The TV Addict 

MAMMA MIA!
I’ve always had a devoted love for whimsical musicals, if not necessarily ABBA. It’s the former that has me rather drawn to this trailer for the film adaptation of the successful Broadway musical (which I never actually saw). Sure, the trailer is a bit grating, what with the whole “three Dads” thing being emphasized every ten seconds, and its annoyingly rapid editing, but what emerges is still the fact that it’s a silly, infectious, and undoubtedly entertaining fluffy musical. You also can’t argue with the cast. I mean, Meryl Streep (who it’s just delightful to see having this much fun), Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Waters, and Christine Baranski? I’m particularly excited to see two of my favorite young and up-and-comers Dominic Cooper (HISTORY BOYS, STARTER FOR 10) and Amanda Seyfried (“Veronica Mars,” NINE LIVES, MEAN GIRLS) get a high profile film gig.

Check it out here.

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
To be frank, I have no idea what people are so excited about here. Okay, I do. It’s written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (SUPERBAD), and produced by Judd Apatow. That should really be enough. The thing is I didn’t find the teaser trailer, the red band trailer, nor the most recent trailer really that funny. There are a few gems, sure, like the “I’m kind of flabbergasted when you say things like that” bit, but for the most part it roused a might “meh” out of me. Maybe it’s just that I’ve never been much drawn to the slacker-stoner genre, or maybe it’s just that it’s not that funny.

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TROPIC THUNDER
Another comedy that is garnering a lot of buzz, is TROPIC THUDNER, especially after the still a while back revealing Robert Downey Jr. is playing an African American. People seem excited about it. Again, I’m a little unsure why. Sure, the concept has potential, but that also means there’s plenty of potential to waste. About the only thing I found amusing in this trailer was Robert Downey Jr.’s utterly go-for-broke performance (“I know who I am! I’m the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude!”), accent and everything.
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THE STRANGERS
These are precisely the kind of horror films that I’m getting tired of, and basically have stopped watching because they’ve more or less become interchangeable. But goodness, if those masked people and their motivations (“Because you were home”) don’t scare the living daylights out of me. And it takes a lot for a film to scare me. That being said, I don’t really think this will end up being any good. It’ll probably turn out to be a lot like VACANCY. The first twenty minutes or so will be unsettling and creepy and then the film just won’t go anywhere for a while, until it finally culminates in an escalating mess of over-the-top action. However, the trailer at least has me intrigued enough to check out if I’m right or not.

Check it out here.