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clips and trailers: The Muppets – The Trailers

January 10, 2012 // No Comment

You can see all the film clips over at my previous post, clips and trailers: The Muppets – The Clips. There were so many I decided to split up the clips and trailers for The Muppets… These are no ordinary trailers though. The Muppets have done parody trailers as well as normal ones. It’s a Muppetastic haul of videos!

All the trailers I could find from official sources are below. I’ve put them in broadly chronological order. That is, in the order they were released, as far as I can tell. There were too many to keep track of at the time!

As a bonus too, I’ve throw in the trailer for the 2nd Toy Story Toons short film from Pixar. This one’s called Small Fry and it’s showing before cinema screenings of The Muppets. I think it’ll be fun, the Hawaiian Vacation one before Cars 2 was and I do love Toy Story…

RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 10 Feb 2012
director: James Bobin
writers: Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller (writers), Jim Henson (characters)
cast: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones
genre: comedy, adventure
running time: 103 mins

Official website: Disney – The Muppets
Official facebook page: facebook.com/TheMuppetsUK

Video clips available
trailer #1: Green with Envy
trailer #2: Being Green (Green Lantern parody trailer)
trailer #3: 1st official trailer
trailer #4: The Pig with the Froggy Tattoo (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo parody trailer)
trailer #5: The Final Parody trailer (feat. Paranormal Activity 3, Puss in Boots and Twilight: Breaking Dawn)
trailer #6: 2nd official trailer
trailer: Toy Story Toons – “Small Fry” sneak peek (Toy Story Toons short before The Muppets)

trailer #1: Green with Envy

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trailer #2: Being Green (Green Lantern parody trailer)

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trailer #3: 1st official trailer

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trailer #4: The Pig With The Froggy Tattoo (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo parody trailer)

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trailer #5: The Final Parody trailer (feat. Paranormal Activity 3, Puss in Boots and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – part 1)

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trailer #6: 2nd official trailer

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trailer: Toy Story Toons – “Small Fry” sneak peek

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The Muppets is in UK and Irish cinemas from Friday 10th February 2012

clips and trailers: The Muppets – The Clips

January 10, 2012 // No Comment

The Muppets are back on the big screen! It’s been 12 years since Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang went to space so it’s high time that they came back to us.

Now since this film released in the US back in November, there are plenty of clips and trailers available so I may as well get straight to it…

… actually, there’s so many clips and trailer out there I’m going to split this into two posts.

You can see all The Muppets parody trailers and a sneak peak of the Toy Story Toons over at this post: clips and trailers: The Muppets – The Trailers.

And all the clips I could find are below…

RELEASE DETAILS

Official website: Disney – The Muppets
Official facebook page: facebook.com/TheMuppetsUK

Video clips available
clip: I’ve Got Everything You Need
clip: Surprise Tickets
clip: Showdown
clip: Idea
clip: Muppet Man
clip: Shocking
clip: Celebrity
clip: Montage

clip: I’ve Got Everything You Need

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clip: Surprise Tickets

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clip: Showdown

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clip: Idea

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clip: Muppet Man

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clip: Shocking

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clip: Celebrity

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clip: Montage

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The Muppets is in UK and Irish cinemas from Friday 10th February 2012

clips and trailers: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

December 21, 2011 // No Comment

updated: 19 Sept 2012

Here it is folks, the full teaser trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!

I did a bit of a blurb about how excited about this movie I am over on the production video clips feature. I’ll be keeping that one updated with any production clips that appear. Meanwhile though, I figured that we’ll be getting more film clips and trailers as the release date comes closer (my birthday next year!) so I thought I would set up a new hub for them.

With the release date some ways away there’s only the one trailer but keep checking back and I’ll put up everything I can. Oh also, I forgot to mention in the previous post, the novel is being made into two films so it’s really The Hobbit, part 1 that’s out next year – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again is due out on 13 Dec 2013.

Edit: 19 Sep 2012 There are now three films, the second part, still set for 13 Dec 2013 is now called The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and the third is set for 18 July 2014 and is called The Hobbit: There and Back Again, just to make things confusing.

