TGIF, everybody! Wow, what a drastic weather change we have in the last week, going from a relatively balmy November (to us in the upper Midwest at least) to an arctic December with wind chills well below zero. But it sure feels like Christmas with all the snow-covered trees and that to me, is always …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: Letters to Juliet
My husband clued me in on this after seeing it on Apple's trailer site. My initial impression was that it reminded me of Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese epic The Last Emperor I saw in Jr High. Directed by John Woo, the Chinese director returned to his roots after making a string of Hollywood blockbusters — i.e. …
If you've seen Office Space, then you know Mike Judge is great at comedies set in the workplace. The trailer had me in stitches even after repeated viewings! Extract stars Jason Bateman (Juno, Arrested Development) who plays Joel, the owner of a bottled beverage factory. He is one step away from selling his flavor extract …
Wooo hooo! Finally a GB film to get excited about. I just finished watching it, twice, and y'know what, I like what I saw. Ok, so the fact that ze Butler is in almost every scene is a big factor, but this trailer went from meh to yowza about halfway through and kept getting even more …
In the trailer that was released last week, we get a glimpse of the last work of an actor who died way too young and with so much potential for greatness. It's a fantastical morality tale that tells the story of a leader of a traveling troupe, Dr Parnassus, who has an extraordinary gift of …
Continue reading The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Heath Ledger’s last film
Clive Owen takes a break from being a gunslinging action hero with a tender fatherhood tale that's based on a true story. The plot centers on a wisecracking sportswriter Joe Warr who's suddenly thrown into single parenthood in the wake of his wife's tragic death. Forced to raise not one but two boys, a curious …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week – The Boys Are Back
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