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Really Intriguing SFX Work, District 9 Trailer
While the story presented in this trailer may seem like a heavy handed allegory, the FX work, particularly of the ship, I found absolutely stunning. Check it out for yourself. http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/district9/ -Dan Benamor
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“Get a gallon”–The Taking of Pelham 123 Trailer
The Taking of Pelham 123 Trailer Watch this trailer by clicking the underlined “The Taking of Pelham 123 Trailer” link above. This movie is about a subway train taken hostage (by John Travolta) and the civil service worker (Denzel Washington) who tries to help. It’s directed by the fabulous Tony Scott (Spy Game, Man on…
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Austin Powers For Black People
Michael Jai White is probably most familiar to the average filmgoer for playing Gambol in The Dark Knight (“Enough, from the clown!”) but he also stars in and has a writing credit on Black Dynamite, a blaxploitation spoof that just recently sold for around 2 million at Sundance. You can watch the goofy trailer by…
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Crank 2 Trailer–Enough Said
No really. I vehemently argued against the notion there would be a Crank 2. Friends tried to convince me, “No man, he blinks at the end. He’s alive.” I said no way in hell. I assumed it was budgetary constraints that kept the filmmakers from having Jason Statham simply explode in a million pieces at…
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Is It Just Me, Or Does the New Fast and Furious Look Decent?
Fast and Furious 4 Trailers Consider the original Fast and Furious. The first mega-hit for stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, the film pushed them towards careers as solo leads in similarly action-oriented fare. Walker still returned for Fast and Furious 2 (another hit) but skipped the third outing, whereas Diesel hasn’t been in the…
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Terrence Howard pulls a Djimon Hounsou
Fighting-Trailer Watching the trailer for Fighting makes you think of one thing…the trailer for Never Back Down. Here’s the link for Fighting http://www.rottentomatoes.com/dor/objects/964810/fighting/videos/FIGHTING_T1_122908.html Here’s a link for the trailer of Never Back Down http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/neverbackdown/ Let’s compare the two. Never Back Down -About the underground fighting scene -Stars a buff white guy -Weird named love interest…
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The Rock is Cooking Happy Meals
The Rock, please stop it. It just makes me sad. In reality the Rock has basically saved his career by shifting into a family man. The Game Plan was his biggest hit in years, and he is following it up with some more family friendly stuff that looks like junk. Check the trailer for Race…
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Nicolas Cage Knows He Should Be Doing Better Movies
Oh Nic Cage, why? This guy is probably the weirdest actor to somehow randomly have become a marquee player, but he seems to sleepwalk through nearly every role he gets now (cough, Next, cough National Treasure 1 and 2, cough). There was a time when Nicolas Cage stunned with his bizarre, rangy performances as twins…
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Live-Action Kung Fu Panda
I was pretty dubious when I saw some of the promo art for this movie. It looked like a possibly culturally insensitive piece of exploitation. Of course that was before I watched the trailer, which you can catch here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/chandnichowktochina/large.html Afterwards I found myself humming “From Chandni Chowk to China” all day. This Bollywood/Kung Fu…
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WTF Gerard!
Why Gerard Butler (300) insists on doing chick flicks is beyond me. He was perfectly fine in P.S. I Love You but really, is this the best use of his prodigious talent? And at the very least P.S. I Love You had an intriguing concept. His upcoming, “The Ugly Truth” with Katherine Heigl doesn’t seem…