Posts Tagged ‘Trailer’

  • 30 May

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    Is the Theatre Cam Youtube look an aesthetic for David Fincher and Company?

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    Maybe I was too fast to judge the ‘creativeness’ of this teaser for David Fincher’s upcoming The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo. My original thought was that a simple, ‘lets set some images and type to a Reznor/KarenO cover of Led Zeppelin,’ was not a creative of a way to sell this movie considering David Fincher’s last film, The Social Network, put out one quality teaser after another. A friend, pointed out that this teaser may simply act as a way for David Fincher to announce that the director of Seven was back to make a grimy, feel-bad movie (the grimy large type says as much as the flesh and blood soaked imagery.) I am lead to believe that this played in front of The Hangover as a regular trailer, but online, the studio lawyers have not played the usual whack-a-mole in taking it down, leading me to believe for a time anyway, the mal-framed, slightly shaky look is actually a part of the trailer. If so, neato.

    Just a quick question out there in trailerland, (perhaps I should send this by to the fine folks at TrailersfromHell for their thoughts as well), do you think this look is intentional? it is one of the better theatre-cam trailers I have seen to date. And if so, is this the first time it has been done to promote a studio film?

    The full ‘Theater-Cam’ teaser is tucked under the seat.

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  • 29 Mar

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    Woody Allen’s Newest, “Midnight in Paris” Trailerized

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    Not sure what it is. Old age? Maturity? Experience? Whatever it is, I seem to have really come to enjoy Woody Allen’s films as the years go on. Ten years ago and I couldn’t have given a hoot. Then along comes Match Point and I was hooked. OK, so Scoop was pretty God awful, but other than that I’ve really come to appreciate later Allen scribe.

    Here we are 6 years removed from Match Point and Allen is giving it another go with his 6th film in as many years. Even assuming that the films are slightly better than mediocre (which is untrue as they are quite good actually), that’s impressive for any film maker; let alone one who will be turning 76 years young this year. And while this sort of looks like a slightly goofier version of Vicky Christina Barcelona, you gotta admit this thing’s full of charm and grins. And if the whimsy of Allen and Wilson teaming up isn’t enough for you, maybe the rest of the cast will do it: Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen, Marion Cotillard and the Predator hunter himself, class act Adrien Brody.

    So yeah, it’s safe to say that audiences seeing this at the opening night of Cannes in a couple of weeks should at least be in for a fun treat of an evening. Allen seems to be able to highlight Europe in a romanticized way that few film makers are ever able to capture. I’m looking forward to it. What say you?

     

  • 11 Mar

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    Friday One Sheet: The Minimalist Hobo (with a Shotgun)

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    Having seen Jason Eisener’s tribute to the Grindhouse, George Miller, Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, I can say that a minimalist style poster is kind of weird and mis-representative of the circus-side-show nature of the film, but hey, it’s retro, modern and purdy all at the same time, ain’t it?

    Speaking of retro/modern. There is an 8-Bit Hobo game available for your iPad/iPhone. I find this not only hilarious, but appropriate when you see how the film is actually shot/constructed/toned with a clear foot in each the retro-room (did you know the film is actually an early 1980s period piece?) and the modern digital cinematography (a la the Red.)

    Lastly, in the spirit of Jason Eisener and Rob Cottereill’s original meal ticket on Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s original Grindhouse Contest (which got the Hobo With A Shotgun faux-trailer attached to at least all the Canadian prints of the double-bill extravaganza), they are holding a Trailer Contest.

    And you thought this would be just a simple Friday One Sheet Post, didn’t you? Hobo With A Shotgun opens in Canada on March 25 with an American release soon to follow. If you are in Toronto or Montreal, there are plenty of cult film sites giving away advance passes. (You probably want to see this with a rabid anticipatory cult audience, because the film is going to baffle and piss off the mainstream folks who wander in.)

