Trailer Trashin’: The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy Concludes with The World’s End
In the spirit of summer movies, this week brings the third-ever Trailer Trashin’ Double Feature, as I examine the new previews for White House Down and The World’s End. Now, let’s take a look at the UK teaser trailer for director Edgar Wright’s sci-fi comedy The World’s End. Premise: Twenty years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: It’s Die Hard in the White House Again with White House Down
This week sees the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, another of my most anticipated films of the summer. And in the spirit of summer movies, this week brings the third-ever Trailer Trashin’ Double Feature, as I examine the new previews for White House Down and The World’s End. Now, let’s take a look at the second trailer for director Roland Emmerich’s action/thriller Whit...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Go Big or Go Extinct with Pacific Rim
Now that the 2013 summer movie season has finally kicked off with the release of Iron Man 3 – go see it if you haven’t – we’re off to the races, and the blockbusters will be coming in fast and furious. And in the spirit of big summer movies, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column takes yet another look at Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming sci-fi epic Pacific Rim. Premise: In...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The God of Thunder Returns in Thor: The Dark World
At long last, the release of Iron Man 3 is upon us, and with it the beginning of the 2013 summer movie season. I’m ridiculously excited about this summer, and Iron Man 3 is just the first of many films I want to see. And this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column examines our first look at the next part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Thor: The Dark World. Premise: Set one year a...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Up, Up and Away with Man of Steel
With the release of Iron Man 3 less than two weeks away, the beginning of the 2013 summer movie season is almost in sight. Apart from some occasional bright spots, this has been a pretty boring spring for movies, so the beginning of summer can’t get here soon enough. And this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes another look at one of my most anticipated films of this sum...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Neill Blomkamp is Back with Elysium
We’re midway through April, and I hope that everyone made it through tax day with their sanity intact. And there’s only about two weeks left before the summer movie season finally gets underway. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ examines our first look at one of my most anticipated lower-profile films of the summer, writer/director Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium. Premise: In the...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Refn and Gosling Reunite in Only God Forgives
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope you all got out to see Evil Dead and/or Jurassic Park 3D this past weekend. It’s almost the middle of April, and the beginning of the summer movie season proper is mere weeks away. But this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column takes a look at a very different upcoming summer movie, the Nicolas Winding Refn-directed crime drama Only God Forgives. Pr...[Read More]
Movie Review: Jurassic Park 3D
Once in a while, a movie comes along that makes such a big impact, both in the industry and among the general public, that it forever alters the cinematic landscape. One such film is 1993’s Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the bestselling novel by the late Michael Crichton. The sci-fi adventure blockbuster captured the imaginations of audiences worldwide, helped to us...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Ol’ Canucklehead is Back in The Wolverine
It’s April, and the weather is finally warming up. Even better, the beginning of April means that the start of the summer movie season is only a handful of weeks away. And appropriately, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ examines our first look at one of this summer’s tent-pole releases, the comic book sequel The Wolverine. Premise: Set sometime after the events of X-Men: The La...[Read More]
Movie Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation
As one of the seemingly few people who unabashedly enjoyed G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and thought it should have been more successful than it was, I doubted that a sequel would ever happen. So it was a pleasant surprise when I heard that a sequel was actually on the way. When the first trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation came out, it was way more impressive-looking than I had expected, and I...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Vin Diesel Returns to Sci-Fi with Riddick
First off, sorry that this week’s column is getting to you so late, dear readers. I’ve been really busy lately, and this got away from me. But never let it be said that I will make you go a week without a new Trailer Trashin’ column. This time, I’m taking a quick look at the teaser trailer for the upcoming sci-fi action film Riddick. Premise: Betrayed by his own kind and le...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Unlikely Heroes Return in Kick-Ass 2
We’re most of the way through March, and that means the beginning of spring is (hopefully) just around the corner. But while we wait for the warmer weather, there are still new movie trailers for us to watch. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ looks at the red band first trailer for the offbeat superhero sequel Kick-Ass 2. Premise: After the insane bravery of Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Joh...[Read More]