trailers

trailer break: ‘Up in the Air’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Wow: killer trailer, full of zingers and pathos. I love this movie already. It’s Michael Clayton as a dramedy! It’s Thank You for Smoking but sweeter! It’s George Clooney in Love! At least that’s what Paramount wants us to think. And I’ll go along with that for … more…

trailer break: ‘Armored’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This won’t screen for critics before it opens, but that’s okay: I feel like I’ve just seen the whole thing right here in the trailer. So thoughtful of Screen Gems, don’t you think? Lesson for today: The foreclosure crisis leads to bad movies. Will the horrors of … more…

retro trailer: ‘The Last Unicorn’

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Take a look back at an old trailer… Man, fantasy animation has moved on a bit since 1982, has it not? Voice acting, too. Dear oh dear, but the dialogue is cringeworthy today, isn’t it? Alan Arkin as the second-rate pickpocket might be the most awkward, but Jeff Bridges is a close second with that … more…

trailer break: ‘Red Cliff’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Totally awesome. I so fell in love with Takeshi Kaneshiro in House of Flying Daggers, and he’s just as enticing here as a sort of Jedi warrior. Plus, there’s some cool battles and shit. Red Cliff opens in the U.S. today; it played in U.K. theaters this … more…

trailer break: ‘Me and Orson Welles’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I can’t help it: the title Me and Orson Welles makes me think of that scene in Ed Wood when Johnny Depp’s Wood corners Vincent D’Onofrio’s Welles and they talk about movies. Wow: Richard Linklater made a movie with Zac Efron. I would have thought that if … more…

trailer break: ‘Brothers’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ugh. This looks like it tells us the whole movie in two and a half minutes. I hope that’s not the case, and that it spins off into some direction we’re not expecting. Because with this cast — Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, and Jake Gyllenhaal, oh my! … more…

trailer break: ‘Serious Moonlight’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh boy. A comedy about home invasion and spousal abuse? Can it work? I hope the movie addresses the situation that the Tim Hutton character brings up, how his wife Meg Ryan makes more money than him and is physically stronger than him, etc — because that’s … more…

trailer break: ‘Clash of the Titans’ teaser

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I guess this is cool and all, but why does it feel really familiar? Should I have been getting flashes of The Lord of the Rings from a story set in the ancient world? Maybe I’m just worn out from these kinds of movies. I’ll certainly see … more…

trailer break: ‘Everybody’s Fine’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but sad (or sadder), and with Robert DeNiro. Hopefully not doing his crazy-dad Meet the Parents schtick. It looks like not, but you never know. Everybody’s Fine opens in the U.S. on December 4, and in the U.K. on February 19, 2010.