Hey, so speaking of looking foward to Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, we’ve got a new clip from the upcoming film. It’s not much really, but you know you take what you can get sometimes.

In this clip it looks like Cathy (Keira Knightley) is not too happy with Jack (Chris Pine) for keeping his work secret. Then Jack’s Boss (Kevin Costner) basically tells them to suck it up because lives are at stake, including their own.

This Kenneth Branagh directed reboot of the Jack Ryan films hits the theaters in just eight days on January 17.

I haven’t heard of this film before now, but after watching I’m actually a little intersted. It’s almost a bit much for me in its violence and grittiness, but I feel like there might be a good story here. Sometimes I am right about these things and sometimes I am wrong.

This upcoming film is apparently based on an anime film from 1998. Who knows what kind of weird things that will make the filmmakers feel like they need to do. But hey, it stars Samuel L. Jackson so it certainly has the potential to be something great because, well, Jackson is awesome.

If there’s one thing I’m really looking forward to in 2014, it’s the release of season 2 of House of Cards. It may be on the cutting edge of where things are headed by being available only on Netflix’s Video On Demand Service, but it’s also one of the most cinematic television shows I have ever watched. I definitely loved the first season for that aspect alone.

But I also loved the look at the political corruption, however dramatized. I think Frank Underwood represents what we all think our politicians may be like, deep down. Kevin Spacey is Underwood is simply amazing. And this trailer is…

It won’t be too long now and we’ll be able to see if this film is any good for ourselves. But in the meantime, Paramount is making with the promotional items. This time we get a nice fat clip featuring a shaky camera, and a lot of hard to follow action. Frankly I hope the film in its totality is a whole lot better than this.

The bottom line in this clip is it appears Jack Ryan (Chris Pine) has been deceived about the type of job he was in for when someone tries to kill him. His boss (Kevin Costner) isn’t exactly rolling out the sympathy wagon either.

This Kenneth Branagh directed…

Remeber that big kickstarter campaign to fund a Veronica Mars film so that fans could get what they always wanted and stuff? Well, it’s starting to pay off now in the form of the film’s first trailer.

I never watched the show. I’m trying to find time to remedy that now, but I just never did. I think I heard about it a time or two though. And apparently it has more than enough fans that one wonders why it was canceled. At any rate, it appears to have a lot of elements that I love in a show or movie — not the least of which is a good amount of snark.

Veronica Mars opens in AMC theaters and…

This is one of those films that’s going to be a trickle down release. It was originally slated to hit the UK in 2013, but is now getting a premiere at Sundance later this month, followed by a US release by Lionsgate. There has not been a domestic trailer yet, but we’ve got a spanish version here.

The film is based on a novel penned by John Le Carre which I have not heard of. But it looks interesting enough as a spy/thriller sort of thing. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, and Willem Dafoe — you know, small fries…

Anton Corbijn’s adaptation of John Le Carre’s…

I missed the first one but I hear it was amazing. I suppose I’ll have to find time to watch it because this looks like a film I want to see and it feels like I need to have seen the first one before I see this one.

Here’s the synopsis:

The thrilling second chapter of the epic HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON trilogy brings us back to the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years after the two have successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact…

I am entirely uncertain where we are with this franchise, or even if I care. I saw the one with Wahlberg and I hated it so much I couldn’t bring myself to watch any since then. Someone tell me in the comments, is that newer one with Franco a complete reboot? And is this one following up on that? Further, should I give this franchise my attention? Is my experience with the Wahlberg film an isolated incident and will I like the newer stuff? So many questions I have need answering.

Well in any event, while I’m waiting to get my questions answered, here’s the trailer for the latest in the…

I think this is supposed to be a bit of a modern day E.T. mixed with a bit of Super 8 (which I still haven’t seen, drat, what’s wrong with me!). It’s interesting that we (I) haven’t heard anything about this film until now. There was a time when films were less well known about when audiences went into the theaters to see them — a time when one could go to the theater and watch E.T. and not know a thing about it. That appears to be a little of what director Dave Green wants for his film Earth to Echo.

Of course this film just has to have that “found footage” vibe that I hate so much,…