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Exaggerated violence trend continues: HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN official trailer (NSFW)

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:49:08 +0000

There’s no doubting the trend of over-the-top, exaggerated violence in feature films is making a comeback, albeit with permission to look cheap and be classed as B-grade. Playing on cinema screens in the States right now are gory newcomers Machete and Piranha 3D, with a slew of direct-to-DVD zombie films that thrive on blood and guts filling video [...]

New images from HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS show Bill Nighy in character

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:01:50 +0000

I realize it’s all very exciting that the Harry Potter saga is coming to an end with an epic two-part blockbuster, starting with The Deathy Hallows Part I in November, but honestly– the pics, the trailer, the posters– they all look the same to me. You could tell me they were from Harry potter 2, [...]

SALT review

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:28:03 +0000

Unlike many who, perhaps understandably, raised a questionable eyebrow when they first saw the trailer for Salt, I was instantly excited. I knew right away I wanted to see this film. Not just because it starred Angelina Jolie; not just because it was directed by fellow Aussie Phillip Noyce; and not just because it looked [...]

First THREE MUSKETEERS poster is just words on a page

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:03:21 +0000

It’s hard enough as it is to have any faith in The Three Musketeers (in 3D), what with it being directed by serial hack Paul W.S. Anderson and all, but it doesn’t help that the first poster for the film is exceedingly dull, and isn’t even the right shape to boot. And as if that [...]

Paula Patton will be the new MISSION IMPOSSIBLE girl, just don’t call it that, okay?

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:20:32 +0000

Deadline Hollywood today confirmed that the new Mission Impossible film will not be a sequel, rather (as already suspected) a ‘reboot’, of sorts. In fact, it will even adopt an entirely new title and will not feature the Mission Impossible name. I’m still not entirely sure how that’s supposed to work– especially since Tom Cruise, [...]

I think that’s supposed to be Russel Crowe in THE NEXT THREE DAYS poster

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:32:59 +0000

I admit, if I didn’t already know Russel Crowe was starring in this effort, or if his name wasn’t plastered across the top of the poster in Arial Bold, I might not have recognized him in this sorry excuse for a collage-of-images-pieced-together-to-make-a-different-image poster. The Next Three Days is a thriller directed by Paul Haggis (Crash) [...]

MISS! HIT! First images of Rhianna on the set of BATTLESHIP

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:52:22 +0000

First, you need to get past the fact that, yes, there will be a motion picture called Battleship, based on the famous Hasbro game. You know, C3, hit, miss, etc … Yep, that one. Second, you need to come to terms with the fact that the film will star Rhianna, that singer lady who has never [...]

Winter review round-up

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:13:11 +0000

Spring has apparently sprung, despite the rain forecast for the weekend and the still pretty-cold nights. That can only mean one thing: it’s time to look back over the past 3 months and take stock of what movies we saw, and whether or not we liked them very much. As usual, this season was a [...]

Oh wow, the new TRON LEGACY IMAX poster is not good

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:23:53 +0000

Disney have been pouring it on thick for most of the year, smothering the web with the juicy goodness that is Tron Legacy, their highly anticipated sequel to the 1982 classic Tron. The teasers, clips, posters and images have all been impressive from the get-go. Plus the project itself is to die for. Jeff Bridges [...]

New red band MACHETE trailer ‘HEADS WILL ROLL’ is incredibly violent, bloody and sexy (NSFW)

contact@reelthinker.com (Jason Stringer via ReelThinker.com) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:28:17 +0000

I don’t need to type much here; this new red band trailer for Machete speaks for itself. Severed heads, blood-splattered walls, big guns, bare asses and explosions. Appropriately titled ‘Heads Will Roll‘, this trailer delivers what it promises. What started as a faux trailer in Grindhouse might end up a cult classic feature film in [...]