Theatrical Trailer: Beautiful Boy

Despite a rough opening, I found myself charmed by this trailer for Beautiful Boy. It looks like an interesting and activating drama which we don't often get. Will it be that? Probably not, but I'm staying optimistic. Then again, where's optimism gotten me in the past? Check out the trailer below, and let me know what you think.

International Trailer: Another Year

Of the big films that came out of Cannes this year, and there weren't many, the one that caught the most attention concerning Oscar potential was Mike Leigh's Another Year. With the international trailer now out for the film, we get a brief glimpse of what people were talking about, but if you want to get a better idea of what's in store for you, check out the clips that premiered online during Cannes. I have them posted below, and you can follow this link to the trailer. Enjoy!

Theatrical Trailer: Fair Game

I'm still of the position that Doug Liman deserves to be buried alive for the atrocity of Jumper, right along side Hayden Christensen. However, this trailer shows that he may be trying to redeem himself with something good. The new trailer for Fair Game looks pretty interesting, if only because it boasts an amazing performance by Sean Penn. I absolutely loved him in this trailer, and if he has as much to work with in the entire film as he does here, I'm definitely sold on it. It may not make it to Best Picture, and as a matter of fact, it probably won't. However, I think it may get a Supporting Actor nod for Sean Penn. Check it out below.

Theatrical Trailer: I'm Still Here

Less than a month before its release, we have the first, and likely last trailer for the Joaquin Phoenix documentary, I'm Still Here. We all remember that crazy time when Joaquin decided to give up acting and be a rapper. Well, Casey Affleck chronicles his journey in this hard-R documentary, and this trailer does deal with the darker side of the struggle. Check it out.

Theatrical Trailer: Jackass 3D

"When Time Magazine named 3D 'The Future of Movies', we doubt this is what they had in mind."

At a time when 3D is being brought into question, what better way to save it than to completely abuse it? It sounds illogical, but the trailer for Jackass 3D seems to be making it work. I haven't seen the first two Jackass films, and even though I may get lost in the complex mythology of the series, I hope to see this film in all its 3D glory. It actually looks really enjoyable in a way most conventional comedies have failed to achieve this year. The trailer is embeded below so you can take a look.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Interactive Trailer!

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is about a week away from its release, so to appease your appetite for the film, a new interactive trailer for the film has been released in 8-bit videogame style. You can play around with it below. There literally are dozens of different facts about the production of this film that are really eye opening and could give you a greater appreciation for the work Edgar Wright and his team have done.

Teaser Trailer: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

It's been online for a few days, but I just got to taking a look at the teaser trailer for the Guillermo Del Toro produced horror film, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. This trailer is most definitely creepy, but from watching it at home, I know that it's meant to be seen in the movie theatre. You can tell from the first fifty seconds of the trailer that they're trying to make the audience feel unsettled using as little as possible, and it works. This doesn't seem to be the unexpected-shock fueled horror film as much as a deep feeling of dread horror film in the same vein as Drag Me to Hell. Check it out below, and comment on your thoughts in the comment section.

Teaser Trailer: The Avengers

The official cast and teaser for The Avengers has found it's way online, and while the cast is exactly what you've heard, the teaser... is also exactly what you'd expect. They haven't filmed any scenes yet, as Joss Whedon is still putting finishing touches on the script. Still, somebody was able to bang out a Samuel L. Jackson monologue to put amongst the film's logo. It's not much, and gives no idea of what to expect, but it's something. You can see the teaser below, and then comment on your thoughts below. What do you think The Avengers will end up being? I want to know what you think.

Theatrical Trailer: Burlesque

The new trailer for Steven Antin's Burlesque is now online. The film focuses on a small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer. I really can't find much to say about this trailer. I'm getting a Moulin Rouge vibe, mixed with a bit of The Devil Wears Prada. Maybe that's just because Stanley Tucci is in the mix, but this will probably be enjoyable for women, but few others. Check out the trailer below.

Comic Con 2010: Sucker Punch Trailer Online!

