Red Band Trailer

Red-Band Trailer for ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER Is the Best One Yet

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 24th, 2012 at 8:11 am

I’ve been running cold on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but Fox has now released a new red-band trailer for the film, and I’m starting to warm up to the flick.  While it looks like half of the movie will be speed-ramped, I can now make out the action on screen, and characters are actually talking to each other.  I’m also surprised at how bloody this looks, and I’m starting to wonder if Fox will release two R-rated blockbusters this summer (the other is Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus).  Keep in mind that director Timur Bekmambetov‘s previous film, Wanted, went out in the summer of 2008 with an R-rating and raked in $341 million worldwide, although having Angelina Jolie in your movie doesn’t hurt.

Hit the jump to check out the “Red-Band” (unrated would be a more accurate description) trailer.  The film stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.  Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter opens in 3D on June 22nd.

Red-Band Trailer for PIRANHA 3DD

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 19th, 2012 at 12:03 pm

A red-band trailer for Piranha 3DD has gone online.  Like the first movie, the sequel is all about boobs and blood, but this trailer is mostly about the former rather than the latter.  Yes, the trailer has plenty of killer-fishy menace, but don’t expect seeing any gruesome kills.  Instead, expect to see lots of bare breasts, and I assume no one will complain about that.

Hit the jump to check out the red-band trailer.  The film stars Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, Meagan Tandy, Katrina Bowden, David Koechner, David Hasselhoff, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer, and Gary Busey.  Piranha 3DD currently does not have a release date.

5-Minute Red-Band Trailer for 21 JUMP STREET

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 6th, 2012 at 11:36 am

Sony has released a five-minute red-band trailer for 21 Jump Street.  I’m not going to watch it.  I’m already sold on the movie since I’ve only heard raves about it.  I’ve been told directly “I know your sense of humor and you are going to love this movie.”  I was pretty much sold back when the first red-band trailer hit.  Watching five minutes of the movie would just spoil more jokes for me, so I’m going to pass.

However, if you need more convincing, you can check out the trailer after the jump.  The film stars  Jonah Hill (who also co-wrote the script), Channing Tatum, Nick Offerman, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, and Rob Riggle.  21 Jump Street opens March 16th.  I’ll be seeing the film at SXSW, so look for my review later this week.

Red-Band Trailer for THAT’S MY BOY Starring Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 1st, 2012 at 9:57 am

The red-band trailer for the R-rated comedy That’s My Boy (previously titled “I Hate You Dad“) has gone online.  The film stars Adam Sandler as rich party animal who tries to avoid going to jail for tax evasion by getting his estranged and independently-wealthy son (Andy Samberg) to front him the cash to pay back the IRS.  The jerk-off dad decides to make this play during the son’s upcoming nuptials and chaotic hilarity ensues.

There are two surprising things about this trailer.  First, this is Sandler’s first R-rated comedy since 1996′s Bulletproof.  Second, I chuckled a few times during this trailer, which doesn’t make sense since I can’t remember the last time an Adam Sandler movie made me do that.  Hit the jump to check out the red-band trailer.  The film also stars Leighton Meester and James Caan.  That’s My Boy opens June 15th.

Red-Band and Green-Band Trailers for THE FP

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 17th, 2012 at 8:32 am

Last week, the red-band trailer for The FP went online, and today Drafthouse Films has released the green-band version.  Both trailers do a good job of setting up the movie’s premise: With an 80s-style vibe, the plot pits two gangs against each other, and their differences are settled by playing “Beat Beat Revolution” (based off the real-world rhythm-dance game Dance Dance Revolution).  The red-band version is heavy on the swearing, but it also does a better job of showing off the fun dialogue and intentionally corny lines like “He wasn’t expecting the unexpected!”  The FP may seem like a commercial or a comedy sketch gone on too long, but I’m going to trust the positive word from the film’s premiere at last year’s SXSW Film Festival.

