Trailer: The Hateful Eight

Trailer: The Hateful Eight

The teaser trailer has arrived online for Quentin Tarantino‘s The Hateful Eight (or H8ful Eight as it’s spelled in the marketing). In a cheeky fashion, the film is being hyped as Tarantino’s eighth film, even though it technically could be called his ninth or even tenth, depending on how you count the films in his filmography. Either…

Fantasia 2015: Film Trailers

Fantasia 2015: Film Trailers

I thought that I would follow-up my highlights of the 2015 Fantasia International Film Festival with some select trailers of the films that I mentioned. Please note that most of these trailers are RED BAND and are only suitable for people 18 years of age or older. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED The Hallow Cooties Deathgasm Possessed…

R.I.P. Christopher Lee

R.I.P. Christopher Lee

It’s sad news today as acclaimed actor Christopher Lee has passed away at the age of 93.  With a career that lasted more than 65 years, Lee was best known for his roles in the Hammer horror films of the 1950s, particularly the 1958 version of Dracula.  He also had memorable roles as Lord Summerisle in…

Trailer: Mr. Holmes

Trailer: Mr. Holmes

Ian McKellen reunites with Gods and Monsters director Bill Condon to play an elderly Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes.  It is definitely an interesting concept to have a film about the world’s greatest detective solving one last case at an age when he’s not as sharp as he used to be.  There isn’t really all…

R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy

R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy

Fans of Star Trek are now in mourning, as it is being reported that Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83.  Nimoy is of course best known for playing Mr. Spock on the original 1966-69 television series, a role which he reprised in eight feature films (including the two recent films by J.J….

Trailer: The Fantastic Four

Trailer: The Fantastic Four

A teaser trailer has arrived for the new reboot of The Fantastic Four, which is directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle).  I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a hater of the, now decade-old, previous film adaptation of Fantastic Four, which I thought had a certain charm to it (and featured Chris Evans before he was Captain America). …

Trailer: Jurassic World

Trailer: Jurassic World

The dinosaurs are back in this fourth instalment of the Jurassic Park series.  More than two decades after the initial events, the Jurassic World theme park is fully operational.  However, when a genetically created dinosaur gets loose, staff members Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) go on the hunt.  While Jurassic World, directed…

Trailer: Insidious: Chapter 3

Trailer: Insidious: Chapter 3

A teaser trailer has emerged for Insidious: Chapter 3, which is the latest entry of the horror series, involving the spirit world of “the further.” Screenwriter Leigh Whannell takes over for James Wan in the director’s chair, with a story touted to be the darkest chapter.  Original cast members Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson are…