To join the important news of Britain’s Election result Mission: Impossible IV is on the move for a 2011 release. Pixar director (and Oscar winner) Brad Bird has been hired for this sequel, beating Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) for the gig.
Superhero movie follow-ups have been a tough business lately. Iron Man 2 marks Marvel’s first sequel since Spider-Man 3 left millions disappointed in 2007. So to quell any lingering fears, Iron Man 2 is not a letdown. It’s far from it. To think director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. would lose sight of what they did that turned a lesser Marvel character into a multi-million-dollar franchise would be a gross underestimation.
The merry month of May has finally arrived. The most anticipated of movie months, May brings promise of an awesome summer at the movies, arriving right at the peak of our bland spring movie angst. So what better month to start our monthly movie previews (okay, so our site hasn’t been up long enough to start at any previous month) than May. As usual, in the lead-off spot is a superhero movie, this one being the much-anticipated follow up to 2008’s Iron Man. Also familiar to May is everyone’s favorite ogre Shrek, providing the month’s lone family-geared entertainment.
When watching Nine, which was just released on DVD this past Tuesday, I had no clue what to expect. Months upon months of anticipation for director Rob Marshall’s return to the musical genre were finally to unveil themselves as either time well-spent or time better spent elsewhere. Unfortunately, Nine fit the bill for the latter, as it was a nearly intolerable film experience.
Don’t wet yourself just yet. The title says Iron Man, that would be minus the “2.” We’ll have that review for you Friday morning, we just thought it right to publish a review of the original film as well to help jog your memory about what made the original such a solid blockbuster.
Hollywood doesn’t call its craft the “movie business” for nothing and nobody knows this business like J.J. Abrams. His marketing and viral campaign leading up to 2008’s hit Cloverfield was nothing short of remarkable and he was rewarded with the biggest January opening weekend of all time.
It looks as though Abrams is reaching back into his big bag of tricks. It has been revealed that a trailer, directed by the man himself, will accompany Iron Man 2, premiering this Friday. Those venturing out to the superhero sequel this weekend will be bestowed with a gift-wrapped box (yes, an actual, tangible box) known only as “Super 8” and then they will be able see this mysterious preview.
Welcome to the Trailer Park, where we at Player Affinity blindly judge and analyze the newest trailers hitting the web. This week we will take a peek at The American starring George Clooney, the latest comic book adaptation Jonah Hex, the fake-trailer-turned-feature-film Machete, the new 3-D horror film Piranha and the newest teaser for the Sundance hit Buried starring Ryan Reynolds.