  • 20 Feb

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    Sunday Bookmarks (Feb. 14-20)

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    • True Grit Cinematographer Roger Deakins Talks About His “Shot of the Year”
      Deakins is a cinematographer’s cinematographer—the type who writes detailed responses on super fans’ discussion boards, sharing technical specs (“a 1K pup [without a lens] and two Tweenies coming through the window”), giving credit when it’s due (“Nancy Haig and I tested a number of blind samples”), and dishing personal advice (“Nothing ventured, nothing gained!”). He isn’t driven by praise—just the desire to tell a great story. “When I read a script, I think about the development of the characters—I don’t really think about the visuals. Generally, when you read a script that Joel and Ethan have written, it seems very obvious what it should look like,” says Deakins, which may make him the only person in Hollywood who finds the notoriously uncommunicative Coen brothers completely transparent.

    • The Art of the False Comparison; or, Why Freddy Got Fingered is Better Than Touch of Evil
      We all know how false comparisons work. Everybody has a number of movies they like that (most, or many) other people don’t. And everybody also has a number of movies they don’t like that (most, or many) other people do. So you just compare films from the first category to films from the second category (even if they have absolutely nothing to do with one another) and watch the outrage pour forth. You can maximize the outrage if you also make sure that the films from the second category are widely-acknowledged classics. (I realize that Armond White kind of does this with his annual “Better Than” list, though he confines it to new movies.)

    • Video Game Trailers are playing hardball
      In a bid to give movie trailers a run for their money, Techland, the creators of Zombie video-game Dead Island assemble something mighty impressive. Not quite the 28 Weeks Later Opening, but it certainly worth a look to see why all the game-geek and web buzz was so ubitquitous last week.

    • Editing out The Bible for a Wider Audience
      When you aim to please everyone, you probably will please no one. Producers, director and the studio trying to capture both the Blind Side / Passion of the Christ audience as well as secular families with Soul Surfing.

    • A Festival You DON’T want your film at
      This is the type of Film Festival logic and logistics that you never want to see as a filmmaker!

      See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf6f6cIKvCQ&hd=1

      The link goes to 14 minute VIDEO of the 2010 ‘mix-up’ by the Swansea Film Festival which outlines just how frustrating festivals can be to the filmmakers whose films are there to be celebrated; in fact this video could be an outtake or extra scene from the documentary on lower-tier film festival circuit, Official Rejection.

    • The real director of the Room? Not Tommy Wiseau
      Although Tommy Wiseau’s name is synonymous with The Room, having written, directed, produced, and starred in his cult tragicomedy like a latter-day Orson Welles with an ass fetish, filmmaker Sandy Schklair has now come forward demanding that he be the one recognized as directing one of the worst movies of all time. In an upcoming interview with Entertainment Weekly, Schklair reportedly says that he was initially hired as a script supervisor, but his responsibilities quickly expanded as it became clear that Wiseau was too busy acting and, presumably, lighting candles to answer questions regarding his dialogue or directions, so it fell to Schklair to step in and call the shots.

     
     

    You can now take a look at RowThree’s bookmarks at any time of your choosing simply by clicking the “delicious” button in the upper right of the page. It looks remarkably similar to this:

     

  • 15 Dec

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    Trailer: Malick’s Tree of Life in luscious 1080p

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    It has been a long time coming, a troubled journey to final cut, par for the course in the filmography of Terrence Malick, but Tree of Life has been promised to the world this summer after being somewhat promised to us for Cannes 2009, Cannes 2010, TIFF 2010. The trailer has been attached to some film prints (apparently, not the ones in Canada) of Black Swan, but after a week of exclusive celluloid and grotty Youtube bootleg versions, it comes to Apple.com in 1080p Quicktime. You may want to stop what you are doing and have a look see.

    TREE OF LIFE at APPLE

    Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950′s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

    Some day you will fall down and weep. You will understand it all. All of Things.

    That is one hell of a promise. Mr. Malick. Here is hoping you are good for it. Who are we kidding, we know you are. Emmanuael Lubezki’s cinematography and Alexandre Desplat’s score are not hurting things, either.

    Where on the scale of 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Fountain will Tree of Life sit?

