Patrick Dempsey and Ashley Judd: you can tell the budget wasn’t a whopper, but there’s explosions, jokes, and intrigue enough for five movies. In a world full of reboots and CGI eye-torture, this shines like a beacon of hope in a sea of poorly-rendered mediocrity.

No solid release date yet, except in the Netherlands, where it comes out on 4 August 2011. Thanks, IMDB.

So this is the fifth Shrek movie, and the first one without Shrek. Just like there’s no Wolverine story in the new X-Men, and no Orlando Bloom in the new Pirates. This almost certainly isn’t coincidence; these are the dying spasms of worn-out franchises.

Anyway, this trailer was actually a little bit funny. In addition to Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, there’s also Zach Galifianakis (Beardy McWeirdo from The Hangover) and Billy Bob Thornton. Might be a good one for ‘the family.’

Due in November 2011.

Cast any film with Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman and I’ll fuckin’ see it no matter what the subject matter. I’m serious, it could be a documentary about different kinds of sand and I’d still pay top dollar to see that film.

Thankfully, in this case, it’s a pretty sweet baseball movie that almost didn’t get out of development Hell. Here it is, though. A spiffy trailer with promise and a release date right around the corner (September in the States). Check out Moneyball. Also stars Jonah Hill (that fat kid from Superbad) and Robin Right. I mean Wright. Right?

After three nervous throat-clearings, The Muppets are finally confident enough to reveal that they are, in fact, back, but this full trailer goes to lengths to trick the viewer into thinking the movie won’t be a musical. But it will.

New Years Day 2012 for us, Thanksgiving-ish for the Americans. Stars Jason Segel and Amy Adams.

Delivers memorable, creative scares that truly deserve to be in a timeless haunted house masterpiece– but Insidious is not that film. Let down by a tacky third act that changes the sub-genre of the film from ‘haunted house’ to ‘monster movie’, it might be immediately effective but is ultimately a disappointment.

I just ate breakfast, so all these impalements and head-smashings and torso-renderings and eye-gougings didn’t quite sit right with me. If you can stomach the violence, and the soul-crushingly awful background music, give this trailer a whirl. Bear in mind the unpleasantness will also be in 3D. Yay.

I think TV’s A Game Of Thrones has the corner on sex + violence + fantasy; I wonder how Conan will fair in comparison.

We get this one on the 18th of August, while America has to wait an entire day till the 19th; the UK comes in distant third with a 26th August release.

Once you get past Danny McBride‘s belaboured delivery, there are some pretty chuckle-worthy moments in this here trailer. I like the concept, too, and I don’t hate Jesse Eisenberg, so maybe this is one to look forward to.

Comes out 12 August in the US, 7 October in the UK. Aussie release date is anyone’s guess.

Festival pet-fave Attack The Block isn’t getting a proper release here (that we know of, yet), but it’s worth posting this trailer because it’s so damn funny. Here’s hoping we get a chance to catch it in the multiplex.

Opens sporadically in the States on 15 July, properly in August. There was talk of subtitles because of the characters’ heavy accents, but I don’t think Americans are that daft. They didn’t need subtitles for Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, did they?

Oh, the trailer is ‘red-band,’ so you have to enter a date to watch it.

I’m with Jason Segel‘s character on this one: just show a real trailer. This one isn’t even funny, except for the bit at the end with the Swedish Chef.

Due on New Year’s Day 2012, but those pesky Americans get it in time for that weird turkey festival of theirs. Lucky them.

To be known retrospectively as ‘the one where everyone dies.’ This trailer shows off a few bits that weren’t in the book, and spoils a few final-act moments that Muggles probably won’t recognise anyway.

Queue up to see Hogwarts enthusiastically dismantled on 13 July (later if you live overseas).