John Madden's long-shelved thriller The Debt cuts between its main characters in two distinct time periods, which allows the film to indulge in my favorite game: "What will these actors look like when they get older?" According to the new trailer, Jessica Chastain turns into Helen Mirren after thirty years, which is not a bad deal at all. How about Sam Worthington, though?
What is it with fall movies starring Ben Affleck? If you thought that trailer for The Town gave away the entire movie, allow me to introduce you to the just-released trailer for The Company Men, which gives away pretty much everything. Want to see this movie in two-minutes-and-thirty seconds? Take a look after the jump.
If you've kept up with Weeds for the last five seasons you know to expect one thing -- well, one thing besides a contrived and maddening plot that continually ups the stakes to the detriment of its own narrative cohesion: Nancy Botwin's iced-coffee fixation. And that the upcoming season of Weeds disposes of her crutch so violently, should tell you all you need to know about where this show is headed.
God bless Dwayne Johnson for the way he's broken free from his albatross-like WWE persona, but the admittedly talented actor might be making a big mistake with his latest screen credit. To wit: How can anyone but "The Rock" actually star in Faster?
An international trailer for Julian Schnabel's Jerusalem orphanage drama-meets-political intrigue Miral has arrived online, and it looks... intense. There are jets, guns, riots, beatings, personal showdowns, romance and more, all under the timeline-jumping eye of Schnabel's shaky-cam. But none of the imagery really gets to the essence of the Israeli/Palestine conflict quite the way Tom Waits does. On second thought...
There's a lot to say about a Syfy original film called Sharktopus. That's why I'm writing this! But we have to move quickly, before the Sharktopus finds my apartment, asks the desk worker for my name (using a pseudonym), and eats me.
Another day, another trailer that heavily features Jon Hamm. Though while Howl played up his Don Draper persona to almost comical levels, the Ben Affleck-directed The Town gets him out of the suit and into an FBI windbreaker. And it looks awesome. But does it give away too much of the plot?
Wowzer. No matter how high your expectation-level was for the full-length trailer to David Fincher's The Social Network, you probably didn't anticipate something like this. Prepare to have the choral version of Radiohead's "Creep" stuck in your head for the foreseeable future.
Whether it's because of his wannabe artist status, the fact that he goes to graduate school or the outsized crazy of his General Hospital appearances, it's sometimes hard to remember that James Franco is a legitimate actor. So the trailer for Howl is here to remind you.
As Todd Phillips's follow-up to The Hangover, the expectations for Due Date were probably pitched a bit too high to begin with -- and with Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr. on board (plus a high concept conceit), it's no wonder. Yet that hype factor aside, shouldn't this first trailer be a little funnier?
The Last Airbender handed M. Night Shyamalan some of the most withering reviews of his career (if not a terrible box office intake). As we all know, though, the director is fond of surprise twists, so could Devil -- the Paranormal Activity-ish new thriller from his vanity imprint The Night Chronicles -- give him a feel-good third-act reversal?
If you were worried that watching Zach Galifianakis act "serious" -- ie; no baby masturbating jokes -- for his role in It's Kind of a Funny Story would be tedious and contrived, the first trailer for the film provides some relief: It really isn't.
It may not be the imminent full trailer, but the second teaser for David Fincher's The Social Network is so clever (and so much better than the first one) that it's been frustrating how determined Sony was to stamp it out whenever it popped up online this week. Finally, now that the NYFF-tied announcement about the film has been made, the studio has finally given the teaser its official online unveiling. Watch, enjoy, and "like" it.
If today was Sundance Movie Trailer Day, then why wasn't it listed on my Google Calendar? Anyway, here comes the trailer for Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut Jack Goes Boating, a Sundance fave that answers the question: Why was Philip Seymour Hoffman wearing dreads during his red carpet appearances last year?
When you hear the words "Kristen Stewart Hooker Movie," the mind reels with possibilities of scandal and exploitation. But then you see the new trailer for Welcome to the Rileys, a Sundance hit from director Jake Scott (a.k.a. Ridley Scott's son, thus fulfilling the "You Must Mention Ridley Scott Once Per Day" quota here at Movieline), and you realize it's anything but what you would expect. Even with the presence of Tony Soprano. Who's ready for some derivative family drama?
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