Trailer Watch

"Into The Blue"

2005-03-08T13:25:00.000Z

From the official site:

Into The Blue

Starring Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, written by Matt Johnson (Torque), directed by John Stockwell (Blue Crush).

"Crash"

2005-03-08T13:18:00.000Z

From movies.com:

Crash

Written by Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby) & Robert Moresco, directed by Paul Haggis.

"Bad News Bears"

2005-03-08T13:11:00.000Z

From Yahoo! Movies:

Bad News Bears

Starring Billy Bob Thornton, written by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa (Bad Santa, Cats & Dogs), directed by Richard Linklater (A Scanner Darkly, School of Rock).

"A Lot Like Love"

2005-03-03T15:05:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

A Lot Like Love

Starring Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet (Identity, Igby Goes Down), written by Colin Patrick Lynch, directed by Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls).

"Rory O'Shea Was Here"

2005-03-03T15:00:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Rory O'Shea Was Here (a.k.a. Inside I'm Dancing)

Starring James McAvoy (Wimbeldon), written by Jeffrey Caine (Goldeneye), directed by Damien O'Donnell (Bend it like Beckham).

"Smile"

2005-03-02T17:01:00.000Z

From the official site:

Smile

Starring Sean Astin and Mika Boorem, written and directed by Jeffrey Kramer.

"Fever Pitch"

2005-03-02T16:49:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Fever Pitch

Starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, written by Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel, directed by The Farrelly Brothers.

"Monster in Law"

2005-02-27T15:20:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Monster in Law

Written by Anya Kochoff, directed by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde). Starring Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda and Michael Vartan.

"Exorcist: The Beginning"

2005-02-24T12:10:00.000Z

From bloody-disgusting.com:

Exorcist: The Beginning (direct download, .zip file)

Written and directed by Paul Schrader, not Jan de Bont.

"Off The Map"

2005-02-23T15:10:00.000Z

From the official site:

Off The Map

Written by Joan Ackerman, directed by Campbell Scott.

"House of Wax"

2005-02-23T13:57:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

House of Wax

Written by Chad & Carey Hayes, directed by Jaume Serra.

Oh, and starring Paris Hilton in her first non-porn role.

"A Scanner Darkly"

2005-02-23T13:55:00.000Z

From Yahoo Movies:

A Scanner Darkly

Written and directed by Richard Linklater.

"Stealth"

2005-02-21T12:41:00.000Z

From Yahoo! Movies:

Stealth

Written by Rob Cohen and W.D. Richter, directed by Rob Cohen.

"The Cave"

2005-02-21T12:37:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

The Cave

Written by Tegan West, directed by Bruce Hunt.

"House of D"

2005-02-21T12:32:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

House of D

Written and directed by David Duchovny.

"Primer"

2005-02-02T14:53:00.000Z

From the official site:

Primer

As a physicist I tend to get infuriated by time travel movies. I anticipate this may buck that trend. Does not star a hobbit.

Seriously though... the trailer doesn't give much away but it does look like it steers clear of most of the major clichés. I'll be watching this one.

Score: 9/10

"Slipstream"

2005-02-01T19:58:00.000Z

from the Sci-Fi London film festival website:

Slipstream

As a physicist I tend to get infuriated by time travel movies. I do not anticipate this bucking that trend. Stars a hobbit. As a physicst.

Score: 5/10

Postscript: Sci-Fi London is an awesome little (well, it was little three years ago) film festival - they were the first to show "Blair Witch" in this country. If you can go, do go.

"Cube Zero"

2005-02-01T19:42:00.000Z

From iFilm:

Cube Zero

"Cube" was a great movie. "Cube 2: Hypercube" was most definitely not. Based on this trailer "Cube Zero" could go either way. Looks like it goes 'behind the scenes' of the Cube which I suspect will please a lot of people. Then again, it could end up ruining it all...

Score: 9/10

UPDATE: Just realised this is already out on DVD ... Whadda ya know?

UPDATE: I could have made that clearer, "Cube Zero" is available on Region 1 DVD only.

"Bloodrayne"

2005-02-01T19:14:00.000Z

From somewhere or other:

Bloodrayne

Uwe Boll is obviously trying to challenge Paul W.S. Anderson for the title of King of the Computer Game Adaptation Movie. Kristanna Loken is a hottie, no doubt, but I have a horrible feeling that she did her best acting in T3 with a total of about four lines. Michael Madsen is great, he's always great. Ben Kingsley's got an Oscar (and been nominated for three more), but this just looks terrible. A bad trailer for what I imagine will be a bad movie.

Score: 1/10

"Ten 'til Noon"

2005-02-01T18:59:00.000Z

From the official site:

Ten 'til Noon

Cool-looking trailer for an as-yet-unfinished indie (albeit a bunch of guys who are Bryan Singer's mates' mates). The same ten minutes time period viewed from ten different characters' perspectives. Not a ground-breaking concept, but I'll watch it if it makes it to a cinema near me.

