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Pompeii trailer: their love was so powerful, the earth moved

Tue, Feb 11, 2014
5 comments

Please let this be as stupidly fun as it looks.

| 5 Comments

Particle Fever trailer: uncovering the secrets of the universe

Mon, Feb 10, 2014
10 comments

Scientists geek out about science! I love stuff like this. How cool is the Large Hadron Collider, anyway?

| 10 Comments

Planes: Fire & Rescue trailer: someone make it stop

Fri, Feb 07, 2014
5 comments

I thought I knew how atrocious a sequel to Planes could be. And then I saw this trailer, and was humbled.

| 5 Comments

Alone Yet Not Alone trailer: the most horrifically racist thing you’ll see this year

Thu, Feb 06, 2014
24 comments

This is really hard to take when it’s supposedly the work of people who think Jesus has their back.

| 24 Comments

Divergent trailer: but will it pass the reverse Bechdel Test?!

Wed, Feb 05, 2014
10 comments

Girl protagonist. Woman villain. Now we’re getting somewhere.

| 10 Comments

Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer: another city slated for massive Avengers damage

Tue, Feb 04, 2014
11 comments

It cannot be good for property values to be anywhere in the same metropolitan area as these heroes.

| 11 Comments

A Most Wanted Man clip: one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last performances

Mon, Feb 03, 2014
2 comments

Based on a novel by John le Carré, and just debuted at Sundance.

| 2 Comments

Winter’s Tale trailer: it’s fantasy, m’kay?

Fri, Jan 31, 2014
15 comments

Hide the speculative stuff! Don’t call it science fiction or fantasy! It’s “magic realism.” It’s literary.

| 15 Comments

The Fault in Our Stars trailer: I’m not seeing it

Thu, Jan 30, 2014
3 comments

Half the Internet had an orgasm yesterday because this trailer was released, but I’m gonna have to wait before I can care.

| 3 Comments

The Unknown Known trailer: portrait of a warmonger

Wed, Jan 29, 2014
4 comments

I cannot wait to see how Errol Morris handles actual for-real evil bastard Donald Rumsfeld.

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