Hit the jump to check out the trailers.  The film stars Jason Trost, Lee Valmassy, Art Hsu, Caitlyn Folley, Nick Principe, Brandon Barrera, James DeBello, Sean Whalen, and James Remar.  The FP opens March 16th.

Red-Band Trailer for SHAME

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 29th, 2011 at 2:00 pm

Fox Searchlight has debuted an online-only red-band trailer for Steve McQueen‘s Shame.  Like the previous trailers, Fox Searchlight has refused to manufacture a controversy based on the NC-17 rating or pretend there’s a titillating aspect to McQueen’s movie.  I really dig this new trailer, and the way it’s cut together does a subtle job of conveying the sexual addiction of the film’s protagonist, Brandon (Michael Fassbender).  The trailer is interspersed with brief clips from Brandon’s sexual encounters, but I couldn’t spot any nudity (although you can probably find some if you go through frame-by-frame).

Hit the jump for the trailer.  The film also stars Carey Mulligan and James Badge Dale.  Shame opens in limited release this Friday.

Red-Band Trailer for AMERICAN REUNION [Updated with Hi-Res Images]

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 13th, 2011 at 7:31 am

The red-band trailer for American Reunion has gone online.  It serves as a helpful reminder that Jim (Jason Biggs) should never masturbate ever again.  He’s just not very good at it.  However, it does lead to a good gag involving a sock.  There’s not much else to say about the trailer since there’s no footage beyond the scene I mentioned.  It’s really more of an announcement that people in their 30s are making a teenage sex comedy.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  The film also stars Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nichols, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, and Shannon Elizabeth. American Reunion opens April 6, 2012. [Update: We've added hi-res versions of the images we ran yesterday.]

Red-Band Trailer for THE THING

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 19th, 2011 at 11:07 am

I want to warm up to the prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing but there are still a few hurdles it has yet to clear.  As you’ll see in this new red-band trailer, the reliance on CGI effects is somewhat distracting and in some ways diminishes the brutality of the original when hands broke apart and you could feel every bone snap.  There’s also the issue of the plot.  I’ve been told that this is not a remake but part of one giant movie since where it ends is exactly where the 1982 film of the same name picks up.  However, judging by the trailers, it still has the same overarching plot: alien infects, takes the form of scientists, kills everyone off one-by-one and the audience wonders who’s human and who’s about to explode into phantasmagoria.  Thankfully, I’ve heard from one person who’s seen and they liked it.  Hopefully I’ll feel the same way.

Hit the jump to check out the red-band trailer.  The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton.  The Thing opens October 14th.

Red-Band Trailer for David Gordon Green’s THE SITTER Starring Jonah Hill

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 4th, 2011 at 12:52 pm

The red-band trailer for David Gordon Green’s The Sitter has gone online.  As star Jonah Hill says in the intro to the trailer, “It’s the filthiest R-rated babysitter movie ever made,” and then he tells some rude children to “Try a little ‘Shut-the-Fuck-Up’ next time.”  As for the trailer itself, it’s got a bunch of great jokes, and I really hope I like it more than Green’s last film, Your Highness.  The guy has a talent with foul-mouthed comedy (he’s directed the majority of Eastbound and Down episodes) but with Your Highness and to a lesser extent Pineapple Express, the execution couldn’t live up to the concept.  But children who act like adult ass-holes are always good for laugh and so is Hill.

Hit the jump to check out the red-band trailer.  The Sitter opens December 9th.

New Red-Band Trailer for THE CHANGE-UP

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 27th, 2011 at 12:10 pm

I know the premise of The Change-Up is a little corny but so are all body-switching comedies.  What sets this comedy apart isn’t even its R-rating but simply because you have two great leads in Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman.  A new trailer has gone online and it has some raunchy humor but the best jokes are simply from Bateman and Reynolds playing off each other and how they react to their outlandish circumstances.  I really dug what I saw when I went to the set and I’ve heard that the finished film is painfully funny.

