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Feb 9 2010 01:32 PM ET

Colin Farrell, I belatedly salute you! (and I want to see 'Ondine')

I was never much of a Colin Farrell fan when he was a generic action-film star, with all those icky tabloid stories to boot. And his Alexander wasn’t going to set him up for any lifetime achievement awards. But I’ve really been impressed by him in several recent roles – starting with the overlooked brilliance of In Bruges. He was a great charmer as one of the Heath Ledger fill-ins in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and as I’ve already written, he was perfect as the pretty boy new-country crooner in Crazy Heart. I’m feeling guilty that I ever doubted him.

Up next is Ondine, which has signs of greatness: It’s a modern-day fairytale/romance/drama directed by the great Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Michael Collins), and Farrell gets to use his own Irish accent. I’m equally excited for him to play another Irishman, with Cillian Murphy, in the forthcoming At Swim, Two Birds.

Who else wants to see Ondine? Anyone else had a change of heart about Mr. Farrell over the years?

Feb 5 2010 12:41 PM ET

'Cop Out' red band trailer: Filthy and so much funnier!

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Kevin Smith, Movie Trailers, Movies, Things That Are Awesome!

The red band trailer for Kevin Smith’s Cop Out, starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis, finally makes this film look as funny as an R-rated movie from Kevin Smith starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis. We find out that Morgan’s character is orally-fixated (twice), that he will strike a child (who has struck him), that he’s a wild card in the interrogation room (he likes to shout lines from TV shows and movies), and that there’s a good reason why he tells Sean William Scott to shut up (if you don’t know what “DP” stands for, you will). Major NSFW warning.

Feb 5 2010 09:30 AM ET

'The Red Riding Trilogy': 800 reasons you need to see it

by Wendy Mitchell

Categories: Books, British Things, Have You Seen This?, Movie Trailers, Movies, News You Can Use, PopWatch Petition, The Bad Man Scares Me!, Things That Are Awesome!, Weekend To-Do List

Sure, it’s a tough sell — dirty cops, crooked businessmen, murder, and child abduction – all in one five-hour über-dark package? With thick Yorkshire accents and bad ’70s fashions, to boot. But trust me The Red Riding Trilogy is worth your time.

I’m trying to think of a way to describe these films – the closest I can come is: Zodiac meets The Wire meets Silence of the Lambs meets Midnight Cowboy meets meets Chinatown meets Kes meets The Godfather. Is that ridiculous enough to convince you to see it?

This is one of the year’s most ambitious film projects — maybe not in terms of budget, but certainly in terms of creative challenges. The filmmakers took acclaimed author David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet of novels and distilled them into three films (1974, 1980, and 1983), each with a different focus but overlapping some characters and settings in the North of England. The real-life Yorkshire Ripper comes into play, but a lot of this noir is fiction, about the people doing bad deeds (the aforementioned murder and child abduction) and a few brave souls who try to uncover the pitch-black truth. The project reflects the style of each director involved — Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane), James Marsh (Man on Wire), and Anand Tucker (Leap Year) — and showcases a few of Britain’s best young actors (Andrew Garfield, Paddy Considine, Rebecca Hall). (Read full post)

Feb 2 2010 12:43 PM ET

Oscar nominations: What the 'Kell'? Stay 'In the Loop' with our guide to a couple of the Academy's more obscure choices

by Clark Collis

Categories: Have You Seen This?, Movie Trailers, Movies, News You Can Use, Oscars

This year, the Academy nominated a couple of films in major(-ish) categories that are, let us say, a tad less well known than that movie about the ‘roided-out Smurfs and the big tree. Notably, one of the nominees in the Best Animated Film category is The Secret of Kells, a 9th century-set tale about monks, Viking hordes, and the ancient art of book illuminating. I haven’t actually seen Kells, but I can tell you that one of the main characters is voiced by the awesome Brendan Gleeson and that the movie was made by a company based in the Irish town of Kilkenny (a place I’ve visited a couple of times to attend its excellent comedy festival, and whose main street has three pubs in a row). The film will apparently get a proper, wider, release in the US this spring.

I have, on the other hand, seen the In The Loop, which got a deserved nod for Best Adapted Screenplay. There are basically three things you need to know about this British black comedy, whose cast includes James Gandolfini, Anna Chlumsky and the little known in America but staggeringly great Scottish actor Peter Capaldi: It’s essentially about the build-up to the Iraq war, but don’t let that put you off. It’s basically a big screen version of a British sitcom called The Thick of It, but don’t let that put off. And it may well be the most foul-mouthed movie ever to be nominated for anything, and you probably should let that put you off if you have a problem with potty-mouthed performances (seriously this thing is the Citizen Kane of swearing movies).

