The trailers for Storage 24 get better each time. The one released earlier this month was a vast improvement over the generic-looking one we got this summer, and now a red-band version has come along to further up the ante through the power of blood and gore. The Brit horror flick centers around four attractive…
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Need a break from the year-end onslaught of prestigious Oscar dramas? Magnet Releasing may have just the genre palate cleanser for you. Directed by Johannes Roberts, Storage 24 follows four Londoners (Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Colin O'Donoghue, Laura Haddock, and Doctor Who's Noel Clarke) who get trapped in a storage facility when a military plane crash shuts down…
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There are lots of people who know lots of things about J.J. Abrams' Star Trek 2, but no one is talking. Actually, scratch that. A lot of people are talking a lot. They'll talk about Star Trek 2 until the cows come home. They just won't give any specifics. Chris Pine will talk all day…
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As usual, this summer season looks to be stuffed with massively hyped, massively budgeted blockbusters, from May's The Avengers to August's The Expendables 2. Whenever you tire of glossy, expensive explosions in IMAX 3D, however -- and at some point you will -- there are plenty of other smaller movies on the calendar that could be worth…
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Whether the world really needs another Romeo and Juliet adaptation is up for debate, but Carlos Carlei's upcoming film boasts some intriguing talent, at least. The script comes from Gosford Park and Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes, while young up-and-comers like Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Ed Westwick, and Kodi Smit-McPhee are lined up to star.…
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Briefly: Details remain skimpy on J.J Abrams' sequel to Star Trek, though the film should be shooting soon. But we've got one more name to add to the roster of new actors, which also includes Alice Eve and Peter Weller. Noel Clarke, the high-profile British writer/director/actor perhaps best known in the US for playing Mickey…
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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