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"This is the story of some brothers whom Nature hadn't dealt the best of cards." Drafthouse Films has unveiled the official US trailer for Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen's wacky black comedy Men & Chicken. Described as an "outlandish hybrid of The Three Stooges and The Island of Dr. Moreau", the film stars Mads Mikkelsen (with a nice mustache), David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling and Nicolas Bro. It's about two outcast brothers who get together after their father dies and end up at an island called Ork, where they discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives. Pretty sure this won't be for everyone, but if you're into darkly hilarious slapstick comedy from Denmark, you better take a look.

› Posted April 1 in Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments

See the Cinematic Trailer for New 'Doom' from Director Joe Kosinski

Fight like hell. This isn't so much a live-action trailer as it is an impressive VFX cinematic trailer, but it's worth featuring anyway. This new trailer is for the latest version of the popular Doom video game and it's made by director Joe Kosinski (aka Joseph Kosinski), the same filmmaker that directed Tron Legacy and Oblivion. Kosinski has been working on a number of projects recently including the next Tron sequel, a Black Hole remake, a Gran Turismo movie, and Twilight Zone, but in the meantime he has partnered with Bethesda Softworks to work on this marketing for the video game. Fire it up below and enjoy some action.

› Posted April 1 in Hype, SciFi, To Watch | Comments

Here's the Three Different Posters for the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

Now that spring has arrived, we're just a few months away from the annual Cannes Film Festival taking place in the South of France. For the 69th edition of the film festival, Cannes has chosen imagery from Jean-Luc Godard's film Contempt (1963) to be featured on the poster this year. I really like this poster because it's not just an actor/actress this time, it's an actual set piece from a film. "It's all there. The steps, the sea, the horizon: a man's ascent towards his dream, in a warm Mediterranean light that turns to gold. As an image it is reminiscent of a timeless quote used at the beginning of Contempt: 'Cinema replaces our gaze with a world in harmony with our desires'." Well that just makes me want to be there already.

› Posted April 1 in Artwork, Cannes 16, Posters | Comments

Watch This: Proof of Concept for Sci-Fi 'Rise' Starring Anton Yelchin

"You lost the war before it was even declared, Colonel." This is awesome. While this is a fantastic 5-minute sci-fi short film, it's also an impressive proof-of-concept created by filmmaker David Karlak called Rise made to get his project into development. David sent an email out informing me that he has been working on developing Rise at Warner Bros since 2012 and they just now allowed him to debut this short to the world. The story is about sentient robotic beings created that become more advanced than the human race and end up fighting against human beings. This has outstanding VFX and will definitely get your attention.

› Posted March 31 in SciFi, Short Film, To Watch | Comments

First 'War Dogs Trailer Has Jonah Hill and Miles Teller Running Guns

Formerly known as Arms and the Dudes, the first trailer for the dark comedy War Dogs has just arrived. The Hangover franchise director Todd Phillips is at the helm of the film which sees two twentysomething men (Jonah Hill and Miles Teller) getting caught up in the insane world of arms dealing, only to land them in the Middle East. This looks like it's going to be a riot, something akin to The Wolf of Wall Street meets Charlie Wilson's War. Just the prospect of Jonah Hill and Miles Teller in a movie together had me sold, but this looks pretty spectacular. And hey, Bradley Cooper is in it too. Watch now!

› Posted March 30 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

First 'Ben-Hur' Trailer: Chariot Racing Is the Only Way to Get Revenge

It's time for another epic where a slave has to take down the Roman empire a notch by getting revenge on someone who betrayed them. Ben-Hur is a new adaptation of the classic novel by Lew Wallace about two brothers who take their rivalry into the arena of chariot-racing. Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) was meant to be a prince, but his brother Messala (Toby Kebbell) betrayed him by accusing Judah of treason. After a bout with slavery, Judah is back, but now the only way to really get vengeance is to take him down in a chariot race so Rome's best can see him stripped of his glory. It's Gladiator, but with more chariots. Watch?

› Posted March 30 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

'Alice Through the Looking Glass' Trailer: It's a Race Against Time

Let me just say that I was not a fan of Tim Burton's rehash of Alice in Wonderland in 2010. It felt like more of the same gothic circus junk that Burton has pushed before, but without any of the originality that made some of his earlier work great. However, the new trailer for the sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass, has my full attention. Maybe it's Jefferson Airplane's track "White Rabbit" that's making everything work better than it should, but this is a very well-cut trailer. Maybe director James Bobin is what this sequel needed to make Wonderland, and hopefully Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter, interesting again. Watch!

