Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:37PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Independent, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips
The best thing about this trailer is that Mumblecore sensation
Greta Gerwig has finally semi-crossed over into more "popular" fare (I can't say commercial, because this is still somewhat indie, so I guess "popular" is the right word ... but maybe not. You get the point, though, right?). The worst thing about this trailer is that it just feels like another lost-dude-looking-for-the-rest-of-his-life type flick, and I guess that's cool if you dig hip indie soundtracks and Ben Stiller with a perpetual puss on his face, but in my opinion there's nothing here that screams, "Holy crap, watch me right now!"
Yeah, so, anyway, the first trailer for Noah Baumbach's (
The Squid and the Whale) next film,
Greenberg, has just arrived over on Apple, and it stars
Ben Stiller as a guy named Greenberg who's "at a crossroads in his life" and, after he agrees to housesit for his younger (and more successful) brother in Los Angeles, he begins to reconnect with old friends and kinda-sorta-maybe sleep with Greta Gerwig, who, mind you, totally has an Indie Kate Winslet vibe going on in the trailer.
Watch the trailer over on
Apple and let us know what you think.
Greenberg is due in theaters on March 12th, and I could totally see it premiering at Sundance in January ... but I'll guess we'll wait and see about that.
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 3:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Music & Musicals, Movie Marketing, Images, Trailers and Clips, Posters
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Cinematical has just received this sexy new poster for the upcoming movie-musical
Nine, directed by Rob Marshall (
Chicago), and starring ... well, who isn't starring in this film? We've got the sensational, bound-to-be-nominated-for-Best-Actor-again
Daniel Day-Lewis, followed by a plethora of gorgeous female co-stars like
Nicole Kidman,
Penélope Cruz,
Kate Hudson,
Marion Cotillard,
Judi Dench and
Sophia Loren.
Based on the popular Broadway show,
Nine follows a famous film director named Guido Contini (Day-Lewis) who's struggling to juggle all of the different dysfunctional personal and professional relationships in his life. You'd be hard-pressed to find an Oscar-related list that doesn't already include
Nine as a shoe-in for multiple nominations, including Best Picture. Early reviews are already touting it as a must-see, and I can kinda see why -- this poster alone gives us at least five reasons right off the bat.
Nine is set to roll out into theaters in limited release on December 18th and nationwide on December 25th. Click on the image below to view the full poster, then head after the jump to watch the film's trailers.
Continue reading Exclusive 'Nine' Poster Premiere!
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 1:32PM by Elisabeth Rappe
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Disney, Shorts, Family Films, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips
In all of your viewings of
Up, did you ever wonder what happened to the Shady Oaks employees who helplessly watched as Carl floated up, up, and away? Well, wonder no more. Pixar wrote and animated a little short called
George and AJ that answers all your questions, and then some. Watch carefully when Carl's house soars over their heads -- you'll see an angle that reveals just where one particular character was hanging on for dear life.
What's really cute about this short is that it isn't just about George and AJ, but what the entire
city thought of Carl's flying house.
Up never stopped and went back to North America to see if anyone noticed his unusual method of flight (and very wisely, too), but this spin-off deals with some of the ramifications. It's funny and moving, and makes for a bittersweet commentary on just how we deal with the elderly members of our society.
Now, if we can just get a spin-off that tells what Russell's mother thought about her son's prolonged absence. Somehow, I don't think any cell phone he may have had on him could get good reception at Paradise Falls ....
The short is embedded below the jump, and it's just the thing to watch on a dreary Monday. Enjoy!
Continue reading What Happened Once Carl's House Took Off In 'Up'?
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 12:43PM by Jenni Miller
Filed under: Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, New Releases, Trailers and Clips
"Team Jacob!" roars a trio of dudes in a bar. Drinks are flowing fast. "A typical horrible Monday just became amazing," gushes a woman who's about to go see a private screening of
Twilight: New Moon. The crowd moves from the bar to what looks suspiciously like a high school theater to get amped up for some muscle-bound shirtless werewolf action.
"C'mon, get out of your seats! Are you ready?" The fans, who are all most certainly of drinking age, are definitely out of their seats and screaming. They're so ready!
