9 Clips and a Featurette from the Upcoming ‘Lego Movie’

9 Clips and a Featurette from the Upcoming ‘Lego Movie’

Man, this is the right way to market a film. Especially that featurette! I am now legitimately excited for this film. Also, let me tell you that the voice cast for this film is pretty much perfect in every way.

I played with LEGOs a LOT as a kid but I don’t think I was every this imaginative or could have conceived of something like this. This looks like a lot of fun.

The film will be out on February 7th and stars Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, and Liam Neeson (among others).

‘Maleficent’ Trailer Set to ‘Once Upon a Dream’

‘Maleficent’ Trailer Set to ‘Once Upon a Dream’

If the tone of the upcoming Maleficent film has been hard to pin down before now, I think this trailer will help you on that front a little bit. This trailer is set to the classic tune from Disney’s original Sleeping Beauty, but there’s a twist. This version of the song by Lana Del Rey is haunting and hollow and turns sinister. In addition, Angelina Jolie effects the most sinisterly creepy smile you’ve ever seen in the first few seconds of the trailer.

I’m starting to get much more interested in this film now. The film opens in theaters on May 30, 2014 staring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent,…

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2 New Clips from RoboCop

2 New Clips from RoboCop

RoboCop is about to hit theaters so the last little bits of promo material are dropping on us now. You can check out the previous three trailers and my thoughts here, here, and here.

This film definitely has some interesting things going on and I’m excited to see if it’s any good. This time of year is not a great one for cinema but I’ll wait and see before I pass premature judgement. I think the themes promised in the trailers are worth checking out. It looks like there’s definitely an aspect of the war between man and machine going on and how the film presents this and answers these…

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‘300: Rise of An Empire’ Trailer 3

‘300: Rise of An Empire’ Trailer 3

If you want to see a film about vengence and violence, then Zack Snyder’s upcoming 300: Rise of an Empire may just be the right film for you.

Also, I never knew before the slow motion filmography could actually be its own character in a film, but it appears according to the trailer that Snyder has accomplished just that.

A lot of peopl really loved the first 300 film and it brought in a lot of money, so a sequel was inevitable. and it doesn’t look like an altogether bad sequel at that — at leaset not so far.

‘Maleficent’ Trailer 2 — A New Spin on An Old Fairytale

‘Maleficent’ Trailer 2 — A New Spin on An Old Fairytale

I’m sure we’re all familiar with the old Disney classic of Sleeping Beauty. I’m sure I’ve seen it hundreds of times. But this is a new take on the tale — actually starting apparently well before the classic tale begins exploring how Meleficent became evil.

I’ll tell you, in the teaser trailer, and now in this trailer, it sure seems like Angeline Jolie is the perfect actress to play Maleficent. I’m kind of looking forward to seeing if this film is any good.

Synopsis:

The untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” A beautiful, pure-hearted young…

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First Clip From Upcoming ‘The Monuments Men’

First Clip From Upcoming ‘The Monuments Men’

It’s not like this is one of my highly anticipated films of the year or anything, but I am looking forward to this film a little bit. And a February release make me think the studio doesn’t think very highly of it. Still…

It’s based on a true story from the World War II era focusing on a platoon takes by FDR with the preservation and rescue of cultural artifacts, historical objects, artistic objects, things of value and relevance. The official synopsis from Sony Pictures is as follows:

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama…

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‘Agents of SHIELD’ Episode 13 Promo

‘Agents of SHIELD’ Episode 13 Promo

I will continue to maintain that if you don’t like this show we probably can’t be friends. I really don’t get what everybody doesn’t like about this show. It’s really fantastic and it’s just getting better and better. This week’s episode was great where Colson gets to deal with what’s been going on in his past and dig up what’s going on with Skye’s past.

And keep your eyes open for a special Marvel guest start in this trailer!

‘Walk of Shame’ Trailer Featuring Elizabeth Banks

‘Walk of Shame’ Trailer Featuring Elizabeth Banks

I can’t say this looks great — in fact it looks really silly and crazy I think. The idea here is the Banks character goes on a crazy night, has a one night stand, then gets a call from the network about an opportunity for a big news anchor gig. But when she runs out to her car it’s being towed and (for whatever reason) it has her purse in it and she has no way to get where she needs to go and no ID. Hillarity (apparently) ensues.

I like Elizabeth Banks but I’m just not sure about this thing. We’ll have to see what’s in store for us when the film is released to theaters on April 25th.

‘Jack Ryan’ New Clip and 2 New Featurettes

‘Jack Ryan’ New Clip and 2 New Featurettes

I’m still not entirely pleased with the fact that Jack Ryan has been changed from a CIA analyst that gets thrust into crazy situations, into secret agent that seeks them out, but whatever. We’ve got to keep the story fresh and changed up for a modern audience — or something. I guess my problem is Jack Ryan is not Jason Bourne, but someone forgot to tell the script writers and/or directory Kenneth Branagh.

Still, I hope it’s worth something. One of my problems with the previous Jack Ryan films as a franchise is they were not cohesive. Only two of the four films featured the same actor as Jack…

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