In Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion, the surface of the Earth is laid barren due to an alien invasion. Tom Cruise stars as Jack Harper, a soldier sent to the surface to do inspections, partially for a reinhabitation; partially for straggler cleanup. The trailer from Universal Pictures offers a glimpse to the vast, desolate world and to…
Apparently even in prehistoric times, mothers are abhorred by their daughters’ husbands. It, and many others, is a running joke in DreamWorks upcoming animated adventure The Croods. Nic Cage voices Grug, the overprotective father, husband and mother-in-law hater, who, after their cave is destroyed, must find his family a new home. With the help of…
Dare I say another fairy tale revisioning is coming to theaters in 2013? Okay, I’ll say it (just don’t accost me for doing so). Loosely based off of Jack and the Beanstalk comes Jack the Giant Slayer. The Warner Bros. movie uses most of the elements of the fairy tale — giants and a beanstalk…
If you were slightly underwhelmed with the first trailer for Oz: The Great and Powerful, you will find the second trailer makes up for it. Mostly. Released today by Walt Disney Pictures, it alludes, in greater detail, to a great war between Oz, a down-on-his-luck illusionist made out to be a great wizard and an…
I do believe our friends responsible for “The Hangover” need to branch out and explore new topics. In some capacity, they were behind the teen raunchfest “Project X” and now they’ve moved onto young adults with 21 and Over. To me it looks like a combination of their previous offerings (even elements of “The Hangover…
Just when you’ve thought you’d seen all there was to see about zombies, along comes a movie like World War Z. Based off of the novel, “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War” by Max Brooks, zombies are not the solitary creatures easily shot or stabbed. Now they act together as a…
For some, Christmas is a time to enjoy the company of friends and family. For others, it’s a time to kill in the most inhumane manner possible. Silent Night, the remake of eighties slasher flick “Silent Night, Deadly Night” recounts the instance when a sociopath, dressed as Santa Claus no less, brings his brand of…
