TRAILER #2: "Interstellar"

Finally, the much talked about Comic-Con trailer for Interstellar has leaked. This is by far the best trailer for the movie, since it actually seems to show some of the plot along with a longer look at what might be happening in the space set section of the movie (which, one presumes is the majority of it). We also get to see Anne Hathaway finally, who had appeared until now, to be hidden in all these trailers (that can't really be because people don't like her, can it?), but she's got at least a substantial supporting part in this. Well, I think it looks pretty good, and early buzz is that it's Nolan's best movie. The studio seems to think so, since they gave it a very awards friendly release date of November 7th. We'll find out soon enough!

TEASER: "Into the Woods"

Disney's finally put out a look at their big Christmas Day release, Into the Woods, based on the famous Broadway smash. The movie's been plagued by reports of massive reshoots lately (it is kinda late for that), but there's no real sign of disaster in this teaser. There's also no singing in it, so it's a bit hard to tell from this what's it's going to be like. I hope it's good, but Rob Marshall's only decent movie was Chicago, which of course was a big success but still- that was twelve years ago now. We'll see, I guess.

TRAILER: "Birdman"

I cannot wait to see this. Looks pretty out there, doesn't it? Adding to the intrigue is the recent revelation from Innaritu himself that this whole movie was filmed to make it look like one long tracking shot (the trick that Alfred Hitchcock tried to pull off in 1948's Rope). The whole cast looks great, but hopefully this is the forever underrated Michael Keaton's big comeback. Funny that he could be said to be playing a version of himself, after his Batman movies more than twenty years ago. I guess it's perfect casting.

TRAILER: "Night at the Museum 3"

I can't imagine there was any need (or demand) for a third Night at the Museum movie, but here it is anyway. Even Ben Stiller looks bored in this trailer. Seriously, doesn't he look like he'd rather be anywhere else? Adding the appallingly unfunny Rebel Wilson to the cast is not a boost in its favor, either. Ugh. I don't know how she gets hired for anything. It's coming out December 19th, but it already looks like a bomb to me.

TRAILER: "Horns"

This looks different. Daniel Radcliffe, again trying out his American accent, stars in a supernatural fantasy-horror movie about a guy who grows horns. Yeah, looks like that's about it for the plot. Actually, it seems to be some kind of a black comedy, at least at first. It premiered at Toronto last year and is coming out this year on Halloween. He's sure trying as hard as he can to shake off that Harry Potter image, isn't he?

Blu-Ray Pick of the Week: "Woodstock" (1970)

If you ever wanted to know what it was like to be in the middle of the 60's counterculture, you can't get much closer to it than this iconic concert documentary of the landmark music festival. Filmed over the famed "three days of peace and music," this movie captures a very specific moment in time that's still pretty wild to observe. Plus, you get all those great performances from The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Santana, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and plenty of other 60's and 70's icons. Check this one out, it's pretty awesome (and edited by a young Martin Scorsese too!).

Anniversary blu-ray trailer:

TEASER: "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"

Right on schedule, here's the first look at the concluding chapter of The Hobbit trilogy. All I can say about it is that I hope it's better than the first two (I always thought Return of the King was the best entry in the original LOTR series), but I don't have a lot of faith in it. I still think there was way too much filler and fat on this "trilogy" because it never needed to be three films in the first place. Five Armies is coming out Dec. 17th.

TEASER: "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1"

Finally, the real first teaser for Mockingjay- Part 1 shows up. It's about time too, because I was just getting fed up with all those stupid fake ads they were doing for it. Not that you can really see much more from this minute long tease- just that Julianne Moore shows up and Philip Seymour Hoffman is still around, having just completed the scenes for this, his final film, before his death. Coming out in November, as always.