You’d think a rude, crude Christmas movie starring Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, T.J. Miller, Olivia Nunn, Kate McKinnon and Jillian Bell would, by mere fact of its existence, would have to be a laugh riot. You’d be wrong. Office Christmas Party is fitfully funny at best; occasionally poignant, and mostly humdrum.
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Just Tan Trailer: Baywatch!
This may be the funniest trailer I’ve seen this year. If there’s a Baywatch trope we laughed at back in the day, it’s burned in this sucker! (I hope Hasslehoff has seen it…). Check it out after the break. Baywatch stars Dwayne Johneson and Zac Efron and will be in theaters on May 26, 2017.
Thunderous Trailer: Transformers: The Last Knight!
Surprisingly, the first trailer for Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight is pretty quiet – at first… Check it out after the break.
Fenced In, Fenced Out Trailer: Fences!
Fences is the story of a one-time promising baseball player, now working as a Pittsburgh garbage collector, and the complicated relationships with his wife, son, and friends. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis reprise their Tony Award-winning performances in the film – directed by Washington. The film’s ensemble cast includes Stephen Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, […]
Test of Faith Trailer: Martin Scorsese’s Silence!
Two Christian missionaries set out to find their mentor in fuedal Japan – where Christianty is forbidden and their mere presence in the country could find them sentenced to death. Martin Scorsese’s Silence stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson. Silence will be in theaters in January, 2017. The trailer follows the jump.
Better Design Trailer: Ghost in the Shell!
Following the release of ten 10-15 second snippets of video from Ghost in the Shell, Paramount Pictures has released a full trailer – introduced by Scarlett Johansson. Accusations of whitewashing have been at least partially addressed by named the main character simply The Major – but otherwise, the trailer definitely seems to be a reasonably faithful adaptation […]
Arrival – First Contact Doesn’t Have To Be a Contact Sport!
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival is a First Contact movie to rival 2001: A Space Odyssey or Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Paramount Pictures Hosts Facebook Live Red Carpet Fan Event Tonight!
Allied, the new film by Robert Zemeckis – and starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cottillard, will be giving fans a chance to watch the stars at a special live red carpet event this evening. The red carpet event will stream on Facebook beginning at 7/6C. Read on for details.
I Love This Company! Trailer: Office Christmas Party!
Problem: mean boss cancels Christmas party and threatens to close the branch if they don’t get a big client onboard. Solution: hold the party anyway ad invite the potential client. What could possibly go wrong. Office Christmas Party opens on December 9th.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – Pure Action Movie Fun!
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – based on the novel by Lee Child – is both a typical and atypical Tom Cruise action movie. It has a decent plot; plenty of action, chases (on foot and by car), clever solutions to difficult problems, and a lead female role that is an equal protagonist – and […]
Treason? Really? Trailer: Arrival!
When a dozen alien spacecraft touch down around the world, Dr. Louise Banks is drafted to translate the alien language when – instead of bringing the world together, the aliens’ arrival puts the planet on the brink of global war. The final trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival dropped today. Check it out after the break. […]