trailer break: ‘District 13: Ultimatum’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I found the original District 13 to be a lot of awesome style and very little substance of interest, and this looks like more of the same. Except with a stolen nuclear bomb thrown in, perhaps we can expect the French equivalent of Jack Bauer to be … more…

trailer break: ‘Babies’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Aw, well, that’s adorable. And it’s makes me feel hopeful for the future. Which is a good feeling to have as awful 2009 ends, and upcoming 2010 looks even worse. Babies is opens in the U.S. on April 16, 2010; no U.K. release date has been announced … more…

retro trailer: ‘Meet John Doe’

Take a look back at an old trailer… Eighteen months to film? “Magnificently” shot entirely on a backlot? I do love this movie, but I think I love how they sold it way back when even more. Gary Cooper: definitely a selling point. Cast of 5,000 others? I guess that — and the 18 months … more…

trailer break: ‘Leap Year’

Here’s a fucking newsflash from the 20th century: A woman can propose marriage to a man whenever the hell she wants, and not just on a day that comes around only once every four years. “I’m not gonna die without getting engaged”? What the fuck kind of retro shit is this? Why, Amy Adams? Why? … more…

trailer break: ‘The White Ribbon’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This is probably not the movie you’re gonna want if you need to escape the holiday fray for a while, unless you want to slit your wrists afterward. The White Ribbon is now playing in the U.K.; it opens in the U.S. on December 30.

trailer break: ‘Nativity!’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh my goodness, it’s Waiting for Guffman, with kids and baby Jesus. There’s no way this is gonna get released here in the States. Guess I’ll have to order the DVD… Nativity! is now playing in the U.K.; no U.S. release date has been announced.

trailer break: ‘The Book of Eli’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I heard a word on The Colbert Show last week that I’d never heard before, but the instant I heard it, I knew I loved it. That word is afterscape. I love learning new words, because now I can say this: The afterscape in the Hughes Brothers’ … more…