"Too bad!" cackles the emcee, and the curtains part to show a young comedian named
Skyler Stone who's there to stage an intervention, via
FunnyorDie.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are not going to see
Twilight: New Moon tonight." For some reason (I think it has to do with alcohol), the audience is still cheering, but this statement brings a solitary "NO!" Stone continues, "This is a vampire intervention because you clearly don't know what the f*ck a vampire is!" Is that male laughter in the background? Wooing begins. Is this real or is it fake? Stone berates the audience and insults Rpatz with aplomb. Still, the cheering continues!
"Why are you cheering?!" he yells at them. "Do you understand you're not seeing
Twilight tonight?"
Will there be a riot? Bloodshed? Will Stone leave the theater intact? Find out what happens after the jump.
Continue reading Watch This: A 'Twilight' Intervention
Posted Nov 21st 2009 5:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Trailer Trash, Trailers and Clips
Percy Jackson & the Olylmpians: The Lightning Thief
You go years without seeing Medusa and then all of a sudden we get two in one week. Percy Jackson is a descendant of both mortals and greek gods, and apparently his lineage comes with some way cool powers and some fearsome villains who want to do him in (among which is Uma Thurman as the aforementioned Medusa). Based on a series of books and directed by Chris Columbus, who helmed the first two
Harry Potter films, this looks like it could be some good escapist teen fun, though not quite on the same level as
Harry Potter. Watch for this on February 12.
Clash of the Titans
As for Medusa number two, she is just one of the monstrosities in this remake of the 1981 film about the adventures of Perseus from Greek mythology. Most of the original film's charm comes from the stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen, so it will be interesting to see how well the ideas translate to modern effects technology. The clash begins on March 26.
Remember Me
Robert Pattinson plays the tortured emo kid card once more in this drama about a young man trying to find his way. He's really got the angry young man thing down and
Lost's Emile de Ravin makes for an appealing romantic interest. This will be out on March 12.
Continue reading Trailer Park: Of Snakey Hair and Moody Teens
Posted Nov 20th 2009 2:15PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, NSFW, Trailers and Clips
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You've read
all the reviews and
interviews, and watched all the spoof videos. Most of you reading this have probably already watched the film, too. Today, as
The Twilight Saga: New Moon finally reaches theaters, it sorta feels like the day after Christmas -- all this hype, work and constant coverage building up to the release of just one film ... and then it's over. Now the "real" fans will begin their endless geeked-out debates on their own fansites, and the rest of us will talk about the film's boffo box office while preparing for three weeks worth of nonstop promo for JAMES F*CKING CAMERON'S AVATAR! ROAR!
So while you drink the last of your blood energy drink, and begin breaking down the Bella and Edward Nativity Scene that's currently on your front lawn, why not let our good buddy
Kevin Smith have the last word on all things
Twilight. During his panel at this past San Diego Comic-Con, Smith went off for about four minutes on the Twilight Phenomenon, and took us through the experience of watching a clip from
New Moon while thousands of young girls screamed their silly little heads off. It's a very amusing clip (that's homemade, so excuse the jerky camera movements), and if it's the last thing you watch before folks begin ramping up their
Eclipse coverage, you'll find yourself a happier and more well-adjusted human being because of it.
Watch the clip after the jump, though be warned that it comes with plenty of foul language.
Continue reading The Last Word(s) on 'Twilight' Belong to Kevin Smith
Posted Nov 19th 2009 8:32PM by Peter Hall
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 20th Century Fox, Trailers and Clips
There is a
new trailer out for
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, 20th Century Fox' bid to get in on the financial treasures to be mined from film adaptation of young-adult fantasy novels, and for most people it should serve as the first real glimpse into what kind of an imaginary world Chris Columbus, after having ushered in the first two Harry Potter films, is bringing to life on the big screen. I know little about the series of fantasy-adventure novels by
Rick Riordan, so it's nice to now have some clarification beyond the film's early teasers, which were merely announcing the title.
In this feature trailer you'll actually get a cursory look into the life of the titular Percy Jackson (
Logan Lerman, who played Christian Bale's eldest son in
3:10 to Yuma), a teen who is unknowingly a descendant of the Greek God Poseidon, as well as glimpses of the film's nice array of adult actors countering the mostly young cast. We've got a look at
Pierce Brosnan as Percy's guide to Greek mythology, as well as glimpses of
Rosario Dawson as Persephone and
Uma Thurman sporting an unhealthy amount of snakes around her head as Medusa, one of the several antagonists Percy will have to cross in order to recover a lightning bolt he is accused of having stolen from Zeus.
