I believe the expression is: 'there are no words'. The trailer for Trainspotting 2 has given me 'all the feels'. Finally, the sequel to one of the greatest movies of all time, and probably my favourite British movie ever, is here. And it's pretty much everything I could have hoped for.
T2 Trainspotting will be arriving at your cinematic station on January 27th 2017. Here's the poster and trailer:
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Showing posts with label trailers. Show all posts
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Thursday, 3 November 2016
Saturday, 23 July 2016
Blair Witch trailer investigation
So Adam Wingard, what have you been up to down in the woods today? The director of You're Next and The Guest has finally put his cards on the table. His movie The Woods is now officially titled Blair Witch and IS a sequel to the original 1999 found footage horror.
The trailer takes us straight back into what looks like psycho hermit Rustin Parr's house way out in the woods of Burkitsville where the Blair Witch is known to lurk. If you don't know the backstory of the Blair Witch, (what do you live under a rock?) then check out the original film's website and the mythology section here.
The found footage point-of-view shot shows a frantic rush around the old house, before it is revealed that this is footage from YouTube which a guy called James is watching. The footage was uploaded by another guy who found a tape in the Black Hills woods. There is the distorted sound of screaming and at 11 seconds into the trailer, there is a person visible in the footage. That's all I can tell you about that.
But then James states to whoever is now filming him, 'I think that might be my sister'. I'm not the only one who immediately thinks.... 'You're sister???' Heather Donahue? Did Heather have a little brother in the original movie? I don't think it was ever mentioned, but then this girl's voice, who I assume is the off-camera camera operator filming this guy says, 'You really think you're sister could still be out there after all these years?' That's 17 years by the way if we're counting and assuming this sequel takes place in the present day.
Yikes! Please tell me Heather is still out there. I know the actress Heather Donahue has been busy growing weed and then writing books about it, but that means she's surely available for a cameo. God that would be a interesting development in the story... maybe.
So the Wikipedia page for the film states that this guy's name is James Donahue, so it definitely is supposed to be Heather's brother, but I don't know if this is 100% confirmed. It looks like James and his five college buddies head out into the woods to search for Heather after finding this YouTube footage. They know the legends, they know about the curse, they know about Elly Kedward a.k.a. The Blair Witch.
So then shit hits the fan as you would expect. Those creepy stick men; they're back and they're bigger. The kids start walking in circles again. Somebody (probably) kicks a map in the creek.
There is a shot of one of the girls with a camera in hand, suggesting that there must be at least two characters that will be carrying cameras, and in the great words of Cloverfield's Hud 'documenting everything'. I wondered when I first watched this trailer if the film was all going to be found footage. The shot 7 seconds into the trailer suggests that either these college kids have a nice drone for capturing aerial shots (doubt it, though that would be awesome), or the film won't be all found footage, or it's just a nice shot to insert in the trailer but it won't be in the movie. I'm going with that last one.
Well anyway, then the kids start turning on each other and the woods start turning on them as the (hopefully still) invisible witch works her magic on them all. Looks like this film will have a lot more going on in it than the original. I suspect it will be gorier, more graphic and have more than just traipsing around in circles and arguing going on. There's a shot in the trailer that looks as though nature will attack them more than it ever did in the original. I'm talking Evil Dead style trees. And then there's the shots that remind me of The Descent with one of the girls crawling through a whole load of shite to escape from somewhere.
I hope they don't dare show us the Blair Witch and I hope this film keeps up the ambiguity. I'd love it if there was a link back to the original with Heather appearing in some form, but it needs to be ambiguous and it needs to be done well.
Also in the trailer: we have a person standing in the corner facing the wall, hand prints all over the spooky house and the voice of someone apologising. It sounds more like a bloody remake than a sequel when you put it like that.
More than anything, I hope this honours the original by limiting the gore, having no CGI whatsoever and being bloody scary. I don't want to see the witch, I don't want to know exactly what happens at the end and I don't want this to turn into a franchise that goes on and on and on with new batches of disposable teens. I'm already concerned that some of the six characters in the film are simply there to allow for a bigger body count.
I loved Adam Wingard's The Guest so I'm optimistic that this will have some good stuff in it. But I suspect that Wingard probably didn't go into original directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick's 'method directing' techniques and I think that is a huge shame. It will show in the performances, the cinematography and the dialogue and it will make Blair Witch a hell of a lot less believable than The Blair Witch Project is.
