trailer break: ‘Crazy Heart’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I love how the trailer notes that Jeff Bridges has been nominated for an Oscar four times… with the implication being that, Hey, this could be the fifth, and might even win him the damn thing. Fox Searchlight is certainly pushing Bridges and the film for awards … more…

trailer break: ‘Sherlock Holmes’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s been months since I posted a trailer for this one, so I figured it was time for another (there’s at least three floating around)… You know what’s too bad? That line about how they’ve been flirting for hours isn’t in the final film! And it’s really … more…

U.K. box office: ‘New Moon’ drops big

And Paranormal Activity opens big: 1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: £4.3 million (2nd week; drops 63%) 2. Paranormal Activity: £3.6 million (NEW) 3. A Christmas Carol: £1.9 million (4th week; drops 13%) 4. 2012: £1.8 million (3rd week; drops 48%) 5. Law Abiding Citizen: £1.5 million (NEW) (actual numbers, not estimates) A 63 percent … more…

trailer break: ‘An Emasculating Truth’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Are men endangered? Is masculinity on the decline? Where have all the cowboys gone, anyway? I can’t find out anything at all about the filmmaker here, so I can’t tell whether this is going to be a progressive look at changing definitions of masculinity and manhood, or … more…

trailer break: ‘Daybreakers’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The January release date is not encouraging, but I like this trailer. I like the new take on the very old vampire tropes. I like that this is from brothers Michael and Peter Spierig, who made the surprisingly poignant Undead on the cheap a few years ago … more…

trailer break: ‘Invictus’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m confused: Where are the aliens? Is the rugby match being played in District 9? Hey, that’s Martha Jones’s mother as Winnie Mandela! Invictus opens in the U.S. on December 11, and in the U.K. on February 5, 2010.

my week at the movies: ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Armored,’ ‘Invictus,’ ‘It’s Complicated,’ ‘The Last Station’

Who wants a sparkly vampire boyfriend? I want an ass-kicking, violin-playing, cocaine-shooting-up, arrogant, superior, crime-solving genius boyfriend, and all the better if he’s played by Robert Downey Jr., who is probably just as fucked up as Holmes himself but is walking sex nevertheless. (Jude Law’s not so bad, either.) Oh my god I feel like … more…