https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLTDY9yZDRM From the makers of Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Arthur Christmas, Brit-based Aardman Animation Studios goes prehistoric in their latest effort Early Man. This clip, starring the voice of Eddie Redmayne as Dug, teases the claymation movie that's still in production. The voice cast co-stars Tom Hiddleston and Maisie Williams. Early Man will be released sometime in 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVYSyiL4iis There was a time when Steven Spielberg was slated to direct the first Transformers movie. When he eventually handed it over to Michael Bay, the Armageddon director skewed the kid-centric tale to focus on an older teen and adults (with edgy, sexual humor to go with it). Now, following the release of the first scene clip from Transformers: The Last Knight - which focused on [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNCz4mQzfEI You were hoping it'd be that first Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer in front of corporate cousin's Beauty and the Beast this weekend, but you'll still have to wait. Instead, it appears to be the first look at Pixar's second feature of 2017 (following this summer's Cars 3), called Coco. Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3), Coco looks to be a story set in [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOR-Av4qG1A The Transformers series has been marked (and marred) by edgy PG-13 humor of the crude and sexual variety that has frustrated parents whose grade schoolers are too young for it. If this summer's Transformers: The Last Knight could be an entire feature of a scene like this (unlikely) - with kids at the center of the [...]
https://youtu.be/D9YZw_X5UzQ Like a version of Ryan Gosling's Drive but with more mass appeal, Baby Driver looks like the surefire late summer sleeper it's slated to be. From pop culture maestro writer/director Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Hot Fuzz, The World's End) and starring Ansel Elgort (Divergent, The Fault In Our Stars) in the [...]
https://youtu.be/INLzqh7rZ-U A superhero that saves a dude in distress? Those bullet-deflecting cuffs sure do the trick. So does this whole new trailer for Wonder Woman, dubbed "Origin", which shows a movie that's very much of the current DCEU yet still balances action, seriousness, and comic relief in a confident rather than straining way. Will a [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5V5C8mEVzY They're finally putting Johnny Depp front and center. Previous teasers for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (the 5th film in the series) have focused on the villain played by Javier Bardem (and understandably, his whole vibe looks like dark comic fun) with only a glimpse of Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow. Now there's an equal balance, including Geoffrey Rush as well, and despite [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnAD0TApb8 It all goes good until it goes really bad. This first official trailer for Alien: Covenant - following a graphic R-rated Red Band teaser from December - further establishes that this sequel to the complicated Prometheus gets back to the franchise's roots of smart but more straight-forward thrills. Even though the filmmakers confirm that The Engineers are still a major part of this mythology, I [...]
https://youtu.be/duGqrYw4usE And finally - Kurt Russell. In the latest trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, we're given glimpses of the most explosive action yet, plus another classic rock jam to add to the mixtape: Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain". But perhaps best of all (next to Russell's debut) is that after three teaser/trailers and [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44LdLqgOpjo This looks completely gonzo, in the best way. And can we just start complaining right now about how John C. Reilly has no shot at a Best Supporting Actor nomination but should? Kong: Skull Island opens everywhere on March 10, 2017.
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 