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trailer break: ‘Repo! The Genetic Opera’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… It’s Blade Runner meets The Matrix times comic books plus Tim Burton divided by Terry Gilliam with the cosine of that scary plastic surgeon Bruce Campbell played in Escape From L.A. And it’s a musical! Heh: Anthony Head here makes me think of Neil Patrick Harris … more…

trailer break: ‘JCVD’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Van Damme us all to hell! JCVD opens limited in the U.S. on November 7; no U.K. release date has been announced yet.

trailer break: ‘Just Buried’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Adorable, in a Six Feet Under meets Pushing Daisies meets the Coen Brothers black-comedy kind of way. Which is usually my kind of thing, of course. Apparently this has been playing as a midnight movie here in New York for a couple of weeks, but I … more…

trailer break: ‘Frost/Nixon’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Frost/Nixon started out as a stage play, which I saw on Broadway last year, just as news of its move to film was being announced. I was there mostly to see Michael Sheen, as British TV interviewer David Frost, and partly to see what playwright Peter … more…

trailer break: ‘My Name Is Bruce’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… You guys ready for some violence? Imagine my surprise when I discovered that My Name Is Bruce — Bruce Campbell’s sendup of, well, himself, which I’ve been holding my breath for for about a year — is opening here in New York on Friday. I just … more…

trailer break: ‘Splinter’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Splinter Trailer (2008) from Toby Wilkins on Vimeo. Ah, the horrors of roadside Americana. I think I’ve been in that gas station. And now maybe I’ll make sure I never stop there again. Bad enough that the guys behind the counter are always creepy and the … more…

trailer break: ‘Saw V’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… His message is righteous? His love is everlasting? His gift is life? I didn’t think the Saw franchise could get any more revolting, but it has, in just the marketing of it. Bravo! Saw V opens today, without benefit of critics screening, in the U.S. and … more…

trailer break: ‘Billy the Kid’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Remember how confusing it was to be a teenager? Billy doesn’t have to remember: he’s still living it here in this 2007 documentary by Jennifer Venditti. Billy the Kid will be released on Region 1 DVD on October 28, and on Region 2 DVD on November … more…