I am excited about these, very excited. The Hobbit was one of my favourite books growing up and the fact is that – whether I can imagine ever sitting down and watching them all again or not – I do think that The Lord of the Rings films were some of the greatest films ever made.

Anyway, let me know what you think of this first trailer. Are you looking forward to the film as much as I am??

update (07 Nov 12): New featurette added Featurette: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Dinner Party

RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 14 Dec 2012
director: Peter Jackson
writers: JRR Tolkien (story), Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo Del Toro, Peter Jackson (screenplay)
cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett
genre: fantasy, adventure
running time: TBC

(un)Official website: facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ (no official website just yet)
Official facebook page: facebook.com/TheHobbitMovie

Video clips available
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Teaser trailer #1 (21 Dec 2011)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Full trailer #1 (19 Sep 2012)

Featurette: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Dinner Party (07 Nov 2012)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Teaser trailer #1

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Full trailer #1

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Featurette: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Dinner Party

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The Hobbit is due to release on 14th December 2012

clips and trailers: John Carter (2012)

December 12, 2011 // No Comment

Traditionally, I haven’t expected sci-fi epics from Walt Disney Pictures but after TRON: Legacy (a movie which really deserved to be seen by more people, damn snow!) that view has had to change. The Mouse, it seems, is happy to go to seek out that final frontier…

… Not that this has anything to do with Mickey Mouse.

Instead, John Carter (formerly John Carter of Mars) is based on the series of Mars adventure stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published between 1917 and 1943. In the books Mars is known as Barsoom by it’s inhabitants, a variety of different coloured Martians, and the planet is portrayed as one troubled by strife as the various races fight for the scarce resources available. It’s not entirely clear if the races will all be different colours in the film but I thought I saw some blue ones and some green ones. To be honest I’m surprised I’ve never heard of the series, in any case the books certainly seem ripe for film adaptation*.

As far as I can gather, this movie is drawing from Burroughs’ first book, A Princess of Mars but there may be elements from some of the others. The premise is simple enough… John Carter is a Confederate Captain in the American Civil War who find himself somehow transported to Mars and landed in the middle of a heated conflict. He soon discovers that he may be the only person who can bring peace to the tortured but majestic planet.

I’m always up for a sci-fi adventure but I’m very curious to see what audience they’re going to target. Watch the trailers and you won’t be able to miss the sniff of Avatar (despite the very different setting) and I would consider Avatar as an older, at least 12+/15+ audience… But then again it is Disney and in my eyes TRON: Legacy ended up being pitched younger than that. Are we looking at a 12A or a PG here…? I don’t mind either way but it will, of course, shape how I personally view the film.

update (05 March 2012): Many more clips, trailers, featurettes etc added. Also the cert is confirmed as a 12A in Ireland and the running time is confirmed at 132 mins.

RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 09 Mar 2012
director: Andrew Stanton
writers: Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon, Andrew Stanton (screenplay) Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel and characters)
cast: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Dominic West, Mark Strong
genre: adventure, sci-fi, action
running time: 132 mins

Official website: disney.ie/john-carter
Official facebook page: facebook.com/JohnCarterMovie
Official Twitter feed: @JohnCarter

Video clips available
John Carter trailer #1
John Carter trailer #2
John Carter trailer #3
featurette: Andrew Stanton interview
featurette: Taylor Kitsch interview
teaser: Our World
teaser: Searching
featurette: Legacy
featurette: John and Dejah
clip: Canyon Escape
extended clip: White Apes
extended clip: Opening 10 mins of John Carter

John Carter teaser trailer #1

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John Carter teaser trailer #2

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John Carter trailer #3

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Extended Super Bowl 2012 ad

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featurette: Andrew Stanton interview

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featurette: Taylor Kitsch interview

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teaser: Our World

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teaser: Searching

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featurette: Legacy

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featurette: John and Dejah

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clip: Canyon Escape

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extended clip: White Apes

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extended clip: Opening 10 mins of John Carter

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John Carter is in UK and Irish cinemas from 9th March 2012

* = actually there was a straight-to-DVD one called Princess of Mars in 2009. It starred Antonio Sabato Jr. and Traci Lords. Surprisingly, it was not a hit.
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clips and trailers: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
November 23, 2011   //    No Comment
A new Mission: Impossible film hey?

