Today shall go down as Super Bowl TV spot Saturday. Earlier we had a look at some prehistoric family entertainment with the Super Bowl spot for Land of the Lost. Here we are with the first glimpse at this year's other prehistoric comedy, Year One. The spot doesn't function so much as a trailer, but rather an extended clip introducing us into Jack Black and Michael Cera's characters and well as introducing us to Paul Rudd and David Cross as the biblical brother duo Cain and Abel. Written by Egon Spengler himself Harold Ramis (also directing), as well as writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupinsky (from NBC's The Office) the film is very reminiscent of Monty Python and the Holy Grail with its tongue-in-cheek presentation of events in pre-history and the Bible. This one looks like a lot of fun, and similar to Monty Python, will probably function more like a series of sketches connected by Cera and Black's journeying through the year one and meeting curious characters along the way.

Another Super Bowl TV spot hit the net today, and it's definitely better than the G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra spot we posted earlier. Land of the Lost is the feature film adaptation of the classic television series from the 70's of the same name (also later re-tooled for Nickelodeon in the early 90's).

The film follows "a disgraced paleontologist, his assistant and a macho tour guide who find themselves in a strange world inhabited by dinosaurs, monkey people and reptilian Sleestaks." Will Ferrell fills the role of paleontologist Rick Marshall, Anna Friel (from ABC's Pushing Daisies) as his assistant Holly, and Danny McBride as tour guide Will Stanton as the three are lost in a time warp taking them way back to the time of dinosaurs. The trailer feels like the recent Journey to the Center of the Earth adaptation, but with some real comedy, and infinitely better (though not spectacular) special effects. Ferrell and McBride's involvement really give me faith for this dip into classic television nostalgia to work if anything at least along the lines of Night at the Museum. We've embedded the trailer below for your enjoyment. Will you check it out this summer?

Today the official Superbowl Sunday TV spot for G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra hit the nets exclusively at ComingSoon.net. Yesterday 10 seconds of this footage hit the net, and there was a bit of excitement about how it looked. Honestly, I think that this spot is an awful introduction for what seems to be the beginning of a potential franchise. It looks way too similar to Transformers in action and style (seriously that slow-motion, flipping around in the street shot is lifted straight from it), and while I'm sure they're trying to duplicate the unprecedented success of turning a toy into a movie, I'm unimpressed. The video is embedded below but if you want to see the spot in glorious Quicktime HD head on over to ComingSoon.net for the links. Does this get you guys excited at all?

Now we have teaser poster for the forthcoming superhero blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine. While the poster itself is cool, it's not necessarily amazing. It's not really anymore exciting or creative than the fan-made teaser that came out over a year ago. Really I think this is just a re-tread of the teaser poster for X-Men: The Last Stand, but this one shows a little more skin. Anyway, it's a start on the long trail of marketing ahead. If you missed it, check out the trailer we posted a little while back.

Cinematical posted this earlier today, and I just couldn't pass if up for our FanToys segment. Here is a genuine film camera with a twist. More specifically it's a Paillard Bolex H8 Military Gun outfit. This apparently has some sort of relation to a reporter who was working in Vietnam, and no one is sure whether or not it was used during the war for correspondents. But if you've got a good chunk of cash, this could be yours. Currently on sale on eBay, this listing is set at a Buy It Now price of $1,318. So for those of you who have deep enough pockets and a deep enough love for film paraphernalia this is definitely something unique and pretty bad ass. Brings an all new meaning to shooting a movie. That's right, I made the joke twice.

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Here we have the final poster for Zack Snyder's Watchmen. While the trailers and other posters have all been fantastic, this one seems too conventional to be completely cool. The imagery is good, but when you look at the other posters, this one just doesn't completely measure up. Either way, I'm already sold on seeing this when it comes out March 6.

At the end of the week, Liam Neeson is going to be kicking some ass. I'm not talking Qui-Gon Jinn slicing up some robots, but really going to town on some criminals. Taken follows a man who has "a very particular set of skills...skills that make him a nightmare..." for the people who have kidnapped his daughter.

There's a lot of buzz around this picture, and some people are even comparing Liam Nesson's performance in action to that of Matt Damon (check that link, trust me) in The Bourne Trilogy. That's really saying something considering Neeson has almost 18 years on Damon.