The film will be making its bow on February 10th, which means that between this and
Clash of the Titans, Greek mythology is going to be undergoing a welcome, mini-resurgence in the first quarter of next year. So if you thought the trailer for the latter, which features plenty of big budget action and CGI beasties wasn't up your fantasy alley, give this trailer, embedded below, for Percy Jackson & the Olympians a try.
Continue reading New 'Percy Jackson' Trailer Reveals Uma Thurman's Snake Head
Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:08PM by Jen Yamato
Filed under: Drama, Romance, Fandom, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips
Ladies, I have important news: we've got another
Robert Pattinson movie to "squeee" over. The
New Moon heartthrob stars in Summit's romantic drama
Remember Me, in which RPattz apparently gets to -- dare I say it? -- act his little butt off. By which I mean, throwing punches and yelling at James Bond and being sensitive and making out with
Emilie de Ravin, all while rocking an American accent! Sigh. I can't wait.
Ok, so
Remember Me is a gimme - of course every
Twilight fan is going to run to buy tickets to watch
Edward Cullen Rob Pattinson be romantic and emo and, most importantly, have a sex scene or two or three. (I'm extrapolating from the one shot of Pattinson and de Ravin with an L sheet covering them in bed in the trailer.) And your boyfriends and husbands probably won't want to be dragged to see it any more than they did the
Twilight films. But judging from the very first trailer,
Remember Me might just offer Pattinson his first big chance to prove his acting chops in a widely seen release, following dramatic but quirky turns in indies like
Little Ashes and
How to Be.
Watch the trailer debut for Remember Me after the jump, stat! Continue reading OMG! Rob Pattinson In the 'Remember Me' Trailer!
Posted Nov 18th 2009 10:11PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Horror, Trailers and Clips
It's time for a brief reprieve from the romantic battles between painted-on vampiric pecs and CG fur. As you might know, the Spierig Brothers have whipped up an excellently dark vampiric flick called
Daybreakers, which
William Goss reviewed last month. The film is gearing up to hit screens on January 8, 2010, and in the midst of all the other vampire chatter out there, Lionsgate has whipped up a rather excellent public service announcement which you can see after the jump.
If you have any questions or concerns about the movie, this PSA should answer them because it's a dead-on representation of the feature. It explains the film while also managing to describe the tone and style of the pic: dark, sleek, modern, and scary with a healthy dose of ridiculousness and comedy mixed in. These things might sound like they clash -- and to be honest, they do a little bit -- but not in any way that ruins the movie.
You know that whoever made this clip had a perfect understanding of the film and could sum everything up with delivery rather than unnecessary exposition. (Yes, there's a voiceover in this, but it's different than saying: "
Daybreakers serves chills and laughs.") If only we could get this with all the trailers and marketing that floods our way...
Does the PSA tantalize you into seeing
Daybreakers?
[via
CHUD]
Continue reading For the Real Vampire Lovers: A 'Daybreakers' PSA
Posted Nov 18th 2009 7:03PM by Peter Martin
Filed under: Drama, Independent, Thrillers, Deals, IFC, Distribution, Cinematical Indie, Trailers and Clips
Indie Roundup: Your quick guide to what's new and upcoming in the independent film community.
Deals. Our friends at
indieWIRE report that
Cracks has been
acquired by IFC Films, which plans to release it next year via its IFC in Theaters platform. The film is the feature directorial debut of
Jordan Scott, daughter of Ridley Scott.
Eva Green (
The Dreamers,
Casino Royale) stars as a teacher and diving coach in an Irish boarding school for orphaned girls; Juno Temple, Imogen Poots, and Maria Valverde also star. "The trials and tribulations, for both the students and their unorthodox teacher," writes Kurt Halfyard at
Twitch, "gradually are brought to a boil that subverts many of the typical paths in either a coming of age story or a typical 'school-girl dormitory' tale."
