The movie Paranormal Activity is getting a wide release, so a new trailer has shown up:

Paranormal Activity
Plot:
“After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.”

Paranormal Activity is maybe low-budget, but it’s a damn scary movie!
:)

An official movie trailer of Serious Moonlight has been released by Magnolia Pictures. Serious Moonlight is a love/hate comedy directed by Cheryl Hines and starring Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long.

Serious Moonlight
Plot:
“A dark comedy about a high-powered attorney who discovers that her husband is leaving her for another younger woman and duct tapes him to the toilet to talk right before their home is invaded by burglars.”

Time isn’t nice to Meg Ryan… She’s really getting old. I can’t blame Timothy Hutton for looking for a younger partner! Even the electric Kristen Bell is better!

Anyway, the movie Serious Moonlight will be released on December 4, 2009
;-P

Geroge Clooney is so handsome that even Goats can’t resist him in the upcoming movie Men Who Stare At Goats. Here’s a new TV spot:

Men Who Stare At Goats TV Spot

Plot:
“A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.”

I’ve been staring at my neighbor’s dog since a while, but that damned mutt is still barking and alive!
:)

I think Dreamworks go a real blockbuster with the 3D animated movie How to Train your Dragon. The film looks to be close to an ideal mix of 3D animation, voice acting, plot and humor. Just check for yourself with this amazing bootleg clip of How to Train Your Dragon that was shown at IDF 2009 and just leaked online:

Plot:
“From the studio that brought you Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda comes How to Train Your Dragon—a comedy adventure set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, based on the book by Cressida Cowell. The story centers around a scrawny Viking teenager named Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), who lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. The teen’s smarts and offbeat sense of humor don’t sit too well with his tribe or its chief…who just happens to be Hiccup’s father. However, when Hiccup is included in Dragon Training with the other Viking teens, he sees his chance to prove he has what it takes to be a fighter. But when he encounters (and ultimately befriends) an injured dragon, his world is flipped upside down, and what started out as Hiccup’s one shot to prove himself turns into an opportunity to set a new course for the future of the entire tribe.”

To create such vivid characters in 3D is no easy task. Dreamworks work hard for the dream to come true. And Lincoln Wallen, head of research and development at Dreamworks, confirms that it requires a lot of computer power:

“Our teams (Dreamwork’s and Intel’s) have been working together for about a year. It’s been a pretty intense collaboration. We talk about Shrek’s Law, a way of communicating that with each iteration of the Shrek franchise, the power required to meet our creative appetite doubles. There was a dragon in Shrek 1, but in our next movie, dragons are some of the main story characters. Some scenes have more than 1,000 dragons performing at the same time. Our creatives want them to be central characters, able to emote and bond with other characters. The complexity of animation is astounding. We need four times the animation controls.”

Lincoln Wallen,
Head of research and development at Dreamworks

A thousand dragons on screen at the same time, and the whole thing in 3D: sign me up for the movie How To Train Your Dragon!
:)

Two more preview clips of the Stepfather have been released:

Stepfather – Basement
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) finds something in the basement.

Stepfather – Who Am I Here
David Harris (Dylan Walsh) says something he shouldn’t have.
Family life looks like hell sometimes…
:/

Preview clips of Bad Lieutenant, the new dark comedy drama movie directed by Werner Herzog and starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, have shown up online:

Bad Lieutenant – Swiss Cotton Underpants
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) leaps in to save a criminal.

Bad Lieutenant – Greater Good
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) talks about real estate with Big Fate (Xzibit).

Plot:
“Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage), a homicide detective with the New Orleans Police Department, is promoted to Lieutenant after he saves a prisoner from drowning in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. However, during his heroic act, he severely injures his back and is put on prescription pain medication. A year later, Terence – struggling with his addictions to sex, Vicodin and cocaine – finds himself in the battle to bring down drug dealer Big Fate, who is suspected of massacring an entire family of African immigrants.”

More preview clips of Bad Lieutenant below: Continue reading »

Dear John is the latest movie directed Lasse Hallstrom, it’s a romantic drama/war movie based on the book of the same name written by Nicholas Sparks. The film is starring Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas, Scott Porter, and Richard Jenkins. It will be released on February 6, 2010.

Here below the first official movie trailer of Dear John:

DEAR JOHN
Plot:
“A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he’s home on leave.”

