Movie Review: Frozen
Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph was one of my favorite movies last year, and it gave me a good feeling to see that the House of Mouse can still make great animated films even when they aren’t under the Pixar banner. After that, I was eagerly anticipating the next Disney animated feature, Frozen, loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen and written and co-directed by Jennifer L...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Kermit the Frog and Company are Back in Muppets Most Wanted
Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers! Whether you’re traveling to see relatives, hosting relatives who have traveled to see you, getting ready for the football games, or just preparing for the big holiday feast, I hope you are stay safe and enjoy yourselves. In the meantime, this Thanksgiving-week edition of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at one of my most anticipated family films of next y...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Nick Frost Cuts a Rug in Cuban Fury
This week sees the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the highly-anticipated sequel to last year’s blockbuster. But in the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column takes a look at the upcoming British comedy Cuban Fury. Premise: A lonely sad-sack named Bruce Garrett (Nick Frost) has a crush on his gorgeous new boss Julia (Rashida Jones), and the only way he can ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: It’s Elves vs. Dwarves vs. Men in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope a lot of you enjoyed Thor: The Dark World over the weekend. In the meantime, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column takes another look at my most anticipated movie of the rest of the year, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Premise: After successfully crossing over, and under, the Misty Mountains, Thorin (Richard Armitage) and ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Eras Collide in X-Men Days of Future Past
This Friday, we at last get to see the next part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Thor: The Dark World finally hits theaters stateside. And fittingly, this week’s new installment of Trailer Trashin’ examines another upcoming Marvel Comics movie, next summer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Premise: The X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of their species across two diff...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The First Avenger Returns in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Happy Halloween, dear readers! I hope you all have a fun and safe holiday, whether you’re going trick-or-treating, attending parties, or staying at home and watching scary movies. And just like was the case last year, this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at a film that’s sure to inspire a lot of costumes next October, Marvel’s Captain America: The ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Tom Clancy’s Hero Returns to the Big Screen in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
We’re two-thirds of the way through October, and Gravity has just had its third straight week atop the box office, which I think qualifies it as succeeding beyond anyone’s expectations. In the meantime, this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at this Christmas’ upcoming thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Premise: Jack Ryan (Chris Pine), a young CIA a...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: David O. Russell Gets Groovy with American Hustle
Hello again, dear readers. I hope at least some of you got out to see Machete Kills over the weekend – we need to get those box office numbers up! But moving on from films paying tribute to the 1970s to films actually set in the 1970s, this week’s new installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at David O. Russell’s upcoming period drama American Hustle. Premise: Brilliant con m...[Read More]
Movie Review: Machete Kills
Among the myriad filmmakers working in Hollywood today, Robert Rodriguez truly stands out as unique and fascinating. Much like his friend and frequent collaborator Quentin Tarantino, Rodriguez has made his career by celebrating the kind of films he grew up loving, mainly the genres of action, crime, and exploitation, and mashing them up with his own artistic sensibilities. The film of his that per...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Dragon Unleashed in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Today is a great day, dear readers, because my favorite movie of the year so far, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, is finally out on DVD and Blu-ray, so everyone who wasn’t able to check it out in theaters will finally have the chance to see it. Also, this Friday finally sees the release of Machete Kills – you can expect my review later this week – and us getting to see whether Ro...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Let it Snow in Disney’s Frozen
Hello once again, dear readers, and I hope that at least some of you got out to see Rush this past weekend. This week’s belated edition of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at the new UK trailer for the upcoming Disney animated film Frozen. Premise: Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) teams up with mountain man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his reindeer sidekick Sven in an epic journey, encounter...[Read More]
Movie Review: Metallica: Through the Never
Since they originally formed back in 1981, Metallica has gone from being an underground heavy metal band to one of the most successful musical acts in the world. The group’s nine studio albums have sold over one-hundred million copies worldwide, they have been nominated for and won dozens of awards, and their songs get more playtime on rock radio than any other band. While the band has alrea...[Read More]