This was news that happened a few days ago, but somehow it just slipped past me until now. The trailer for Zack Snyder's period action film, Sucker Punch, dropped onto the internet the other day, and it was something pretty spectacular. This is the first completely original film that Zack Snyder has made, so it'll be interesting to see what is really going on inside Snyder's head. We've gotten glimpses based on the visual look of his films, but now we have something new. His images are just as amazing as they always have been, but now they're not from a graphic novel. Check the trailer out below.

Yogi Bear Trailer and Poster Debut!

At this point in my life, I have absolutely nothing to do besides comment about the most meaningless of events. I am ofcourse talking about the new poster for the Warner Bros. epic, Yogi Bear. Right now I am crying the way I cried when I saw what Scooby Doo would look like in a live-action movie. It's a creepy image that you can try to get out of your mind, but it will haunt you in your darkest dreams. Good luck getting through what I'm about to show you. It's right down there. I apologize for showing you this filth.


Are you alright? Did you like what you saw? Can you believe that it gets even worse? They now have a trailer up for the film. It is all kinds of sad and depressing awful that I can't describe it. If you were as misfortunately intrigued as I was, then take a look at the trailer. If you have the common sense to avoid it, then you're smarter than I am.

Trailer Tuesday: The Debt, Company Men

I'm going to say that this is the last traditional outpouring of trailers on Tuesday. From now on, I'll be reporting on trailers as they come in. So lets take a look at our week old trailers that came before the madness and pen involved homicide of Comic Con. First is the WW2 mission flick, The Debt. For a film that I know probably won't be good, it sure looks pretty awesome. From this point, I have no idea what this film is about, but it's about a secret and a debt. This film could go either way, but I don't think it'll be considered for any Oscars come January.

Another film unlikely to be considered of Oscar quality is The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck. The film follows the unemployment of a group of people who try to work out their lives. People are speculating that this could be this year's Up in the Air, only because it deals with unemployment. This film looks like a boring shmaltzy mess of a film that doesn't look the least bit entertaining, which is what a film should be first and foremost. This film is acting like it's easy to get an Oscar, but that involves making a good film. This won't be.

Comic Con 2010: "Saw 3D" Trailer Debuts

While I usually save trailers for the Trailer Tuesday section I post each week, I'm going to post on the trailers from Comic Con as soon as they come, and this is worth talking about. The trailer for the seventh and final Saw film is now out. Last year I was surprised by how Saw 6 actually felt like a real film, instead of the fake films the Saw films usually turn out to be. I got the impression that this was a game that Jigsaw felt needed to be done, as opposed to the ones that the filmmakers just stick in to continue the franchise.

This film is being directed by the same man as Saw 6, Kevin Greutert, and judging by the trailer, it may actually be worth our time. The Saw 3D trailer is by far the best teaser for the franchise, which is kind of an easy job seeing as most of the films only ever have a teaser, and then no full trailer. Still, if this is all we get to decide on whether the film will be worth it, I may go out of my way to see it. What stuck out to me is that there's a trap being executed in front of a crowd of people. That's what I've been waiting for the series to do. So it may have some visual flair to it, and it may not be the mediocre crap the series is more accustomed to.

Saw 3D teaser

Trailer Tuesday: The Social Network, The Town, Biutiful, Miral, Howl, Devil, Due Date, It's Kind of a Funny Story

We have a massive heap of trailers this week; more massive than we've had in weeks. So lets get right into with the first full-length trailer for The Social Network. Three weeks in a row we've had trailers from this film featured here, but now we have an actual idea of what this film is about. As rumored earlier, this is a decidedly darker film than originally expected. Then again, this is David Fincher we're talking about, so expecting him not to bring as much darkness to the foreground as possible is kind of illogical. I get the feeling that we have a smart and clever script on our hands here, and the actors seem more than capable of handling it, so consider this film a lock for a Best Picture nomination, just by this trailer.

