Category: Trailers
New Trailer: Lords of Salem
Horror is an incredibly difficult genre to do well. And while I’ve seen hundreds of horror films over the years in search of the ultimate terror experience, I would have to say that there have been very few that I would consider great. When I say great, I suppose I refer to those films that are…
Carrie (2013): New Trailer
A Carrie remake – so why care? Mainly because this one is being helmed by Kimberly Peirce, the director of Boys Don’t Cry. So what does this mean? We can expect a more interesting approach to the representation of women in this version. Probably one that doesn’t rest entirely on a concept of female hysteria.…
Django Unchained: New Trailer
Anybody else excited? Tarantino occasionally takes hits over his cinema of referential overload, but I stand behind the man 100%. The most common arguments see people claiming his work is closer to plagiarism than homage, but the reality is that his reassembled visions are closer to acts of genre worship than anything else. They also…
Lincoln (trailer)
I’m not too sure about this one. The idea of seeing an Abraham Lincoln biopic is very appealing, but does it really have to be Spielberg? While Spielberg is a great director for entertaining blockbusters, I still have a bad taste from the very naff, Saving Private Ryan (DISCLAIMER: Yes, the first thirty minutes were…
The Expendables 2
Given what a wrinkly pile of junk the first one was, I have no right to be this excited. But the edition of Van Damme and Norris, plus the expansion of Willis and Schwarzengegger’s roles… I’m willing to grant this one an undue amount of anticipation. And I expect to be bitterly disappointed.