The last 11 seconds of this trailer for “NON-STOP” (summary: A locked-room murder mystery on a plane but with a bomb and also Taken is there) represented one of the most thrillingly-stupid “money shots” in an action trailer in years.
This man was nominated for an Oscar. For “Schindler’s List.”
Courtesy Twitter user @robtrench, here’s a hi-res snap of Agent Coulson’s memorabilia shelf from last night’s 4th episode of AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (no, I do not consider this any kind of “spoiler”), which seems to have been assembled for the specific purpose of having fans look over it for clues about… whatever. Click it for the full-size and have at it, kiddies.
It’s funny, I was joking in week 2 when I floated my crazy fanboy theory that “the twist” with Coulson might be that he’s actually been Jim Hammond all along… but some of this stuff does look pretty old and random. Those two stone tablets are certainly interesting, anybody recognize them (or what era that pilot’s helmet might be from?
Because… because, you’re getting two different Hercules movies this coming year; one directed by Renny Harlin (remember when he was interesting?) which features B-movie martial arts star Scott Adkins (yay!) but NOT as Hercules (boo!); the other featuring The Rock (yay!) but directed by Brett Ratner (boo!).
This is the trailer for the Harlin version, which looks like one of those YouTube “fan-trailers” made out of other movies. Have fun picking out which shots/scenes/compositions/etc were taken from “300,” “The Hobbit,” “Gladiator” (the film doesn’t seem to grasp that Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were two different places and eras in history) “Troy,” “Immortals,” etc.
Below, a trailer for Michael Bay’s (producer) new cable series, BLACK SAILS, which is about pirates.
Technically this has been up since SDCC, but it’s back in the news this weekend as Starz has gone and ordered up a full two seasonsto start even though the series has yet to debut. The last time Starz was that confident in a series it was Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s SPARTACUS, which the network is hoping SAILS will be a ratings replacement for.
Seriously, though – how GOOD does this look?
“I, Frankenstein” has sounded a bit like a joke since it was announced, but I’ve got to say the trailer has style to spare – it looks like the exact sort of “bad” movie I often like right away, then everyone else likes “ironically” about five years later. Plus, it seems like an interesting use of Aaron Eckhart, who has that weird thing going on where he looks extremely handsome but also somehow unplaceably “strange” at the same time.
Well! I’ve certainly had a busy weekend so far. Belatedly, here’s the GRAVITY review.
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