Category: Movies

“Once I started meddling around I found a ghost.” Who said YouTube comments weren’t worth anything? Player Two is a new short film (running under 2 minutes, impressive!) from filmmaker John Wikstrom that’s based entirely on a comment from YouTube. The story is about a boy, Zac Pullam (seen on “Finding Carter”), who used to play video games with his dad on one of those old clunky Xbox consoles, and discovers a way to reconnect with him years later. Wikstrom is the talented filmmaker behind two other shorts we’ve featured – The Hatchling and Chloe – and should be making features in Hollywood by now. Give this a look. ›››

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“Sometimes the place we’re used to is not the place you belong. You belong where you believe you belong. Where is that for you?” Disney has released the first official trailer for Mira Nair’s new film Queen of Katwe, starring Lupita Nyong’o as Harriet Mutesi, a young girl who from Uganda who trains to be an international chess champion. Now the title makes sense. The cast features David Oyelowo, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine and Peter Odeke. This Disney trailer presents the film as an inspiring, uplifting take on determination and intelligence and it’s the kind that makes you feel good when you watch, pop song and all. ›››

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“A nightmare of classic proportions.” Lionsgate has released the first trailer for Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett’s new horror thriller The Woods, with a quote from Brad Miska saying its one of the “scariest movies ever made”. The film is about a group of college students on a camping trip that discover they are not alone. This is supposed to introduce a new creepy horror character, which you’ll barely get a glimpse of in this footage if you look close. The cast includes James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry, Corbin Reid, and Wes Robinson. This could actually be pretty good, as these two filmmakers are fantastic and always deliver. I do want to see more from this, but I’m intrigued already. ›››

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“Destroy everything that threatens anything or anyone that you love! That’s the yoga way.” Invincible Pictures has released the first trailer for Kevin Smith’s new indie comedy Yoga Hosers, which stars Smith’s own daughter Harley Quinn Smith. She’s joined by Johnny Depp’s daughter, Lily-Rose Melody Depp, and the two play teenage yoga enthusiasts from Winnipeg who unearth some weird ancient evil and must battle a sausage army. It’s as totally wacky as it sounds, and you’ll even see some shots of Kevin Smith as the Bratzi. The full cast includes Johnny Depp, Haley Joel Osment, Kevin Conroy, Jason Mewes, Justin Long, and Vanessa Paradis. You’ll either love or hate this trailer. Have fun with the Colleens. ›››

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“Am I dead?” “I don’t think so… You’re talking.” A24 has released a fantastic new red band trailer for Swiss Army Man, the wacky indie comedy from Sundance this year. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as a farting corpse that also has other special abilities – as you’ll find out in this trailer. Paul Dano stars as a man stuck on a deserted island until this corpse suddenly shows up, helping him come back to life again. Even if you’ve heard enough and already want to see this watch the trailer – but especially if you’re curious, this is a must watch. They show quite a bit but it’s a rather beautiful trailer capturing the vibe of the film. Which is rather hard because it’s so unique. Mary Elizabeth Winstead also appears in this. Fire up the new trailer below. ›››

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“We could hear laughter coming out of the vents…” Magnolia Pictures has debuted a trailer for the weird, fantastic, crazy documentary Tickled, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Made in New Zealand, the doc follows a journalist named David Farrier as he investigates the people behind “competitive endurance tickling” videos posted online. He ends up in a “wormhole” of madness when he is threatened in every way possible by the entity that is supposedly behind everything. It received rave reviews at the fest, and this trailer has some great quotes in it. I wrote in my Sundance review: “Every new discovery is more insane than the last, and watching it unfold this way was both terrifying and exhilarating.” Dive in. ›››

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“There’s a reason for the CIA to want to bring him back… he is called the one-hundred-million-dollar weapon.” Universal has released a new featurette for Jason Bourne, profiling the return of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne for his fourth movie. Tommy Lee Jones also stars, along with Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles, Vincent Cassel, Riz Ahmed and Ato Essandoh. This whole featurette is just a bit cheesy, and features more footage from the trailer than any actual behind-the-scenes footage, along with some interview clips – but it doesn’t have that much. I’m very excited to see this movie, I think it might be very cool, just not impressed by this little bit of marketing. I want to see some actual behind-the-scenes footage for this one. ›››

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“Zobrist created a plague.” Sony has debuted the first official teaser + a better international trailer for Ron Howard’s adaptation of Dan Brown’s Inferno, once again starring Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. This is the next film in the trilogy also featuring The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, which were directed by Ron Howard starring Tom Hanks. This time he wakes up in Italy and ends up on another crazy adventure involving history. The cast also includes Felicity Jones as Dr. Sienna Brooks, his sidekick this time, plus Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ana Ularu and Ida Darvish. This looks pretty much exactly as you would expect it to, with tons of weird action and lots of history flying at you, and exploding. The teaser is okay, but the international trailer (also below) is much better – watch both. Enjoy. ›››

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“A house with wheels?” “Exactamundo!” Screen Media Films has debuted the official US trailer for Michel Gondry’s latest feature film, called Microbe & Gasoline, about two funky kids named Microbe & Gasoline. I wasn’t a fan of Gondry’s last film, Mood Indigo, but this is one is fantastic – he gets back to his roots, telling a very charming story of two quirky friends escaping on a road trip and what it means to have a real friend who is just as weird as you are. Starring Ange Dargent and Théophile Baquet, plus Audrey Tautou, the film is actually a must see if you’re a fan of Michel Gondry’s films or coming-of-age adventures. I’m glad I had the chance to see this and do recommend it to anyone who is curious to give it a watch. Enjoy. ›››

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Now that you’ve seen it, what did you think? “You have operated with unlimited power and no supervision. That’s something the world can no longer tolerate.” Now in theaters is Marvel Studios’ latest, Captain America: Civil War, directed by the Russo Brothers. This time they pit hero against hero, as the Avengers universe begins to go crazy as two sides are formed. On one side you have Captain America, Bucky, Falcon, Scarlet Witch and Hawkeye; on the other side there’s Iron Man, Black Widow, War Machine, The Vision, Black Panther and yeah maybe Spidey. So how did this one turn out? Is it really one of their best yet? Once you’ve seen it, leave a comment with your own thoughts on Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. ›››

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