Score: 8/10

"Man of the House"

2005-01-28T14:25:00.000Z

From the official site:

Man of the House

Tommy Lee Jones does the Comedy Witness Protection Movie™. Also stars 'Cedric The Entertainer'. Looks dire.

Score: 4/10

"Kung Fu Hustle"

2005-01-28T14:05:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Kung Fu Hustle

Almost certainly the only martial arts trailer soundtracked to "Ballroom Blitz"...

Score: 9/10

"What is it?"

2005-01-26T08:01:00.000Z

From the official site:

What is it?

Absoluely batshit insane. Crispin Glover's (you read the URL and thought 'Crisping Lover' too, right?) magnum opus, ten years in the making apparently.

Score: Q/10

UPDATE: Looks like Crisping didn't buy enough bandwidth...

"Corpse Bride"

2005-01-22T23:08:00.001Z

From Apple Trailers:

Corpse Bride

New animated film from Tim Burton a la "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

"Fantastic Four"

2005-01-19T14:12:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Fantastic Four (I'm sure the missing definitive article is important)

THE THING LOOKS AWESOME!

That is all.

Score: 8/10

Trailer News: No more adverts?

2005-01-17T21:21:00.000Z

Some guy in the States wants to force cinemas to publish the time the movie starts (as opposed to the time the programme starts). Good news for trailer fans?

Google News has the same story from various sources.

(Via Ars Technica)

"The Jacket"

2005-01-17T19:47:00.000Z

From iFilm:

The Jacket

Starring Adrien Brody, Keira Knightly, "Grizzly" Kris Kristoffffferson. Adrien Brody is a guy incorrectly imprisoned in a Loony Bin, run by an evil Doctor who locks people in a morgue freezer wearing a special jacket. Why? So they can see the future. Or Something. Looks interesting, but alas, goes for the old Quick Sequence Of Images Over Music Getting Louder™ ending.

Score: 6/10

"King's Ransom"

2005-01-17T19:36:00.000Z

From the movie's official site:

King's Ransom

Starring Anthony Anderson, also known as That Big Fat Guy Who's In Everything, which is bad news right from the start. A very, very standard trailer ('King' is the name of the main character, it's his ransom) filled with very, very standard jokes. Will probably not be as bad as The Big Hit though.

Score: 2/10

"Creep"

2005-01-14T13:38:00.000Z

From CinemasOnline:

Creep

The opening scenes in a deserted tube station give the film a "28 Days Later" feel; but I think it's more of a Sadistic Serial Killer movie. Pretty standard stuff, extra marks for the deserted tube station though. Stars Franke Potente, who, like Mila Jovovich, looked better with red hair.

Score: 7/10

"Cursed"

2005-01-13T22:52:00.000Z

From Moviefone:

Cursed

To me, this seems to be the trailer for Ginger Snaps, but starring different actors and with Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson's names splashed across it.

(You'll need to click the watch trailer button underneath the poster thumbnail.)

Score: 4/10 (plagiarism withstanding)

"Cinderella Man"

2005-01-13T22:33:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Cinderella Man

First off, that's a really Shit Name For a Movie.

From the producer who brought you "A Beautiful Mind" and the director of "A Beautiful Mind" and starring the star of "A Beautiful Mind" comes a movie based on a true story, just like "A Beautiful Mind" was. The plot is something to do with Russel Crowe's downfall as a boxer, "cleverly" mirroring US society at the time. Or something. Whatever. I don't care.

Score: 1/10

"Alone in the Dark"

2005-01-13T22:08:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Alone in the Dark (Yes, based on the game)

Starts off very quiet, restrained... There's something in the shadows! "Some doors must never be opened." What the hell was that? "Some fears must never be seen." etc....

Then goes totally batshit into full-on Standard Rammstein-Soundtracked Gunfight Montage™ #4. Someone's been watching far too many Paul W.S. Anderson films.

Score (first half):5/10
Score (second half):2/10

"Ice Princess"

2005-01-13T22:02:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Ice Princess

Starring Buffy's Sister, The Slutty One From Sex and The City and Joan Cusack. Guess what? Casey doesn't fit in. She's smart but "usually doesn't go to parties". But then she discovers ice skating and suddenly things start to come together. Contains lines like "You're smarter and cooler than all those people...", "Winners make sacrifices...", "You have to want it more than anything...", you'll have seen it all before. Probably features Avril Lavigne music and will therefore be terrible.

Score (trailer): 3/10
Score (Avril Lavigne): 0/10

"Aliens of the Deep"

2005-01-13T21:56:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

Aliens of the Deep

This one has me confused. It's listed as "Documentary/Family" and appears to be a straight documentary (albeit one by James Cameron) right up until the end where you see some sort of undersea space alien reaching out to touch a little girl in a submarine.

Score: 4/10

"The Ring Two"

2005-01-13T21:38:00.000Z

From Apple Trailers:

The Ring Two

Looks like someone else has got a copy of that tape. And it looks like that creepy little girl is pretty pissed at Naomi Watts.

Score: 7/10