Trailer for Toy Story 3
I love these movies.
Here’s one clip from Newsweek’s series of Oscar Roundtable discussion videos, with Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Carey Mulligan, and Gabourey Sidibe. Check out the whole series of videos or read the roundtable transcript here.
4 weeks ago
February 9, 2010
The first trailer for the remake of Death At A Funeral with Chris Rock.
When I heard about this I was really skeptical because I love love LOVE the original, but after seeing this trailer, I’m only slightly skeptical. The cast they got for this is absolutely fantastic. And I’m so pleased that they got Peter Dinklage to reprise his role from the original. I gotta say, though, Alan Tudyk was one of the very best things about the original, and as much as I do like James Marsden, it looks like there’s no way he’s going to live up to Tudyk’s performance.
3 months ago
December 6, 2009
I forgot to mention
that I did, in fact, get a chance to see the Japanese remake of the movie Sideways, and while the general story was pretty much the same as the American version (a man about to get married and his friend go for a bachelor party trip of sorts in Napa Valley), the movie was basically wildly different. At least, I think it was (I saw the original in theaters, which means it’s been quite a while since I saw it and I may not fully remember it), but as far as I remember, the characters had very different personalities and the events unfolded completely differently. Granted, some of it was changes made to accomodate for the fact that they were Japanese people going to Napa Valley, and also to make it more accessible for a Japanese audience, but I remembered the original being really really funny, and I only laughed out loud once or twice while watching the Japanese movie. And the Japanese people in the theater weren’t laughing either, so it wasn’t just cuz I didn’t get it.
One thing I did think was interesting, though, was that I was watching the credits at the end, and nearly all the American characters (i.e. the staff of the various vineyards) all said “Jim Johnson (or whoever) played by himself.” And it was filmed on location in Napa. So I’m guessing that maybe instead of hiring actors to play the roles of the vineyard staff, they just let all the actual staff members be in the movie. I thought that was pretty cool.
Other than that, though, I didn’t like it very much.
3 months ago
December 1, 2009
"Die Hard" will be on TV here tomorrow
and I’m really looking forward to hearing a dubbed Japanese Bruce Willis say “Yippee-kai-ay Motherfucker!”
4 months ago
November 5, 2009
Lately it seems like about half of the movies being made in the US are remakes—either of older movies or of movies from other countries. Past remakes of Japanese movies include: The Ring, Shall We Dance, The Grudge, and several other horror movies.
It’s interesting to note that sometimes it works both ways. This past weekend saw the opening of the movie 「サイドウェイズ」, a remake of the 2004 indie film “Sideways.” I think this is especially interesting because Japanese people are generally not big wine drinkers—they mainly stick to their sake and beer—and as a big fan of the original, I’m very curious to see how they adapted the movie for a Japanese audience.
4 months ago
November 2, 2009
Teaser trailer for Ricky Gervais’ and Stephen Merchant’s Cemetery Junction
awesomeawesomeawesome
8 months ago
July 13, 2009
First Teaser for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender
It may not be very cool of me to say, but I loved the Avatar cartoon series, and sure M. Night has fizzled in the most recent years, but the awesomeness of The Sixth Sense and Signs (minus the ending) is still enough to get me at least a little bit excited every time he comes out with a movie, so I’m definitely looking forward to this one.
8 months ago
June 24, 2009
“The Cove” Trailer: After reading so much about the Taiji annual dolphin hunt, I’m so happy that there is a movie hoping to further spread knowledge about massive hunt of dolphins. It’s really disgusting… warning: they are basically herded into shallow water where they slit their throats then gut them alive. The movie itself seems to focus more on the heist aspect, but whatever, as long as this is being brought to attention, that’s all I care about.
You can see the film at The Landmark in Los Angeles, CA on July 31. (more dates and cities here)
(via christinahaberkern)
8 months ago
June 23, 2009
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