Wait, the international TINTIN trailer is 3 seconds longer!

Wait, the international TINTIN trailer is 3 seconds longer!

May 21

Don’t watch the old one; it’s rubbish. This one’s got a shot of the eponymous kid-sleuth in the day time!

Meanwhile, Americans are still wondering what the hell a Tintin is.

Europe gets it October 26 2011; the US gets it at Christmas. When will we get it? Place your bets now.

HORRIBLE BOSSES posters tell you all you need to know

HORRIBLE BOSSES posters tell you all you need to know

May 20

At least one of them is a woman?

Kevin Spacey. Jennifer Aniston. Colin Farrell. Jason Bateman. Some other guys. I’m interested already. Plus they all seem to be in super-histrionic hilarity-mode. Go here for character one-sheets, or don’t.

Trailer here, movie due in July 2011.

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS reviewed

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS reviewed

May 18

Slow-paced and miscast, and it loses steam in act three, but when it works (every scene with Waltz or the elephant), it’s great.

Our reviews are short. Really short. Deal with it.

First trailer for TINTIN

First trailer for TINTIN

May 17

Spielberg and Jackson: a match made in heaven. Right? Judging by this rubber-faced, dodgy-physics trailer, maybe even the grand masters of The Blockbuster can’t pull mo-cap out of the uncanny valley.

Comes out around Christmas 2011 — I’ll be there, with moderately optimistic expectations.

YOUR HIGHNESS reviewed

YOUR HIGHNESS reviewed

May 17

Inept accents kill the humour, a halfarsedness that sadly extends to the rest of this tedious, joyless power fantasy.

Our reviews are short. Really short. Deal with it.

THE CHANGE-UP trailer is genuinely… average

THE CHANGE-UP trailer is genuinely… average

May 12

Jason Bateman again! Surprise! In a sort-of semi-almost reimagining of that movie where he accidentally swapped semen with someone else, he gets to live in Ryan Reynolds’ body for a while (and vice versa) and they learn the real value of casual sex vs wives with diarrhoea. Or something. No laughs here, but a little charm and a lot of poop jokes.

US/UK release dates are spread across August; expect August/September here, too.

HORRIBLE BOSSES trailer is genuinely funny

HORRIBLE BOSSES trailer is genuinely funny

May 12

Jason Bateman is a funny guy. Horrible Bosses has a funny concept (three mates decide to murder their bosses). The trailer made me laugh. I will go see it.

Horrible Bosses is due around July-ish (8th in the US, 22nd in the UK, ?? here).

REAL STEEL trailer #2 gives it all away

REAL STEEL trailer #2 gives it all away

May 11

Shawn Levy‘s robo-boxing underdog flick seemed like a silly Transformers knock-off at first, but this trailer dares to add characters and plot to the premise (which is basically One Must Fall meets, er, well, it’s basically One Must Fall). Hugh Jackman plays the world’s prettiest ex-boxer, and Evangeline Lilly plays a woman he’ll probably end up sleeping with. A small child seems prominent, which is a shame, but I guess you gotta roll with the punches.

Come October 7 2011, I’ll be seeing Real Steel, for two reasons: because Evangeline Lilly is awesome, and because I really loved One Must Fall when I was 5. I just hope there’s some plot left that this clip hasn’t spoiled.

FINAL DESTINATION 5 trailer, in which the destination remains unreached

FINAL DESTINATION 5 trailer, in which the destination remains unreached

May 10

Remember how the fourth Final Destination film was called The Final Destination, not listing itself as a sequel and indicting that it was indeed the last film for the franchise? Seems nobody thought it would actually turn a profit because, when it did, a fifth film was quickly green-lit. So now you can enjoy the frantic trailer which feels like all the others before it as a cast of characters get ready to go through the same bullshit for a fifth time. In 3D (yawn).

Also remember when this was almost going to be called Anal Destination? No, really…

 

WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? trailer lacks originality

WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? trailer lacks originality

May 10

Gee, I wonder who she ends up with in the end?

A mix of friendly famous faces, some Ohmygosh moments (which are set pieces in films like these) and a song from P!NK in the background and you’ve got a carbon copy romcom trailer ready to sell to the female audience. Proceed with caution.

Anna Faris does go ‘full Borat’, though. That might have been interesting if it involved her wearing the ‘mankini’ and not just doing his accent. Oh well. Maybe next time, in the sequel: What’s Your Number… Again?


THE TRIP trailer extracts giggles, no choice

THE TRIP trailer extracts giggles, no choice

May 10

Don’t let the plain and boring title fool you, this delightful little comedy had folks gasping for air on the festival circuit. What once was a BBC TV series has now be strung together as a film release.

The Trip sees Steve Coogan asked by The Observer to tour the country’s finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

THOR reviewed

THOR reviewed

May 06

A ho-hum epic with a strong cast, middling story, overbearing VFX and pointless 3D. Designed primarily to beget offspring.

Our reviews are short. Really short. Deal with it.

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