The “Crank” films has a massive cult following, and though it also has number of detractors, it made Mark Neveldine and Brain Taylor into the in-demand directing duo they are today. Not surprisingly, the two plan on making a third entry into the series.
The holiday season has become very fruitful very fast for this trailer hunter as after weeks of ho-hum debuts and second trailer rehashes, we’re got six high-profile peaks into films worthy of teeth-sinking.
For those looking to laugh come May, Sacha Baron Cohen‘s latest character looks to do the trick. The Dictator was written in part by Cohen and directed by Borat and Bruno director Larry Charles, but the film doesn’t involve real people getting made stupid for audiences worldwide and instead follows a traditional comedic structure
Want to get a glimpse at the movie that reading-averse high school kids will be basing most of their English papers on? Well you’re in luck, as the first (official) images for Warner Bros. The Great Gatsby adaptation have finally been released.
If American Idol and Glee have taught us anything, it’s that people really, really, like watching glitzy re-packagings of hit songs from yesteryear. So of course the first trailer for Rock of Ages plays like a free-for-all of catchy ’80s tunes vying for that spot in your brain that can’t remember when the laundry is done, but will keep a Journey chorus on loop for days.
Anyone can direct, but few have a gift to really impact the films they make. And despite only four feature films to his name, it can be said with a great degree of certainty that Jason Reitman is one of them.
With Christmas fast approaching, there’s no shortage of DVD and Blu-ray newcomers. This week’s Recommendation of the Week is the surprisingly excellent prequel Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The disc features include writer and director commentaries, documentaries and deleted scenes.