What do you think Blair Witch fans? Talk to me... I'm here for you! And please buy my book on The Blair Witch Project.
Here's the Blair Witch trailer:
The trailer takes us straight back into what looks like psycho hermit Rustin Parr's house way out in the woods of Burkitsville where the Blair Witch is known to lurk. If you don't know the backstory of the Blair Witch, (what do you live under a rock?) then check out the original film's website and the mythology section here.
The found footage point-of-view shot shows a frantic rush around the old house, before it is revealed that this is footage from YouTube which a guy called James is watching. The footage was uploaded by another guy who found a tape in the Black Hills woods. There is the distorted sound of screaming and at 11 seconds into the trailer, there is a person visible in the footage. That's all I can tell you about that.
But then James states to whoever is now filming him, 'I think that might be my sister'. I'm not the only one who immediately thinks.... 'You're sister???' Heather Donahue? Did Heather have a little brother in the original movie? I don't think it was ever mentioned, but then this girl's voice, who I assume is the off-camera camera operator filming this guy says, 'You really think you're sister could still be out there after all these years?' That's 17 years by the way if we're counting and assuming this sequel takes place in the present day.
Yikes! Please tell me Heather is still out there. I know the actress Heather Donahue has been busy growing weed and then writing books about it, but that means she's surely available for a cameo. God that would be a interesting development in the story... maybe.
So the Wikipedia page for the film states that this guy's name is James Donahue, so it definitely is supposed to be Heather's brother, but I don't know if this is 100% confirmed. It looks like James and his five college buddies head out into the woods to search for Heather after finding this YouTube footage. They know the legends, they know about the curse, they know about Elly Kedward a.k.a. The Blair Witch.
So then shit hits the fan as you would expect. Those creepy stick men; they're back and they're bigger. The kids start walking in circles again. Somebody (probably) kicks a map in the creek.
There is a shot of one of the girls with a camera in hand, suggesting that there must be at least two characters that will be carrying cameras, and in the great words of Cloverfield's Hud 'documenting everything'. I wondered when I first watched this trailer if the film was all going to be found footage. The shot 7 seconds into the trailer suggests that either these college kids have a nice drone for capturing aerial shots (doubt it, though that would be awesome), or the film won't be all found footage, or it's just a nice shot to insert in the trailer but it won't be in the movie. I'm going with that last one.
Well anyway, then the kids start turning on each other and the woods start turning on them as the (hopefully still) invisible witch works her magic on them all. Looks like this film will have a lot more going on in it than the original. I suspect it will be gorier, more graphic and have more than just traipsing around in circles and arguing going on. There's a shot in the trailer that looks as though nature will attack them more than it ever did in the original. I'm talking Evil Dead style trees. And then there's the shots that remind me of The Descent with one of the girls crawling through a whole load of shite to escape from somewhere.
I hope they don't dare show us the Blair Witch and I hope this film keeps up the ambiguity. I'd love it if there was a link back to the original with Heather appearing in some form, but it needs to be ambiguous and it needs to be done well.
Also in the trailer: we have a person standing in the corner facing the wall, hand prints all over the spooky house and the voice of someone apologising. It sounds more like a bloody remake than a sequel when you put it like that.
More than anything, I hope this honours the original by limiting the gore, having no CGI whatsoever and being bloody scary. I don't want to see the witch, I don't want to know exactly what happens at the end and I don't want this to turn into a franchise that goes on and on and on with new batches of disposable teens. I'm already concerned that some of the six characters in the film are simply there to allow for a bigger body count.
I loved Adam Wingard's The Guest so I'm optimistic that this will have some good stuff in it. But I suspect that Wingard probably didn't go into original directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick's 'method directing' techniques and I think that is a huge shame. It will show in the performances, the cinematography and the dialogue and it will make Blair Witch a hell of a lot less believable than The Blair Witch Project is.
What do you think Blair Witch fans? Talk to me... I'm here for you! And please buy my book on The Blair Witch Project.
Here's the Blair Witch trailer:
Blair Witch Sequel Trailer is here!
