Film News & Trailers

(This one’s for Aaron!)  The trailer for Kevin Smith’s latest flick is up and running and I thought we’d share it with you.  Click here for the trailer (Quicktime needed).  Love him or hate him you have to admit Smith has grown quite a cult following and his return to the View Askew Universe with a sequel to his first film, 1994’s Clerks, has been a hopeful sign of him returning to the stories and style of his earlier films (which includes one of my favorite films of all time – Chasing Amy).  While you’re checking out the trailer you also might want to take a peek at the reactions of filmmakers Quentin Tarrantino and Robert Rodriguez who were granted a special early look at the film (click here for their video responses).

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The much maligned, delayed, and constantly pushed back Ghost Rider finally has a home site up and running (though the film’s release has once again been pushed back, this time to February 2007).  The film tells the story of Johnny Blaze (played by Nicholas Cage) who makes a deal with the devil in order to protect someone he loves and ends up becoming possessed with a spirit of vengeance now known as Ghost Rider.  Deals with the devil can be tricky buggers; I guess he didn’t read Faust, huh?  Also starring are Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley and Peter Fonda as Mephisto.  Just click on the pic to go to the official site.

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Apple’s trailer site now has the full length spot for the upcoming Ron Howard film “The Da Vinci Code”, available in both regular and high definition Quicktime.  Based off Dan Brown’s runaway best seller, the film tackles the motherlode of conspiracy theories: the bloodline of Jesus.  Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno, and Audrey Tautou (the best reason to love the French) star along side a host of other recognizable faces.

The Vatican has already publicly derided the film, but hey..they don’t like anything so that’s no good indication.  I thought the book was a standard issue pot-boiler for all it’s attempts at stirring up controversy.  It’s an interesting subject (and one of much debate), but I can’t imagine Ron Howard will be firing a shot across the bow of Christianity in this climate.  Guess we’ll just have to wait until May to find out, huh?

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Well, well, well….judging from the trailer, Brett Ratner may not have completely derailed the X-Men franchise.  The beast looks a little odd, though… Check it!

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Well folks it’s finally official, Thomas Hayden Church, best known for his work as the dumb mechanic Lowell from Wings and as Jack from last year’s surprisingly great Sideways, will be playing Flint Marko AKA the Sandman in the next Spidey flick.  Take a look at the pic and compare it to the comic, eerily perfect creepy casting if you ask me. 

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Still no positive word from Sony or Sam Raimi acknowledging who the other villain will be (rumors from every Spidey villain from Venom to Electro to the Chameleon).  As for the Sandman though, looks like the casting director got this one right!