We live in a world where even trailers for movies get their
own trailers. That’s just a weird fact of life that, rather than being a sign
of the end of days as some choose to see it, I just think it’s an odd. And some
of them are actually awesome, like this quick tease for Darren Aronofsky’s
mother!.
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Monday, July 31, 2017
Thursday, July 27, 2017
'Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World' (2017) Movie Review
Catherine Bainbridge’s documentary, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World, uncovers the oft-ignored and overlooked contributions of Native Americans to the history of popular music. (Hint: It goes way deeper than the dude in the headdress from the Village People.)
George Clooney's 'Suburbicon' Trailer Is Wicked And Hilarious
Not content with being a huge star, aging more gracefully
than any human ever to live, and selling his tequila brand for a billion dollars, George Clooney continues to make the rest of us mere mortals look like
turds by directing movies. His latest, the Coen Brothers-scripted
Suburbicon is one we’ve been keeping an eye on. The first
trailer just dropped and it’s pretty much what you expect, and I mean that in a
good way. Check it out.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
'Atomic Blonde' (2017) Movie Review
If Mad Max: Fury Road and Monster
weren’t enough to convince you not to mess with Charlize Theron,
Atomic Blonde should do the trick. She’ll shoot you, stab
you with a stiletto heel, kick the ever-loving crap out of you, use your neck
as an anchor while she dives out a window Die Hard style,
and pummel your genitals into a wad of pasty goo. (She kicks so many dudes in
the groin.) Should the model-turned-Oscar-winner decide all she wants to do
from now until the day she retires is make kickass action movies, that might be
the best greatest hope for humanity.
'London Has Fallen' Is Getting A Sequel And I May Be The Only One Who's Excited
I hope you’re still thirsty as fuck, I know I am. I’m
generally in the minority on this one, but 2016’s London Has Fallen is awesome. Which is extra impressive, given that the predecessor,
Olympus Has Fallen, is such a shrug. But London
is a mean, nasty, jingoistic, stripped-down ‘80s style actioner. And bless
Millennium Films’ little heart, there’s going to be more, as the studio just okayed
Angel Has Fallen, which has a director and everything.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
'Turn It Around: The Story Of East Bay Punk' (2017) Movie Review
Any movie with a Crimpshrine song playing over the credits
has my immediate attention. And so begins Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk, Corbett Redford’s Green Day-produced, Iggy
Pop-narrated documentary looking back at decades of loud, abrasive punk rock
spawned by right side of the San Francisco Bay.
Chadwick Boseman Gets Vengeful In This 'Message From The King' Trailer
Damn, I’m way, way into this whole “Chadwick Boseman is
everywhere” thing that’s going on right now. Sure, we’re all psyched for
Black Panther, whick looks like it rules. And I’m sure Marshall,
the Thurgood Marshall biopic he’s in later this year, will be good and stuff. But
I just got real excited for Message from the King, a gritty,
low-budget revenge thriller that’s right in my wheelhouse. Check out the
trailer.
Monday, July 24, 2017
San Diego Comic-Con Trailers For 'Thor: Ragnarok,' 'Ready Player One,' 'Stranger Things,' And More
San Diego Comic-Con went down this past weekend, and since the
focus is all about TV and movies rather than funny books, it arrived with a
tidal wave of trailers, posters, and other assorted promotional goodies for
upcoming blockbusters and highly anticipated television shows. Here are some of
the bigger and better trailer offerings, and just some of the things I’m most
excited for. There are more, but these are the ones I like.
Friday, July 21, 2017
'Landline' (2017) Movie Review
Director Gillian Robespierre rvteams with Jenny Slate, star of her debut feature Obvious Child, for her follow
up, Landline. Likeable and fun, though less inclined to
stick to the ribs, the story follows two mid-1990s sisters, Dana and Ali (Slate
and Abby Quinn), who discover their father (John Turturro) is cheating on their
mother (Edie Falco).
'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets' (2017) Movie Review
For as bug-nuts crazy as Luc Besson’s nonsense sci-fi epic
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is visually,
there's no excuse for it being so fucking boring. And holy hell, is there a
scientific term for a total lack of chemistry? Because that's what stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne have. Their on-screen relationship is a distinct
kind of anti-charisma that’s like an anchor around the film’s neck.
'Triple Threat' Trailer: Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Tiger Chen, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, JeeJa Yanin...
Triple Threat is all of my favorite
things wrapped up in one convenient package. Action, martial arts, gunplay. Oh,
and it stars every cinematic badass currently working. The credits include Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Tiger Chen, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, JeeJa Yanin,
Michael Wong, Michael Bisping, and Celina Jade. I hope I didn’t forget anyone,
but I may have, the list is long and distinguished. As you may imagine, I’m
beyond excited for Triple Threat, and that anticipation just
took another huge leap forward with the first trailer. Check it out after the jump.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
'A Ghost Story' (2017) Movie Review
It’s like Casey Affleck won an Oscar for Manchester
by the Sea and decided, “You know what? Acting is hard. For my next
movie I’m just going to wear a motherfucking sheet, stand there, and call it
good.” And then he did, and that movie is David Lowery’s A Ghost Story.
Taraji P. Henson Plays A Badass Assassin In First 'Proud Mary' Trailer
So January just got a whole lot more awesome. Taraji P.
Henson playing a badass assassin in a movie directed by the guy who helmed
London Has Fallen? Sign me up. If you still need more
convincing, check out the first trailer for Proud Mary.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
'City Of Ghosts' (2017) Movie Review
Timely, pressing, important. Oscar-nominated director
Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land) returns with City of
Ghosts, one of the tautest, most gripping documentaries in years. The
film barely lets you breathe as it delves into the reality, tragedy, and cost
of those fighting ISIS in Syria.
