A Ugandan girl from a poor family discovers chess and becomes the Ugandan champion. Queen of Katwe is more than just a coming of age story, or the story of an unlikely hero – it’s a story in which the game of chess is a metaphor for life and provides the first opportunity Phiona has […]
Category: Movie Trailers
International Trailer Gives Pause for Thought: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story!
An international trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has the tiniest bit of new footage and it’s food for thought. The extra beat concerns the source of the leaked information about the Empire’s new weapon and it creates a link between that source and one of the Rogue One team. Check it out […]
Proper Introduction Trailer: Arrival!
Louise Banks is one of the top translators in America which doesn’t sound like the most exciting of jobs until twelve giant, egg-shaped alien craft take up positions over different parts of the globe – including one in Montana. Now she’s drafted to help figure out who the aliens are and what they want – […]
Testing Trailer: Allied!
Robert Zemeckis directed one of last year’s the best films, the criminally under seen The Walk. This year, he moves from the heights of the World Trade Center to the tension of the Frech Resistance in WWII. Allied stars Brad Pitt as intelligence officer Max Vatta and Marion Cotillard as French Resistance member Marianne Beausejour – who meet on […]
97.6% Chance of Failure Trailer: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story!
You’ve seen the teaser for the trailer, now you can screen the trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and see those snippets in context and be impressed. Personally, I like the blind Jedi (thank you Zatoichi!). Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will be in theaters on December 16th.
I Didn’t Know I’d Have To Wear The Suit Again Green Band Trailer: Bad Santa 2!
One nice thing about the new green band trailer for Bad Santa 2 is that they fill the space vacated by the naught bits with new footage. Check it out after the break. Bad Santa will be in theaters on November 23rd.
Big Mistake Trailer: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back!
Every time I see a trailer or TV spot for the new Jack Reacher film, Never Go Back, I’m reminded of Dustin Hoffman’s out of work actor in Tootsie, who – after not getting a role because he’s too short, responds, ‘I can act tall!’ Despite looking nothing like the descriptions of Reacher in the […]
Tense Teaser For Trailer: Arrival!
Denis Villeneuve’s follow up to Sicario is a science fiction movie about an alien first contact. With the world on the brink of war, alien spacecraft touch down around the globe. The American team assigned to meet with them includes linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams). The first teaser for Arrival has been released and, wouldn’t […]
Teaser for the Trailer: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story!
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of this teaser-for-the-trailer thing – though I have to admit the teaser for the new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer is genuinely intriguing. I guess they just have to be done well to work. Check it out after the jump. Rogue One: A Star Wars […]
Bad Intentions Trailer: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Without the title card that reads Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, the opening moments of the first teaser trailer for the film could be an ad for a high-performance motorcycle – until a hand slams down on a control panel of a familiar design and it reads, ‘Engine Engaged.’ Then things get crazy. How crazy? When […]
Yes, Virginia, There is a Red Band Bad Santa 2 Trailer!
Well, I guess it had to happen sooner or later. There’s a sequel to one of the crudest, funniest Christmas movies of all time: Bad Santa. The red band trailer for Bad Santa 2 is filled with the witty repartee we saw in the first one – as Billy Bob Thornton reprises the role of […]