trailer break: ‘Tokyo!’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Three awesome directors — though I would see this for Michel Gondry alone — in a movie that looks like Tokyo je t’aime? I’m there. Tokyo! opens in limited release in the U.S. on March 6; no U.K. release date has been announced.

trailer break: ‘Friday the 13th’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… So Marcus Nispel, the guy who made the pointless 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, is at it again, eh? Except don’t call it a remake: it’s a reboot, if you please. Do we really need a reboot of Jason, though? Is he a character … more…

my week at the movies: ‘Push,’ and that’s it

It looks like I picked precisely the right week-to-ten-days to escape to London: I’ve got exactly one movie on my screening schedule for this week, and that’s not because I’m flying out of here early Wednesday morning. Mere hours before I hop on a plane to Heathrow — weather permitting on both sides of the … more…

trailer break: ‘Chocolate’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… She has “a special need to kick some ass”? My god, they actually said that, didn’t they? Chocolate opens in limited release in the U.S. on February 6, and arrives on DVD and HDNet Ultra Vod on February 10; it has already come and gone from … more…

trailer break: ‘Push’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Um, how is this different from X-Men and Heroes? And Firestarter? Crap, Dakota Fanning even looks like Drew Barrymore a bit, doesn’t she? I’m just wondering. Cuz in almost any other job in the world, if you were to go in to your boss’s office and … more…

U.K. box office: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ hangs on

Slumdog Millionaire keeps blasting the competition out of the water: 1. Slumdog Millionaire: £2.8 million (3rd week; up 7%) 2. Valkyrie: £1.9 million (NEW) 3. My Bloody Valentine 3-D: £1.2 million (2nd week; drops 12%) 4. Seven Pounds: £1.1 million (2nd week; drops 30%) 5. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: £.99 million (NEW) (actual numbers, … more…

trailer break: ‘The Pink Panther 2’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… If there was any doubt that Hollywood thinks audiences are morons, surely it must be laid to rest by this trailer. If this is all the funniest stuff — as, alas, trailers tend to focus on — I can’t even begin to imagine the trial that … more…