Blair Witch fans... it's here! After waiting 17 years and ignoring a pretty poor sequel (Book of Shadows) that already came and went, The Blair Witch Project looks like it might be finally getting the sequel it deserves. Formally titles The Woods, it's now been made official. This is a Blair Witch sequel, and frankly it looks wicked!
Here's the trailer:
Here's the trailer:
Friday, 17 July 2015
The Revenant Teaser Trailer Reveals Leo Still Not Winning That Oscar
Goddamit I just know that The Revenant isn't going to get Leonardo DiCaprio his long overdue Oscar. Doesn't matter how bloody epic the film looks, somebody in some plain old, possibly very boring biopic is going to come along and snatch it away from him.
To be fair, judging from this teaser, Leo's going to be doing a lot of screaming his lungs out and running and fighting for his life, but this doesn't even look like it's his film.
Firstly he's joined by Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domnhall Gleeson so this could be just as much their time to shine as it is little old Leo's.
More importantly, from the look of this footage, this is another chance to see what director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki can come up with together after the wonderfully shot Birdman. You just know we're going to be immersed right in the middle of those stunningly harsh landscapes, as well as the bloodshed and chaos of all that fighting. If anyone is getting Oscars, it will be one of those two.
Even if it doesn't bag Leo Best Actor (and I pray that I'm wrong by the way), it's my most anticipated film of 2016, as I wrote here for The Daily Heckle. I think it looks absolutely brilliant, even if Leo does miss out AGAIN on taking home a golden baldie.
To be fair, judging from this teaser, Leo's going to be doing a lot of screaming his lungs out and running and fighting for his life, but this doesn't even look like it's his film.
Firstly he's joined by Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domnhall Gleeson so this could be just as much their time to shine as it is little old Leo's.
More importantly, from the look of this footage, this is another chance to see what director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki can come up with together after the wonderfully shot Birdman. You just know we're going to be immersed right in the middle of those stunningly harsh landscapes, as well as the bloodshed and chaos of all that fighting. If anyone is getting Oscars, it will be one of those two.
Even if it doesn't bag Leo Best Actor (and I pray that I'm wrong by the way), it's my most anticipated film of 2016, as I wrote here for The Daily Heckle. I think it looks absolutely brilliant, even if Leo does miss out AGAIN on taking home a golden baldie.
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Red Army Trailer Quote
This is too cool for words. I was just checking out the trailer for one on my favourite films of Cannes 2014, when my jaw dropped to discover that I had been quoted in the trailer.
I wish I could say that it was because of some of my dazzling wordplay, but it's actually because I managed to put two nice words together about the film.
My review of the ice hockey documentary Red Army is at Tastic Film here. I absolutely loved this film and it is a great honour to be mentioned in the trailer.
Here is the trailer in full:
It is not just a film about ice hockey either. It's a film about Russia, America, capitalism, communism, and the past, the present and the future of Russia. But most of all, it does have some of the most beautiful ice hockey playing you will ever see. Find it and watch it!
I wish I could say that it was because of some of my dazzling wordplay, but it's actually because I managed to put two nice words together about the film.
My review of the ice hockey documentary Red Army is at Tastic Film here. I absolutely loved this film and it is a great honour to be mentioned in the trailer.
Here is the trailer in full:
It is not just a film about ice hockey either. It's a film about Russia, America, capitalism, communism, and the past, the present and the future of Russia. But most of all, it does have some of the most beautiful ice hockey playing you will ever see. Find it and watch it!
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Monday, 13 July 2015
Suicide Squad - Comic-Con First Look Trailer
Can somebody make sure that Suicide Squad gets rated 18 please?
I haven't got anything against kids, but I'd just like to make sure the bad guys are reeeeally bad in this. No redemption. No corny Will Smith jokes. More Jared Leto hurting people really badly please.
He's got a tough job ahead, trying to get us all to forget about Heath Ledger as the Joker. If anyone can do it, I have faith that Leto might be our guy.
This trailer shows that Batman gets mixed up in the affairs of the Suicide Squad, which is a good sign, both for DC's world building and for the action stakes.
Most of all, I worry that Will Smith might be the key to wrecking this. The character looks cool, but I want to see less world saving, and more villains doing what they do best.
Has anyone who has read the comics got any inside information for me on this? Do all the bad guys turn good? I bloody hope not.
I haven't got anything against kids, but I'd just like to make sure the bad guys are reeeeally bad in this. No redemption. No corny Will Smith jokes. More Jared Leto hurting people really badly please.
