opening in the U.K. June 5: ‘Terminator Salvation,’ ‘Last Chance Harvey,’ ‘Sugar,’ more

Terminator Salvation: Robots bad. Humans good. That is all. Last Chance Harvey: The routine romantic comedy is greatly elevated by the elegant presences of Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman. [trailer] Sugar: Drama about a Dominican baseball player recruited to play in the Major Leagues. I’ve got a screener of this around here somewhere that I … more…

trailer break: ‘Away We Go’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The movie itself is not quite the nonstop zaniness that the trailer appears to suggest it is, but as trailers go, this one is pretty darn good at offering a sense of the film without giving it all away. Of course, it’s not really the kind of … more…

trailer break: ‘Year One’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Holy moviola, can you see it? Writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky sat around, probably stoned out of their minds, going, “No no, wait! It’s the Book of Genesis meets Spartacus! No no, wait! It’s Quest for Fire meets Life of Brian! No no, wait! It’s The … more…

OMG: penis onscreen!

Here we go again. There’s a penis onscreen — in a still image! — during the end credits of The Hangover, and people are freaking out. Sez Bilge Ebiri at New York mag’s blog Vulture (you might want to skip the big blockquote if you don’t want even minor spoilers for the movie): So, we … more…

trailer break: ‘The Proposal’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, ugh. It’s Green Card meets 9 to 5. See, cuz sexual harrassment is funny when it happens to guys, and it’s romantic, too. Cuz, holy crap, you just know they’re gonna actually fall in love by the end of this. And then I shall go on … more…

North American box office: ‘Up’ up and away

Pixar triumphs again. Is there anything they can’t sell us? 1. Up: $68.1 million (NEW) 2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $24.4 million (2nd week; drops 55%) 3. Terminator Salvation: $16.4 million (2nd week; drops 61%) 4. Drag Me to Hell: $15.8 million (NEW) 5. Star Trek: $12.6 million (4th week; drops … more…

trailer break: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh my goodness, Michael Bay does love blowing shit up, don’t he? Unexplained markings in ancient ruins all around the world? Michael Bay wants to make Raiders of the Lost Ark, methinks. With lots of shit blowing up, of course. I don’t like to spectulate about man … more…

my week at the movies: ‘Land of the Lost,’ ‘The Hangover,’ ‘Surveillance,’ ‘Imagine That,’ ‘Cheri,’ ‘Downloading Nancy,’ ‘Sex Positive’

I’m not expecting much from Land of the Lost (opens in the U.S. on June 5, and in the U.K. on July 31) — certainly nothing along the lines of the weird-ass freaky science fiction shit that blew my mind as an eight-year-old watching the original Saturday morning TV show. If it’s as mildly amusing … more…

trailer break: ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Lovely: end on a joke about the accidental and inappropriate touching of penis. That’s some class, right there. Oh, and the Scrat has been male all along, has it? Of course it has. All animals are by default and assumption male. We all know that the only … more…