trailer break: ‘Inception’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… That image of the city folding in on itself is one of the most mindblowing things I’ve seen on film. The notion of “stealing an idea” is surely going to take on a whole new meaning when it’s the guy — Christopher Nolan — who created Memento … more…

trailer break: ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… So, I’ve generally been unable to post trailers for Disney movies because they always have embedding disabled (I’ve written before about the mysteriousness of studios refusing to let Web site owners give them free advertising.) Which is why I hadn’t posted a trailer yet for Alice in … more…

trailer break: ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… And then watch this one: Same movie… but you might not guess it from these two trailers. The first one makes this look like it’s akin to a cozy British mystery you might find on PBS: sure, there’s sex and murder, but it hasn’t been glamorized and … more…

my week at the movies: ‘The Wolfman,’ ‘Mother,’ ‘Frozen,’ ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,’ ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,’ ‘Valentine’s Day’

It’s starting too look like a more typical movie week: Five, maybe six flicks? That’s what I’m talkin’ about… Where was it that I was reading (or maybe it was in a video somewhere?) that the FX guys had a particular challenge on their hands with The Wolfman (opens in the U.S., Canada, and the … more…

trailer break: ‘Repo Men’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… So, not a sequel to Repo Man, then… 51 seconds into the trailer, I’m guessing this will be the “big twist”: Jude Law (or Forest Whitaker) secretly has a mortgaged replacement organ, and Forest Whitaker (or Jude Law) will be forced to repo it from his best … more…

trailer break: ‘Universal Dead’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Nope, it’s not another installment in the Universal Monsters reboot, but a new online series that will debut “around March 15th,” according to screenwriter Kelly Parks, whom I “spoke” to via Facebook last night. The trailer looks pretty impressive for a low-budget effort, and the cast is … more…

U.K. box office: some more about ‘Avatar’

Are you sick of hearing about Avatar yet? 1. Avatar: £4.9 million 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: £1.195 million 3. Edge of Darkness: £1.172 (NEW) 4. Sherlock Holmes: £1.149 million 5. It’s Complicated: £.84 million (4th week; drops 26%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Avatar was down only six percent last weekend in the … more…