INHERENT VICE Trailer Drops!

Director Paul Thomas Anderson is coming out with a movie and people are freaking out. And since it seems that it's the concensus that THE MASTER was a good movie, there's some excitement that he has reunited with Joaquin Phoenix, the lead of the aforementioned movie. The trailer seems like it has a really fun almost Coens-esque vibe to it with the darkly comedic tone. Check it out after the break.

SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR Trailer Is More Of The Same And That's A Good Thing

Stylistically, I enjoyed the hell out of the first SIN CITY movie. It was nothing groundbreaking, but I was in college and it just vibed well with me. The fact that this sequel is still happening is crazy to me. The movie had a long production cycle and it seemed to be one of those movie that would just end up getting cancelled. But good news! Thanks to Dimension Horror, we have a new trailer for movie. Check it out after the break.

SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR Trailer Drops!

It's been almost ten years since the first SIN CITY film, and now directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are back for the sequel. The first film was one of the more highly stylized comic films, and the new one looks just as intense. A DAME TO KILL will be primarily based on the second book in the Sin City series. 

Here's the synopsis:

In Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Dwight is hunted down by the only woman he ever loved, Ava Lord, and then watches his life go straight to hell. Chronologically, this story takes place prior to “The Big Fat Kill” (featured in the film Frank Miller’s Sin City) and explains how Dwight came to have a dramatically different face. 

Check out the trailer after the break.

OLD BOY Red Band Trailer Drops!

We may never fully understand the reasons, other than studios wanting to make buckets of money, why remakes are forced upon us. Some remakes end up being just as good or even better than the originals, but when the original is a solid film with a following, it's tough to justify remaking it for American audiences. 

The original OLDBOY was released in 2003 with positive reviews and has grown to a "must see" thriller film. There's been grumblings around the interwebs when an American remake was announced. However, writer Mark Protosevich says he is penning this film based more on the Manga series than the original Korean film. We shall see.

Here's the synopsis:

Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin), an advertising executive is kidnapped and held prisoner for twenty years in solitary confinement. After he is suddenly released, he goes on a mission to find the person responsible for his imprisonment, later discovering that his life is still caught in conspiracy and torment.

Check out the trailer after the break.

MEN IN BLACK III Review - He Said

MEN IN BLACK III

Directed by: Barry Sonenfield

Written by: Etan Cohen and apparently 5 other writers

Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Emma Thompson, Jermaine Clement, and Michael Stuhlbarg

Synopsis: Escaping from prison after 40 years, Boris The Animal, travels back in time to kill Agent K to prevent his incarceration. Agent J follows him to stop him and teams up with a younger K in the process. Neurolizer jokes ensue. 

MEN IN BLACK 3 Trailer Breakdown

Jonesy here with another installment of Trailer Breakdown. A couple months ago we got a teaser for MEN IN BLACK 3. The teaser didn't show us too much, but now we have our full trailer. I know it's hard to hold in your excitement, but it's time to bust out your Will Smith "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" single as we flash back to the past.

Check the trailer after the jump

They're back...in time! New MEN IN BLACK 3 Trailer

You remember those days when Will Smith was the end-all action hero of the 90s? We could always depend on a fun, cheesy action movie to get us through the Independence Day weekend (see what I did there?). Now, in an attempt to recapture his glory, we're treated to another sequel to the MEN IN BLACK franchise.

Check it out:





Granted it has been ten years since the last installment, and one would think that this series would just be put to rest. But how else would one keep as series going? You guessed it! Time-travel! The possibilities are now endless, and that makes me even less excited than I already was. However, the one fun aspect could be Josh Brolin's young Agent K. I mean how accurate was his impersonation of Tommy Lee Jones?

MEN IN BLACK 3 will be released May 25, 2012 starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin.
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True Grit

True Grit

Directed: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen

Written: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen and Charles Portis (novel)

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Hailee Steinfeld

Synopsis: A tenacious girl enlists the help of the grizzled U.S. Marshall to help

find her father's killer while a Texas Ranger tags along.

True Grit-He Said

I'm not a fan of Westerns, and I have a feeling this is very much a cultural reason.  Growing up, I was more interested in sci-fi stuff that my Grandpa showed me, and cartoons that were popular at the time.  I never pretended to be a cowboy while playing with friends in the playgroud; I was a ninja turtle or a ghostbuster.

As my appreciation for movies grew more and more, I still have yet to be interested whatsoever by Westerns. Elisabeth Rappe a writer for Film.com, could write and talk those movie for days on and end and even recommended a couple to me, yet I found no connection to them.  On the flip side, the Coen brothers are some of my favorite cliche directors, so when I heard they would be making a remake of a John Wayne Western my interest was piqued.  Then, adding in Jeff Bridges, and I'm totally there.  And True Grit does not dissapoint.

I found the movie to be really interesting; we spend a lot of time getting to know young Mattie Ross (Steinfeld), and her quick witted ways.  Young Ms.Steinfeld is the stand-out star of this movie. She plays the grieving but resolute Mattie with such a great amount of confidence that I hope that she doesn't waste her talents.  What impressed me was the way that the lines were delivered. I got the sensation that if Diablo Cody was a better writer, she would have made Juno's lines sound as great as the ones the Coens wrote for the Mattie Ross character.

I'm going to go on a limb and say that the chemistry between Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges as LaBeouf and Rooster Cogburn is some of the best since seeing Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in Black Swan.  They fight, bicker and banter in the way old friends with ridiculously huge egos would.  I would go so far and call True Grit one of the best "buddy cop" movies ever. It doesn't matter that you've seen the Straight Lace Cop and  Rouge Veteran archetypes, these two actors make them feel fresh.  The other star of the movie, the fine Lone Star State, and if my sources are correct, the majority of this film was done in the areas around El Paso. Let me tell you, I want to live in a Coen Brothers' Texas; the scenery is breathtaking, the snow has never looked so white or the sky looked so blue.  In a world full of green screen, it feels great to see that there are still very talented filmkmakers making the most out of what they have in nature.

My big complaints of this film have a lot to do with a slightly episodic feel to the movie once LaBeouf, Rooster, and Ross go hunting for Tom Chaney (Brolin).  Something happens, they walk and ride for a while, you start over, repeat and you have a lot of the movie. I won't get into the spoilers of this movie here, but I will say that there is a point of the movie that trades the momentum it had building for something out of left field.  It was reminded me of Luke defeating the Emperor and then fighting Stormtroopers for 20 minutes afterwards. 

Overall, this one of the Coen's best works. It's a fine story that is a thrill and joy to watch.  There's not much point in really writing about the story because the characters are the biggest draws in this movie.  I will say I wish that if they had kept the character moments while crafting a more complex plot.  Overall, I encourage anyone that is even remotely curious about this movie to go watch it, and anyone that wants to see a thinking man's action/Western movie to go see it.  It will definitely be in my top movies of this year.