The Gerta Gerwig crush running through Movieline HQ is pretty formidable, so you can imagine our collective disappointment upon realizing that the Sacramento native only has one line of dialogue in the first trailer for the remake of Arthur. Though considering the amount of classic rock coursing through this initial ad campaign for the Russell Brand remake, perhaps there wasn't much room for anything more.
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After getting over the initial shock of seeing the amazing/terrifying Black Swan parody poster for Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family, you may have found yourself asking: "How will the movie possibly live up to that?" I still don't have a good answer to that, but can happily report that the trailer is every bit as ridiculous as the poster. I'm talking about a full-on Karaoke sing-along to a Madea single ("MA to the DEA") and enough split-screen to embarrass Brian de Palma.
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Are you in the market for a story about a computer-animated rabbit who craps jelly beans and behaves like a sexual predator? What if that computer-animated rabbit was voiced by the inimitable Russell Brand? Good. Let's watch the trailer for Hop.
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These days, The Wicker Man probably makes many think of derisive laughter, elated confusion and Nicolas Cage getting attacked by bees. But the original 1973 cult film still holds up as a chilling, uncomfortably funny horror movie about the power of fear, desperation and faith. Its director Robin Hardy has been struggling for years to make a companion-piece, and now, more than 30 years later, the trailer for The Wicker Tree has arrived. Those scared of naked women wearing horse masks may want to look elsewhere today. Ah yes, it's probably NSFW.
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For a certain sect of Internet dwellers, the name Richard Ayoade means something major. Or at least major enough that when Community creator Dan Harmon recently posted on his Twitter page that the British comedian/actor/director would get behind the camera for an upcoming episode, at least one or two people in your circle of friends probably started hyperventilating at the thought. Well, before sending those friends this trailer for Ayoade's directorial debut Submarine, you might want to suggest they pick up a paper bag.
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Let's give it up for Stephen Lang! After all, the dude went from "That guy!" to "That guy from Avatar who welcomes naive people to dangerous places!" in the span of just over a year. Though while Lang's presence in the trailer for the Steven Spielberg dinosaur time traveling series Terra Nova might make you think of Avatar, the premise and alternate world thrills will really make you think of Avatar.
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You'd watch Henry Winkler in just about anything, wouldn't you? Children's Hospital? Arrested Development? Joanie Tolerates Fonzie? Anything. Well, Winkler's son Max is a freshman director whose first film Ceremony pairs Uma Thurman with a bunch of up-and-coming funny actors. Let's watch the trailer and see if young Max can revitalize "wedding crashing" as a comic subgenre without jumping the shark. Ha Ha.
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14 movie trailers will air during the Super Bowl on Sunday, meaning even if you don't like football, you'll probably get enough of an entertainment fix to keep your brain occupied for a few hours. In between making beer runs and Googling queso dip recipes, your friends at Movieline HQ have spent the better part of the day ruminating over the planned movie marketing explosion and have ranked the 14 from least anticipated to most. Click ahead for your handy Super Bowl commercial excitement chart.
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Once again, Magnolia Pictures will be bringing all of the Academy Award nominees for Best Short Film in the Documentary, Animation and Live Action categories to theaters, and also to your home via VOD. So those who want to get serious about predicting the Oscars can watch them all, take notes and crunch whatever numbers you feel necessary before making a decision. Or if you only want to get sort of serious, you can try to guess based on the trailer, which shows the title and a few seconds from each nominee.
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Judging by the trailer, the eight-part miniseries The Kennedys, which has endured nearly as much bad luck as its titular family, is even worse than you've heard. Which is saying a lot considering how much has already been said about the project -- starring Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes as the fabled first couple in Camelot -- that the History Channel, Showtime, FX and and Starz all flat-out refused to air.
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When Win Win premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month, some people walked away from the film comparing it to The Blind Side, which seemed odd considering the cast (Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor) and director (Tom McCarthy). Yet if the first trailer for the spring release is any indication, those surface comparisons are certainly warranted.
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I'm sure things happen in this trailer for the macho-as-hell medieval epic Ironclad, but literally all I can focus on each time is how furious Paul Giamatti looks in every shot. Sure, Giamatti has gone off before in movies, but never while donning this messy beard and Prince Valiant haircut and never with quite so much verve. Rather than watch the trailer a fourth time to try and figure out what the film's actually about, I'm just going to take screen captures of the three best faces Giamatti makes and post them after the jump. You're welcome.
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The trailer for Monogamy more or less runs through a checklist of things I like to see in marriage-disintegration movies. Voyeurism? Check. Obsession? Yep. Melodrama? You bet! Actors I like? Check and...check! The trailer begins with Chris Messina and Rashida Jones taking wedding photos and talking about their solid relationship. But really, in a movie called Monogamy, how do you think that's going to end?
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Yesterday we observed the levels of stank, thug stare, and hardness in the new Bridesmaids poster. Just a day later we have the new trailer for the Judd Apatow/Paul Feig production, and the ladies get a little less ghetto -- and a little more delirious. For what it's worth, I still like to imagine Maya Rudolph wearing brass knuckles under her bouquet.
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With all of the attention on Charlie Sheen and his porn star collective these days, it is a little coincidental that Myriad Pictures is just now releasing a trailer for Electra Luxx, its upcoming film about a porn actress who retires after getting knocked up by a big entertainment star. Unlike Sheen's sleazy bleach blonds though, who leave the actor's house and head either directly to the bank or to the tabloids, Electra Luxx's titular character (played by the smart Carla Gugino), seems to be complex, level-headed and just as capable of human emotion as she is of seduction.
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