a trailer can have an entirely different quality than the film itself — it’s almost as much fun to watch!
I'm breaking tradition with posting TWO trailers this week, but I talked about these back in September '09 as one of TIFF's buzz-worthy movies. While I've seen three of the movies I listed: Bright Star, The Young Victoria, and the Oscar nominated Up in the Air, a few others have not even been released, yet. …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailers of the Week: Ondine & The Joneses
Valentine's day is just ten days away, so naturally the cinema will be jam-packed with all kinds of rom-coms and chick flicks for those in the mood for love ... well, if you're into the type of clichéd, mawkish, schmaltzy, [insert similar adjective here] schlock that is. Castor @ Anomalous Material blog wrote this funny …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: My Last Five Girlfriends
When I first saw a glimpse of the poster and the name Eclipse, I kind of brushed it off thinking it was just another installment of Twilight. It turns out this one is as far away from the teen vampire flick as it comes, thank goodness! The only thing it has in common is the …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: The Eclipse
I came across this when I overheard hubby playing the trailer on Apple site. I don't like scary movies, I'm not talking about horror which I detest, but even some intense mystery stuff would haunt me for days. This one sounds like it might be that kind of film, see the trailer below for yourself. …
Continue reading FlixChatter Spotlight: The Red Riding Trilogy
Ok, I post this one for nostalgia sake really, as it's definitely not cinema's greatest moment. But growing up with less than 10 TV channels, The A-Team was one of the shows I watch regularly, along with MacGyver, Growing Pains, and 21 Jump Street (which reportedly is getting its own remake courtesy of British director …
Well, this is something I've never done before in my blog, feature a Tom Cruise movie! I used to like the guy back in Top Gun time (well who wasn't?), thought he was good in Minority Report & Jerry McGuire and terrific in Last Samurai. But his couch-jumping antics & all that scientology stuff are …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: Knight & Day
Mere hours until buh-bye to 2009. Movie sites/blogs alike are abuzz with talks of awards and their picks of best-of lists. Well, since I haven't seen some of those taunted as 'the best' of the year (i.e. Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, etc.), I 'm going to delay my best-of list until sometime in …
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