Happy Election Day, dear readers! Now that you’ve (hopefully) gone to vote, a new installment of Trailer Trashin’ is here to help wash the taste of all things political out of your brain. This week’s column dives far down the rabbit-hole into weirdness, with the new trailer for the upcoming sci-fi/horror/comedy John Dies at the End. Premise: It’s a drug that promises an out...[Read More]
Dipping into his A-list Rolodex, George Clooney assembles an enviable cast to bring to life his fourth directorial effort – the heated political drama The Ides of March. Clooney has often deflected questions of actual political aspirations while maintaining a strong presence in left-leaning causes which he now voices with plainspoken idealism through his character Governor Mike Morris. On the prim...[Read More]
After watching The Hangover Part II, I think it’s fair to compare it stylistically to a horror movie sequel. For instance, in this installment of The Hangover, the stakes are higher (body counts are always higher in horror sequels), and the death scenes are much more elaborate, dark and brutal (this incarnation of The Hangover loses some of the playful vulgarity of the original and trades it in fo...[Read More]