He's got a tough job ahead, trying to get us all to forget about Heath Ledger as the Joker. If anyone can do it, I have faith that Leto might be our guy.
This trailer shows that Batman gets mixed up in the affairs of the Suicide Squad, which is a good sign, both for DC's world building and for the action stakes.
Most of all, I worry that Will Smith might be the key to wrecking this. The character looks cool, but I want to see less world saving, and more villains doing what they do best.
Has anyone who has read the comics got any inside information for me on this? Do all the bad guys turn good? I bloody hope not.
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Trailer Brings War to Capitol
Katniss is back for the fourth and final time in the brand new trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. It's time for the people of Panem to rise up and overthrow that mean old bastard President Snow. But at what cost will victory come?
Those who have read the books will know all too well just how dark this final chapter goes. Author Suzanne Collins was not kidding when she decided to write her stories based on the sickening shit she saw on the news in wars around the world (and reality TV shows).
Mockingjay Part 2 should be the most adult of all Katniss' adventures and that's really saying something after the firebombings, genocide and kids killing each other ruthlessly for the entertainment of the rich of the previous installments.
We also finally get to see Brienne (Gwendoline Christie: future Star Wars star) from Game of Thrones in this trailer and she manages to look pretty terrifying just with one sideways glance.
I wasn't a massive fan of the final book in the trilogy but I think they've done a great job of adapting it so far, so I'm hoping the final film is going to end this franchise on a high note.
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Those who have read the books will know all too well just how dark this final chapter goes. Author Suzanne Collins was not kidding when she decided to write her stories based on the sickening shit she saw on the news in wars around the world (and reality TV shows).
Mockingjay Part 2 should be the most adult of all Katniss' adventures and that's really saying something after the firebombings, genocide and kids killing each other ruthlessly for the entertainment of the rich of the previous installments.
We also finally get to see Brienne (Gwendoline Christie: future Star Wars star) from Game of Thrones in this trailer and she manages to look pretty terrifying just with one sideways glance.
I wasn't a massive fan of the final book in the trilogy but I think they've done a great job of adapting it so far, so I'm hoping the final film is going to end this franchise on a high note.
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In
cinemas across the UK from 19th November 2015
This franchise has grossed more than $2.2 billion at the
global box office, so it's pretty safe to say that this final chapter will be a huge smash at the box office in November.
The Martian Trailer Typecasts Matt Damon
Poor old Matt Daaaaaaaaaamon. You'd think somebody in Hollywood had it in for him. First he got stuck out in the far reaches of space in Interstallar and now he's all on his lonesome again in the new trailer for sci-fi thriller The Martian.
Don't feel too sorry for him though. First, Christopher Nolan. Now, Ridley Scott. Matt Damon is getting his pick of the great directors in Hollywood. Maybe all this solitary stuff on faraway planets is Damon just trying to get away from all these other Hollywood actors and their spoiled behaviour on sets. Have you seen the cast list on this one?
Kristen Wiig, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Donald Glover, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena and Chiwetel Ejiofor. That all adds up to a lot of talent and just maybe a lot of tantrums that Damon got to mostly avoid.
This looks great so far but as it's not out till November, I hope this is the one and only trailer we'll get. It's already over 3 minutes long so we really need to see nothing more of this until we sit down to watch the film in cinemas thank you very much.
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Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Trailer Demands Rewatching
I'm glad the trailer for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation didn't self-destruct as soon as I'd finished watching it for the first time. I've now watched this trailer four or five times and each time I just can't wait for it to get to those final few seconds of Tom Cruise doing what he does best and hanging off a jet that is taking off at god knows what speed.
I'm no big fan of the first three Mission Impossible films. The first had some great (and iconic) moments, the second was completely forgettable crap and the third was ok. But the fourth film, Ghost Protocol blew my socks off. Cruise is a born entertainer and even with all his money and success, just keeps trying to up the ante, especially with this franchise. The Burj Khalifa scrambling scene was a dizzying stand out in an otherwise excellent action film.
I'm not sure if they can hold on to that magic, particularly with Brad Bird departing as director after just one outing, but from the look of this trailer, I think they may have come pretty close. The more Simon Pegg in these films the better and this jet stunt looks like another level of insanity from Tom Cruise; the guy with the most exciting job in the world.
