'Adventureland' Drops F-Bombs in Red Band Trailer

10:52 AM / Posted by Bradford Oman / comments (0)

The new red band trailer for the upcoming comedy Adventureland directed by Greg Mottola (Superbad) hit the nets last week, and it just confirms why it's one of the few wide release films coming out during this terrible dead time from January through April that I'm actually interested in seeing.

The trailer itself just highlights the vulgarity and raunchiness that truly makes this a fun R-Rated comedy. If you're unfamiliar with Adventureland, it's "a comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world."

This made a good splash at Sundance, and will certainly be a breath of fresh air when it hits theaters on March 27. Check out the trailer and let us know what you think!

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'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' Three One-Minute Promos

12:50 AM / Posted by Bradford Oman / comments (1)

The more I see of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the less excited I become. There I said it. The first trailer that came out a couple months ago was action-packed for sure, but it felt a bit over the top. Now with these three new one-minute promos that aired during Fox's prime-time schedule, I'm not exactly impressed.

One of the more worrisome elements is that a lot of the forced humor that turned Wolverine into a walking punchline in X-Men: The Last Stand stuck around, and that's a bit disheartening. Also, I don't know if I'm the only one still skeptical, but I haven't seen Liev Schreiber (Defiance) do anything that makes me like him as Sabretooth yet. Hugh Jackman has already done a bit of damage control on those reshoots in Vancouver, but unless something amazing comes out before May, then I might need some more reassurance.

So far the only things sustaining a decent amount of interest and dare I say excitement are:

  • Hugh Jackman as Wolverine because he's just so damn good at it

  • Gambit being in the movie at all. This was a character that deserved the full fledged X-Men treatment, and it's good to see him on screen.

  • Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. Despite Blade Trinity falling flat on its face, I enjoyed Reynolds character and it'll be good to see him in something other than mediocre romantic comedies again.

  • Dominic Monaghan as Beak. I just want to see how he plays in a comic book movie.

  • Any potential cameos from other X-Men.
Otherwise, some pretty spectacular footage is going to have to come out in the form of a new trailer to get me truly hyped. The three one-minute spots are embedded below. They work together a bit, so watch them in order.





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