‘The Smurfs 2’ Trailer

‘The Smurfs 2’ Trailer

The only question I really have is why on earth is this being made? It may be targeted at kids, but It looks atrocious, and it certainly does not look like the sort of humor I will want my kids to be mimicking.

As far as I can tell I’ll be skipping this one.

The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants – and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs…

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‘World War Z’ Clip - Hammer and Nails

‘World War Z’ Clip - Hammer and Nails

“These guys are hammers, and to hammers everything looks like nails.” LOVE IT! If the film is like this clip, I’m going to love it I think.

I’m hearing good things and I’m warming up to the idea of this film. Of course, I warmed up to the idea of the Man of Steel film to the point where I was really looking forward to it. What a let down that was. I hope this is not like that. We’ll see, but I think this film may be showing some promise for my personal tastes.

United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling…

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‘The Lego Movie’ Trailer

‘The Lego Movie’ Trailer

So, apparently this is a thing. I guess LEGO didn’t want to be left out of this super hero craze. And what with Hasbro jumping into the fray and making films, why not LEGO? I have kind of mixed feelings about this. It looks unbelievably dumb, and fun at the same time. It should certainly bring back nastolgia for me too. LEGO blocks were my best friend growing up, and I didn’t even have all those fancy special blocks all the cool kids have now. I just had regular old bricks. Sure I had the varying assortment of sizes, 2 pegs, 3 pegs, 8 pegs, etc, and a few tapered blocks. But that was it for…

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‘Almost Human’ - New J.J. Abrams TV Show

‘Almost Human’ - New J.J. Abrams TV Show

It is proving rather difficult to fill the void left by my beloved Fringe (I still don’t understand why we couldn’t have had a few more seasons), but maybe this one will come close. It certainly looks like fun, interesting, smart sci-fi, which is what Fringe was. And of course, Karl Urban! Must see!

This action-packed police drama set 35 years in the future centers around the unlikely partnership between a part-machine cop and a part-human robot.

I highly recommend this trailer!

‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Trailer 3

‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Trailer 3

For those of us who love fantasy, this looks like it could be a good one, although I will say this feels very closely related to a BuffyTwilight crossover. This film is apparently based on a book series, but I don’t have any previous knowledge or baggage from that series to cloud things up for me either way, so that’s a possible plus for me.

But, as much fun as this looks like it could be, there certainly seem to be enough films and TV shows centered on the paranormal lately. Maybe it’s time to find some other subjects for filmmaking, what do you guys say?

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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Trailer

‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Trailer

Well, this looks really stupid. But it’s a trailer and everybody is making a fuss about it so I should post it or something, right? The Wolf of Wall Street will be directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Favreau, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin, Pj Byrne, and Kenneth Choi.

In The Wolf of Wall Street DiCaprio plays Belfort, a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 20 months in prison for refusing to cooperate in a massive 1990s securities fraud case that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the…

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‘World War Z’ Clip - Bad News About the Zombie Apocalypse

‘World War Z’ Clip - Bad News About the Zombie Apocalypse

Sounds like there’s some bad news about the Zombie Apocalypse according to Brad Pitt in this latest promo — a clip from ‘World War Z’. I’m hearing stirrings that this film takes itself very seriously in a The Dark Knight kind of way, and this clip would seem to confirm that as men around Brad Pitt’s character scramble for information about their homes and loved ones and Brad doesn’t have good news for them.

You’ll be able to see about this zombie apocalypse for yourself, in theaters on June 21st.

‘Elysium’ Trailer 2 - Longer and More Info

‘Elysium’ Trailer 2 - Longer and More Info

When the first trailer came out, I wrote about how I wasn’t sure I was going to like the message of the film. I worried about the idea of taking form the “haves” to give to the “have nots”. And I still think that potential is there for this film. A lot of people get confused about the concept of people who have, versus people who actually oppress. But I think this trailer makes it a little more clear that what is going on here in this film may be actual oppression, and that message is one I can get behind.

In any event, the film looks like it has the potential to be really good, I love…

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‘The Wolverine’ International Trailer

‘The Wolverine’ International Trailer

You may have forgotten in the excitement for Man of Steel coming to the big screen this weekend, but there is another super-hero coming to the screen next month, and it’s also looking pretty good.

This trailer definitely offers us the most extensive look at the film that we have seen so far. I like Logan/Wolverine as a character so it’s always fun to see what’s up with him.

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern-day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world, he will…

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‘300: Rise of an Empire’ Trailer

‘300: Rise of an Empire’ Trailer

This appears to be a film about slow motion — LOTS of slow motion.

Believe it or not, I have not seen the first film, 300. I suppose I’ll have to fix that. I wasn’t watching as many films in theater when that came out and at the time it just did not appeal to me. I’m still not sure it does, but I should probably watch it. It might help this trailer to make more sense, and maybe I’d understand why over half the shots in this trailer are slo-mo.

After its victory over Leonidas’ 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches south towards the major Greek city-states. The…

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