Weekly Trailers

Weekly Trailer Compendium

Brains, Skills...  ...Skipping Rope!  What more can you ask for in a kick-ass movie.  Well in the new trailer for Kingsman:  The Golden Circle you have more top notch acting talent with the original cast members being joined by Halle Berry, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges, and an evil Julianne Moore - the only drawback I can see in the cast is Elton John... Elton John!!!  I cannot wait for this film as I loved the first though I have my doubts about it being as good as or better than it.  The trailers have me thinking it may be less than the original.

Last week I wished for the longer trailer of Mother!  This week I got it and I am smiling like the Cheshire cat.  This is one confounding, mysterious, and dark trailer which gives the viewer nothing in the context to the storyline.  This looks like a beautifully shot dark fantasy come horror film from writer and director Darran Aronofsky.  It's nice to see Michelle Pfieffer and Ed Harris back on our screens, though Ed is looking a little ill.  As a lover of all things dark, I look forward to watching this movie.

"I took Germany, I think I can take a flesh lump in a waistcoat!"  I really believe that I should like The Death Of Stalin... however, this trailer isn't that good.  Yes, there are a couple of funny moments and it's full of some of my favourite actors but there are flatter and less humorous moments shown, where the comedy doesn't work.  Though, when the scenes are shown in their entirety the comedy may become more evident,  Another thing that I found pretty annoying is the number of differing accents on offer from around the globe - everywhere except Russia that is.  This may be the director's decision thinking that it added t the comedic value.  If this was the case then Armando Iannucci was mistaken.  Not a film to watch on the silver screen, I'll wait for the BluRay.

I have to admit I am a Jackie Chan addict and fan.  There isn't a movie of his that I haven't loved.  Though I am more of a fan of his funnier side.  The promo he's done for the Lego Ninjago Movie has pretty much won me over.  I hated the Lego Movie and will wait for the BluRay of Batman Lego but now I am of two minds over Ninjago.  If it's good enough for Jackie then it's good enough for me...  It's also nice to see how much effort and skill has gone into the movie.

Back in the days when CGI animated movies were breaking the mould with their originality and crisp and sharp images the story lines were original and fresh.  Now with the arrival of Duck Duck Goose comes a film which looks to cure insomnia.  There is not one original shot in the entire trailer and nor is there one funny scene or line.  Being of the computer generation and witnessing the birth of Luxo Jr in 1986 and other groundbreaking shorts I look forward to the next CGI animation.  Though things have started to get bleak of late... pretty much starting with the very unfunny Rango.  Unfortunately, this trailer puts this film in that clique.  I feel I could quite easily miss this film.  Though I can see plenty of kids loving it... just not the big kids...

I wonder if there's actually a need for a movie like Wonder(?)  Don't get me wrong, there is a need to educate our children away from bullying.  However, to show the cause of the bullying as a child with a facial deformity is somewhat old-school and was done brilliantly by Cher and Ron Perlman in Mask (well worth a watch) as it's darker and more realistic.  This appears to pull the punches and is more heartwarming than inciteful.  Also in this age, most bullies have gone cyber and launch attacks the psyche of their victims.  You also don't need to be that much different for the bully to tear you apart, the slightest thing can start them attacking you.  I think that if you're going to address an issue then you address that issue totally - all the good and all the bad.  You want your children to learn then teach them.  Some things shouldn't be sugar coated.  Not the film for me.

In Netflix's promo for Our Souls In The Night, I just have to ask, "What the f*#k is up with Robert Redford's character?"  Come on, man!  It's Jane Fonda,  Even I have to say the lady is wearing well and I would be all over her like white on rice.  Dude you're old, there's not much time left... and you have a flatbed truck... It's time to wear your 50 shades suit grandad...

Weekly Trailers

Weekly Trailer Compendium

What the hell has Eli Roth done to Death Wish?  I must admit I was only thinking a couple of months ago that the Michael Winner and Charles Bronson revenge flick could do with an update.  Though I have to admit I was thinking in the vein of "I Spit On Your Grave" remakes and not Die Hard goes walkabout.  Another worry is the quality of the acting.  The only scene in the trailer where Elizabeth Shue speaks is pretty dire as are the scenes with the daughter.  Even good old Bruce is in good old Bruce mode.  He even seems to be enjoying killing the bad guys.  The best thing about the original is the fact that Paul (Bronson) is never happy to kill the bad guys because he knows, "There are too many assholes and not too few bullets."  Plus he a is constantly in despair over the rapes and murder of his wife and daughter.  That's the reason why the "I Spit On Your Grave" remakes work - they're earthier and more realistic.  It would have been a direction for Roth to take and it might have been good to stretch Mr Willis' acting skills for a change.  That said I will give it a watch, though it'll probably be when it airs on the telly.

Well, at least the editor of the trailer for The Hitman's Bodyguard tried something new... except the backing track on the promo just doesn't work and because of this I really don't want to watch this film.  Ain't I fickle?  It's nice to see Salma Hayek back in action though the action in the trailer doesn't give away much of the plot of the film.  I hope they cut another because based on this I won't be rushing to watch the film.

Though the trailer for Mother! is short is packs enough of a wallop to gain my interest.  Can't wait to see the longer trailer and see how good this film may be... 

Voltage Pictures are not known for great films and Keep Watching is definitely not great.  However,  the trailer does appear to be for a possible dark thriller slasher flick.  These types of movies have been done to death and it appears to be getting more and more difficult to keep the genre fresh.  This flick has elements that have been used in other movies and I must admit to a groan when I saw the Red Balloons... can you guess that IT is coming and people are wanting to cash in on some of the iconic components,  I could very well give this a view on a Fright Night Friday in the future.

I must be growing into a sad old man because Goodbye Christopher Robin is the best trailer in this compendium.  It looks beautiful and expertly shot.  It had me melancholic for past memories.  This is one film I would gladly pay to see on the big screen as not only is it luxuriously filmed but the story seems both thought-provoking and heartwarming.  The acting appears to be of the best calibre also.  Even the little kid playing the title role of Christopher Robin holds his own against the adult actors.  Except for Margot Robbie, the rest of the cast are not so well known, this is a bonus for me because it's always nice to see new actors as they tend to breathe new life into the industry.

The Call Me By Your Name trailer does nothing for me.  There are blurbs throughout that extoll the merits of the movie though the trailer shows none of them.  For example "Ravishing Filmmaking and Piercing Wisdom" neither of which are evident here.  The film appears to be a slow romance between two men finding their love for one another.  I'm not a great fan of romance unless it's tinged with comedy and/or great drama, once again the trailer gives the appearance that these are also lacking from the film.  I think I'll give this a miss.