‘Imitation Game’ Clip Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch

‘Imitation Game’ Clip Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch

So, speaking of Benedict Cumberbatch, we’ve got a clip here from his upcoming film, The Imitation Game. The range that Benedict Cumberbatch is able to play in the films that I’ve seen him in is pretty incredible — and yet he still manages to impress me in this clip by playing yet another character so totally unlike any I’ve ever seen him play before.

In The Imitation Game, Cumberbatch is playing the somewhat unsung hero Alan Turning who, in many ways, is really to thank for much of what we consider to be modern day computing. But he was also fairly socially inept and awkward, as evidenced by…

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‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Teaser Trailer

‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Teaser Trailer

Yesterday, the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron leaked online. Marvel and Disney made a couple of half-hearted attempts to get people to take it down. Then they gave in.

But during all that, they had perhaps the best response to a leaked trailer that anyone has ever, or will ever have:

They quickly relented and realized the best thing to do was just go ahead and release the teaser trailer officially. And what a trailer it is. This thing is super serious. I’m certain there will be some Joss Whedon humor in it, but it’s…

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‘Miss Medows’ Trailer Starring Katie Holmes

‘Miss Medows’ Trailer Starring Katie Holmes

Well this isn’t creepy at all. Not a bit. WAIT YES IT IS!

Some has said that she’s playing a Pulp Fiction version of Mary Poppins in this film. Whatever, she’s scary. But it appears maybe not altogether in a bad way? It’s a little unclear at this point. It seems she’s more of a vigilante.

Katie Holmes has come a long way from Dawson’s Creek and one certainly does not think of a badass when they think of Holmes. That may be what makes this trailer most effective — seeing sweet Katie Holmes turn a bit… deadly!

The film makes it’s appearance on November 14th.

3 TV Spots For Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar

3 TV Spots For Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar

It’s Christopher Nolan, and it’s sci-fi, so what could go wrong?

Well given that I don’t think his last two films were up to what I consider the level of his best work, I don’t know what could go wrong. Hopefully nothing. It looks really good and until proven otherwise I’m going to believe it is really good.

The film comes to theaters on November 7.

‘Stonehearst Asylum’ Trailer

‘Stonehearst Asylum’ Trailer

The fact that I haven’t heard about this film before now tells me it’s probably not any good. It’s also being positioned (at least a little) as a Halloween film — though it did not completely strike me as a film quite of the caliber. Still, I don’t completely trust it. But it does have some good actors in it and looked mildly diverting.

It stars Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Caine and will debut in cinemas on October 24.

‘Trans4mers’ Honest Trailer

‘Trans4mers’ Honest Trailer

As ever, the ScreenJunkies Honest trailers are amazing! They knocked this one out of the park.

Honestly, Trans4mers was so bad, I don’t know how Michael Bay or anyone else invovled with the film lives with themselves. But whatever. Sure makes for a great Honest Trailer for us.

‘Camp X-Ray’ Trailer 2

‘Camp X-Ray’ Trailer 2

I’ve talked about it before, but I really think Kristen Stewart has gotten a bad rap because of the Twilight films. I don’t think she’s that horrible in them, I think people love to hate on Twilight, and therefore by extension, Kristen. She’s not amazing, or special or anything, but she’s fine.

Even so, what I have read from a few people who it seems have seen this film and given it a fair and honest look is that she turns in an a-list performance. Sure there are dissenters, but those that I have read saying the film is terrible and she’s terrible in it don’t seem like they’ve given the film…

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David Fincher — Every Frame a Painting

David Fincher — Every Frame a Painting

I have seen relatively few things that David Fincher has done, but what I have seen I have enjoyed immensely. This video explores some of the reasons why Fincher is such a good director. I do think it’s interesting that in a time when directors and filmmakers are running away from tried and true techniques and story telling craft to be more novel, bring more “gritty realism” to their cinematography, and generally throwing away the rules, Fincher is honing the craft in a tried and true way and people are loving it. Look at House of Cards. Whatever you think of the material or the story, it is…

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‘The Imitation Game’ International Trailer

‘The Imitation Game’ International Trailer

Have you heard of Alan Turing? Perhaps you’ve heard of The Turing Test? Well The Imitation Game is about the creator of The Touring Test and his quest as a cytologist to break the code the Nazis used during WWII called “The Enigma Code”. As history would bear out, the cracking of the enigma code was a great stepping stone on the way to victory for the Allies. The story of how that code was cracked and the man behind it is one that warrants the telling of a story. And so told it shall be. Benedict Cumberbatch looks, as always, nothing short of amazing.

I’m very excited about this film. We’ll…

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