Movies

Trailer Tracker: Easy A, Charlie St. Cloud, Secretariat

Welcome to “Trailer Tracker” where we at Player Affinity unfoundedly dissect the latest trailers to hit the web. In another uneventful week for clips we’ll take a gander at rising star Emma Stone’s first lead project with Easy A, weep just a bit with the heart-tugger Charlie St. Cloud starring Zac Efron, gallop on with the famous horse Secretariat  and finish off with the Grindhouse-esque, ultra low budget and aptly named revenge flick Vengeance with Danny Trejo.

Invictus Review

I think there’s actually a proverb somewhere that says “On one of three things a film contends for Oscars: Clint Eastwood directing, Morgan Freeman acting and a compelling historical figure as the lead role.” The person who first uttered this saying would take one look at Invictus and say: “well that’s not fair.” But the film, which arrives on DVD and Blu-ray today, only boasts a couple Oscar-contending performances and amounts to a simple feel-good sports and human interest story in the hands of exceptional talent.

DVD/Blu-ray DISCussion (New for 5.18.10)

Here are the highlights of what’s up for DISCussion this week. We didn’t quite think Valentine’s Day would be up your alley, nor Jackie Chan’s The Spy Next Door.

 FIRST RELEASES
–Invictus (DVD and Blu-ray)
–The Messenger (DVD and Blu-ray

 RE-RELEASES
–Outlander (Blu-ray)

Fox also plunges “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”

Remember how David Fincher is set to direct a 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea revamp for Disney? Well, Fincher and the Mouse House are not alone. According to THR’s Heat Vision Blog, 20th Century Fox has enlisted Ridley and Tony Scott as producers for a “Leagues” film with Travis Beacham (Clash of the Titans) to write the script. Although he’s not officially attached to the project, there have been talks to have director Timur Bekmambetov come on board. Bekmambetov is best known for his 2008 action flick Wanted.

Iron Man 2 rules again at box office

Coming off its mammoth launch, Iron Man 2 easily held onto its lead of  the North American box office despite posting a hefty decline. Falling far more steeply than its predecessor, the superhero sequel amassed $52.0 million bringing its domestic gross to a solid $211 million. This represents a hefty dip of 59 percent which is common amongst front-loaded summer blockbusters. The original Iron Man fell a remarkable low 48 percent in its sophomore frame, nearly matching its sequel with $51.2 million on its way to $318 million.

David Fincher will go “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will be getting a face lift from Disney, but McG won’t have anything to do with it. David Fincher, the Academy Award-nominated director of Fight Club, Se7en, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, is in negotiations with Disney to direct a film based on the 1869 Jules Verne classic, with writer Scott Z. Burns 

Daybreakers Review

Riding the most recent wave of monster-dom, Daybreakers hits DVD shelves and is yet another entry in the endless parade of vampire films to hit the market since the arrival of a little film called Twilight (which I hear is somewhat popular). Breaking with recent trends however, Daybreakers is by far the best of the bunch; high concept and high reward.