SUPERBAD (explicit trailer version)
It's finally arrived...the day three boys try (really hard) to become men. Michael Cera ("Arrested Development"), Jonah Hill (Knocked Up), and newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse star in this teen comedy as bumbling idiots who are trying to, essentially, get laid. Jonah has to score booze for the hot girl who "invites" him to a party. Michael has to feign normalcy to bag his crush. And Chris spends most of the film hanging out with the dumbest police officers that have ever been certified by an academy, Seth Rogen (Knocked Up) and Bill Hader (Hot Rod). I'd say it's American Graffiti meets Can't Hardly Wait if the leads were unapologetically realistic. This will go down in history as a teen comedy favorite. I can see the t-shirts now. I, myself, will be purchasing a "McLovin!" t-shirt the second it goes on the market.
THE INVASION
I'm not really a fan of the rigid Nicole Kidman or--to be perfectly honest--alien action movies. Not sure why. I think after watching War of the Worlds I've given up on trying to enjoy them. But when I first saw this trailer I was pretty interested in finding out how Kidman's character plans on getting her son out of a city filled with, essentially, pod people who've been possessed by aliens. It's an entire city. What are you going to do? It's not like you're Mila Jovovich in Resident Evil. Perhaps some of you will be enticed enough to go find out. A few things that might persuade you to go see it: Daniel Craig (Casino Royale) is playing a supporting role and James McTeigue, who visually impressed us with V for Vendetta, is co-directing.
DEATH AT A FUNERAL
Two brothers try to prevent their dead father's gay lover (Peter Dinklage from Underdog) from outing him at his funeral. Not only does this British black comedy feature Matthew Macfadyen (Pride & Prejudice), who's usually tapped for more subdued lead roles, and Alan Tudyk (A Knight's Tale), who's usually the butt of every joke, but it also takes place in the midst of the most topsy turvy funeral there ever was. Whatever you can imagine can go wrong at a funeral does. Leave it to the Brits, who can capture the ineptitude of bosses in "The Office," to make death awkward.
THE LAST LEGION
It seems 300 has inspired the creation of more epic tales of battles that we thought we broke free from once Alexander bombed. This one revolves around Excalibur. It's not what you think. We've heard the story of only the rightful king being able to pull it from the rock, thus crowning King Arthur. This, however, is the story of the boy (Thomas Sangster from Nanny McPhee) who was destined to find it before it was plunged into the rock, the story of 3 people who would protect him and fight hundreds of warriors until he fulfilled his destiny. Those three are the venerable Ben Kingsley (You Kill Me), playing a sorcerer, the well-known romantic lead Colin Firth (Bridget Jones' Diary), playing his guardian, and legendary cross over Indian actress Aishwarya Rai (Bride & Prejudice), playing a warrior. It looks like an interesting story, but it really doesn't have enough star power (amateur writers and directors) to evoke mass hysteria.
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