On paper, it's easy to be cynical about Kermit the Frog haunting the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides premiere, playing Disney foil to some of the world's biggest stars (and a Black Eyed Pea) as they cruise the black carpet. But come on: All it takes is one "That's a talking frog!" from Johnny Depp -- and a chance run-in with Keith Richards -- for the Muppet to break even. Watch out, Triumph.
Now all the cliches spouted in the first teaser trailer for Real Steel make sense! It turns out the Hugh Jackman-led robot boxing movie is actually just another in a long line of underdog sports movies. Albeit with robot boxing. Click ahead to watch the longer, kid-friendly and action-packed latest trailer.
Sundance trailer week rolls on her at Movieline! Barely a day after the first trailer for festival fave The Future debuted online comes a first look at Project Nim, James Marsh's emotional documentary about Nim, a chimpanzee who was taken from the wild and taught sign language by a human family. Click ahead to watch.
What does 30-something hipster ennui look like in 2011? Allow actress-writer-director Miranda July to give you a peek. "So, the Internet's going to be turned off in the next hour," Sophie (July) tells her boyfriend in the new trailer for The Future. "So the second you get in the door, you'll want to look up anything you need to look up." Where to even begin?
Just when you thought Justin Timberlake comedies were the oddest artifcacts hiding in plain sight at YouTube, along comes... this: A 40-year-old Star Trek tribute that might very well be the earliest known (and preserved) example of the fan film.
You saw the cryptic sizzle reel for Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be the Place and now, Sony Pictures has released a new clip from the Cannes entry for us to enjoy. Starring Sean Penn as an oddball ex-rocker determined to track down the Nazi who humiliated his late father and Frances McDormand as his wry sidekick of sorts, this clip appears captures a moment at the beginning of Penn's onscreen adventure. Let's watch.
Working from home has its downsides: like that crying baby upstairs, or that impromptu construction site outside. Which is what makes this new clip from the Lynne Ramsay-directed We Need to Talk About Kevin so unsettling. Well, that and the knowledge that Lynne Ramsay's film is about two estranged parents dealing with the aftermath of their teenage son going on a killing spree at his high school. Click ahead to watch.
This is kind of a fun treat to start the week: Justin Timberlake starred in a short comedy that has been hiding in the YouTube wilds for the last year and a half. The film, Jerry, features JT as a cad with an uncannily smooth way with words. What's his secret?
Those merry tricksters behind the Final Destination franchise return in August, and this time they'll play up your fear of laser eye surgery. Hey, what would be a worse way to die than by having your brain melted by a laser beam, Goldfinger-style?! Oh, right: By having hot tar poured all over your face during a bridge collapse. The first trailer for Final Destination 5 lies ahead; considered this your warning.
Oh Pedro Almodóvar. It's only right that the man behind the masterpiece that was All About My Mother should have a teaser for his new movie leak out on Mother's Day. The Skin That I Live In (or (La Piel Que Habito if you're feeling extra Iberian) tells the story of a doctor (Antonio Banderas) who has developed a new synthetic skin -- but sadly too late to save the life of his wife who succumbed to her burn wounds years before. Almodóvar describes it as "a horror story without screams or frights," and based on this clip, it looks creepy as mierda. Take a look after the break!
We all celebrate Mother's Day a little differently. Some take Mom out to a lovely brunch, other have a nice bouquet of flowers delivered. I like to celebrate by screening Mommie Dearest and watching Faye Dunaway in full kabuki regalia as Joan Crawford beat the holy hell out of her adopted daughter with a wire hanger. After the jump, check out the camp classic scene in all its glory, and then stick around for a slightly recut (but fully hilarious!) slapping scene between Joan and her grown daughter. Love you, Mom!
If Thursday's character specific X-Men: First Class trailers left you wanting more, good news! A fourth introductory spot has arrived via the film's Facebook page, and this one concentrates on Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique. Judging from these 90 seconds, expect the Oscar-nominee to bring a good deal of gravitas to the role, even while chowing down on some hackneyed rom-com-y dialogue. Click through for a look.
Some people might consider impressions to be the lowest form of comedy, but judging from the new trailer for The Trip, those people are wrong. Directed by Michael Winterbottom, and starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and a host of their fairly dead-on celebrity impersonations, The Trip feels poised to be the indie comedy import of the summer. Get your first look ahead.
It's Mother's Day weekend, which means flowers, cards, phone calls and/or various other gestures of appreciation for everything the moms and grandmothers in our lives do for us. And if you're feeling really adventurous this year -- and you happen to live in or near Minneapolis, I guess -- there's just the solution for the mother who has everything.
Luc Besson never got around to directing a sequel to The Professional, but it appears he may have written the next best thing. In theaters this September, Colombiana stars Avatar's Zoe Saldana as a vengeance-fueled heroine out to punish the people responsible for killing her parents when she was a child. Needless to say, she doesn't have time for your Mickey Mouse -- well, you know.
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