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Movie Trailer - Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning in 'The Secret Life of Bees'
I'm still a big believer in
Dakota Fanning's talent, and fortunately for
her, she seems to be taking to her teenage years better than a lot of actors who
become wildly successful before they're 12. She's an integral piece of the
puzzle in
The Secret Life of Bees, a new film adaptation
of the
Sue Monk Kidd novel.
It's 1964 and young Lily Owens (Fanning) is on the run
from her cruel father (Paul
Bettany). She and her caregiver, Rosaleen (Jennifer
Hudson), stumble onto a group of sisters in South Carolina who give
them refuge and don't ask any questions. The sisters are played by
Queen Latifah,
Sophie Okonedo, and
Alicia Keys.
Now, because we mentioned that the movie is set in South Carolina in 1964, you can probably see where some of this story is headed since we have a white teenager living with four black women. Some folks in South Carolina still prefer the Confederate flag, so...
Anyway, it's hard not to take notice of the cast and the appearance of the Fox Searchlight studio logo has been a pretty good indicator of quality over the past few years. All in all, this looks like one you may need to take seriously. Take a look at the new trailer, courtesy of MovieWeb.
Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 05:24PM
by
Colin Boyd
in Trailers, Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Secret Life of Bees
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New Red Band Trailer for 'Death Race' Adds Profanity, Keeps Inanity
There are times I wish I didn't watch so many trailers.
For obvious reasons, they influence your opinion on something you haven't seen,
and it creates a little judgment where you should really keep an open mind until
you sit down in a theater for two hours and let the whole thing unfold.

It works both ways: Some movies are helped by their
trailers (just watch the new
Red Band piece o' marketing for Righteous
Kill), and others are hurt by them. That brings us to
Death Race, which I did not have high hopes
for, anyway. Having seen the original from the 1970s, I knew there was a pretty
low ceiling on this to begin with. Granted, it's not a literal remake, but more
of a new version of the same basic story.
But at least the original played up the camp aspect a
little bit. And that's the problem with watching trailers sometimes: This
Death Race looks very serious. Too serious for its own good. Anyway, I
wasn't even going to show you the new Red Band trailer, but there's a bit of
Joan Allen dialogue at the end that makes it
worth watching. If I ever made ringtones, I'd totally use that clip. That two
seconds of dialogue is the only thing that makes this worth watching is the real
problem, however.
Death Race gets the
Jason Statham stamp of quality (make of that
what you will), and it opens next week.

Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 02:30PM
by
Colin Boyd
in Trailers, Remakes, Red Band, Jason Statham, Death Race, Joan Allen
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Excellent New Red Band Trailer for 'Righteous Kill'
I don't remember the last time a movie's value was so
dramatically improved by one trailer.
Up until now,
Righteous Kill didn't look like it had very
much to offer the world outside of a pairing of two great actors on the downside
of their impressive careers. Suddenly, though, this new Red Band trailer makes
it look like
Robert De Niro and
Al Pacino aren't just collecting checks. De
Niro seems to be summoning his early 90s powerhouse glory, and Pacino - get this
- doesn't scream once in the trailer. He's low key! Imagine that! He even wears a white
shirt with his black suit, which is equally surprising.
Seriously, though, I didn't have high hopes based on
what I'd seen. The teaser trailer was terrible. The
next trailer, which had a fair amount of footage, didn't divulge much about the
characters. It was more concerned with its serial killer storyline.The new
trailer has a lot of character development and it lays out a lot of the plot
without giving away the ending (even though I think I've figured it out; e-mail
me if you want my guess).
The three-minute run time helps this trailer
immeasurably. Finally, Righteous Kill looks like a movie worth seeing. It
also makes me wish I owned stock in the F-word.
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 01:35PM
by
Colin Boyd
in Trailers, Robert De Niro, Righteous Kill, Al Pacino, Red Band, Carla Gugino
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That's More Like It: The Second 'Body of Lies' Trailer
When the first trailer for
Body of Lies popped up last month (it was
supposed to debut in theaters with The Dark Knight, but was online
several days before that), I was not overly impressed. I couldn't see much
action in it, thought
Russell Crowe's accent was terribly
distracting, and overall, thought it looked OK. It definitely wasn't a "world
premiere" kind of trailer, though.
I still had higher hopes for the movie simply because of
the talent at its disposal: Crowe,
Leo DiCaprio, director
Ridley Scott, and writer
William Monahan. But I believe I was right
about the first trailer, and as evidence, I offer the second trailer.
It's more detailed, Crowe's accent seems to be better
(maybe they've fixed it in ADR, or maybe they just picked bad scenes for the first trailer),
DiCaprio doesn't seem like he's whining as much, and it comes across as a
smarter, even more cynical movie than it did before. So take a look at the new
and improved Body of Lies trailer:
I still don't know if I like this one for awards n'
such, but Body of Lies is right there in the early part of the serious
season; it hits theaters on October 10th.
Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 07:29AM
by
Colin Boyd
in Trailers, Ridley Scott, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Body of Lies
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Tim Robbins and Rachel McAdams Come Home in 'The Lucky Ones'
I bet the last thing you expected to see was
Tim Robbins playing a sympathetic character who
also happens to be a career soldier. Of course, there's always the chance that
you read more than the headlines and you realize that aside from being
politically outspoken, Robbins and his partner Susan Sarandon have supported the
American troops since the war(s) began, despite their immediate and constant
opposition to the invasion of Iraq.
He's cast opposite
Michael Peña
and the lovely
Rachel McAdams in
The Lucky Ones, about three soldiers on leave
who meet on a cancelled flight and then go all Planes, Trains & Automobiles
in order to get to their various destinations. From the trailer, it looks like
it's less a comedy and more a movie that recognizes how difficult dealing with
circumstances like returning home from active duty is, and that injecting levity
into a more serious story is sometimes the best way to go.
The title, we can presume, refers to the fact that these
three soldiers got to come home at all. The film is co-written and directed by
Neil Burger, who made waves a couple of years
ago with The Illusionist. Peña has become a very reliable third banana,
Robbins looks completely in the moment, and McAdams shouldn't try so hard on her
accent. However, it's just really good to see her working again. Seriously, why
the hell did she disappear?
Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 12:10AM
by
Colin Boyd
in Trailers, Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, The Lucky Ones
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