Trapped in an elevator your worst nightmare?
Posted by Anupa in Curiosities, Film, Pop Culture, Trailers on 29. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
Before seeing a preview of Scott Pilgrim v. The World a few nights ago, the audience was privy to a trailer for Devil. You know how the story goes: five people—hot chick, creep, black dude, straight-edge business man, and an old lady—get stuck in an elevator, creepy shit happens, etc, etc. Best part about this? [...]
JJ Abrams + Steven Spielberg = M. Night Shyamalan
Posted by Jef in Film, Trailers on 07. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Here’s the trailer for Super 8, the top secret collaboration between director JJ Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg, that ran with last night’s premiere of Iron Man 2. I think it was bootlegged by somebody in the Iron Man audience, but what with Abrams’s involvement with the shaky-cam vision Cloverfield and that film’s viral marketing [...]
Reeling: “Shutter Island”
Posted by Jef in Film, Reeling on 03. Mar, 2010 | 5 Comments
To all of you criticizing Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island because you could see the “twist” ending an hour away: YOU NEED TO RELAX. The reason you saw the surprise coming was because it was hardly the film’s raison d’être. i.e. It wasn’t a surprise, Sherlock. This ain’t no post-The Sixth Sense bait-and-switch Shyamalan screw job. [...]
