Trailer Trashin’
Trailer Trashin’: Can We Spoil John Dies at the End?
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]
Trailer Trashin’: Tony Stark Lives Again in Iron Man 3
Happy Halloween, everyone! It’s the time for candy, costumes, trick-or-treating, parties, and watching horror and monster movies. On the Trailer Trashin’ docket this week is the first trailer for a film that’s sure to inspire a lot of Halloween costumes next year: Iron Man 3, the first post-Avengers film from Marvel Studios. Premise: When an enemy disrupts that which industrialis...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Tom Cruise versus Werner Herzog in Jack Reacher
This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ examines the second trailer for Christopher McQuarrie’s upcoming book-adapted thriller Jack Reacher. Premise: In an innocent heartland city, five people are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But the accused man claims he’s innocent and says “Get Jack Reac...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Master of Suspense Lives Again in Hitchcock
With the release of Argo this past week, we’re officially in the season of prestige films and Oscar contenders. With that in mind, this week breaks new ground for Trailer Trashin’, because it’s my first time writing about a biopic, with the first trailer for Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock. Premise: The film centers on the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony H...[Read More]