"Cowboys & Aliens" trailer released

When you first hear about a movie called Cowboys & Aliens you will probably laugh and dismiss it as one of those b-movies with the ridiculous titles (eg Mega Shark VS Giant Octapus, etc). Then someone mentions that Jon Favreau, director of the Iron Man films, is sitting in the director's chair and maybe your interest in the film will pick up a bit. You go to imdb to look at the cast and you are surprised by the names you read. Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Clancy Brown and Keith Carradine.

Nice, you think to yourself! Let's check out the crew too.

What's that? Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard are executive producers? Matthew Libatique (Darren Aronofsky's DP in all his films except The Wrestler) is the film's cinematographer?

Wow! This might turn out good!

And then the teaser trailer hits the web and dispells all doubt you might have had about the film with the silly title.

Here is said trailer for your viewing pleasure:

Consider me conviced and excited to watch Cowboys fight Aliens on the big screen!

New Iron Man 2 trailer hits the web

I have a feeling this summer is going to be a good one, at least movie-wise (Inception can't get released soon enough).

Iron Man 2 will be one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer and from the newly released trailer it seems to be a very fun movie that doesn't offend the intelligence of the audience.

Enjoy Iron Man and War Machine in action!



For better quality get the trailer in glorious quicktime HD from Apple's site

The Brit Report: Moon

And thus this review concludes the exclusive trilogy of must-see-now-or-die-in-agonizing-pain movies. I think I'll have to take it easier from now on... Thanks to Hotshuk, I watched this movie only for 6 pounds instead of 10! Hurrah for that!

MOON
(by Duncan Jones)

Moon is a movie that nobody saw. It made $6M worldwide. My prediction is that in 10-15 years, it will be on most top sci-fi movie lists. Destined to become a cult phenomenon and to be rediscovered later on, Moon is reminiscent of the great sci-fi movies of the '70s and '80s: THX 1138, Solaris, Blade Runner, Alien. What these movies have in common besides offering bleak visions of the future is that they use the science fiction backdrop to tell character-based stories, not offering some eye candy just for the sake of it.

It it impossible to form a synopsis of the movie without falling into spoiler territory, so I'll just say that the movie involves a certain worker (Sam Rockwell), stranded all alone on the surface of the moon for a 3-year contract for a mining company. His only colleague is the base computer, GERTY (Kevin Spacey's voice). Towards the end of his contract, bad things start happening. Sam Rockwell gives a career-best performance, carrying the movie throughout. His choice was inspired, injecting healthy doses of sarcasm and humor in an utterly dramatic role. Duncan Jones' (son of David Bowie, no less) direction is superb. The sets are impeccable, reminding a bit of 2001 and Alien, and although the movie was shot with a $5M budget, it never feels cheap - quite the contrary. Spacey's role is superb: his chilling and sleazy voice is exactly right for the HAL-like computer, but never being a cliche. Bottom line: if you can catch it at a cinema, go see it.
9/10