Love is no battlefield, but it can still tear apart your heart worse than any bullet… The movie Dear John is gonna make me cry…
:(

Edge of Darkness is yet an other thriller movie about a father who’s looking for answers and revenge, following the murder of his daughter. The film is directed by Martin Campbell and is starring Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, Bojana Novakovic, Frank Grillo, Gbenga Akinnagbe. It will be released on January 29, 2010. Here’s the official movie trailer of Edge of Darkness

EDGE OF DARKNESS
Plot:
“Edge of Darkness centers on a veteran cop (Mel Gibson) whose only grown-up child (Bojana Novakovic) is murdered on the steps of his home. The cop unearths his daughter’s secret life and discovers a world of corporate cover-ups and government collusion. Huston takes on the role of a shady businessman while Roberts will play the role of the daughter’s distraught boyfriend.”

Less action than in Taken or in Law Abiding Citizen, but they put more emphasis on the plot in Edge of Darkness. I’d say that Edge of Darkness looks like a solid thriller even if it’s not an exceptional movie…
:-p

Here’s one last clip of Law Abiding Citizen, the thriller action movie directed by F Gary Gray:

Law Abiding Citizen – Arrest
Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) comes to take Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) into custody.

They thought they could ignore Clyde Shelton… Well, they were wrong, and to put him jail won’t hinder him from getting his revenge!
:)

A new preview clip of Roland Emmerich’s 2012 is available:

2012 – It’s the apocalypse!
Woody Harrelson explains to John Cusack what danger is ahead.

Even the end of the world, the final apocalypse, can be explained with a powerpoint-like animation!
:)

Here’s a new TV spot of Saw VI:

Saw 6 Trailer

SAW VI
Jigsaw is dead, but his legacy is still alive and his disease is spreading!
;-P

A HD version of the promo trailer of The Expendables has shown up online:

The Expendables Trailer

THE EXPENDABLES
Plot:
“A team of the world’s most dangerous and highly-trained mercenaries go on a mission to South America to overthrow and assassinate a powerful, evil dictator and his army, who have been causing devastation, chaos and torture for the last twenty years.”

Cast:
– Sylvester Stallone as Barney “The Schizo” Ross, a veteran Expendable and leader of the team.
– Jet Li as Bao Thao, expert at hand-to-hand combat.
– Jason Statham as Lee Christmas, second in command of the team. He is a former S.A.S. soldier and expert at Close Quarters Combat using knives.
– Dolph Lundgren as Gunnar Jensen, a Swedish expert at sniping. He later gets fired and kicked out from the expendables and is hired by Monroe to kill the Expendables. Jensen hates Bao Thao and fights with him frequently.
– Terry Crews as Hale Caesar, Bao’s best friend, a weapons specialist.
– Eric Roberts as Monroe, a corrupt C.I.A. agent who is preventing the Expendables from killing General Garza.
– Mickey Rourke as Tool, a former Expendable, now an arms dealer and tattoo parlor artist/owner who helps the Expendables.
– Steve Austin as Dan Paine, Monroe’s bodyguard and a former Marine.

Sylvester Stallone is the leader of the crew, but Jason Statham has much more charisma!
:)

A first preview clip of Stepfather is available:

STEPFATHER – Stepfather and son
David Harris (Dylan Walsh) shares a drink with his new stepson, Michael (Penn Badgley).
Plot:
“Michael returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend. As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand.”

The Stepfather is directed by Nelson McCormick. It’s a remake of the 1987 horror movie of the same name. The movie is starring Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard and Sherry Stringfield. The Stepfather will hit theaters this week!
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Here below the brand new movie trailer of Precious, a drama movie directed by Lee Daniels and based on the novel Push by Sapphire:

PRECIOUSPlot synopsis:
“Overweight, illiterate teenager Clareece ‘Precious’ Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family; she has been impregnated twice by her father and is in a destructive relationship with her mother (Mo’Nique). Precious is invited to an alternative school where she hopes that her life can change direction.”

Cast:
– Gabourey Sidibe as Clareece “Precious” Jones
– Mo’Nique as Mary Jones, Precious’ mother
– Mariah Carey as Mrs. Weiss, a social worker
– Paula Patton as Ms. Rain, Precious’ teacher
– Lenny Kravitz as John, a nurse
– Sherri Shepherd as Cornrows

It’s hard to feel empathy at first for the fatty Precious, but her determination to improve her life, knowing the hell she’s been living in, can but win my respect. I haven’t read the book, so I’ll go watch Precious with an open mind. I just hope that there is some happy end for her because life hasn’t been very kind to her…
:|

Two new international posters of Saw 6 have popped up online:

Saw 6 Trailer

(Click on a poster to enlarge it.)

This new Saw movie is directed by Kevin Greutert, who was editor on the previous opus of the Saw movie series. But, Director David Hackl will be back to helm Saw 7.
:)