This week’s biggest coming attraction was Sam Smith debuting the new theme to SPECTRE. We’d say that was a real low point if it wasn’t a James Bond theme. We’re happy to see those things still being a big deal. But we must also respect the regular tradition of trailers showing off hot upcoming movies and a few weird smaller ones, too. We sure got excited over some sneak peeks that didn’t involve Sam Smith…
The Big Short
Remember during the end credits of The Other Guys when we were all tired of laughing, so director Adam McKay threw in a bunch of statistics about evil businessmen? That wasn’t enough for the guy who also directed Anchorman, so he’s brought in some serious star power to do a movie about the financial collapse of 2005, and some guys who seriously profited from the disaster. Big star power, too–including Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carrell, and Christian Bale. With that kind of cast, it’s surprising that Ryan Reynolds doesn’t show up as the barista at the Starbucks across the street…
Classroom 6
It wouldn’t be a trailer roundup without having to consider at least one found-footage horror movie. We’re not really sure if Classroom 6 will be a fun sleeper, or if it will end up in one of those “25 Horror Films for $5” DVD box sets. We can be sure that it won’t be as bad as The Gallows. That’s not possible, right? Anyway, we’re back in an empty school, and we’re sufficiently creeped out….
Truth
Here’s another shot of serious propaganda out of Hollywood–but Truth looks pretty funny when you realize that it’s a really elaborate attempt to make news producer Mary Mapes look legit after she put forged documents on the air and cost CBS anchor Dan Rather his job. We suggest that you read Mapes’ book, which is even funnier as an attempt to rationalize her deceit. Her elaborate fantasy of how she herself was conned involves bull semen. We could use more of that here…
The Peanuts Movie
And, finally, here’s something for our childhoods–although a lot of us probably feel more like Charlie Brown as we go into the office everyday. Right? Well, maybe it’s just us. Anyway, we’re not going to judge any guy who feels the urge to sneak into this big-budget revamp of the television specials that made our childhoods matter….