Writing by Dave on Thursday, 9 April, 2009 at 10:57 am
If you felt that the first Michael Mann’s Public Enemies trailer was lacking Christian Bale…well, this one isn’t going to correct that. It’s still a Johnny Depp movie about John Dillinger and the guy is still on the run, but where the first trailer kept things in close, this one begins with a wide, sweeping airport shot that hints the film might be bigger looking than we anticipated.
Writing by Dave on Thursday, 9 April, 2009 at 10:17 am
The good news: The Brothers Bloom is finally going to see the back-light of a theater projector this May, and you can finally watch this lovable, fun caper film that would have been one of the better films of last year, had it come out in the fall.
One of the good things about not reviewing that many movies is that, thus far, I can stand behind all the films I’ve reviewed and my reviews of them. Brothers Bloom is no different (review HERE), even though the film has been sitting around gathering unreleased dust for awhile.
The new trailer has quotes from my other film journos, which makes it sting even more because I remember when the Bloom team called to ask me more about my reviewing profile, then decided that, though they liked my review, I was not recognizable enough to be a-quoted.
Good news after all that? It means I don’t have to be a schill in my review. Which would mean I could write what I really thought about Brothers Bloom. Which didn’t make a difference, because the movie is good.
Writing by Dave on Wednesday, 8 April, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Robert Rodriguez finally made another movie. After his half of Grindhouse, Planet Terror came out, we were given multiple ideas of what Rodriguez would be doing next after Shorts came to the screen. Finally the word came down that it will be Nerveracker, a story about a future society, which had me thinking pretty thoughts, since I’m a Rodriguez fan. But, when I say “fan,” I mean I saw Spy Kids 3D not that I am wholly in support of Robert’s child’s play fare.
If the guy can keep SFX budgets down and keeps turning out profitable children’s movies, then he’ll be given more freedom to make the kind of flicks he wants. It’s just weird to see someone switch from R-rated to G-rated so frequently.
Writing by Dave on Thursday, 2 April, 2009 at 2:11 pm
The trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest…well, it pretty much speaks for itself.
Unless you’re under the age of 17. If you’re 16, but you’re going to turn 17 before July 10th when Bruno comes out, I’ll let you in on a little secret about the MySpace age gate: Just lie.
It’s a machine. No one’s feelings are getting hurt.
There will be dildos, fair warning. But from what I read in the news about you high schoolers, you probably have more experience with dildos than I do.
Writing by Dave on Thursday, 2 April, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Todd Phillips, the guy who wrote and directed Old School, Starsky & Hutch and school for scoundrels is bringing you Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, and Ed Helms waking up in Vegas, disoriented, confused, missing a friend (Justin Bartha) and hungover.
Did we mention plus baby? Because if you like funny things happening to babies, I’m guessing this one might be right up your alley come June 5.
Also, if you collar is popped right now even though you’re on the computer and no one is watching you? You’ll probably also like it. Though you’d probably like puppies wearing firehats if I got you drunk enough.
Writing by Dave on Wednesday, 25 March, 2009 at 11:22 am
The first trailer for Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are just aired on the Ellen Degenres Show this morning. Which means someone will have it online today, which means I want to post it and I want to hold a place for it.
It will eventually be here and this post will be bumped back up to the top of the page.
Until then, enjoy John Lasseter’s CGI Animation test using Where The Wild Things Are’s Max as a cell animated character in a 3D environment. It was done in 1983:
UPDATE: You can see the trailer for Where The Wild Things Are is below the cut, where it will melt your face off with its awesomeness…
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Writing by Dave on Wednesday, 25 March, 2009 at 10:59 am
I have never seen an Ice Age film all the way through. I think if someone where to edit all the Scrat parts together (Scrat is the little dude pictured above who always has Warner Bros Golden Era cartoon-like fun as a C or D plot), that actually might be a lot of fun, but as for the plots and celebrity voices, I never got into them.
As opposed to the other two Ice Ages, which I have seen come and go from a purely publicity standpoint, this trailer is - arguably - better. The jokes in it work, the animation is funny, and you can only SOOOOOORRTA tell that some of these things were meant to be 3D gags (when Scrat gets his chest waxed, his nose will probably protrude ’till it pokes you in the eye).
The only question I have about this trailer is how well the penis joke plays at the very end. I saw it coming (as will anyone who can distinguish the sex of a water buffalo, or whatever the pre-historic equivalent is) but it’s obviously a joke about pulling a penis, and is that funny to the films target audience?