    The Trailer is also tucked under the seat (but we recommend the Quicktime version)
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  • 19 Nov

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    Fruit Loops, Federico Luppi and Firearms: A Frenetic Trailer for Fase 7

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    I missed this disease outbreak film from Argentina by a mere few days at this years Sitges Fantastic Film Festal due to my departure flight being early in the day. Then came the positive reviews to rub a little salt in the wounds. But I can contentedly go into little seizures with this high number of cuts-per-minute trailer. Fans of Guillermo Del Toro’s films will recognize actor Federico Luppi and not unlike Helen Mirren in Red, the filmmakers here have seen fit to let him fire a lot of guns. Furthermore, there have been a lot of good satirical films coming out of Argentina (Nine Queens, The Method) but this is the first time I’ve seen that national cinema do a full-blown, post-apocalyptic one. I am interested.

    The trailer is tucked under the seat.

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  • 19 Aug

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    “Jumper” Sequel a Maybe

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    While everyone talks about the terrible trailer for Doug Liman’s new political “thriller,” Fair Game, it reminded me that I needed to check up on Jumper 2 news/rumors. And lo and behold, Hayden Christian mentioned in a quick interview with the magicians over at MTV that there are some rumblings about a script being developed for the next film.

    **SPOILERS AHEAD**

    “We’re talking about it right now actually…Hopefully [the story will go] somewhere a little darker. I think there’s a lot, lot, LOT you can do with it. But, ya know it was sort of set up in a way that it’s gonna be mother hunting son and possibly even maybe, ya know, sister hunting brother. We’re talking about it, trying to figure it out.”

    So yeah, I admit it; I’m a fan of the original Jumper movie (in fact, I like most of Liman’s previous work) for a lot of reasons. Hayden Christiansen doesn’t happen to be one of those reasons, but I definitely look forward to more of the story. I liked the way this character used his super powers believably (before Hancock did) and I dig the rest of the cast (particularly Jaimie Bell was awesome in this). The jumping effect was used… effectively and I thought the action sequences were wicked as hell.

    I know I’m in a very small minority here but the movie took in well over $200 million so the demand for a sequel is likely there. And despite what people say – because they don’t want to admit to liking a Christiansen movie – they’re gonna go back for a second round because they secretly liked the first one. Even if it was just for Rachel Bilson.

    If you’re real interested, the video quote is embedded under the seats…
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  • 26 Jul

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    “Let Me In” gets second trailer (a Redbander)

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    As Jandy noted when the first teaser for Matt Reeves’ Let Me In dropped a few weeks ago, around these parts, we’re all pretty big fans of the original. Looking through the comments on that first teaser, the feeling was pretty mutual from our readers as well: nothing new & a necessary remake.

    Turns out we’re not alone because around the interwebs, feelings were echoed. Those who saw Let The Right One In (review) were unforgiving and down right upset at the very idea of a remake. I’m not keen on it either but truth be told, that teaser trailer had my attention. Then there was a fantastic one sheet (which was followed up by a second earlier today – see them both here) which got me thinking that perhaps the people behind this project aren’t completely off their rockers. And then I read Matt Goldberg’s overview of the SDCC panel on the film and I’m pretty much sold on the idea that Reeves is quite likely in the very small (tiny) group of filmmakers who makes an honest to goodness good remake (or, as seems to be the case here, re-interpretation of the original source material).

    I wasn’t there, I didn’t see the footage so I may be totally off but judging from Goldberg’s description and the new trailer, I am feeling much, much better about this production. Truth be told I was going to see it regardless but I’m much less concerned about it being a disaster.

    This second trailer (via MTV) is pretty long, covers many of the key scenes and may be considered spoilerish but then, that’s coming from someone who has seen Let The Right One In more times than I care to admit. Still be warned, the new trailer covers a lot of ground.

    Let Me In opens October 1st.

    Trailer tucked under the seats.

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  • 24 Jun

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    More Inception. More Awesomeness.

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    I know there are a lot of you out there resisting all the details and spoiler-y visual opulence of Christopher Nolan’s science fiction blockbuster, Inception. I simply cannot resist looking at how they are slowly easing a multiplex audience into the world they have created. This new trailer focuses on the wonderful cast, and their unusual jobs within the world of the film. It is a great way to show off the star wattage, but still give people some sort of grasp of what the story is going to be . Nonetheless, I have no fear that this movie will be still blowing peoples minds on July 16th, no matter how much they give away in the marketing materials. I wonder if Nolan is a fan of Satoshi Kon’s Paprika as this film does seem to borrow a few of his images.