Reading about the lengths they went to in order to get this incredible stunt done has made me even more in awe and desperate to see the sequence in full. Check out this interview with Cruise and new director Chritopher McQuarrie over at Yahoo Movies and then watch this trailer AGAIN!
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I'm no big fan of the first three Mission Impossible films. The first had some great (and iconic) moments, the second was completely forgettable crap and the third was ok. But the fourth film, Ghost Protocol blew my socks off. Cruise is a born entertainer and even with all his money and success, just keeps trying to up the ante, especially with this franchise. The Burj Khalifa scrambling scene was a dizzying stand out in an otherwise excellent action film.
I'm not sure if they can hold on to that magic, particularly with Brad Bird departing as director after just one outing, but from the look of this trailer, I think they may have come pretty close. The more Simon Pegg in these films the better and this jet stunt looks like another level of insanity from Tom Cruise; the guy with the most exciting job in the world.
Reading about the lengths they went to in order to get this incredible stunt done has made me even more in awe and desperate to see the sequence in full. Check out this interview with Cruise and new director Chritopher McQuarrie over at Yahoo Movies and then watch this trailer AGAIN!
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Friday, 5 December 2014
Terminator: Genisys Trailer Analysys (see what I did there?)
Everywhere I turn people are hating on the Terminator:
Genisys trailer, so I’m here to provide a little bit of cautious and quiet
optimism with this analysis of the first trailer. Watch it here:
Unfortunately my CG fatigue kicks in immediately with the
opening shot. I hate it when every single thing on screen is completely
computer generated. Give me Cameron’s old vision of the dystopian future any day.
However, it’s a nice touch having the decaying Hollywood sign visible in the
corner of the screen though. I’m guessing it’s not a deliberate comment on the
state of the moviemaking capital of the world but it would be nice if it was.
Three flying craft enter and head for a destroyed LA skyline.
There is what seems to be a quick flashback to the best bit
of Terminator: Rise of the Machines as Skynet sets off the global destruction
of the human race as missiles strike targets all over our silly little planet.
There are also a whole bunch of Terminators ready to be dropped off the
production line at any minute, suggesting Connor and Reese are going to have
their hands very full getting into Skynet in order to use the time machine.
And this is the point where it gets very interesting to me.
What Genisys is going to have to do, is fill in a whole lot of little details
that were glossed over in the original films. We finally get to see the time
machine and Reese being transported back to the 80s (if indeed it will still be
the 80s). After an incredibly homoerotic handshake between the naked Reese and
clothed Connor, it’s all lightning and those familiar sphere things
transporting Reese.
I will be interested to see how they explain how the
resistance found out about the machines’ time travel scheme and if they attempt
to justify why the machines decided to target Sarah Connor just before she
becomes pregnant with John and why they didn’t just try to kill her when she
was a child.
Basically I’m a sucker for any part of the trailer where
they seem to be delving into the first film’s scenes. So when we get the shot
of the Griffith Observatory (which by the way I went on a pilgrimage to when I
was in LA) and old 80s Arnie facing off against new (really old) Arnie, it gets me very excited. The fact new Arnie has
been waiting for his other self and only thought to bring a shotgun doesn’t
make a lot of sense but we’ll see how that goes.
As Sarah says, everything’s changed but why the future hasn’t
changed is a mystery to me. I don’t even want to get into the time travel
paradoxes of these films as I’m sure they never made any sense in the first
place but the films were just so damn good that it never really mattered.
All in all, I’m quietly optimistic that this will at least
have a really interesting new take. I’ve got to say I love the new even more
badass Sarah Connor and the return of a liquid metal Terminator is very
welcome. It’s never going to live up to James Cameron’s original pair but it
sort of reminds me of Days of Future Past which can only be a good thing.
What do you think?
Cut to Jason Clarke’s nastily scarred John Connor preaching
to his fellow war survivors as Jai Courtenay’s Kyle Reese looks on. Was Jason
Clarke just picked for his initials? Only Jesus Christ and James Cameron can
answer that, but hopefully Clarke will prove himself worthy, though I doubt he’ll
ever take the title of coolest Connor from Edward Furlong. On a side note
though, imagine if they’d got Furlong back for the role. Have you seen him
recently?
