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]
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]
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]
Trailer Trashin’: The Armored Avenger Returns in Iron Man 3
This past weekend saw the release of Oz the Great and Powerful, which if you’ve read my review you know that I really liked, and to my delight, it had the biggest opening weekend of the year so far. Meanwhile, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ looks at an upcoming movie that everyone knows will be a big hit – Iron Man 3. Premise: Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces a powerful ene...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: When Foodstuffs Attack Again in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
It’s finally March, the weather is getting warmer, and the season of big movies has begun. Best of all, Oz the Great and Powerful, my first highly-anticipated film of the year, finally comes out this Friday. In the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column examines our first look at the animated sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Premise: After the disastrous foo...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Wesley Snipes’ Gallowwalkers Finally Sees the Light of Day
The 85th Academy Awards have come and gone, and with the release of Jack the Giant Slayer this Friday, the season of big movies is about to begin. But now it’s time to look at a film that is not high-profile and unlikely to receive any mainstream awards love. This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ looks at the first trailer for the long-delayed horror Western Gallowwalkers. ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Class is Now in Session at Monsters University
It’s almost here, dear readers. With the Academy Awards this coming weekend, we’re almost to the end of February and the beginning of the season for what will hopefully be good movies. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at one of those upcoming releases, with the new UK trailer for Pixar’s Monsters University. Premise: Set about ten years before the events of M...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Rob Zombie Returns with The Lords of Salem
Happy Valentine’s week, everyone! Whether you’re spending the day with your special someone, going to see A Good Day to Die Hard on opening day, or anything in between, I hope you enjoy your February the 14th. This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ is completely inappropriate for Valentine’s Day, as I examine the second trailer for Rob Zombie’s The Lords of...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Super Bowl XLVII Movie Spot Roundup!
Well, another Super Bowl has come and gone – congratulations to the Baltimore Ravens on their victory, and good job to the San Francisco 49ers, too. But for people like me, who are cinephiles and not football fans, the main thing that the Big Game has to offer is the new TV spots for upcoming movies. This year, there were seven movie spots during Super Bowl XLVII, and on this week’s Trailer ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: It’s Die Hard in the White House – Take One, Olympus Has Fallen
We’re still stuck in the January doldrums, dear readers, but all we can do is slog through as we await both warmer weather and better movies. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes aim at the first trailer for Olympus Has Fallen, the first of this year’s two action movies involving a hostile takeover of the White House. Premise: When the White House – Secret Service codename: “...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Everyone Old Is Cool Again in Red 2
We’re definitely in the early-year doldrums now, with guilty pleasures being the most we can usually expect from our new movies. On the plus side, there are still some good trailers coming out. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at the teaser for the action-comedy sequel RED 2. Premise: Retired CIA officer Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) and his motley crew of friends use their...[Read More]