trailer break: ‘The International’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Ooo, bank rage! Clive Owen will solve the global financial crisis for us! How can this not be a huge hit… assuming any of us can afford to go to the movies in 2009? The International opens in the U.S. on February 13, 2009, and in … more…

trailer break: ‘The Transporter 3’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… This looks like an advertisement to me. Of course trailers are advertisements, but I mean that this has a vibe of a TV ad for a luxury car, or maybe for a cologne aimed at guys who want to feel more macho. Or maybe it’s selling … more…

trailer break: ‘Taken’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Liam Neeson is goin’ all badass on us. Cool. And I love that last line of the trailer. Actually, I love this trailer: it makes promises about what we’re gonna see without giving away the whole plot. Nicely done. Taken is now playing in the U.K., … more…

trailer break: ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Ah, Christ, how gut-wrenching is this one gonna be? The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas — aka The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the U.S. — is now playing in the U.K., and opens in the U.S. in limited release on November 7.

my week at the movies: ‘Sex Drive,’ ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,’ ‘W.,’ ‘Max Payne,’ ‘What Just Happened,’ ‘How to Lose Friends and Alienate People’

I was sorta dreading Sex Drive (opens wide in the U.S. October 17; opens in the U.K. January 9, 2009) — which is about a high school student who drives across the country to have sex with a woman he only knows from the Internet — until I discovered that it’s the first big film … more…

weekend box office: doggie doo-doo dominates again

I understand that in hard times, people just want something silly to entertain them. But Beverly Hills Chihuahua? Really? 1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua: $17.5 million (dropping 40% in its 2nd week) 2. Quarantine: $14.2 million (NEW) 3. Body of Lies: $13.1 million (NEW) 4. Eagle Eye: $11 million (3rd week) 5. Nick & Norah’s Infinite … more…

trailer break: ‘Quarantine’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… It’s the Rage virus meets the housing crisis. I hear there are some apartments going cheap in Los Angeles… Quarantine opens today, without benefit of press screenings.