Michael Caine stars as
Harry Brown, a retired Marine who determines to clean up his neighborhood after his best friend is killed. Samuel Goldwyn Films picked up theatrical rights to the thriller;
indieWIRE notes that the film opened in the UK last weekend, though the US release date has not yet been announced. Daniel Barber directed. UK site
Pure Movies calls
Harry Brown "a superior offering – albeit a gritty and bleak one."
On Demand / Online Viewing. Check out
On Hallowed Ground, available exclusively
this month on Babelgum. Andre Braugher narrates the documentary, which explores Rucker Park, a basketball court in Harlem where legendary future NBA players, and those who should have been famous, once played. Speaking of gritty players, if you're curious to catch up with Troy Duffy's
The Boondock Saints, it'll finally be coming to video on demand in January.
After the jump: watch trailers for Cracks (absolutely gorgeous) and Harry Brown (dark and intense)!Continue reading Indie Roundup: 'Cracks,' 'Harry Brown' Deals and Trailers
Posted Nov 18th 2009 4:02PM by Jessica Barnes
Filed under: Romance, Fandom, Trailers and Clips
Teen icon
Miley Cyrus can't do anything these days without causing a stir of some kind. The only thing I can't figure out is if she does it on purpose or just has a bad case of her mouth running away with her. During a recent backstage interview with the singer/actress, Cyrus was asked the defining question of our generation: "Team Edward or Team Jacob?" Well, it turns out the answer is neither, and she told journalists, "I've never seen [Twilight], nor will I. I don't believe in it. I don't like vampires, I don't like the wolf that pops out of the screen when I'm watching TV at night, I don't want anything to do with it." (Oh snap! There's going to be a tween-off. Just think, it will be like
West Side Story but with glitter and blond wigs!) Personally, I think she was trying to make a joke, and if she was, her comedy skills definitely need a little work.
Now, the cynic in me would mark the fact that this latest headline to spring from the tween sensation is just in time for the release of the trailer of her new romantic weepie,
The Last Song. So what better way to get teen girls' attention than to bad-mouth their hunk(s) of the moment?
Last Song stars Cyrus as a piano prodigy reconnecting with her father (played by
Greg Kinnear) and falling in love, but this is a
Nicholas Sparks story, so I can only assume somebody is going to die or get a horrible disease before the flick is through. The film is Cyrus' latest attempt to shed her
Hannah Montana image and was the next step in becoming a serious actress. But now we'll have to see if she lives long enough to avoid a Cullen-inspired vendetta.
After the jump: the trailer for The Last Song and Cyrus' take on Twilight...Continue reading Miley Cyrus Hates Twilight, Debuts New Trailer
Posted Nov 18th 2009 2:45PM by Christopher Campbell
Filed under: Comedy, Foreign Language, Sony Classics, Remakes and Sequels, Trailers and Clips
The term remake has predominantly negative connotations, but once in awhile we see proof that a redo can be a good thing. Just look at Werner Herzog's new film,
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, which isn't quite a remake of Abel Ferrara's
Bad Lieutenant so much as it's a stand-alone sequel or simply another filmmaker's take on the same sort of character explored in the original. It's enough to make me wish we could have seen what
Spielberg and Will Smith's version of
Oldboy would have looked like.
And here's another perfect example of a good remake:
Zhang Yimou's version of the Coen Brothers' neo-noir cult classic
Blood Simple, which
Peter excitedly wrote about back in July.
The film now has a title,
The First Gun (aka
Amazing Tales: Three Guns), and an international trailer, which shows us just how different Zhang's version is. The Chinese filmmaker, acclaimed for numerous Oscar-nominated films, whether recognized in the foreign, cinematography or costume categories, recently confirmed that he added a lot of things and changed the whole tone from the Coens' version.
"We brought in a lot of comedic elements and changed the relationship and personalities of the characters," Zhang told Chinese website
Sina.com.
Continue reading When Remakes Look Awesome: Zhang Yimou's "Blood Simple" Redo Has a Trailer, Rap Song
Posted Nov 17th 2009 6:45PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Obits, Trailers and Clips, Stars in Rewind
Attention children of the '80s: If you haven't already heard, television's
Ken Ober died at the age of 52. The cause of death is not yet determined, although
his agent noted that Ober "complained of headaches and flu-like symptoms on Saturday night." While he produced shows like
Mind of Mencia and
The New Adventures of Old Christine, he's probably best known for his time as the host of MTV's '80s quiz show:
Remote Control.