I can’t say I was enamoured with the idea. I hated the first Mission: Impossible film. Hated it. Somehow I ended up going to see it in the cinema 3 times that summer, so my hatred of it became properly ingrained. I never saw the other two. I didn’t think I could take it if they were anything like the first.

But that was 15 years ago.

I am older now… and I like to think I have becoming more forgiving, more accepting, with age. I no longer rage at bad movies. I try to see the good in all films… well, sometimes.

And so, I am vaguely looking forward to Mission; Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Ever since Tropic Thunder I’ve felt far more positive about Tom Cruise. Now that he’s older he doesn’t seem half as smug. Mind you, I haven’t actually seen a Tom Cruise film since Tropic Thunder…

… No matter, the big thing for me is that Jeremy Renner is in this. It’s the first of his big upcoming action roles – the others being The Avengers (Avengers clips and trailers) and The Bourne Legacy – so it’ll be all eyes to see if he can handle it. IMO he was fantastic in The Hurt Locker, a movie which (dare I say it?) I thought was vastly over-rated, so I’m all up to see what he can do.

There are quite a few clips, trailers and featurettes available for Mission Impossible 4, so have a look below and let me know what you think…

update (14 Dec 11): 4 new clips added (Girl Fight, From the Outside, Open the Door and Sandstorm) and added film running time.

update (07 Jan 12): 1 new clip added (Getting on the Train and 4 new featurettes, Meet the Team, Brad Bird Q+A, Jeremy Renner Q+A and Paula Patton Q+A

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RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 26 Dec 2011
director: Brad Bird
writers: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec (written by) Bruce Geller (tv series creator)
cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton
genre: action, adventure, thriller
running time: 133 mins

Official website: www.missionimpossible.com
Official facebook page: facebook.com/MissionImpossibleUK
Official Twitter feed: @GhostProtocol and @GhostProtocolUK

Video clips available
Teaser trailer #1
Theatrical trailer #1
TV spot #1
clip: I’ll Catch You
clip: Fan Jump
clip: Girl Fight
clip: From the Outside
clip: Open the Door
clip: Sandstorm
clip: Getting on the Train
featurette: Behind the scenes at Burj Khalifa
featurette: Simon Pegg
featurette: Meet the Team
featurette: Brad Bird Q+A
featurette: Jeremy Renner Q+A
featurette: Paula Patton Q+A

teaser trailer #1

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Theatrical trailer #1

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TV spot #1

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clip: Catch you

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clip: Fan jump

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clip: Girl Fight

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clip: From the Outside

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clip: Open the Door

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clip: Sandstorm

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clip: Getting on the Train

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featurette: Behind the scenes at Burj Khalifa

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featurette: Simon Pegg

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featurette: Meet the Team

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featurette: Brad Bird Q+A/a>

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featurette: Jeremy Renner

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featurette: Paula Patton Q+A

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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is in Irish and UK cinemas from Monday 26th December 2011.
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feature: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) – production video clips
November 4, 2011   //    No Comment
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Now this is the one I’ve been waiting for. And it’s coming out on my birthday! Yay!

I was never a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings novels growing up. Mainly because I never read them when I was growing up. I only read them just before the movies came out. I thought it would be a bit of a disservice to them if I didn’t. I did however read The Hobbit…

… And I loved The Hobbit. Which is not to take away from The Lord of the Rings or the subsequent films. I still believe that they were some of the greatest movies ever made, the scope and the scale laid out in those films was incredible… but this is the story I want to see told.

It’s a little early to be doing a clips and trailer post, since they’re still in the middle of filming it… so there aren’t any clips and trailers. Luckily though, Peter Jackson has been keeping us up to date with what going on in New Zealand. He has been releasing production videos telling us about filming for 3D, the RED Cameras he’s using and giving us little peeks and looks at the sets. It’s all very exciting.