The future looks suitably bleak and it’s nice to see Connor
and Reese fighting side by side because no matter how many times I’ve tried to
watch Terminator: Salvation, it just never feels like I’m watching the version
of the future that Cameron intended. So Genisys looks like it has gotten it a
bit better but still not nearly as bleak as the vision offered up in the dreams
of Reese in the first Terminator film.
My favourite bit of the trailer is the recreation of those
few shots in the alley from the original Terminator film of Reese emerging from
his time travel sphere to immediately start being chased by the cops. It’s an interesting
touch to have the Figueroa Lounge sign in the background featured quite
prominently. I don’t remember that in the original film, but Don Figueroa is a
guy who provided artwork for the Terminator: Salvation prequel comic so I
suppose it could be a nod to him possibly.
And then we get the biggest shock of all! Sarah Connor comes
crashing in, the cop is revealed to be another T-1000 and the roles are
reversed as Connor demands that Reese comes with her if he wants to live. Now
she is the Mother of Dragons, Sarah Connor is not so scared and weak and in
need of saving as her future son thought she would be.
There’s a quick shot of the T-800 saving a young Sarah
Connor and a few tidy action beats but by the time Connor says ‘we can stop
Judgement Day from happening’, you’re starting to think ‘yeah right, heard that
before’.
And finally, the less said about the school bus flip and Arnie
dive bombing a helicopter, the better. Let’s hope some of the action scenes have
some vaguely practical effects and a real sense of threat instead of this OTT
madness.
More on the Terminator franchise:No
Fate But What we Make: My initial reaction to the news of a Terminator
Reboot
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Jurassic World Trailer Breakdown
Here's my breakdown of the Jurassic World Trailer.
There's going to be kids and they are going to be back in jeopardy. The funny Mummy dishes out some sage advice to teen Zach and that kid from Iron Man 3 who is playing what I assume is Zach's younger brother Gray.
It seems that tourists are now heading to Isla Nublar by the boatload and the tour now includes driving, canoeing and strange bubble vehicle looking things to get right up close and personal with a range of dinosaurs.
There is also the nice nod to executive producer Steven Spielberg's past form with predators of the sea as one of the big attractions on the island seems to be feeding time of the huge underwater creatures lurking in the depths and chomping on sharks. That's quite a splash!
Bryce Dallas Howard is doing the silly scientist bit by playing God and genetically modifying dinosaurs. She's not just making them all female or anything like that. This time, they are really messing with nature and making all new hybrid dinosaurs.
Chris Pratt is the down to Earth voice of reason suggesting that cooking up dinosaurs probably wasn't the best idea in the world. He's quickly proved right as the markings on the wall suggest something has broken free. It's a bit of a shame really as I could quite happily spend two hours watching this functioning futuristic theme park at work and not need everybody to start getting ripped up by rampaging dinos.
Everything from helmets to those bubble vehicles suddenly seems to be getting smashed and then there's a lot of talk about how 'she' will kill anything that moves. I guess they aren't talking about Bryce Dallas Howard. Chris Pratt is running from big dino feet and calling for the island to be evacuated but hopefully it's all too late and mayhem ensues as those kids from the start of the trailer (and everyone else) start running for their lives and Pratt rides a motorbike through a herd of what look like they could be nasty velociraptors. Game on!
Annoyingly, there is still no sign of Jake Johnson. He is still in the film isn't he?
What do you think of the trailer? Notice anything beyond my obvious breakdown here?
There's going to be kids and they are going to be back in jeopardy. The funny Mummy dishes out some sage advice to teen Zach and that kid from Iron Man 3 who is playing what I assume is Zach's younger brother Gray.
It seems that tourists are now heading to Isla Nublar by the boatload and the tour now includes driving, canoeing and strange bubble vehicle looking things to get right up close and personal with a range of dinosaurs.
There is also the nice nod to executive producer Steven Spielberg's past form with predators of the sea as one of the big attractions on the island seems to be feeding time of the huge underwater creatures lurking in the depths and chomping on sharks. That's quite a splash!
Bryce Dallas Howard is doing the silly scientist bit by playing God and genetically modifying dinosaurs. She's not just making them all female or anything like that. This time, they are really messing with nature and making all new hybrid dinosaurs.
