Category: Movies

Based on the acclaimed comic book by Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar, 2015’s Kingsman: The Secret Service was a crass, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the spy films of the ’60s and ’70s. Co-written and directed by English filmmaker Matthew Vaughn (of Layer Cake, Stardust, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class), the stylish and subversive send-up became the filmmaker’s most commercially successful film to date. Enter the highly anticipated sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, a movie so overblown and preposterous that it feels less like On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and more like the deranged lovechild of Austin Powers and Crank. ›››

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“This is only the beginning.” Sony has finally debuted the first official trailer for Will Gluck’s Peter Rabbit movie, a hybrid CGI family comedy about the lovable rabbit rascal who messes with Mr. McGregor. Peter Rabbit is voiced by James Corden, and the triplets Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail, are voiced by Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, and Daisy Ridley. The human cast includes Domhnall Gleeson as Mr. McGregor, plus Rose Byrne. This teaser trailer doesn’t show much besides a bunch of animals partying inside of Mr. McGregor’s house, which is kind of odd, but hopefully there’s a good story to this rather than wacky humor left and right. Also, is it just me, or does Corden’s voice not really fit Peter Rabbit? Have fun. ›››

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“The massacre begins…” Lionsgate has revealed a third official trailer for the horror prequel Leatherface, telling the origin of the evil man who would become known as “Leatherface”. If you’re still not sold on this horror, maybe one more trailer will do the trick? (I doubt it.) But fire it up anyway. This is the long-awaited prequel to Tobe Hooper’s original horror classic, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre from 1974. Just incase you needed an origin story. In this film, Jessica Madsen plays one of four inmates from a mental hospital – the other three played by Sam Coleman, Sam Strike, and James Bloor. They kidnap a nurse, Vanessa Grasse, and take her on a “road trip from hell.” The full cast also includes Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, and Julian Kostov. Still not into this at all, doesn’t seem that interesting, but maybe that’s just me. Enjoy. ›››

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“Somebody is up to something…” Fox Searchlight has revealed the first official trailer for Wes Anderson’s latest film, a stop-motion adventure titled Isle of Dogs. Set in Japan, the story follows a boy’s odyssey in search of his dog. That’s about all we know, since this is our first official glimpse at footage from the film (aside from the very brief announcement last year). Isle of Dogs features the voice of Edward Norton as Rex, along with a huge ensemble voice cast: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Tilda Swinton, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Kara Hayward, Fisher Stevens, F. Murray Abraham, Courtney B. Vance, Bob Balaban, and Yoko Ono. I completely adore Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, and I’m crazy excited to see Anderson make another stop-motion movie about dogs next (since I also love dogs). I have a feeling I’m going to adore this. ›››

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“Oh the weather outside is frightful…” Blazing Griffin has unveiled the very first teaser trailer for a horror comedy titled Anna and the Apocalypse, which is basically a zombie Christmas musical. Yeah, you read that right, this is one of the very few, rare horror musicals and it looks kind of awesome. Here’s the plot: a girl and her friends must fight – and sing – their way through a zombie invasion to reach the supposed safety of their school, not knowing if their parents and friends will still be alive when they get there. Starring Ella Hunt as Anna, plus Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, Marli Siu, and Mark Benton. This looks bloody, and bloody brilliant, and I can’t wait to see it. From the looks of it, this could be one of the best zombie films since Shaun of the Dead. Here’s to hoping it turns out superb. ›››

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“Let us catch a killer…” Ready for more mustache? 20th Century Fox has debuted the second official trailer for the new remake (or re-adaptation) of Murder on the Orient Express, the murder mystery set on a luxurious European train. Adapted straight from Agatha Christie’s novel, actor/filmmaker Kenneth Branagh directs this updated version of the murder mystery, with a very impressive cast: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penélope Cruz, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Willem Dafoe, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Tom Bateman, Lucy Boynton, Olivia Colman, Miranda Raison, and Derek Jacobi. This is actually looking pretty damn good, if I might say. More action and mystery and violence and intrigue than I was expecting, hopefully that’s a good sign. This also has some seriously epic VFX in it, which looks great so far. ›››

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“What did you do to get this money?” Saban Films has launched the trailer for a new action thriller titled Blood Money, from horror filmmaker Lucky McKee. This film seems like it’s straight out of the 90s, with John Cusack in a lead role as a white collar criminal who tries to retrieve his cash, but three kids pick it up first. Cusack gets all crazy on them, bringing a sniper rifle along to make sure he gets his money. The rest of the cast includes Ellar Coltrane, Willa Fitzgerald, Jacob Artist, and Ned Bellamy. This looks pretty awful, without much going on besides petty greed. Might be okay for a late night watch, but I’m not too sure. ›››

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“How about you let me decide how I feel!” Imagination has released an official trailer for an indie drama titled The Light of The Moon, about a New York City woman dealing with the emotional turmoil of being sexually assaulted. Stephanie Beatriz stars as a “young and successful” Latina architect who is assaulted, but fights to regain normalcy and control of her life. But unfortunately she can’t get back to her old life, which causes problems in her own relationship with her boyfriend and forces her to confront her own self-blame. The cast includes Michael Stahl-David, Conrad Ricamora, Cindy Cheung, Susan Heyward, and Catherine Curtin. This first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and will play at a few other fests this fall before hitting theaters. It definitely seems powerful and emotionally challenging, take a look below. ›››

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“Don’t judge a bull by its cover.” 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios have debuted yet another trailer, the third official trailer, for the animated film Ferdinand, about a bull raised by a family in Spain and taken to be a fighter, who really prefers to smell flowers instead of battle against matadors. This trailer is all about the cast and the announcement that Nick Jonas has recorded a song for the film. John Cena voices Ferdinand the bull, which might be one of the best voice choices all year. The rest of the voice cast includes Kate McKinnon, Gina Rodriguez, Daveed Diggs, Gabriel Iglesias, Bobby Cannavale, David Tennant, Anthony Anderson, Flula Borg, Jerrod Carmichael, Boris Kodjoe, and Raúl Esparza. This does look quite charming and most of all, it seems to have an important message we can all learn from. ›››

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“We have to work together!” Sony has revealed two more official trailers (US + international) for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which hits theaters in December just in time for the holidays. This new brand big screen take on the Jumanji board game stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan as glorified “avatar” versions of high school kids sucked into this game world. It also stars Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff, Rhys Darby, Madison Iseman, and Bobby Cannavale. As we all know, the twist in this is that it’s now a video game not a board game, and the “adult” characters are just different versions of the teenagers stuck inside the game. This trailer is definitely action-packed and wild, but I have a feeling this is going to be way too cheesy to really enjoy it. As usual, the international trailer is much better. ›››

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