We’re still heading into peak trailer season–with this week starting with Mission: Impossible–Rogue Nation, and then a look at the big-screen Entourage, plus Arnold Schwarzenegger’s touching zombie family drama Maggie. It was also fun to see Jake Gyllenhaal getting all pumped up as a boxer for Southpaw.
And now we’re starting the weekend with a teaser for the new James Bond film Spectre, and a look back at even more fun stuff. Of course, the shot above isn’t from that Spectre trailer. Let’s start off by explaining that…
Spectre
Man, this is one dark teaser trailer–and we’re comfortable calling it a teaser trailer instead of a trailer because it has absolutely no action footage. Instead, we’re mostly being assured that this continues the Daniel Craig tradition of intensely personal James Bond movies. We’re hoping this isn’t going to end up being about James Bond having an evil lost brother, though. Austin Powers already did that with Goldmember…
Terminator: Genisys
Somebody noticed that J.K. Simmons won an Oscar for Whiplash, so here he is featured prominently in the upcoming Terminator reboot/remake/reimagining. It’s very cool to have Simmons around, but this trailer just has us more confused than ever about where the Terminator series is going here…
Dope
This is supposed to be a real hot indie property that’s (literally) a throwback to ’90s fun and mayhem–but we’re not convinced. This teaser is kind of promising, but the plot still doesn’t seem to be any more inventive than 1999’s underrated Go. Also, it’s kind of lame to use the Randy’s Donuts sign as cheap cool imagery. That should’ve been retired after Iron Man 2…
Absolution
Wasn’t this originally called The Mercenary: Absolution? Or maybe it was The Ninja: Absolution. Anyway, the title used to be longer, and Steven Segal used to be slimmer, but we’re still paying attention to his new movies. The promise of a Steven Segal/Vinnie Jones brawl isn’t what it used to be, of course, but make your VOD plans, anyway…
Spring
And here’s an intriguing horror indie that has some serious buzz–mostly because it combines subtle Euro horror with the quiet pace of Richard Linklater’s Before… trilogy. You know: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight. Your girlfriend made you watch them, but it turned out not to be so bad to watch a guy and gal talking a lot. Same here, but the gal becomes a monster. From what we’re hearing, your girlfriend might still like it, and she owes you…
