New 'Beauty and the Beast' Trailer Shows Off a Lot of CGI

I don't know why I was expecting anything different, but this new, full look at Disney's live action version of one of their greatest ever animated features looks to me like a big, garish mess, similar to Maleficent and most of their other stuff. Why does everything have to have so much CGI? Is there anything wrong with using sets and maybe a guy in a costume? The household objects look weird too- in a live action version of this, their scale seems totally off somehow. Emma Watson of course, might be the sweetest person ever but cannot act to save her life, as usual. And not too impressed by the beast's look either. I don't why everyone has to be British. And this is a full on musical, so why are they hiding the singing? Basically I'm not into this, but I know that everyone else will be. Give me the '91 original any day.

Natalie Portman Vies for Best Actress in 'Jackie'

As difficult as it is to watch anything involving politics or history at the moment, given the epic tragedy our nation has just befallen, I hear that Natalie Portman does turn in a fantastic performance as Jackie Kennedy in Pablo Larrain's biopic, which we finally have a full trailer for. It's apparently much more of an art film than a straightforward biography, which explains the raves from critics. She's for sure headed for at least another nomination, if not an outright win. But for me it's hard not to look at the people the actors are portraying in this reimagining of the days after JFK's death, and picture all of them dry heaving if they were forced to witness what just happened to the country they once served as presumably professional, adult human beings. Caroline Kennedy is probably the one doing so at the moment.

Another 'Rogue One' Trailer Increases the Hype

Every trailer for this movie has improved on the last one so far, so I don't know if that means the reshoots improved the movie or not, but I do think it's looking like this could be better than The Force Awakens (another very popular movie I wasn't that crazy about). I'm sure it's going to have the same amount of attention paid towards it, especially with Darth Vader and young Han Solo and all those guys showing up, right? Plus, Mads Mikkelson's involvement in something will always up my own excitement.

New Obama Biopic 'Barry' Comes to Netflix in December

Well, this could make for a nice little companion piece to Southside With You. The new "young Barack Obama" biopic movie, Barry, got good reviews at Toronto and was bought by Netflix, set for release December 16th. I don't know if these movies that get bought by streaming services and never get theatrical releases are actually seen by more people in the end, but they're definitely available to more people. This is a quick teaser for the movie, but a longer trailer will certainly come out in the next month.

Hugh Jackman Returns Again as Wolverine in 'Logan'

The next Wolverine standalone movie is probably going to be most notable for being R-rated for the first time. In the wake of Deadpool's success, I guess that was inevitable, although since every X-Men and Wolverine movie up till now has been PG-13, I'm thinking it might feel like a tonal departure in a negative way. All it's going to be is more violent, as you can tell from the last bit of this trailer and where Logan's claws end up. The other thing that jumps out at me here is how exactly Patrick Stewart's Professor X is still alive in this clearly far off future where the slowly aging Logan is now an old man. Xavier ages normally, doesn't he? Or is it some die effect of his telepathic powers?

See New Teaser for 'Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2'

For those of you who are excited for the next Guardians of the Galaxy movie (and I'm sure that's a lot of you), here's the first look at it. I wasn't as nuts about this movie as most people were- I still don't think it's that much of a departure from the typical Marvel formula, aside from two factors. The 70's hits soundtrack and the bright colors to differentiate all the aliens. Everything else, down to the plot and the jokes, weak villains, etc., were all the same. But hey, it's Baby Groot, so I'm sure everyone will be really pumped for this.

See the Trailer for Germany's Oscar Entry 'Toni Erdmann'

This German-Austrian film got rave reviews and won a prize at Cannes this year, so of course it was selected as Germany's Oscar submission. In fact, many believe this is the automatic frontrunner for the win, as it's already secured a release date and will undoubtedly be a critical darling when they dish out their own awards in a couple months. A three hour comedy about a unique father-daughter relationship, it certainly sounds unusual. You have to wonder how that might play for Oscar voters, who often like to go for "importance" in this category.

Hailee Seinfeld Comes of Age in Red Band Trailer for 'Edge of Seventeen'

I wasn't totally sold on the first trailer for this movie, but after the good reviews out of Toronto and the frankness of this new promo, I'm in. Hailee Seinfeld looks great and this is a genre that really doesn't get many entries anymore, after the boom in certain other decades, like the 80's and late 90's. Not crazy about the voiceover reading of the written critical praise though- seems corny, especially for a red band trailer. Come on, guys.

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard Show Off the Chemistry in Full Trailer for 'Allied'

After all these mini-teasers, we finally get the full trailer for Robert Zemeckis's Allied, which is still gonna draw attention for the rumored affair between co-stars on set, whether it's actually true or not (it's now been denied, but the hype will still be there). I'm intrigued by this look at it though. This is a very old-fashioned movie, the kind that really doesn't get made anymore, so the question is does this kind of thing feel dated now? Or can a director as old-school as Zemeckis pull it off in a way that feels relevant. It comes out at Thanksgiving, so keep an eye out.