Zany Trailer for CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2

February 27, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

Check out the first trailer for the follow-up to the farcical animated feast with Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs 2. The first iteration featured a host of SNL alums lending their vocal talent and comedic timing to create a film that managed to be both full of heart with legitimately funny humor. The talented voice cast includes Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt, Terry Crews, Will Forte and Kristen Schaal.

While Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs followed the story of Flint, an inventor whose star rises when he concocts a machine that transforms water into food until he loses control of that machine and puts the entire city at risk of destruction by disproportionally large food items, the follow-up involves sentient food animals such as tacodiles, shrimpanzees, apple pie-thons and double bacon cheespiders.

I’m hoping that the clearly stacked voice cast will be able to bring the humor to the table once more with a backdrop against radiant visuals and a tactful story for a worthwhile sequel. Look for it September 27.

Have a look at the trailer yourself right here:

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Vaughn and Wilson Reunite for THE INTERNSHIP Trailer

February 13, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are finally getting back together after 2005’s smash hit Wedding Crashers for The Internship. Directed by Shawn Levy (Date Night) and written by Vaughn and Jared Stern, The Internship follows a pair of recently laid off workers trying to acclimate to an increasingly tech savvy work force by working as interns at Google. Here’s hoping that Vaughn and Wilson are able to recapture the magic that made Crashers work so well.

Check out the trailer below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehJFc1W0VKE

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Trailer for 'The Shining' Documentary ROOM 237

February 9, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

I’m gonna let this one speak for itself. All you need to know that Rodney Ascher‘s Room 237, a conspiracy-laden documentary, explores the many theories of one of the greatest films of all time, The Shining. Room 237 is a careful exploration of everything Shining and has earned great repute from critics and diehard fans of Stanley Kubrick’s classic psychological slasher and has garnished a super fresh 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Hypnotic Trailer and Poster for Danny Boyle's TRANCE

January 29, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

Set under the banner of Fox Searchlight, Danny Boyle‘s Trance offers an hypnotic view of gangs consorting within the art thievery realm. Boyle has a great eye for color and camera composition and, in my opinion, is one of the greatest working directors out there, making anything he does something worth anticipating.

Some of my favorite Boyle flicks include Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later and 127 Hours.

Although Trance slipped through the cracks when I was compiling my Ten Most Anticipated Films of 2013, I’d certainly be tossing this one somewhere on that list. IMDB describes the film as follows:

“An art auctioneer who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.”

Starring James McAvoy (Wanted), Rosario Dawson (Sin City) and Vincent Cassel (Black Swan), Trance will hit theaters on March 27.

Have a look at the trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKdm-5gbtgo

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Love In Zero Gravity: Trailer for UPSIDE DOWN

January 26, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

“Once love was stronger than gravity” says Jim Sturgess in the closing moments of this physics defying trailer for Upside Down. A sappy sentiment, yes but I’ll admit that the trailer played on both the heart strings and the ‘how’d they do that?’ sensibilities. What seems to play out in this two and a half minute trailer is a postmodern Romeo and Juliet set within the physics of a Wachowski flick or Chris Nolan‘s Inception.

Starring Kirsten Dunst and Sturgess and directed by Juan Diego Solanas, the story follows star crossed lovers who live in closely neighboring worlds the boundaries of which they are forbidden to cross. Seeing the Romeo and Juliet connection yet? While the love story at the forefront seems like retread material, the inventive setting and sweeping special effects here show off something which could be special.

Have a look yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jDY1kAgUFY

It’s definitely no stretch to say that a pretty penny was spent on special effects here which gives me hope that it’s got a solid backbone of a script. I was a fan of Sturgess in Cloud Atlas but admit to not knowing him from much else. As forDunst, she’s kind of hit or miss for me and best when sopping wet performing slobbery upside-down kisses. Oh wait. This might just be her perfect role.

What do you think of this zero gravity Romeo and Juliet throw-down?