Remember it? Three players would get strapped into arm chairs, answer questions about television and film (basically anything that could be found on TV), find food raining down on their heads, and get entertained by the likes of Colin Quinn, Kari Wuhrer, Denis Leary, and Adam Sandler. It was part classic MTV ridiculousness, and part media junky geek party.
In memory of the host and show, I thought I'd take us back in time for a few movie-centric bits after the jump. First, there will be
Adam Sandler as the awkward "Stud Boy" while Ober doesn't think about the innuendo before saying "I'd love to give it to her." After that, scribe
Zak Penn, who wrote flicks like
PCU,
Elektra, and
X-Men: The Last Stand, pops up as a contestant. Now the latter is a little confusing, since the Zachary on the show says he's a biochem major at USC, and bios have him graduating from Wesleyan, but one look at the vid and
this pic should quell confusion.
Ken Ober, you're missed already.
Continue reading Stars in Rewind: Ken Ober & 'Remote Control'
Posted Nov 17th 2009 2:45PM by Jessica Barnes
Filed under: Music & Musicals, New Releases, Nicole Kidman, Trailers and Clips
I may not be the biggest devotee of movie musicals, but I've been keeping an eye on Rob Marshall's adaptation of
Nine (the Tony Award-winning musical) since the production was first
announced back in 2007. The thought of some of the coolest chicks in Hollywood with
Daniel Day Lewis in a musical about
8 1/2? Well, count me in. Despite early casting changes and rumblings about Lewis' singing abilities, I've held out hope for the flick, and now that the film's Christmas release date is a little over a month away the early reviews are trickling in. First up is AICN who scored an
early review from a source going by the name of Tobby (You can read the entire review over there, but be warned, it's a little spoilery)
So let's start with the good news: according to this review, the film is pretty darn good. The reviewer had nothing but praise for
Marion Cotillard as Lewis' wife, and even
Fergie gets some love as the prostitute, Saraghina. As for Lewis in the role of the troubled director Guido Contini, it turns out those rumors of his lack of singing ability were just rumors, and he makes out pretty good in the review for the limited singing he does in the film (two songs) -- and I think we all knew his acting was never going to be the problem.
Of course, the film is far from perfect and there are some rough patches according to this reviewier. Most of the scorn was directed towards Nicole Kidman's performance as Contini's muse, and unfortunately one of the other problems with the film is
Kate Hudson (who plays an American Vogue reporter) in what was described as a throwaway role. Bad timing, perhaps, now that Hudson's musical number,
Cinema Italiano, is the bulk of the latest trailer for the film.
After the jump: Hudson's Go-Go debut and a musical layman's review of Cinema Italiano...Continue reading 'Nine' Buzz: Kate Hudson Music Video, Early Review
Posted Nov 17th 2009 12:45PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Trailers and Clips
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As a pretty big fan of
Richard Linklater (the writer, the filmmaker, the artist, the dude), I was totally bummed to hear that the guy is having ridiculous amounts of trouble getting another film off the ground. As
we told you earlier, the three potential projects he was working on (
That's What I'm Talking About, Liars (A to E) and
School of Rock 2) have all but been erased for various reasons (even though all three have tremendous commercial potential), not to mention that his latest film,
Me and Orson Welles (which is definitely worth the watch) has been delayed for over a year. It's disheartening to see a wickedly talented filmmaker like Linklater get shoved off to the side, but as Jeffrey Anderson
pointed out in his latest 400 Screens, 400 Blows column, perhaps part of it has to do with folks just not being interested in coming-of-age films right now (see;
Whip It, Adventureland), which is the type of stuff Linklater specializes in.
So while we wait for someone to give the guy what he needs to make another film, we dug up this retro interview with Linklater where he talks about the making of
Dazed and Confused for almost a half hour. It's a great relaxed no-budget interview that really showcases Linklater and gives some dynamite insight into the making of the film. Says Linklater, "It's pretty much a teenage male perspective because in my opinion males have this raging energy at that time. But if you listen closely, the women really are more interesting characters -- the little bits of dialogue you get, in the girl's bathroom, there's a lot more interesting thought going on there."
Watch the full interviews after the jump.
Continue reading Interesting Interviews: Richard Linklater Discusses 'Dazed and Confused'
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