Abbie Cornish
Movie Review: RoboCop
RoboCop (2014) is a straight-up reboot and retelling of the original RoboCop (1987). Once again, a Detroit-based cop is murdered and used for an experiment in modern policing by the shadowy corporation OmniCorp, to promote their own interests rather than to truly protect the public it supposedly serves. The hero is Alex Murphy/RoboCop (Joel Kinnaman). He is a good cop and family man. Murphy patrol...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Future of Law Enforcement Lacks Substance in RoboCop
We’re in a bit of a lull as far as movie releases are concerned right now, as we wait for the award season films to start rolling in. Of course, this also means we’ll start getting trailers for the movies coming out in 2014. In this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’, I take aim at the first trailer for next year’s remake of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven masterpiece Rob...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Murder and Mirth Come Together in Seven Psychopaths
There’s only about two weeks left in August, the 2012 summer movie season is almost over, and soon we’ll be in the prestige seasons of fall and winter. This week on Trailer Trashin’, I’m taking a look at the first trailer for the upcoming black comedy Seven Psychopaths. Premise: Marty (Colin Farrell) is a struggling writer who dreams of finishing his screenplay, “Seven Psyc...[Read More]
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