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io9TrailersHow to Tell From a Trailer That a Movie Is Going to Suck
Right now, in the middle of summer movie season, it’s easy to get sensory overload. Big-budget movies are coming thick and fast, each of them trying to overwhelm us into opening our wallets. And the more movies you go to see, the more hyperactive trailers you’re going to see on the big screen. Is it … Continued
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io9TrailersWild trailers for ABC’s new TV shows include evil Nazi babies and green aliens!
Earlier today ABC announced that it would be adding three new genre shows: 666 Park Avenue, Zero Hour, and The Neighbors to their line-up next year. And now we’ve got the sizzle reels for each show. We’re completely blown away by the evil Nazi baby, and the look of the aliens in The Neighbors! Watch … Continued
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The first footage from Do No Harm, NBC’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde show
Oh man, Do No Harm looks ridiculous in an awesomely cheeseball way. NBC has revamped the classic horror tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with kind, good-looking Dr. Jason Cole, who hides a sex maniac named Ian Price inside of him. I mean this guy loves sex, just take it from the synopsis! Every … Continued
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io9This movie looks like it might freak you right out of your skin
Beyond The Black Rainbow, in select theaters this Friday, looks like the weirdest frigging movie in ages. Just check out these two exclusive stills, plus the bizarre, loopy trailer. It’s a huge tribute to 1970s and early 1980s pop culture, set in a distorted version of 1983. Here’s another exclusive photo, plus a synopsis: Set … Continued
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io9All the Insane Spoilers We Caught in the New True Blood Trailer, Including Goth Hoyt!
HBO’s first trailer for season five of True Blood is packed with bloody spoilers. Get your first look at the return of the king, new vampire weapons, strange hookups, and the brand new look Hoyt is channeling. Watch the trailer, then check out our screencap breakdown in this giant fangbanging gallery. Hoyt is a Goth … Continued
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io9Watch the first trailer for Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic show from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke
Here are the first scenes from Revolution, NBC’s new Monday night drama created by J.J. Abrams (Lost) and Eric Kripke (Supernatural). In this footage, a mysterious blackout knocks out the world’s power grid and renders all of civilization’s car batteries completely kaput. Some sort of über-electromagnetic pulse, perhaps? Anyway, the scenes then fast-forward 15 years. … Continued
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io9First Trailer for Argo, About the Fake Science Fiction Movie that Saved 6 People from a Hostage Crisis
In 1979, 66 Americans were taken hostage when the US embassy was attacked in Tehran, for 444 days. But six American diplomats avoided capture, and were later smuggled out of the country thanks to a fake science fiction movie called Argo and the help of legendary makeup artists John Chambers (Star Trek, Planet of the … Continued
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io9TrailersAfter the Trayvon Martin shooting, Neighborhood Watch is now just The Watch (and gets a red band trailer)
The tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin has made the marketing for the foul-mouthed alien invasion comedy Neighborhood Watch more than a bit unfortunate. To distance itself from that horrible event, the movie has gotten a new title to go with its red band trailer: The Watch. Directed by The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer and scripted … Continued
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io9New Amazing Spider-Man trailer delivers both angst and awesome quips
The new trailer for Amazing Spider-Man showcases the whole range of styles in this film — from moody, emo-soaked angst to insanely funny quips and sight-gags. (Spider-Man’s joke when he faces the car thief is priceless, and so is the web-shooter bukkake moment.) It also shows just how much the whole thing is bound up … Continued
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The Christian horror movie Harmless features a possessed box of porn. No, really.
Better be careful with that giant box of porn in your closet — because according to the Christian found footage horror flick Harmless, porn releases the long-haired masturbation demons that will destroy your family. Better call the Christian Ghostbusters! Here’s the synopsis: Harmless is a feature film shot in the popular found footage style. It’s … Continued
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io9A Horror Movie that Knows the Scariest Thing is Losing Your Mind
There have been a lot of horror movies that have probed the line between madness and the supernatural lately — but Lovely Molly, coming out in limited release on May 18, might be the most interesting of the bunch. It’s a look at a blue-collar protagonist who moves back into a house that raises all … Continued
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io9Watch a little girl fight off Ice Age creatures in the stunning trailer for Beasts of the Southern Wild
We called Beasts of the Southern Wild beautiful, operatic and [filled] with rampaging Ice Age creatures — and the trailer delivers on every point. Watch the first ever public trailer for the the much-buzzed-about Sundance movie. In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, … Continued
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io9TrailersHoly crap, what are these new aliens doing in this Prometheus trailer?
Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! There’s a brand new international Prometheus trailer out showcasing a massive load of new footage. Watch video footage from inside the spacesuits, and Charlize Theron at what we assume is the offices for Weyland Industries. Finally, check out this brand-new alien critter. Anything else we missed, put it in … Continued
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io9TrailersThis preview for a Japanese children’s movie will make your head explode
Behold the trailer for After School Midnighters, an upcoming Japanese kids’ movie about an anatomy model that comes to life at night to party his see-through ass off! I have no idea what occurs in this film, but I can dig it already. It’s like Slim Goodbody, if he discovered ayahuasca and show tunes! Here’s … Continued
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io9TrailersOh dear, somebody made a Buffy The Vampire Slayer porn
We’re not shocked that a Buffy blue film exists — indeed, the market is saturated with XXX parodies and we knew this was coming anyway — but there’s something magically off-kilter about this orifice flick from Adam & Eve Pictures and director Leeroy Myers. It’s like a journey to Dimension Bootleg, which happens to be … Continued
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io9TrailersNew Brave trailer and footage shows off Pixar’s rebellious princess
The latest trailer (and clip) for Pixar’s Gaelic fantasy Brave fleshes out the larger backstory behind this adorable ginger family of Scottish royals. This is the first time we get a good look at Merida and her family’s world, and it’s not the fancy Cinderella palaces audiences may be used to. Behold the beauty of … Continued
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io9TrailersNew G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer pistol-whips the rest of summer’s blockbusters
Holy crap, does G.I. Joe: Retaliation look like the kind of movie that requires you to sneak a bottle of rye into the theater and scream at the screen at the top of your lungs. (That’s a good thing!) So many quips, so many guns, and all sorts of ridiculous high-tech gadgetry. This is the … Continued
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io9TrailersRuby Sparks = Weird Science For Hipsters
A struggling novelist imagines his perfect woman so hard, she comes into being as a flesh-and-blood person, in Ruby Sparks. It seems awfully reminiscent of Weird Science, but Ruby Sparks does star Paul Dano, and is made by the people behind Little Miss Sunshine. So that’s two great things going for it. In the newly … Continued
