Nicolas Winding-Refn is one of the most fascinating filmmakers working today; completely reinventing the crime film. His latest offering, 'Only God Forgives,' once again teams him with Ryan Gosling (…

The problem with a lot of studio horror films is that they lack imagination. So often a year's worth of horror titles is a carousel of rehashed and repackaged trite. When a horror film shows a marked degree of conceptual creativity, it is always going to grab our attention. That is why I'm terribly intrigued by 'The Purge.' Directed by …

James Wan is one of my favorite horror directors working today. 'Saw' was of course a game-changer for the genre, but it was his 2010 effort 'Insidious' that really impressed me. The eerie imagery he was able to infuse into…

Nestled among the three post-apocalyptic sci-fi movies due out this year are two comedies that take place right as the world is ending. Edgar Wright's 'The World's End' will arrive August 23rd, but before that, Evan Goldberg…

As somebody who works within the world of movie news, I hate April 1st with a passion. Every year a bunch of idiots post fake news headlines thinking it is the cleverest thing anyone has ever concocted. I'm not saying I don't enjoy a good April Fool's Day prank, but fake news is not interesting or funny. That being said, this fake trailer for 'Pineapple Express 2' is pretty hysterical. Most of the principal cast from …

It's been a long strange road for Adam Wingard's 'You're Next.' It played to rave reviews at both Toronto and its one screening at Fantastic Fest back in 2011. It was at Fantastic Fest that year that Lionsgate purchased the movie and promised a theatrical release. However, that release date was then shuffled over and…

We knew this day would come, 2013 is the year of White House siege movies. We've already had Antoine Fuqua's 'Olympus Has Fallen,' and Roland Emmerich's …

If the green-band trailer for Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain' was funny, this red-band trailer promises a movie that is more in the neighborhood of hysterical. The apparently true story of a group of hapless weightlifters who kidnap and extort money from a shady millionaire, 'Pain & Gain' stars…

I'm starting to get really worried about Marc Forster's 'World War Z.' The more I see from Warner Brothers' adaptation of Max Brooks' novel, the more the deviations from the source and the rubbery CG raise my concerns. This latest…

What warp factor do we have to enter in order to allow it to be May 17th yesterday? I could not be more pumped for J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' and I often find myself rewatching the official trailer over and over again. It's so marvelously well-constructed. I also really dig this international…

The first trailers for the upcoming animated sequel 'Despicable Me 2' have given us a lot of minions, but not much to go on in the way of plot. We knew of course that Gru (Steve Carell) would be returning with his trio of adopted daughters, but what would be the premise this time around? The…

We're reaching that point on 'Iron Man 3;' that critical mass of new information that pushes us from enticing appetizers to full-on spoiler territory. That being said, this short new trailer from the film's partnership with TCL (The Creative Life) features just enough new footage to not feel like we're seeing the whole movie when combined with the other available trailers. Most of the new snippets center…

Still not entirely sure how I feel about Gore Verbinski's 'The Lone Ranger,' but at this point, I'm going in only with the expectation that I will have fun. I must say, this Japanese trailer for the film certainly plays favorably to that expectation. Though a goodly amount of the trailer is the same as the…

I really dug Matthew Vaughn's interpretation of Mark Millar's 'Kick-Ass.' Aaron Johnson did a great job inhabiting the titular DIY superhero and …

It's being called a teaser trailer, but this latest glimpse at J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek Into Darkness' is entirely satisfying. The trailer lends insight into some of the previously-hinted action set pieces as well as introducing a few more. Captain Kirk (…

Just because Joss Whedon blew up with 'The Avengers,' and is now among the more powerful guys in Hollywood, doesn't mean he's lost touch with his core fans, nor has he lost sight of being an artist. Over twelve days, in his own home, he shot a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's …

M. Night Shyamalan's 'After Earth' is my least-anticipated among all the post-apocalyptic sci-fi films being released this year. That said, I really enjoyed this longer trailer. Will Smith and his son …

As I said before, my anticipation for Todd Phillips' 'The Hangover Part III' is pretty tepid. I loved the first one, but the sequel was such a lazy rehash of the exact same beats that it was more annoying than funny. Now, the trailer for the third installment has arrived and, I have to say, I'm intrigued. It seems like…

Shane Black's 'Iron Man 3' didn't need an incredible final trailer to spark my interest in the movie. It didn't need to deliver a boatload of badass new footage, and it certainly didn't need to feature a finale that had my jaw lying on the keyboard. It didn't need to do any of these things, but I'll be dipped in palladium…

Liam Neeson is apparently so good at playing the put-upon badass/doting father that he can apparently now do so vicariously through other actors. That's the only explanation I can come up with for Aaron Eckhart's new action thriller…