Weekend Roundtable: Who Should Direct the Next James Bond Movie?
After the blazing success of ‘Skyfall’, Sam Mendes has turned down the offer to direct the next James Bond movie, claiming that he wants to devote himself to theater for a while. All things considered,...
View Article‘Veronica Mars: The Movie’? Let’s Make This Happen!
In a development that may have huge ramifications for countless TV shows that were canceled before their time, the creator of the short-lived but beloved series ‘Veronica Mars’ is currently raising...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: A Summer of Sequels
Surprise, surprise. The summer blockbuster season this year will come with several sequels. At least one of the movies featured in today’s trailers clearly should have never been made or even conceived...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: I Wanna Channing All Over Your Tatum
Trailers for the summer season keep rolling in, and they’re full of CG spectacle, fantasy and mindless explosions. Of the three released in the last couple of weeks, Wolverine bares his claws again...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Jason Bourne in Outer Space!
There’s really no pattern or theme to this week’s selection of trailers, except that they all look like pretty decent and fun movies to enjoy this summer. First, we have another remake of a cult horror...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: The Dark and Hungry Dead
In this week’s new trailers, the premise for ‘Men in Black’ gets re-imagined to incorporate the undead, while two highly anticipated action sequels promise to finish the year with a really big and loud...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: More Motherf**king Alien Bugs!
In this week’s batch of previews, spies infiltrate local radical groups, near-future society is purged of its wicked desires, and we fight another alien bug invasion. ‘The East’ Brit Marling made a...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: No, It’s Not Another ‘Solaris’ Remake
George Clooney and Sandra Bullock get lost in space in this week’s collection of movie trailers. Also, modern-day pirates prove they’re far scarier than Johnny Depp impersonating Keith Richards. ‘The...
View ArticleSam Raimi to Reboot ‘Poltergeist’
Rumors of a new ‘Poltergeist‘ project have been circulating for a while now. It appears that this undertaking has gained some steam recently and has brought some heavy hitters on board. Reportedly, it...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Riddick, There’s Nothing More to Say
These last few days have brought trailers for the latest drama from the Coen brothers and another intriguing sci-fi film. Most exciting is a look at the third installment in the Riddick Chronicles....
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Insidious Machete Prisoners
The next Machete adventure packs more over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek action and a larger cast, but the sequel to the surprising ‘Insidious’ looks largely like a repeat of the first. Meanwhile, French...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Stay Classy
Will the summer movie line-up already in full swing, now is the time when studios unveil their previews for the holiday season, hoping to create a little buzz as early as possible. This week’s trailers...
View ArticleMid-Week Poll: Are You Excited for a Superman-Batman Team-Up Movie?
At the San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, director Zack Snyder announced that his follow-up to this summer’s successful ‘Man of Steel’ will not be ‘Man of Steel 2′, but rather a Superman/Batman...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Old Wolves, New Tricks
This set of trailers for some potentially great upcoming movies leaves me feeling a little hesitant. The films all have potential, but the previews aren’t very convincing. I think that the success of...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Escaping the Furnace
This week’s trailers are for movies I wouldn’t automatically consider “highly anticipated.” Nevertheless, they appear pretty promising, especially the latest from the versatile Christian Bale. Stallone...
View ArticlePoll: Ben Affleck as Batman?
Film industry bible Variety reports that Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have signed Ben Affleck to play the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Superman/Batman crossover film (or, in Variety parlance,...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: The Lone Ronin Counselor
As we prepare for the cold, chilly winds of autumn, the Hollywood studios are releasing their fall lineup of trailers, hoping to warm the hearts of moviegoers, or at least generate some anticipation....
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: ‘Robo’ Copy
Given Hollywood’s current passion for rehashing old favorites instead of coming up with new or original ideas, it’s not shocking that someone has tried to modernize another ’80s action classic. Still,...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Monsters, Spies & Hobbits
The end-of-the-year cinematic lineup promises some thrills, adventure and lots of escapist fantasy. Yet only one new trailer has me convinced to pay the theater price to watch its movie on a big...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Action, Action and More Action!
The headline pretty much says it all. The following trailers for a few action-packed features promise to get hearts pumping with things that explode real good. Sadly, only one of them actually looks...
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