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300: Rise of an Empire trailer: not directed by Zack Snyder…

Wed, Dec 18, 2013
2 comments

…though the trailer is hoping you won’t notice that.

| 2 Comments

More Than Honey trailer: why are the bees dying?

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
6 comments

This is Switzerland’s official submission to the 2014 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

| 6 Comments

Interstellar teaser trailer: to infinity, and beyond!

Mon, Dec 16, 2013
2 comments

Christopher Nolan remakes the opening credits of Star Trek: Enterprise through the eyes of Terrence Malick.

| 2 Comments

Doctor Who thing: “The Time of the Doctor” trailer and poster

Fri, Dec 13, 2013
9 comments

Think we’ll finally find out why the TARDIS exploded and the answer to the question “Doctor who?” Nah, me neither.

| 9 Comments

Bad Words redband trailer: bee with a sting

Fri, Dec 13, 2013
1 comment

Will it be Bad Santa, or bad Adam Sandler?

| 1 Comment

Calvary trailer: thou shalt not kill (except with comedy)

Thu, Dec 12, 2013
1 comment

Or maybe with wry black dramedy.

| 1 Comment

Godzilla trailer: let’s hope it’s sort of a Monsters sequel

Wed, Dec 11, 2013
8 comments

Gareth Edwards’ wonderfully original first film was about people and ideas, so maybe this reboot will be, too…

| 8 Comments

Nymphomaniac trailer: women in pain, men laughing about it (NSFW)

Tue, Dec 10, 2013
10 comments

I see a lot of damaged, wounded, screaming women here. I don’t see men doing anything except inflict pain and grin about women’s pain. I wonder why that could be…

| 10 Comments

Walking with Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie trailer: even in a time before humans, it’s all about boys

Mon, Dec 09, 2013
8 comments

Even in a land before time, a time before humans, even this story is about a boy dinosaur. Who gets to be a hero.

| 8 Comments

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer: generic comic book trailer is generic

Fri, Dec 06, 2013
7 comments

I feel nothing watching this, beyond a vague nagging sense that I’ve seen this all before.

| 7 Comments
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