Next is Ben Affleck's The Town, which visually looks quite a bit like his directorial debut film, Gone Baby Gone, but I also get the nagging feeling of Brooklyn's Finest spliced into this. We've got three brilliant actors at work here in the form of Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, and Rebecca Hall, and then we have Ben Affleck. If he could just stay behind the camera, I'd be fine with it. However, he seems to have some sort of vision of himself as the next Clint Eastwood, which he isn't. The plot feels a bit too predictable for my tastes, and there are some lines that feel recycled ("I'll see you again, this side or the other."). I also get the feeling that all of the action displayed here is all of the action that will actually be in the film. Call me a pestimist, but I don't see this film doing well in the awards circuit.

There are quite a few trailers out there that don't reveal much of anything about the plot, but rather show a series of images with out dialogue, while a nameless monologue continues on in the background. The international trailer for Biutiful works a lot like that, to greater affect than most of its brethren. This is a noticably dark story, and you can tell from the hue of the cinematography, the tone of the voice over, and the look on Javier Bardem's face, that this is a film that probably won't end pleasantly. This trailer has me very much intrigued, and seeing as Bardem's performance already won Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival for this role, I'd say he stands a good chance at a nomination this year. That is if it's released before the end of the year.

Then, on the lower half of the Oscar pool is Miral, a story of an israeli girl played by Freida Pinto. That's really all I could pick up from this trailer. There is some sort of uprising, somebody who can't be trusted, and I just don't understand why. This trailer has mood swings bigger and more irrational than that of Edward Cullen. It seems to me that this is a film that's trying to get all it can from the middle east setting, and it doesn't quite register with me. I don't see anything that interests me enough to catch this film in theatres, so unless critics begin praising it, count me out on this one.

Going from vague and confusing, to vague and intriguing, the trailer to Howl. Before you ask, the answer is no. This is not a werewolf movie. This movie is more in the veign of Milk, which also starred James Franco. This time Franco takes the lead role of Allen Ginsberg, a writer who penned "Howl", a poem accused of being obscene. The trailer doensn't reveal a lot, but the way it's put together puts it on the artistic side of the spectrum. I'm not quite sure of the focus of the film, but I like the combination of black and white, the old school color, and the more modern color. This film looks at the very least interesting.

Taking a short break from quality to look into the new trailer for Devil, the M. Night Shyamalan produced horror film. People have actually been defending this trailer, saying the Shyamalan didn't direct or write the film, and that he simply is producing it. While true, that doesn't excuse the fact that not much that is truly terrifying happens in this trailer. It's a bunch of stereotypes in an elevator that stop working. Apparently, the devil is in there with them, which feels like a huge stretch, which is something Shyamalan is known for. The twist ending? The elevator opens to Narnia. I don't care about this trailer, and I don't really care about the film. All I care about is that some guy who had a small role in (500) Days of Summer is in it. I hope he lives.

Finally, we have two Zach Galifianakis trailers in a row. Starting with Due Date, director Todd Phillips' followup to The Hangover. The film follows Robert Downey Jr. as he goes on a road trip with Galifianakis in order to make it to see the birth of his child. I was a little worried about this film during the first thirty seconds of the trailer when Galifianakis starts laughing at Downey Jr.'s father abandoning him. I was wondering if that was really the joke. Then Zach spoke up and said "My dad would never do that. He loved me." It's that sort of unexpected humor that made The Hangover such a knock out film, and I'm glad that they're going that route with Due Date.

The other Galifianakis trailer is for It's Kind of a Funny Story, a dramatic comedy set in a mental hospital. Picture a more lighthearted version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with a romantic plot and Zach Galifianakis spliced into it, and you've got a good idea of what you're in for. Zach doesn't have quite the same great dialogue to work with here, but he's got a nice bit of charm to him. It's that little unknown main actor I'm most invested in though. Whenever I see an actor I don't know who really impresses me, I see it as a sign that there is still unknown talent out there. This might be a surprise success.

The Social Network Trailer
The Town Trailer
Biutiful Trailer
Miral Trailer
Howl Trailer
Devil Trailer
Due Date Trailer
It's Kind of a Funny Story Trailer