Trailer Hunt

A chance to get prematurely excited for, or angry with films.


This week:
 
The American



Looks like a sleek existentialist James Bond from music photographer turned director ( Control) Anton Corbijn. If it bears any resemblance to Control it should be meditative in pace, and look bloody beautiful. Some of the shots look a little car commercial-y (0:19 - 0:23), but others look simply fantastic (1:22). Due to be released September 1st.



Cyrus





I have yet to see anything from the Duplass brothers, but they have a reputation for making quirky Sundance style films. This one looks like it might have the right blend of dramedy to bring out the best of John C. Reily, who to this point has not quite hit his stride as a leading man. A great cast otherwise, I'm curious to see what Johna Hill has to bring to the table in something that is not straight comedy


The Expendables





I still can't believe this movie is real. Remember everything you wished movies were when you were nine years old? This is it (for me at least). Just look at the cast. Sylvester Stallone (also wrote and directs), Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger! Or said easier; every living movie tough guy supplemented by the WWE and the UFC. Do you know what testosterone smells like? You will when you leave a theatre showing The Expendables.


The Last Airbender






Notice how they dropped the "Avatar" from the title? Probably a good call. Second question; did you notice how listening to his kids is destroying M. Night Shyamalan's career? He should probably stop being such a good father all the time, and indulging his children's fantasies, because the rest of us don't care. But as all of his films to this point have said (including this trailer) "there are reasons each of us are born, we have to find those reasons", and Shyamalan's reason was to be a super-dad. So aside from being bored at having that message shoved down my throat at every Shyamalan movie, I'm probably being to hard on this one. I'm sure it will be a blast for the target audience: Shyamalan's kids.