retro trailer: ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’

Take a look back at an old trailer… Interesting… this trailer actually features music from the actual score of the movie. That never happens, at least not in recent years. You’ll often hear music from another movie, an older movie, over a trailer for a different film, because trailers are typically cut today before a … more…

trailer break: ‘A Single Man’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This is one of the more striking trailers I’ve seen in a long while. I certainly expect something visually dramatic from the film, which is the directorial debut of fashion designer Tom Ford: if we can’t expect visual drama from a fashion designer, what’s the point of … more…

trailer break: ‘The Fourth Kind’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s total bullshit, of course. No scene in this movie is supported by archive footage, though it does appear to be the case that Milla Jovovich appears in the film. This is all entirely invented, wholly fictional (the Anchorage Daily News did some investigating). But it’s spooky, … more…

trailer break: ‘Trick ’r Treat’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… There’s been a lot of this of late: movies skipping theatrical release and heading straight for every form of home video viewing known to humanity in the early 21st century. The straight-to-DVD stigma seems to be wearing off, and if the buzz on this film is a … more…

trailer break: ‘Precious’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, man. I might just slit my wrists now and have it done with. You can always tells it’s awards season when the Serious Filums start coming along. Precious opens in the U.S. on November 6; no U.K. release date has been announced.

trailer break: ‘The Road’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’ve already noted that I’m dreading this — in a good way — because the book is so unrelentingly brutal. And the trailer only intensifies that dread. I fully expect the usual concentrated passion from Viggo Mortensen, and Viggo’s been calling his kid costar, Kodi Smit-McPhee, the … more…

retro trailer: ‘Big Trouble in Little China’

Take a look back at an old trailer… Would you believe I’ve never actually seen this flick? It may be too late for me, at this point, to catch on to the goofy appeal the movie seems to have for so many people. Because this trailer doesn’t look like it’s selling goofy: it looks like … more…

trailer break: ‘Motherhood’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… There’s a whole bunch of stuff in this trailer that is not in the final film. I hate that. Motherhood opens in the U.S. on October 23; no U.K. release date has been announced.

trailer break: ‘Astro Boy’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Looks like a little bit Iron Giant, a little bit Transformers, a little bit Robocop. The real question is, however: Is it a little bit Pinocchio? Does Astro long to be a real boy? This is from David Bowers, who cowrote and codirected the wonderfully original Flushed … more…

trailer break: ‘Paranormal Activity’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Someone asked me recently why I hadn’t seen or reviewed Paranormal Activity, and the answer was easy: the film was not scheduled to open in New York, and there had been no press screenings of it. It’s just started playing here now, and I’ll have to make … more…