    Cue deep-voiced man (or check out the character posters):

    Leonardo DiCaprio is The Extractor
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt is The Point Man
    Ellen Page is The Architect
    Tom Hardy is The Forger
    Marion Cotillard is The Shade
    Cillian Murphy is The Mark
    Ken Watanabe is The Tourist

    Trailer is tucked under the seat.

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  • 08 Apr

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    First trailer for Sook-Yin Lee’s “Year of the Carnivore”

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    If you watched any Canadian television in the 90s, you’ve probably heard of Sook-Yin Lee. The West Coast artist/musician/vj/dj has been in the limelight for years with stints both in front and behind the camera but her first full length feature is really getting her a lot of attention.

    Year of the Carnivore has been making its way through the festival circuit since it first played TIFF last year and gaining a bit of love. It’s a quirky story of a girl in search of romance or more accurately, trying to find herself (and her sex life). It’s an unabashed story of women’s sexuality and for that, I give it props even if it did rub me the wrong way (my review from VFF expands on my thoughts). It’s a troubled film and one with a tad too much quirk for my liking but it’s impossible to fully hate a film when it features such a great performance from Cristin Milioti; she’s just too charming to dislike.

    Big kudos to QE for the hookup on the trailer which pretty much captures the wackyness of the feature; it’s a pretty good indicator on what you can expect. The film will open in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal on June 18th.

    NSFW trailer tucked under the seats.
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  • 11 Mar

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    The drought is over. First trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse!

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    Twilight Saga Eclipse PosterWhen, in April of 2009, rumours floated of David Slade possibly directing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, I was excited. A fan of both the franchise and Slade, the prospect of seeing them meet was almost too much to bear. When the announcement came that Slade had indeed signed onto the project, I was trhilled (read: beside myself with excitement).

    A few months later the central cast members returned to Vancouver (with the exception of Rachelle Lefevre whose character of Victoria is now being played by Bryce Dallas Howard) along with some new faces and filming began on the third installment of the franchise. The sets were much more guarded and though the fandom was present at every corner, we seemed to be seeing less and less of what was being shot and were it not for the fact that the story originates from a book, those who haven’t read it will be hardpressed to tell you what it’s about.

    In an odd turn of events, Summit has decided to take a completely different approach to their marketing of Eclipse. By this point in the game with the New Moon release, we’d seen footage, treasers, a trailer and more images that we could shake a stick at (both official and unofficial) but for Eclipse, nothing. There’s one official picture kicking around which gives you very little and even the few leaked images which popped up a few weeks ago provided little indication as to what Slade’s version of the story would look like. Quite the feat considering the film is only three months away.

    Yesterday, the studio released the first 10 seconds of the teaser, ten seconds that revealed nothing but threw the fandom intoa tizzy. Do you blame us? For a group which is so used to being drowned with material, this tease is a little painful. Thankfully, the studio has a little heart and the full trailer is now live, a mere 24 hours since our first glimpse. And that glimpse is interesting.

    This looks nothing like a David Slade film – at least none of the David Slade films I’ve seen. It’s warm and sun bathed – not exactly what I had expected. Though there isn’t the over the top action crammed into this that there was into New Moon there was some hint at it (good thing too since this installment has more action than most of the others). It’s not what I expected by I do like it.

    Let the snark fly!

    The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens to the universe on June 30th.

    Trailer tucked under the seats!

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  • 17 Feb

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    Oscar Bounty: The Secret of Kells.

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    We have been a bit lax in covering or providing information on this years biggest surprise Oscar Nomination, the Irish animated film The Secret of Kells, which beat out the likes of Ponyo, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Mary and Max for securing the fifth nomination in what is arguably the category of the highest caliber across the board in this years Oscar race. If there is one film set to benefit from the exposure it is this one.

    A newly minted one-sheet is above (highlighting it’s nomination) and the trailer, a clip and an extended 2009 promo-reel are all tucked under the seat.

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