Chris Pratt is the down to Earth voice of reason suggesting that cooking up dinosaurs probably wasn't the best idea in the world. He's quickly proved right as the markings on the wall suggest something has broken free. It's a bit of a shame really as I could quite happily spend two hours watching this functioning futuristic theme park at work and not need everybody to start getting ripped up by rampaging dinos.
Annoyingly, there is still no sign of Jake Johnson. He is still in the film isn't he?
What do you think of the trailer? Notice anything beyond my obvious breakdown here?
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Sunday, 23 November 2014
The Rise and Rise of Jack O'Connell: From This is England to Unbroken
In case you hadn’t noticed, Jack O’Connell is about to go mega-star massive. His next film appearance will be in Angelina Jolie’s second film as director, Unbroken. This is the true story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete turned military man and plane crash survivor who then survived years of torture as a prisoner of war. Zamperini is an incredible man with an unbelievable life story and Jolie has plucked the relatively unknown (at least in the US) O’Connell to bring Zamperini to life in a film that is sure to gobble Oscar nominations in 2015.
I’ve had my eye on Jack O’Connell for a while now, even if
his career to date had been filled with an alarming amount of tough guy thugs. I
can’t say I noticed him or paid any particular attention to him way back in one
of my favourite films This is England but he is there and the performance is
notable as O’Connell’s Pukey isn’t his usual brand of wideboy. O’Connell’s
character has a particularly terrifying encounter with Stephen Graham’s
menacing racist Combo when O’Connell dares to challenge his beliefs.
O’Connell had many roles in British TV from The Bill through
Waterloo Road, Wire in the Blood and Skins but it was the double whammy of Eden
Lake and Harry Brown that cemented his status as a go-to-geezer for low-budget
British filmmakers. In both these films, but particularly Eden Lake he got to
play terrifyingly horrible little bastards; becoming incredibly memorable as
the kind of hooded monster that the media was always banging on about as the
use of the word ‘chav’ became acceptable in the tabloid press. Banging heads
with Michael Fassbender and Michael Caine, Jack O’Connell managed to easily hold
his own with these older and more experienced acting greats.
Eden Lake clip
O’Connell was then given bigger parts in the likes of little
known films such as Tower Block
and The Liability. They may
be small films but O’Connell’s swaggering performances were bigger and better
than the films he was in. Playing the hoodlum was a speciality and O’Connell
could have easily been stuck by typecasting positioning him as a loudmouth
loutish lad for life but then he was delivered a couple of really interesting
roles to start flexing his acting muscles with.
Tower Block Trailer
The Liability Trailer
While a small but notable role in 300: Rise of an Empire
allowed him to show off a six pack and likely take a tidy paycheque, it was his
performances in the excellent Starred
Up and '71 that should really have seen him become a massive star in
2014. As young convict Eric Love in Starred
Up , O’Connell got to face off with Ben Mendelsohn as his jailbird
father but also show a fascinating vulnerability beneath the bravado. Similarly,
in '71 his usual swagger was replaced by a limp as O’Connell’s soldier spends
most of the film injured, scared and running for his life from the IRA in
Belfast.
Starred Up Trailer
I’d recommend any of these films, particularly just to watch
O’Connell at work. His rise to the top has been filled with great performances
but Unbroken looks set to be the one that really puts him on the international
map. 2014 has already been an exceptional year for the star but it will be
crowned by the true life story of horror and hope that Jolie has in bringing to big screens on Boxing Day. Don’t
be surprised if O’Connell is up for Best Actor in 2015 awards season. He’s
already earned it.
Unbroken Trailer
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Tuesday, 11 November 2014
What if David Brent Became a Vampire: What We Do in the Shadows Trailer
Decent vampire movies are making a serious comeback after nearly being staked right through the heart by the bloody Twilight franchise. First up this year there was Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, then I got to see a little gem at the London Film Festival called A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night and then tonight I get to see mock-documentary What We Do in the Shadows.
It just goes to show that even after the moping, preening, sparkling vampires of that unholy tween franchise, films featuring bloodsuckers will really never die. This horror sub-genre is as immortal as ever and enjoying a witty and original renaissance.
What We Do in the Shadows is from the guys who brought us Flight of the Conchords and Eagle Vs Shark so expect much hilarity to ensue. The trailer looks brilliant, with its last line being a particularly funny look at what I imagine David Brent from The Office would be like if he joined the legions of the undead.
