While Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher's sex comedy No Strings Attached and Jason Statham and Ben Foster's violent non-comedy The Mechanic wouldn't appear to have too much in common, both films have just released restricted red band trailers to let you know that they are seriously R-rated. So based on the two trailers, which film will lose more money from 13-year-olds buying tickets to other films and sneaking in? Let's take a look at the breakdown of sex, violence and language in each trailer to get a better idea.
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Welcome to 2011, where we finally transition "trailer announcements" and teasers with no actual footage to "trailer intros." In the case of this presumably leaked look at Amber Heard in John Carpenter's The Ward, this term literally means the first half of the trailer. Coming soon: The Movieline 10-second Verdict. But yes, the first look at The Ward offers several mysteries to ponder including: "Why did Heard set her house on fire?" and "Who/what is that creepy shadow in the community shower?"
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Almost exactly a year to the day after unleashing his incendiary jeremiad against The Phantom Menace, the mumbly-voice critic Mr. Plinkett at Red Letter Media has released his third and final long-form critique of the Star Wars prequels. It's a skilled evisceration that's a must-see for anyone who had to suffer through any of George Lucas' post-1996 output. Check out the videos after the jump!
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Like a phoenix rising from the stagnant pre-New Year's Eve cesspool of news, here comes the teaser for the new Wong Kar Wai martial arts film The Grandmasters, with Tony Leung kicking and punching his way through...what's that? There's no kicking or punching in the teaser? Oh. There's almost no indication of what the film looks like, you say. That seems about right for today. But here at Movieline HQ, this teaser made us wonder: Is this one-minute blast of calligraphy really any less revealing than the unexplained imagery in the much-drooled-over Tree of Life trailer?
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2010: The year we went Back to the Future. Of all the cultural anniversaries and milestones that occurred during the last 365 days, none was more all-encompassing than the 25th anniversary of the time Marty McFly hopped in a souped-up Delorean, headed to 1955 and almost stumbled into an incest-y relationship with his mother. Memories! In case you aren't Back to the Futured out -- and in case Santa didn't bring you the Blu-rays for Christmas -- AMC is running all three films in marathon form starting tonight at 6 p.m. Ahead, in an effort to get you excited for this epic timewaster, watch a scene-by-scene comparison of the end of Back to the Future and the beginning of Back to the Future II...now with more Elisabeth Shue!
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· While Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker police New York's snowpocalypse, cozy up to a heartwarming Pixar mashup including every film the animation studio has made in the past 15 years. Click ahead for Woody, Rex and more Buzz Break.
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So, what's the only thing that could make those Star Wars pies even more delicious? How about a little Star Wars weed to whet your appetite? Yes, of course that exists! A medical marijuana dispensary called the San Diego Organic Wellness Association has developed a "Skywalker" (get it?) OG strain of marijuana, which apparently has a "piny, skunky smell" and will not make you fall asleep immediately. For more details, I'll let Brittany take it away in the video review below. For more hardcore geeks, the SDOWA also offers a "Death Star" strain. I kid you not.
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22 seconds. That's the length of the newly released teaser promo for The Killing, and it's enough time to make you start counting the hours until March. The new AMC series -- based on the Danish miniseries Forbrydelsen -- chronicles a murder investigation over the course of 13 days, with each episode covering one day. So, it's "real time" like 24, but presumably better and more focused. Click ahead to watch the teaser and as an added bonus, stick around to see a behind-the-scenes video AMC released detailing the production. Billy Campbell, FTW!
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So just as news breaks that Natalie Portman is pregnant, here's Portman playing an expectant mother in the just-released trailer for The Other Woman. High-five, IFC marketing team! Oh wait...her child dies within the first thirty seconds of the trailer? Hmm. I'm actually going to take back that high-five now.
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Did you see Skyline in November and think to yourself, "Man, this crappy movie would be so much better if it aired on TNT and starred Dr. Carter from ER"? If so, then Falling Skies is the television series for you!
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If you live in the Northeast, the chances are good that you're reading this blog post from behind a wall of snow. Literally. Sunday's snowpocalypse crippled New York, Boston and all cities in between with three-foot snow drifts, 50 mph winds and all-around treachery. Most Five Borough residents are still buried -- take a look at this picture to get an idea of what things look like on the streets -- but Movieline is here to remind those trapped at home that things could be a whole lot worse.
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When Movieline spoke to 127 Hours star Amber Tamblyn, she wasn't very thrilled to hear that there were some afraid to sit through the Danny Boyle film because of the infamous amputation scene. "I feel bad for people who aren't going to see the movie just because they hear that and think that it's going to be horrible," she said. James Franco's grandmother feels bad for those people, too. Except for the feeling bad part.
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It looks like a teaser and a full trailer for the new teen-alien-thriller series I Am Number Four were not enough. Now we've got a new "extended look," which seems like it should show us a new angle of the movie that those non-extended looks just couldn't cram in. Right?
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It's the day before Christmas Eve, and if you're anything like me, you're probably wondering, "Hey! What will be the next quirky and still totally by-the-book comedy with an almost-famous cast to be marketed as an indie film, complete with a Sundance premiere?" Well, just in time for your consideration, here is the trailer for Cedar Rapids, in which Ed Helms plays a naive man who leaves his small town for the first time only to be schooled in the ways of getting drunk, screwing and fighting by the wacky John C. Reilly.
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After Elijah Wood brightened our week with a trailer for his new man-in-a-dog-suit television show, he's back with a new Funny or Die sketch that's somehow even more strange. Maybe it's just the mustache he's sporting. Also, do check out the website for the bunny museum which flashes on-screen at the end of the video - it is a real place! A strange, fascinating place!
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