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The Howl Trailer: James Franco, Starving Hysterical Naked

Whether it’s because of his wannabe artist status, the fact that he goes to graduate school or the outsized crazy of his General Hospital appearances , it’s sometimes hard to remember that James Franco is a legitimate actor. So the trailer for Howl is here to remind you.

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The Howl Trailer: James Franco, Starving Hysterical Naked

The Welcome to the Rileys Trailer: Kristen Stewart Meets Tony Soprano

When you hear the words ” Kristen Stewart Hooker Movie ,” the mind reels with possibilities of scandal and exploitation. But then you see the new trailer for Welcome to the Rileys , a Sundance hit from director Jake Scott (a.k.a. Ridley Scott’s son, thus fulfilling the “You Must Mention Ridley Scott Once Per Day” quota here at Movieline), and you realize it’s anything but what you would expect. Even with the presence of Tony Soprano. Who’s ready for some derivative family drama?

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The Welcome to the Rileys Trailer: Kristen Stewart Meets Tony Soprano

25 More Insane Qualities Ryan Exhibited on Last Night’s Real World

Turns out that waiting for Jersey Shore ‘s second season is going to be easy: MTV is tiding us over with the best season of The Real World in years. True, most of the fun comes complete with a few dollops of irony and contempt, but that’s fine. Last night our non-hero Ryan continued to infuriate home viewing audiences with his eye-poppingly moronic yet exceptionally watchable shenanigans. Did you come up with 25 more of his most hateable traits like I did?

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25 More Insane Qualities Ryan Exhibited on Last Night’s Real World

Why is the New Machete Trailer So Glum?

Machete is supposed to be fun, right? After all, when that fake trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s low budget Danny Trejo vehicle played in the middle of Grindhouse , and then that hoot of a teaser poked fun at Arizona a few months ago, I’m pretty sure we were supposed to smile, eat some stale popcorn, and get psyched. So why does the new full-length trailer play it so straight?

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Why is the New Machete Trailer So Glum?

The Eat, Pray, Love Trailer: Dig In

Though she had a small supporting role in the jam-packed Valentine’s Day , Julia Robert hasn’t had a starring role since her (actually-quite-good) bomb Duplicity . But J.R o is back with the film adaptation of the smash book Eat, Pray, Love , and Sony has released the first trailer. So what’s on the menu for Julia’s latest?

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The Eat, Pray, Love Trailer: Dig In

Rango Trailer: Johnny Depp is a Leaping Lizard

That Rango teaser a little while back? Really weird. Fortunately, the full trailer for Gore Verbinski’s computer animated comedy is much more comprehensible, and in this one, voice star Johnny Depp is front and center — well, his lizard likeness is, anyway.

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Rango Trailer: Johnny Depp is a Leaping Lizard

Essential Killing Trailer: What Do Vincent Gallo, the Taliban and a Chainsaw Have in Common?

Honestly, Essential Killing sounds so insane on paper that it doesn’t even need a trailer to compel your viewing. “The film follows the story of Mohammed, who is captured by the US military in Afghanistan and transported to a secret military black site,” explain the preliminary production notes . “When the army convoy he is riding in plummets off a steep hill, Mohammed finds himself suddenly free and on the run behind enemy lines. A hostile, snow-blanketed forest, gradually reveals to be somewhere in the wilds of Eastern Europe. Relentlessly pursued by the military, Mohammed must constantly confront the need to kill in order to survive.” Oh, and it’s directed by the Polish great Jerzy Skolimowski. And Vincent Gallo plays Mohammed. Click through for a look.

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Essential Killing Trailer: What Do Vincent Gallo, the Taliban and a Chainsaw Have in Common?

The Social Network Trailer is Really More of an Audiobook

Hey, remember that striking poster for David Fincher’s Facebook origin story The Social Network ? Well, the first teaser trailer is finally out, and instead of featuring Fincher’s trademark visual wizardry, all it has to offer are dialogue excerpts read while the poster slowly comes into view. Who says David Fincher is fiscally irresponsible? It ain’t much, but we’ve got it for you after the jump:

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The Social Network Trailer is Really More of an Audiobook

New Trailer Imagines Young Barack Obama as Original Karate Kid

This is kind of spellbinding: A filmmaker in Indonesia has co-opted Barack Obama’s rough youthful stopover in that country as a launching pad for ripping off The Karate Kid . But with boxing gloves. And as a new international trailer suggests, the movie — Little Obama — is just as head-exploding as it sounds.

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The Red Trailer: Helen Mirren, Bad Ass

There are a number of reasons why the new trailer for Red — about a retired CIA agent who calls his old team back together to stop an assassin — looks derivatively boring, not the least of which being: Didn’t Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman already make this movie? It was called Lucky Number Slevin , and it stunk of warmed over Tarantinoisms and madcap violence. Not even wild horses could drag me — wait, is that Helen Mirren firing a massive machine gun at a moving car? One second, let me click over and pre-order tickets.

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The Red Trailer: Helen Mirren, Bad Ass