Check out the trailer below:
It just goes to show that even after the moping, preening, sparkling vampires of that unholy tween franchise, films featuring bloodsuckers will really never die. This horror sub-genre is as immortal as ever and enjoying a witty and original renaissance.
What We Do in the Shadows is from the guys who brought us Flight of the Conchords and Eagle Vs Shark so expect much hilarity to ensue. The trailer looks brilliant, with its last line being a particularly funny look at what I imagine David Brent from The Office would be like if he joined the legions of the undead.
Check out the trailer below:
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The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 Marketing and Review
Before I get stuck into the marketing, please check out my review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 at Starburst Magazine now.
The marketing campaign for the penultimate entry in the Hunger Games franchise has seen a wonderful mix of traditional and more modern methods of spreading the word about the film. While waiting for Mockingjay Part 1 to be released, Hunger
Games fans have been torn between propaganda messages from the Capitol and
interrupting broadcasts beamed directly from District 13.
Lionsgate opted
for an immersive series of poster and viral videos that will inspire
audiences to start picking sides and ensuring followers will feel like joining
the revolution (and by that I just mean go and see the film). First came a series of disturbing and chilling posters from the Capitol, displaying and
'celebrating' the hard work, perseverance and crucially the sacrifice of ordinary people from the
districts.
Next came a formal address from President Snow in which a brainwashed,
docile Peeta stared blankly by his side. The Capitol’s television
is going into propaganda overdrive in order to win back the servitude of the
districts. Panem forever baby!
Then came Snow’s
second address to the people of Panem. As
Snow delivered his message to the divided nation, the screen distorted and the
Capitol’s pristine vision was interrupted as Jeffrey Wright’s Beetee hacked his
way onto the Capitol TV feed. His stark warning to the Capitol of
Panem and fans of the Hunger Games franchise? The Mockingjay lives.
Sooner or later the marketing had to get sensible and traditional again. So then we got the trailers actaully delivering some snippets from the movie. Of course we got the obligatory teaser:
And then finally the real deal:
Now the movie is almost here and I was lucky enough to attend a screening for Starburst Magazine so here is my review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.
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The Many Methods of Movie Marketing: Part 1 Posters and Trailers
The Many Methods of Movie Marketing: Part 2 TV, Radio, Internet
The Many Methods of Movie Marketing: Part 3 Merchandise
The
Many Methods of Movie Marketing: Part 4 Premieres
The
Many Methods of Movie Marketing: Part 5 Press Junkets and Preview Screenings
The
Many Methods of Movie Marketing: Part 6 Film Festivals
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Chappie Trailer Shows off Neil Blomkamp's Short Circuit Reboot?
Waaaaaaiiiiiiiittt a minute, come back it's not really a Short Circuit reboot! But it does have a robot who looks a bit like Johnny Five and he is most definitely alive! He may not have a wonderful Wall-eeeeeeeeeee catchphrase but he definitely looks like he'll be tugging at the heart strings no less than any other little robotic critter on the big screen.
Chappie is going to be Neil Blomkamp's chance to bounce back after the relatively (compared to District 9) disappointing Elysium. He's also sort of going back to his roots as this is based on Blomkamp's own short Tetra Vaal which is brilliant and I have also embedded below. It's set in South Africa again, features Sharlto Copley doing voice (and a bit of mo-cap) for the robot and also has big Hollywood stars Hugh Jackman and Sigourney Weaver to help with the international market!
Knowing Blomkamp, this is bound to have plenty of subtext going for it but even without that, this story of a robot outcast looks like it will be axction packed and emotional!
Check out the trailer below:
Tetra Vaal
You likey?
Chappie is going to be Neil Blomkamp's chance to bounce back after the relatively (compared to District 9) disappointing Elysium. He's also sort of going back to his roots as this is based on Blomkamp's own short Tetra Vaal which is brilliant and I have also embedded below. It's set in South Africa again, features Sharlto Copley doing voice (and a bit of mo-cap) for the robot and also has big Hollywood stars Hugh Jackman and Sigourney Weaver to help with the international market!
Knowing Blomkamp, this is bound to have plenty of subtext going for it but even without that, this story of a robot outcast looks like it will be axction packed and emotional!
Check out the trailer below:
Tetra Vaal
You likey?
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