The first trailer for this movie really surprised me with its sort of twist if you will (if you haven't seen it, you'll see what I'm talking about in the trailer below). This movie will definitely be a breath of fresh air in the hellish empty void of the movie season that is January through April. It's also fresh in the sense that the last time something I liked involved a kidnapping, all it led to was the character who lost their kid running through the jungle yelling for him and reminding everybody that the kid was taken ("WAAAAAAAAALT!" I'm looking at you Michael from LOST). Anyway, if you've seen the theatrical trailer, then this isn't a huge departure from that one. There's some better music in my opinion, and some more intense action cuts. What do you guys think?

A few days a go, we gave you a look at John Newbery Medal recipient Neil Gaiman's favorite trailer for the film adaptation of his book of the same name, Coraline. Well today, we also have word that director Henry Selick has a favorite trailer of his own (at least according to Ain't It Cool). Much like Gaiman's choice for the trailer, this one gives you a much better feeling for the film, and it's much darker and creepier in comparison to the theatrically released trailers. While the movie is based on a book intended for kids ages 9-12, I'm sure there's going to be some scared little kiddies out there. Those button eyes even freak me out and I'm almost 23 years old, but then again I'm scared of snow (not really, just kidding, but seriously it's awful). Anyway, check out Selick's favorite trailer for Coraline below. This one is going to be worth checking out if only for the fact that it will be available in 3D at some venues.

When I'm watching a true story put to film, I always find it intriguing what is real, what's been pumped up a little bit for the purposes of attempting to making a good film, and what's complete crap.

That thought kept running through my mind during Frost/Nixon, the Ron Howard film that chronicles the struggle that David Frost (Michael Sheen) and his team went through to interview Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) after his presidency had ended in the ashes of the Watergate scandal.

The flick is nominated for four Oscars, including Langella for Best Actor, Howard for Best Director, Peter Morgan for adapting his original Broadway play for the screen, and Best Picture. Sam Rockwell and Oliver Platt join Sheen as the team that tries to put Nixon away with words and debate and, in the words of Rockwell's character, "give Richard Nixon the trial he never had." On the opposite side, they have the foreboding Nixon, played pitch-perfectly by Langella and Kevin Bacon as Nixon's right hand man and protector, both physically and emotionally.

The film approaches the events in a talking heads/flashback form, something that lends itself better to the stage, but still works on screen. It starts about a month before the interview and spends the rest of the film giving a blow-by-blow of the out-of-his-league British journalist and the disgraced, evil politician.

This film is, without a doubt, right in my wheelhouse. I think, when they wrote the script, under the title was a little dedication, "For Phil" because it was meant for me: A political plot, mixed with journalism, an underdog story and several deep discussions on the way words can be used to get a point across...all partially/mostly true. Frost/Nixon takes what might be a boring concept to some and turns it into the ultimate competition, with everything on the line for both people involved.

Langella has gotten the most attention for his portrayal of Nixon, which isn't an impersonation but more of an amalgamation of parts of Nixon: his mannerisms, parts of his looks, and, for the most part, his larger-than-life personality. It's easy to say, and probably true, that without Langella, Frost/Nixon isn't the exciting/inspiring piece of film it turns out to be.

But, really the shining light of this film for me was Sam Rockwell. How does this guy NOT get more work?! He's a chameleon. He can take any role he's given and knock it out of the park, which is exactly what he does here. Every scene he's in, including talking head moments where he's talking about the past, is completely engrossing and exciting.

Frost/Nixon isn't an essential to see in the theater, but it's definitely a must-see, if not for the amazing performances and quick moving, inspiring script.

Honestly, I only fully enjoyed half of the Grindhouse double feature. Death Proof was just too much setup for too little payoff while Planet Terror delivered everything I wanted from a grindhouse picutre revival. But my most favorite part of the entire double feature experience was the plethora of fake trailers made just for Grindhouse. Now it seems that one particular trailer is getting not only one feature film treatment, but an entire trilogy.

Machete was the story of a double crossed hit man looking for vengeance on those who set him up to take the fall for the assassination of a government official. Now it looks like Dimension Films is working fast to expand Machete into three feature length films, but here's the catch, they will apparently all be straight to DVD. All of this information comes straight from Machete himself, Danny Trejo, who also confirmed that Robert Rodriguez would definitely be directing. Thanks to BloodyDisgusting for getting this information out of Trejo.

This was definitely one of my favorite trailers from all the faux previews on Grindhouse and while I think one feature film would be fun, I think that a trilogy might be pushing it. We'll see if Robert Rodriguez really comes through. For your viewing pleasure we have embedded the faux trailer for Machete below. Content is NSFW (brief nudity and language).