› Posted March 30 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

New 'The Conjuring 2' Trailer Shows the Horror of England's Amityville

Thanks to director James Wan, summer isn't just full of blockbuster action and tentpole kids movies. Horror fan will have something to look forward to with The Conjuring 2 giving us the next terrifying account of the supernatural, straight from the files of real life paranormal investigators Ed & Lorraine Warren. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are back as the paranormal expects as they head across the pond to investigate a house that has been dubbed England's Amityville. Imagine if The Exorcist was on steroids and you get an idea of what can be seen in the new trailer for this horror sequel. Watch the trailer!

› Posted March 30 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

'The LEGO Batman Movie' Trailer Reheats Some Lobster, Drops the Mic

Easily one of the best parts of The LEGO Movie, besides pretty much everything, was Will Arnett as LEGO Batman. The overtly dark and jerkish Batman was hilarious, and audiences apparently loved him so much that Warner Bros. Pictures and their animation group wanted to give him his own movie. The first trailer for The LEGO Batman Movie is here to show us how the building block version of the superhero lives his life when he's not fighting crime. It involves cooking lobster and lounging in a luxurious robe.

› Posted March 26 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

Mark Wahlberg Faces Real Disaster in First 'Deepwater Horizon' Trailer

Mark Wahlberg has faced Transformers, terrorists, corrupt cops, and deadly trees. This time, he's facing an oil drilling rig that experiences a deadly blowout and threatens everyone on board. Deepwater Horizon is the latest film from Lone Survivor director Peter Berg, chronicling the real life disaster that happened nearly six years ago. The exposition in this trailer juxtaposed with the dramatized disaster is done very nicely, but things really get intense when the rig goes up in a huge fireball. This just might be good.

› Posted March 23 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

'The Nice Guys' Trailer: Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe Are on the Case

After tackling the comic book blockbuster, writer and director Shane Black is going back to his Kiss Kiss Bang Bang roots with the comedic detective thriller The Nice Guys. Two private investigators, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, team up to find a missing woman, but they might end up biting off more than they can chew. It's not quite as funny as the first red band trailer, but it still looks like it could be the sleeper hit of the summer. Also, keep an eye out for young Iron Man 3 co-star Ty Simpkins when a car goes crashing through his house. Does he have a dirty magazine in his hands? Probably. Watch below now!

› Posted March 23 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

Must Watch: Full 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Trailer Calls the Four Horsemen

After Oscar Isaac helped save the galaxy in Star Wars: The Force Awakens last year, this summer he's going to try to destroy the world as the big bad guy in X-Men: Apocalypse. A new trailer for the sequel assembles the four horsemen to destroy the world. Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Psylocke (Olivia Munn), Storm (Alexandra Shipp) and Angel (Ben Hardy) are causing some serious damage, forcing Professor X (James McAvoy) and his young X-Men to save the world. Honestly, I'm not too sure about this one. The visual effects look dodgy, and Apocalypse doesn't seem nearly as threatening as he should be.

› Posted March 17 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

Second 'Legend of Tarzan' Trailer Turns Alexander Skarsgård Wild

After playing in the wizarding world of Harry Potter, director David Yates is heading into the jungle with an updated version of Tarzan, based on the classic hero from iconic author Edgar Rice Burroughs. In The Legend of Tarzan, the story finds our titular hero (Alexander Skarsgård) removed from the jungle, acclimated to life back in London. But when his jungle home is threatened by a diabolical businessman, he's called back into action and uses all his friends in the wild to help him. In the new full length trailer, the visual effects are meant to shine, but there's something that doesn't look quite right to me. Watch below!

› Posted March 17 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments

Seth Rogen's Red Band 'Sausage Party' Trailer Is Raunchy & Insane

After tackling the apocalypse in This Is The End, you would think that writers and producers Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg couldn't get any more insane. But then we saw the red band trailer for their first animated venture, Sausage Party. In the movie, all food wants to be is bought and taken home, but when a pack of sausages, potatoes, buns and more find out what really happens to food when it goes home with people, they set out to get back to the store and save all their friends. This trailer may just make you regret eating hot dogs and everything else along with them at a barbecue. Okay, not really. But it's pretty funny. Watch now!