of the first Sin City. I thought the movie, as a whole, dragged and all of the hard-boiled narration didn’t really work as an homage or a parody. I appreciated the film’s unique look and respected the fact that Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller really did succeed in creating a very real cinematic world but, on the whole, the film just didn’t work for me. It was a movie that failed to leave me excited, offended, enthralled, exhilarated, or angry. Instead, I was just bored.

Judging by how excited people online seem to be about Sin City’s upcoming sequel, I am very obviously in the minority.

And, I have to admit, I’ll probably end up watching Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. After all, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in it. I just hope that, unlike just about every character in the first film, he doesn’t end up getting disemboweled or shot in the head.

Here’s the 2nd trailer for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

(Also, if somebody doesn’t create a parody called Sim City: A Dame To Kill For, I will end up losing all faith in the internet….)

Trailer: Harbinger Down (Official)

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Arleigh

Last summer something caught my eye while scrolling up my Twitter feed. People I had been following were retweeting a Kickstarter campaign for an independent film. No, this wasn’t a Veronica Mars deal or Zach Braff begging the public for millions so he could make his own film. This was for a scifi-horror film that was going the whole practical effects route.

Harbinger Down is the brainchild of practical effects masters Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. whose own special effects studio Amalgamated Dynamics were instrumental in creating some of the practical effects for films such as the latest Godzilla and the underwhelming prequel for The Thing. It was their practical effects work for that prequel being replaced by CGI monsters at the very last second which convinced the two men to try and make a film using nothing but practical effects to show Hollywood bean counters and studio heads that there was still a place for the practical instead of going all-CG.

Their Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to start Harbinger Down succeeded and in addition to the $387,000 or so raised and their own money and studio time the film began principal photography this past January. A rough trailer was shown around MArch, but now we have the first official trailer to Harbinger Down which looks like a love letter to Carpenter’s very own The Thing.

Trailer: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Arleigh

“Mūn Purizumu Pawā, Meikuappu!”

When it was announced in the summer of 2012 that a new Sailor Moon anime series was in production the anime fandom was all a-twitter about the news. Whether one was male or female, Sailor Moon was a major part of the viewing regimen of anime fans young and old.

It’s now two year since that announcement and we finally have the first trailer of the return of Sailor Moon back on the airwaves. The series title will be Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, but it will most likely be shortened to just Sailor Moon Crystal to keep it simple. Toei Animation will be the studio doing the animation work while the series will premiere on the network Niconico in Japan while it will also stream on the website streaming service Crunchyroll.

It’s been over 20 years since the original Sailor Moon series went off-the-air and to say it’s back with a brand new season has made anime fans ecstatic (grumblings about the change in animation style notwithstanding) the world over.

Sailor Moon Crystal to premiere on July 5, 2014.