After more than a decade devoted to the amazing creatures of The Shire and all of Middle Earth, Peter Jackson will soon be saying good bye to his beloved series. Can’t say it hasn’t been fulfilling, and a tad overlong, but we’ve loved ever meandering second of the series. Also, we can’t wait until TNT inevitably runs all 6 films back to back (extended editions or not) and calls it “24 Hours of a Hobbit Story”. Pretty sure that’s what Jackson was aiming for all along – an alternative to A Christmas Story in December. Anyway, enjoy the teaser trailer that made hoards of fans at Comic Con happier than…
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Sweet Trailer…’Fifty Shades of Grey’
Avert your eyes people, the very first trailer for the adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey has hit the web. No, that first sentence isn’t to keep younger viewers from seeing what they shouldn’t. It’s just to keep you from spending 2 minutes and 34 seconds that you’ll never get back. The erotic novel has caused a stir the world over and like many books that get the big screen treatment, the film version of a popular novel most times never measures up to the ideas and images created in our heads…we’re looking at you Mommy readers. Anyway with a cast that is seeming more agreeable to the avid fans out…
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Sweet (Teaser) Trailer…Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Horns’
It was close to a year ago that we first saw anything about Horns, Keith Bunin and Alexandre Aja’s adaptation of Joe Hills’ novel. Following The Woman In Black, What If, A Young Doctor’s Notebook and his brilliant spot in Extras, Daniel Radcliffe continues to distance himself from the Harry Potter franchise. And good on him as he’s got the chops to make off-kilter roles like this and the ones above work. So if you haven’t been keeping up on Horns, then enjoy the first teaser trailer and poster below. In the aftermath of his girlfriend’s mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples. Directed…
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Sweet Trailer…’Starred Up’
Back in November we posted some news about the gripping British film Starred Up and today Tribeca Film has given those curious about the picture the first trailer. Starred Up is about ultra-violent 19-year-old Eric (Jack O’Connell) who is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father (Ben Mendelsohn). As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past the breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist (Friend), who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something…
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Sweet Trailer…Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’
It’s been a while since a Ridley Scott film has graced the silver screen. However it’s been even longer said screen has shown with a story that audiences have taken to as much as the films from his glory days. His ‘period piece’ films seem to be more miss than hit these days but the man can handle an epic that’s for sure. In fact we’ll even go so far as to defend Kingdom of Heaven (though the Director’s Cut is by far the superior effort) as one of Scott’s best works. In his latest film, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Scott puts his spin on the story of Moses as he…
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Sweet Trailer…’The Expendables 3′
“Fool me once“, as the say, “shame on you“. Fool me twice, shame on me. But how will we the audience fare on our third time down the action-heavy rabbit hole? Guess we’ll find out this August. Considering how well Captain America: The Winter Soldier did this April we find that studios are continually kicking off the Summer movie season earlier and earlier. But really, that was more of an appetizer as the coming months hold all true tent-pole films – those big budget blockbuster hopefuls looking to hit their critical and financial marks. So enter Sly and company’s third at bat in his ’80s styled shoot ’em up revival…
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Sweet (Teaser) Trailer…Alejandro Iñárritu’s ‘Birdman’
OK, stop what you’re doing. There’s a new Michael Keaton movie on the horizon….and to those of you skimming the title and body of this post too fast, no, he’s not taking up a new cape and kicking crime’s ass (we wish). But he is however starring in the latest from Alejandro Innaritu. In a premise so crazy it might just work fantastically (again, we hope) Michael Keaton is, in fact playing a has-been actor who played a superhero earlier in his career and now seeks so reclaim his former glory in this dark and slightly trippy looking comedy. [Disclaimer: this is in no way autobiographical] This week we’ve seen…
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Sweet Trailer…’The Interview’
It really is impressive seeing the lengths to which Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg will go in order to get a laugh. That said, The Interview has to be the most ambitious (and ballsy) picture of their careers. Even if the story is in jest this is pushing the limits…then again South Park does this (and worse) all the time so they’re not the most offensive “Western capital pigs” out there. But that’s what they do – they push boundaries – and you have to admire them for making comedy out of whatever they deem to be funny. After all these guys, having been raised on ’80s era comedies, are…
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Sweet Trailer…’Frontera’
This year writer/director Michael Berry brought his passion project to Dallas for the 44th Annual USA Film Festival. His film, Frontera, is a slow-boil drama about a mistaken murder that revolves around an illegal immigrant looking for a better life here in America. We got to speak to Berry while he was in town (check out our interview here!) and discuss this heavy and layered narrative – one that has a lot more going on under the surface than on top of it. We know how solid and emotionally taut the film is but now that the first trailer dropped we’re excited to see Berry’s film hopefully find a wider…
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Sweet (2nd) Trailer…Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
We’re not going to waste your time with this post. All you need to know is the newest Guardians of the Galaxy trailer is out, so check it out now. Like right now! Like what are you doing still reading this?? Enjoy the awesomeness below!! In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan. With equal parts sarcasm and action, thanks in large part to James Gunn and the spectacular cast he’s assembled, this looks to be an insanely fun outing. Reminiscent of The Fifth Element (in style and the hybrid sci-fi…
