"Noah" - trailer

I don't know what's stranger: that they'd make a movie about Noah in 2013 or that a film about Noah would be directed by Darren Aronofsky. It makes a certain amount of sense I guess when you consider Hollywood's penchant for end-of-the-world storylines. I can imagine being in meeting: "Think 2012, but retro!"


"Noah" hits theaters March 28, 2014.

Extended trailer for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"

They're calling this a "sneak peek" but it's really an extended trailer, and a darn good one at that.


"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" opens wide December 13th.

First trailer for "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit"

Chris Pine stars and Kenneth Branagh directs this Tom Clancy story that isn't from any particular Clancy novel. Keira Knightley also surfaces in something other than a POTC movie and the cast is rounded out by Kevin Costner and the director himself playing a Russian baddie. Looks slick and well put together.


"Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" opens on Christmas Day.

"Out of the Furnace" - trailer

Christian Bale continues to make interesting acting choices and this tale about brothers in rust-beltia trying to squeeze a living out of an unglamorous and unforgiving environment is no exception. When his younger brother (an Iraq War veteran and bare knuckle fighter played by Casey Affleck), disappears Bale's older brother goes after the local hillbilly kingpin (Woody Harrelson) for answers. Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana, William Dafoe and Sam Shepard co-star. Scott Cooper ("Crazy Heart") directs.


"Out of the Furnace" opens December 6th.

Comic-Con teaser for "The Avengers: Age of Ultron"

A few thousand people who were on hand a couple of months ago at Comic-Con got to see it and now you can too. Admittedly it's a bunch of audio snippets from A1 married to a fancy-pants new graphic but hey, we'll take what we can get. Have a look.


As the teaser says look for "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" in the summer of 2015.

"Dom Hemingway" - trailer

Jude Law stars as a gangster recently released from prison who receives a nice cash bonus for keeping his mouth shut and doing the time only to somehow misplace all the cash. Is it a spoiler to say he's not happy about that?


"Dom Hemingway" opens stateside in April 2014.

Liev Schreiber is living out "The Last Days on Mars"

Decades of exploring Mars have made it clear the red planet is about as exciting as a walmart parking lot but that doesn't stop (whatever)wood from trying to mine it for box office gold. "The Last Days on Mars" is banking on bacteria to deliver the chills and create plausible havoc in this very "Alien" looking trailer. Newcomer Ruairi Robinson directs.


Look for "The Last Days on Mars" on VOD October 31st.

First trailer for "Robocop"

This new version of the 80's sorta-classic stars Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton (Michael Keaton? Yes, he's back! sorta) and looks to take full advantage of the advances in special effects technology made over the past quarter century. Will it work? Who knows? Here's the trailer.


"Robocop" opens February 7, 2014.

Full trailer for Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity"

Though the film stars two of my least favorite actors on planet earth and the space program hasn't been exciting since they replaced test pilots with scientists, the movie is directed by one of my favorite directors so I'll be giving it a look when it comes out.


"Gravity" opens October 4th.

New international trailer for "47 Ronin"

I don't know what they're saying but I love the way the lady in the green wrap is sayin' it.


Look for Keanu Reeves latest to hit theaters this Christmas.

A new clip from "Riddick"

Riddick faces off against one seriously gnarly alien and must save his CG puppy from depixelation in this clip from the 3rd installment in Vin Diesel's other franchise.


"Riddick" hits theaters September 6th.

"47 Ronin" starring Keanu Reeves - International trailer

Mr Reeves has been pretty quiet the past few years but he's about to try and reclaim his place in contemporary Hollywood with this big budget action film. Le blurb...

Keanu Reeves makes an explosive return to action-adventure in 47 Ronin. After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honor to their people. Driven from their homes and dispersed across the land, this band of Ronin must seek the help of Kai (Reeves)--a half-breed they once rejected--as they fight their way across a savage world of mythic beasts, shape-shifting witchcraft and wondrous terrors.

As this exiled, enslaved outcast becomes their most deadly weapon, he will transform into the hero who inspires this band of outnumbered rebels to seize eternity.


"47 Ronin" will attempt to seize eternity on Christmas day.

New UK trailer for Ridley Scott's "The Counselor"

When this project was being talked about a year or so ago I must admit I didn't give it much thought. It seemed like little more than a weigh station for Scott on the road to some other higher-priority project like the Prometheus or Blade Runner sequels. As footage has gradually leaked out though it seems clearer and clearer that this not a practice round before the big tournament. This is the real deal. The Cormac McCarthy story is one of an LA lawyer deciding to dip his toe into the drug biz to make a quick score like his parents might have done in the 60s. But its not the 60s and the people running the business in SoCal these days are not the hippie couple down the block but very, very nasty, conniving, unforgiving bastards with little (if any) fear of anyone or anything.

Featuring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz (in a rare serious role) "The Counselor" is quickly moving up my list of must see films for this fall.


"The Counselor" opens October 25th.

New trailer for "300: Rise of an Empire"

This new trailer doesn't cover a lot of new ground but there's less of Eva Green's massive forehead and more of Lena Headey in it; which can only be a good thing. Noam Murro directs.


"300: Rise of an Empire" opens March 7, 2014.

Trailer for John Turturro's "Fading Gigolo"

John Turturro writes and directs and stars alongside Woody Allen and Sharon Stone. Allen's character is a bookstore owner down on his financial luck who decides pimpin' out his buds might be a way to balance the books. He enlists the help of his friend Turturro who reluctantly agrees to be turned out and zany hijinx ensue. It actually looks pretty funny. Check it out.


"Fading Gigolo" doesn't have a release date as of this writing but we'll keep our eyes open.

New trailer for Ridley Scott's "The Counselor"

What I've always loved about Ridley Scott's work is that he doesn't pull any punches in his depiction of the real world as a sprawling, overbuilt mess where the have's revel in their "have-ness" and spend their time playing unethical, dangerous power games while the have-nots are either their errand boys or simply collateral damage. "The Counselor" seems to carry on that tradition beautifully. I hope the actual film lives up to the trailers 'cause the trailers look amazing.


"The Counselor" starring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz hits theaters this October 25th.

New trailer for "Thor: The Dark World"

Where the first full trailer was more or less earthbound this one makes a welcome return to Asgard (where it's apparently pile-on-Loki Day). I'm glad to see Tom Hiddleston's character front and center here since it was announced recently that he will not be part of "The Avengers: Age of Ultron". Idras Elba also makes his first Thor 2 appearance, albeit briefly. Beyond that this trailer has a lot more 'umph' than the last and overall doesn't seem nearly as disconnected from the first film as the previous trailer did. Enjoy.


"Thor: The Dark World" hits theaters November 8th.

New trailer for "Riddick"

Vin Diesel returns as Riddick in this much-welcome throwback to "Pitch Black" that keeps the badassery up front at the expense of all the intergalactic politicking that made "The Chronicles of Riddick" such a bore.


"Riddick" opens September 6th.

New trailer for "Machete Kills"

"Machete kills! That's what he does!" What he don't do is texting and botox. But if he did he wouldn't be so damned loveable.


Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba, Charlie Sheen and more join Machete on his bloody adventure opening October 11th.

47 Ronin

Keanu Reeves if finally back on the big screen with this adaptation of the myth of the 47 Ronin. Lots of slo-mo posing and posturing wrapped in oodles of pseudo-historical-heaviosity. Sign me up.


"47 Ronin" is due in theaters on Christmas Day.