Hit the jump to check out the new red-band trailer.  The film also stars Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, and Alan Arkin.  The Change-Up opens August 5th.

Mildly Insane Red Band Trailer for THE LAST CIRCUS

by Jason Barr    Posted: June 17th, 2011 at 4:10 pm

A red band trailer for director Alex de la Iglesia’s (The Oxford Murders) The Last Circus has landed online and it is borderline insane. The film begins in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War and centers on a circus clown who joins a militia and begins dispatching people with max prejudice. From there, the pic moves ahead to 1973 and begins following a “twisted love triangle” involving both Sad Clown and Happy Clown. There really isn’t a lot else to be said about the cut except that it succeeds in peaking my interest in the film (a fact that makes me really question the type of things I’m interested in).

Unless you’re already afraid of clowns (in which case, I apologize for the dual-wielding one pictured above), I suggest you watch the restricted trailer after the jump. Magnolia is releasing The Last Circus, starring Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, and Carolina Bang, to select theaters on August 12th.

New Red Band Trailer for 30 MINUTES OR LESS

by Jason Barr    Posted: June 17th, 2011 at 1:57 pm

A new red band trailer for director Ruben Fleischer’s (Zombieland) comedy 30 Minutes or Less is now available online and it rings of nostalgia for the time “you and I worshiped the devil for like two weeks.” Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, and Michael Pena, the film centers on a pizza delivery guy (Eisenberg) who is kidnapped by two men (McBride and Swardson) and forced to rob a bank at the risk of being blown up. Thus far, everything I’ve seen from the film has made me laugh and I can’t wait to check it out in theaters on August 12th. Watch the new restricted trailer after the jump.

Red-Band Trailer for ATTACK THE BLOCK

by Jason Barr    Posted: June 15th, 2011 at 6:09 pm

With its July 29th limited U.S. release approaching, a red-band trailer for writer/director Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block has landed online with the hopes of spreading the good word.  The film garnered a positive response at SXSW earlier this year and Matt called it “great” in his review.  To make a long story short, I’m jealous of anyone who has seen it and can only hope that the limited release makes it way to the Midwest so that I can check it out for myself and finally move on with life.

Hit the jump to check out the red-band trailer.  For those unaware, the film centers on a street gang of kids who take on a hostile alien invasion.  Nick Frost co-stars alongside Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, and Luke Treadaway, and co-produces the pic alongside Edgar Wright.  Click here to check out all of our previous Attack the Block coverage.

Red-Band Trailer and Six Character Posters for BRIDESMAIDS

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 26th, 2011 at 4:16 pm

Universal has released a new red-band trailer for Bridesmaids along with six character posters.  I caught the film a couple weeks ago and overall I thought it was fantastic and a much-needed kick in the ass to the chick flick genre.  Women, if you like raunchy humor but are tired of only seeing it in movies featuring man-children, you’ll dig Bridesmaids.  Guys, if you’re thinking about avoiding this movie because of the all-female cast, you’ll be missing out.  The movie is damn funny and surprisingly heartfelt and I hope folks of both genders go see it.

Hit the jump to check out the red-band trailer along with six character posters.  Bridesmaids stars Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi Mclendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, and Melissa McCarthy.  The film opens May 13th.

Red-Band Trailer for 30 MINUTES OR LESS Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 21st, 2011 at 1:43 pm

The trailer for the upcoming comedy 30 Minutes or Less has gone online.  The film stars Jesse Eisenberg as a hapless pizza delivery guy who is kidnapped by two wanna-be criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) and forced to rob a bank.  Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), the film also stars Aziz Ansari and Michael Peña.  Even though this is a red-band trailer, there’s not a lot of profanity.  Instead, it gets laughs from funny dialogue and the chemistry between Eisenberg and Ansari.  What a mind-blowing concept.

Hit the jump to check out the red-band trailer.  30 Minutes or Less opens August 12th.

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