trailer break: ‘Fast & Furious’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… “A lot has changed”? Nothing has changed! It’s the same movie over and over again — they even recycled the title this time! Is dropping the thes really enough to make sure people don’t confuse this with the first movie… or is keeping the title almost identical … more…

trailer break: ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Aren’t we the lucky duckies: we get a boob joke and a poop joke right in the trailer! Look, this concept has the potential to be genuinely funny and visually striking, but can we please declare a moratorium on poop jokes? I find it impossible to believe … more…

trailer break: ‘12 Rounds’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… How is this not Die Hard with a Vengeance, with the tests and the tricks and all? How shameless can they be about reminding you that the whole movie is stolen from another movie? Or maybe they prefer that you equate this in your head with Die … more…

trailer break: ‘Super Capers’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… A halfway house for superheroes? Oh dear. A cameo by Adam West? Oh dear. A superpower that plays off of the hero being scared? Oh dear. A getaway van actually labeled “Getaway Van”? Oh dear. Poop jokes and fat jokes? Oh dear. And these are all the … more…

trailer break: ‘The Young Victoria’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oooo, sexy: flirting over a chessboard. Looks like a pretty luscious love story. No wonder Victoria put the whole country into mourning for half a century when Albert died… Interesting choice, Emily Blunt for the lead. She’s so funny and so spritely — that’s not exactly what … more…

trailer break: ‘Drag Me to Hell’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Or, Hell Is Other People’s Housing Crisis. Or Final Foreclosure. Or Mortgagalypse. Try it, it’s fun! It’s always cause for celebration when Sam Raimi has a new movie for us. But Sam Raimi making a big-budget horror movie? This is a new, um, creature entirely. Can we … more…

trailer break: ‘The Last House on the Left’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Okay, we joke about trailers that show us the whole movie, but this one just about does show us the entire movie in two minutes and 30 seconds. You really do not need to see the movie if you’ve seen this, and believe me, you will count … more…

trailer break: ‘Tales of the Black Freighter’

Take a break from work: watch a DVD trailer… I’ll be curious to see how this stands up on its own, as a separate story. Because it’s so integrated into the story of Watchmen, and its impact is so tied up with the contrast and parallel with the main story, that I suspect it will … more…

trailer break: ‘Duplicity’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen. That’s pretty much all I … more…