Edited 7/27 928, 941 There’s something about a well-executed trailer. Ideally, they’re like a starter before a rich meal (Or foreplay. Either analogy works): They whet the palate for the (hopefully) more substantial repast to come. A good trailer teases–yet doesn’t withhold everything–which almost sank J.J. Abrams’ “Super 8”, till Paramount pulled out all the stops–and […]
This is not a review of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek because, if it were, it’s two years too late. Sometimes I think that to get the feel of a film I have to let it ‘stew’ for a while, then give it another chance. I liked ‘Star Trek’ when I saw it in theaters, though […]
The trailer for “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” has come out, and it looks interesting, though isn’t that the point of a trailer? I thought that the first Mission Impossible film was OK; not so much the second, despite being directed by John Woo. The third, by J.J. Abrams, felt a bit more in the spirit […]
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