Take a look for yourself — trailer below for The Secret of Kells and after the jump for In The Loop.

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Feb 2 2010 12:42 PM ET

'Clash of the Titans' international trailer: Hey, they get creepy Ralph Fiennes voice!

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Movie Trailers, Movies

The international trailer for Clash of the Titans (watch it below), gives Ralph Fiennes‘ Hades, God of the Underworld, his proper due, allowing him to speak in a voice that is far creepier than any image of the Kraken. International audiences also get to see Avatar’s Sam Worthington, as Perseus, deliver a classic action-film retort like, “This is just the start” when Perseus’ papa, Zeus (Liam Neeson), says “This is the end.” Those two things combined could make the international trailer superior, however, I did note that their trailer was missing the hint of a sex scene embedded in our two-minute preview. So, I’m torn. At least we all get to see the giant crab creature pound its claw into the ground to the beat of the music, which is, quite honestly, my favorite part of either trailer.

Feb 1 2010 02:06 PM ET

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's 'Cemetery Juction': Definitely not 'The Office'

by Margaret Lyons

Categories: British Things, Movie Trailers, Movies

The first trailer for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s coming-of-age movie Cemetery Junction is out, and it indeed looks British and coming-of-age-y! Bonus points for the Bowie:

Over the summer, Merchant explained the plot thusly: “The film itself centers around three young guys growing up in a small town. One of them is dreaming big, he wants to escape the blue-collar life which his dad, played by Ricky, has, working in a factory and window-cleaning on the side. He aspires to something else. And he meets Ralph Fiennes, who works for a big white-collar company, and he decides that’s his way out. But it starts to sort of distance him from his other working-class mates.” Gervais told us that Cemetery Junction is the duo’s “Saturday Night Fever meets Diner meets Rebel Without a Cause,” and that seems to be the vibe they’ve nailed.

Are you looking forward to Cemetery Junction, PopWatchers?

Feb 1 2010 11:56 AM ET

'I Love You Phillip Morris' international trailer: Jim Carrey goes indie

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Movie Trailers, Movies

If you haven’t heard about the film I Love You Phillip Morris, starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, don’t read Owen Gleiberman’s excellent take on it from 2009’s Sundance until after you’ve watched the trailer below. It’s one of those previews that — whether or not the movie turns out to be great — makes you ask What the? repeatedly. And therefore, everyone should experience it unspoiled.

How many times did you say What the?

Jan 28 2010 04:20 PM ET

'Wall Street 2' trailer: Michael Douglas is back!

by Annie Barrett

Categories: Grooming, Movie Trailers, Movies

The Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps trailer answers one of 2010’s most burning questions: How many seconds of buildup for a “This mobile phone is HUGE!” joke is too many seconds? 40 seconds. Hooray for today’s magic PopWatch number, 40! (Read full post)

Jan 27 2010 11:59 AM ET

New Steven Seagal movie gets new title, still three words though

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Middle-Aged Butt-Kicking, Movie Trailers, Movies

Steven Seagal’s new flick On the Run has been retitled A Dangerous Man, and to commemorate the change, we get a new trailer. The real-life lawman plays a killing machine who helps a girl who’s gotten herself tangled up with drug dealers and/or senior members of the Chinese Army. I can’t keep up with the plot of a Steven Seagal movie… I’m going to have to have someone push me into a saw now.

Jan 26 2010 03:36 PM ET

New trailer for 'Repo Man' sequel, 'Repo Chick'

by Chris Nashawaty

Categories: Have You Seen This?, Movie Trailers, Movies

The 1980s were a golden age for wonderfully weird independent films. Films like Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead, Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy, the Coen brothers’ Blood Simple, David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, and Alex Cox’s Repo Man. Actually, that last one may be the strangest movie of the bunch. But unlike the other directors on that list, Cox never managed (or wanted) to cross over into the mainstream. Instead, he got swallowed up by his own idiosyncratic obsessions and continued to make films that fewer and fewer people went to see. It was clear from the beginning of his career that this was not a guy that was going to play ball with the big studios and wind up cranking out a Spider-Man, a Good Will Hunting, or even a Mulholland Dr. one day. The closest he would come is the brilliant Sid & Nancy. Since then, Cox has remained a true oddball. And like most oddballs in Hollywood, he fell off the map….

Until now.

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