Guillermo Del Toro's 'The Shape Of Water' Trailer Shows A Dark, Gorgeous Fairy Tale
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
'Dunkirk' (2017) Movie Review
If your summer has lacked tension thus far, that’s easily
rectified by watching Christopher Nolan’s new World War II film,
Dunkirk, which is 106 minutes of unrelenting pressure that
leaves the audience emotionally exhausted, pummeled, and bruised in the
theater. Take a good deep breath before it starts, because there’s not much
space for air during the movie.
Monday, July 17, 2017
'Karate Kill' (2016) Movie Review
Kurando Mitsutake’s Karate Kill may not
have much in the way of plot, but it certainly has an excess of violent martial
arts fights, blood, and gratuitous nudity. So that’s something for the
Gun Woman director to hang his hat on.
The 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Sizzle Reel Hits Me In All The Right Feelings Spots
This weekend kicks off the latest installment of a fairly
new annual tradition: the onslaught of Star Wars promotional
material leading up to a December release. It happened this way the last two
years with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and it’s going down that way again with Rian
Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
'Blade Runner 2049' Trailer: Guess What? This Movie Still Looks Incredible
As much as belong to the camp that Ridley Scott’s 1982
sci-fi classic Blade Runner doesn’t need a sequel—it’s a
goddamned masterpiece—I’ll cop to being all kinds of jazzed for Blade Runner 2049. It looks weird and mysterious and like an extension of
the original atmospherically, aesthetically, and tonally. Hell, even the score
sounds like an inevitable evolution of what came before. We have to wait until
October to actually see it, but this majestic new trailer should keep us
occupied for a few minutes.
Friday, July 14, 2017
First 'Kickboxer: Retaliation' Trailer: Please God Let Jean-Claude Van Damme Fight Mike Tyson
Wait, what the hell? How did I miss this? Apparently the first
teaser trailer (or two) for Kickboxer: Retaliation—the
sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance, last year’s
Kickboxer reboot—dropped the other day. I knew it was coming,
but it still scampered right on by me. I’m getting soft in my old age. Watch it (them) now.
'Outrage Coda' Trailer: Beat Takeshi Returns To Shoot Gangsters...And A Fish
“Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s 2010 Yakuza opus,
Outrage, is one of the prolific writer/director/actor’s (and
comedian and author and painter so on) greatest feats. A grim gangster tale of
honor, respect, loyalty, betrayal, intrigue, and corruption, it’s also darkly
witty and bleakly comic. All of which plays through in the new trailer for the latest
follow up, Outrage Coda. Check it out below.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
'Wish Upon' (2017) Movie Review
Young Clare Shannon (Joey King) is having a rough go. As a
child, she watched her mom hang herself. After that tragedy, her dad (Ryan Phillippe) totally abandoned his sweet saxophone skills in favor of his career
as a dumpster diver, which is, of course, a constant source of embarrassment to
Clare. High school sucks and is full of mean girls, her dream boy doesn’t know
she exists, and she only has two friends, June (Shannon Purser) and Meredith
(Sydney Park). If Wish Upon sounds like a familiar set up,
you’re not wrong.
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
'Wolf Warrior 2' Trailer: Try To Fit More Action Into Two Minutes, I Dare You
Thanks, Well Go USA, you know me so well. You know how much
I love guns, explosions, tank battles, hulking dudes with heavy weapons, and
Frank Grillo. And you managed to find Wu Jing’s Wolf Warrior
2, which combines all of those elements and more. I feel like this trailer
is just for me, but I feel bad because I didn’t get you anything.
Monday, July 10, 2017
'War For The Planet Of The Apes' (2017) Movie Review
The big special-effects-laden tentpoles studios release
during the summer months have a reputation for being empty spectacles and
little more. That’s not always the case, but we see a lot of loud, stupid trash
in theaters this time of year (cough Transformers 5 cough).
Over the last two movies, the revamped Planet of the Apes
franchise has shown audiences that there’s room for intelligence, emotion, and
nuance in the warmer months, and they prove it once again with War for the Planet of the Apes.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
This 'Geostorm' Trailer Is Absurd And Everything That's Right With The World
Ohmygod Ohmygod Ohmygod Ohmygod Ohmygod Ohmygod Ohmygod!!! I
rarely use exclamation points, let alone three, but holy Christ on a fucking
crutch, I just watched the Geostorm trailer and random
punctuation all I manage at the moment. Watch it now, we’ll discuss the matter
at hand after it pummels your mind about for a few minutes.
'The Ritual' Trailer Reminds You To Never Take A Shortcut Through The Woods
Not only does 2017 have a Friday the 13th on the calendar,
it has a Friday the 13th on the calendar in the month of October. This
automatically becomes ground zero for horror movie releases, and one promising
genre joint making its way to theaters this year is David Bruckner’s
The Ritual.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Holy Shit, 'The FP 2' Is Happening And You Can Help
If you haven’t watched the Trost Brothers’ The FP,
do yourself a favor, drop whatever you’re doing, and rectify that oversight. It’s
a movie I once described as “like watching the hyperactive, sugar-fueled
bastard child of The Warriors, Japanese pop culture, and a
hillbilly bounce all over the screen.” Well now there’s a sequel,
Beats of Rage: The FP 2, in the works, and you can help
Beat-Beat this shit into reality.
Monday, July 3, 2017
Watch Five Bug-Nuts Crazy 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets' Clips
We don’t get to see Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets until later this month, but hot damn, I’m
primed for some bananas space-crazy. But just in case you’re not in the same
boat, check out these five new clips.