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Trailer for Coen Brother's INSIDE LLEWYN DAVID

January 24, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

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Back at the beginning of the month when I was drafting my 40 most anticipated films of 2013, I plopped the Coen Bro‘s Inside Llewyn Davis at a lofty tenth place. This had nothing to do with the synopsis or the talent in front of the camera. No, all my expectations arose from the mere presence of the men behind the camera- the enigmatic Coen brothers- the familial duo responsible for classics such as Fargo, The Big Lebowski and No Country for Old Men. And while I wouldn’t say that their proverbial chicken lays a gold egg each go around, I think they swing pretty hard when the ball comes their way and have a first-rate batting average. Ok, enough with the metaphors- they’re just great filmmakers.

Check out the trailer for Inside Llewyn Davis here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ngyALMRR4

My first impression looking at this would be- meh – but knowing it’s from the Coen family, you’ve got to assume the motion picture itself will play much differently than this trailer. The folk singer on the road story seems to borrow at least somewhat from the life and times of Bob Dylan and they’re all for acknowledging that. They even superimpose his song over the entire trailer. Would I change my ranking having seen this? No, probably not. I’ll let it play out.

Where’s your anticipation factoring in on this one?

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Teaser Trailer for Second Half of THE WALKING DEAD Season 3

January 23, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

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The opening half of season 3 of AMC‘s The Walking Dead is arguably the best material from the series thus far. It upped the body count (both human and zombie), offered some of the most memorable zombie kills to date and offed some über-obnoxious characters that have been a stain on the show since the get-go.

The Glen Mazzara-headed season 3 continued to pave it’s own way, only slightly following the plot points of Robert Kirkman’s beloved graphic novels. The general storyline from the graphic novels — Governor vs. Rick, the introduction of Michonne and the ever important prison setting — have been established in detail but now it’s time for all hell to break loose for the remainder of the season.

Check out the trailer below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCtXYFp9kJ8

For those who haven’t been following the latest news, The Walking Dead has ran ashore of more creative complications. You’ll remember that at the season 2 midpoint, show-runner Frank Darabont stepped down due to “creative differences” and his helm was passed unto Glen Mazzara.

Following suit, Mazzara has also stepped aside passing the mantle to executive producer Scott Gimple. Mazzara is onboard to do post production work for part deux of season three but the next season, numero four, will fall solely into Gimple’s hands. The loss of Mazarra is certainly disappointing as he has created the best Walking Dead to date.

All these disputes and difficulties surely point to some major problems over at AMC and draws the longevity of the series into question. Will AMC be able to keep this third show runner on for more than a season? Will the ongoing creative differences end up putting the series to bed?

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First Trailer for Drug-Addled, Gun Slingin' SPRING BREAKERS

January 17, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

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My interest in Spring Breakers just went from 0 to 60 after watching this winning first trailer. The central narrative flips the common men-with-guns premise on it’s head and looks to be painted upon a hallucinogenic visual pallet.

Guns, drugs, violence and sexy ladies– what’s there not to like? Add a meat-headed rapper/drug-dealer James Franco and this film all of a sudden looks exactly like the kind of film I want to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEELpkShzFc

Directed by Harmony Korine and starring James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine, Spring Breakers is slated to hit theaters on March 22.

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Chilling Red Band Trailer for EVIL DEAD Remake

January 3, 2013 by Matt Oakes Posted in Trailers

I’ll be the first to admit that when I heard of yet another remake of a classic horror movie, I was not impressed but the latest trailer from this re-envisioning of the film that made Sam Raimi Sam Raimi has shaken and baken my expectations. It is important to note though that both Raimi and Bruce Campbell are abroad this project and both seem to be pretty gung-ho about it. The violence is gratuitous, the trailer terrifying and the fact that this isn’t just the same retread material cut and spit out a new way makes me really look forward to this one.

Check out the trailer for yourself below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvDLWlxxcak

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