trailer break: ‘The Boys Are Back’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ah, Clive Owen. Lovely in anything, but especially lovely here as a daddy. And this is a lovely trailer for a lovely film — doesn’t give away too much that you don’t learn early in the film anyway, and really doesn’t spoil the journey that the Owen … more…

trailer break: ‘Fame’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m not sure Fame was demanding a remake — the original 1980 film is still perfectly relevant, isn’t it? — but nobody asks me about these things. I blame High School Musical. Which is, of course, probably the fault of the first Fame. But hey, it’s the … more…

trailer break: ‘Surrogates’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… A supercreepy world of perfect-looking robots? How would it be any different from, say, Beverly Hills? No risk or danger? Where’s the fun in that? So, this is like the idea that “If you die while dreaming, you die in real life” done up all science fiction-y? … more…

retro trailer: ‘Invasion U.S.A.’

Take a look back at an old trailer… It’s this year’s — or 1952’s, anyway — shock cinema! That’s right: it’s shocking how much stock footage and TV news talking-head reportage makes up this movie. You won’t believe the things you’ll be told are happening in this movie, somewhere offscreen because we were too cheap … more…

trailer break: ‘Bright Star’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… A new movie from Jane Campion is always something to welcome, and this one is even more beautiful and more Keatsy-mopey and more romantic than the trailer suggests. *sigh* It makes me want to go read some early-19th-century poetry… Bright Star opened yesterday in New York and … more…

trailer break: ‘The Invention of Lying’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, what to make of this. Will it be funny? The trailer’s kinda funny. (Does it give away all the best jokes? Please, let that not be the case.) Will it be an awkward and uncomfortable movie-length rant about how “nice guys” never get the hot girls, … more…

trailer break: ‘An Education’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ah, a movie about a young woman’s coming of age. How wonderful… and how rare. And yes, that’s Carey Mulligan — aka “Sally Sparrow” from the Doctor Who episode “Blink” — in the lead role. And she’s as fantastic here as she was there. I don’t generally … more…

trailer break: ‘Pandorum’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… How do you think you would react if you knew the truth? Well, I’m guessing that the secret of this spaceship with the messed-up crew and the missing 60,000 passengers will turn out to be less thrilling and far more predictable than the filmmakers would like. Alien … more…