Category Archives: Movies
Movie Trailer Monday Brings Gail Daughtry and Poochie
It’s Monday. I’m on vacation. And I just this morning came across a new movie trailer that I absolutely wanted to share. And I’m gonna add on a second movie trailer for a movie I’m excited for later this summer…but this second trailer is so weird.
Anyway, let’s start off with Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, which seems to be one of those kooky adventure comedies where Hollywood just has some fun. What sets this one apart is that it’s directed by David Wain, who made Wet Hot American Summer and They Came Together, two absolutely stellar kooky comedies.
Looks fun, as far as I’m concerned. Silly premise and just seems to get kookier in the offing. That should make for a pretty fun comedy. I think I’m gonna try to find this one in theaters.
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass comes out on July 10.
Next up is a second trailer for Forgotten Island. I really, really loved the first trailer for this movie. It’s from the Puss in Boots: The Last Wish team and looks like it.
But now we’ve got this second trailer…
So, uh…that’s definitely Poochie, the rockin’ dawg. What the heck happened? The first trailer looked great, with a focus on the two girls and losing their memories on a mysterious, mythical island. Now this second trailer adds a really unnecessary sidekick, and the voice of Dave Franco just makes it…worse somehow. I also don’t like the villain. I dunno. The first trailer seemed bigger. But now it’s introducing specific extra characters that, I feel, bring the whole thing down a notch. I guess we’ll see.
Forgotten Island comes to theaters on Sept. 25.
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Taika Waititi is Making Klara and the Sun
I still like Taika Waititi movies. The man made Jojo Rabbit based on a book I’d never heard of before. So why not do that again with Klara and the Sun? I don’t know anything about the book, and I’m not sure what the movie is about. But it’s happening, and there’s a trailer.
Looks fine. Looks maybe fun and dramatic. Looks like it could be good! And that’s really all we need from a movie trailer, right? I dunno. I just wanted to share this trailer because I still like Taika Waititi and look forward to his new movies.
Klara and the Sun comes to theaters on Oct. 23.
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There’s a Lot Going on in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
A brand new trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day come out yesterday and it’s packed a lot into a regular trailer length. I won’t spoil any of it here in the opening comments, but jeez louise, there are a lot of things in this movie.
I’m not necessarily complaining. I very much have faith and trust this movie. It’s directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the genius behind Shang-Chi and Wonder Man. The dude has proven himself very capable, so I trust both him and Marvel Studios with this new Spider-Man movie. I trust they know what they’re doing to juggle and balance all these elements. I don’t need Scorpion and Boomerang to be full-length movie villains. They’re perfectly fine as jobbers!
And I’m perfectly fine with all the other stuff in this movie.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day comes to theaters on July 31.
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I Do Not Care About the Updated Animation in Shrek 5
Because the world is hell and we are easily distracted by circuses, the uproar online is that everybody hates the new animation style in Shrek 5. They hate the very subtle, incredibly subtle, facial changes made to the Shrek character model for the new movie. I just want to go on record as saying that I could not care less.
It looks fine. We live in post-Spider-Verse world. We live in a post-The Last Wish world. Animation is going to change. It’s been 16 years since the last Shrek movie. Things change. The world changes. The world spins madly on. There are worse things in the world than Shrek’s character model getting updated for a new animation style. Jeez louise!
The real thing people should be complaining about with this trailer is the lack of Puss in Boots. The Last Wish was an awesome film! And it ended with a tease of a crossover with Shrek! So why isn’t Shrek 5 that crossover? Why doesn’t it lean into the awesomeness of The Last Wish? Wasted gorram opportunity, I tell you what.
Shrek 5 exists and it’s coming to theaters next summer and it looks fine.
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Check Out This Nifty Trailer for the Mock Trial Movie
I’ve been a big fan of the Dropout crew since the College Humor days, and have been a subscriber since Day One. So I’m always happy to showcase some nifty Dropout content or Dropout adjacent stuff. Like this trailer for Mock Trial, the mocumentary movie by Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino. Looks hilarious!
I love the people involved, I love the concept and I really enjoyed this trailer. I believe they ran a Kickstarter to get the movie made, and I wish I’d backed it so that I’d have some idea of when this will be available to watch. I hope to be able to watch Mock Trial some day!
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