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movie buzz

trailer break: ‘Hanna’

Wed, Dec 29, 2010
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An action fantasy movie about a girl? Awesome. More like this, please.

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trailer break: ‘The Dilemma’

Tue, Dec 28, 2010
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Welcome to the craptacular movies of January.

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trailer break: ‘The Way Back’

Mon, Dec 27, 2010
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Reminds me of Alive!, about the rugby players who walked out of the Andes…

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trailer break: ‘Animals United’

Fri, Dec 24, 2010
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We really should worry about what happens when the rest of the natural world figures out that the upright simians at the top of the food chain have not been responsible stewards of the planet…

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trailer break: ‘Sanctum’

Thu, Dec 23, 2010
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Poor Ioan Gruffudd. He was gonna be such a big star after Horatio Hornblower…

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trailer break: ‘Trollhunter’

Wed, Dec 22, 2010
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Nice to see a story about a fantasy mythology that isn’t drawing on the Anglo-Saxon well that is running dry…

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trailer break: ‘Thor’

Tue, Dec 21, 2010
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Oh, dear. This is going to be very silly, isn’t it?

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deep thought (re ‘Country Strong’)

Mon, Dec 20, 2010
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It’s a bit suspicious that New York is not one of the ”select cities” Country Strong is opening in on Wednesday. Don’t they want the New York critics to see it? Maybe they’re afraid we don’t get country music…

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trailer break: ‘Water for Elephants’

Mon, Dec 20, 2010
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To escape the hell that is the Twilight movies, poor Robert Pattinson has run away to join the circus.

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trailer break: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’

Fri, Dec 17, 2010
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Oooo, Old West alien abduction! Missing time! Tracking implants! With six-shooters!

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