Have a look at the videos below to keep up with the production, I’ll be sure to add new videos as they are released.

update (21 Dec 11): Just letting you know that I have now created a new post for the clips and trailers that will be coming for The Hobbit. I’ll still be updating this one with production videos but there is an all new teaser trailer now over on clips and trailers: The Hobbit (2012).

update (23 Dec 11): New production video added – video: The Hobbit, Production video #5.

update (01 Mar 12): New production video added – video: The Hobbit, Production video #6.

update (06 Jun 12): New production video added – video: The Hobbit, Production video #7.

update (23 Jul 12): New production video added – video: The Hobbit, Production video #8.

update (24 Nov 12): New production video added – video: The Hobbit, Production video #9.

update (14 Dec 12): New production video added – video: The Hobbit, Production video #10.

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RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 14 Dec 2012
director: Peter Jackson
writers: JRR Tolkien (story), Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo Del Toro, Peter Jackson (screenplay)
cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett
genre: fantasy, adventure
running time: TBC

(un)Official website: facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ (no official website just yet)
Official facebook page: facebook.com/TheHobbitMovie

Video clips available
video: The Hobbit, Production video #1 (14 Apr 2011)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #2 (08 Jul 2011)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #3 (20 Jul 2011)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #4 (04 Nov 2011)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #5 (23 Dec 2011)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #6 (01 Mar 2012)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #7 (06 Jun 2012)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #8 (23 Jul 2012)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #9 (24 Nov 2012)
video: The Hobbit, Production video #10 (14 Dec 2012)

video: The Hobbit, Production video #1

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video: The Hobbit, Production video #4

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video: The Hobbit, Production video #7

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video: The Hobbit, Production video #8

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video: The Hobbit, Production video #9

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video: The Hobbit, Production video #10

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The Hobbit is due to release on 14th December 2012
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clips and trailers: Super 8 (2011)
August 5, 2011   //    No Comment
Well, well, well… what have we got here? It’s been a couple of years but J.J. Abrams has finally come out with a new film. Super 8 is actually only his 3rd film but with Steven Spielberg all over the promotional materials, you can rest assured this is a biggie.

Ok, to be fair, they’ve all been biggies…

Anyone else think it’s kind of strange that this guy went from directing a few random TV show episodes to directing Tom Cruise in a Mission: Impossible film? Just me? Not that I’m particularly complaining. I never saw M:I3 but I really liked Star Trek so it’s fine by me.

None of this tells you about Super 8 though. Basically, it’s about a bunch of kids in 1979 who go out to make a short film and randomly find themselves in the middle of some alien madness. I can’t really say fairer than that without giving anything away. I was lucky enough to see it the other day and I really do think you should go see it too. It’s great. Well, I think it’s great. You might not. I don’t want to big it up too much….

Anyway, it’s already out in the US and it’s out in the UK and Ireland today so, judging by my analytics, most of you should be able to go see, right now. Do it.

But if you can’t, here’s some clips and trailers to tide you over. Undoubtedly some of the clips are quite spoilerish but I’ll leave that up to you.

RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 5th August 2011
director: J.J. Abrams
writer: J.J. Abrams
cast: Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Riley Griffiths
genre: sci-fi, action, adventure
running time: 112 mins

Video clips available
Teaser trailer
Theatrical trailer
featurette: Making Super 8 with JJ Abrams and the cast
featurette: Kyle Chandler answers Super 8 fan questions
featurette: The boys of Super 8 answer fan questions
featurette: Elle Fanning answers Super 8 fan questions
clip: Playing a zombie
clip: Train station

Teaser trailer

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Theatrical trailer

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featurette: Making Super 8 with JJ Abrams and the cast

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featurette: Kyle Chandler answers Super 8 fan questions

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featurette: The boys of Super 8 answer fan questions

featurette: Elle Fanning answers Super 8 fan questions

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clip: Playing a zombie

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clip: Train station

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Super 8 is in UK and Irish cinemas from 5th Aug 2011
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clips and trailers: Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
June 9, 2011   //    1 Comment
Back in 2008 the world was introduced to a cute little panda called Po. Well maybe he wasn’t all that little… and he wasn’t like fantastically cute. But he was cuddly and people all over the world fell in love with him and all his antics in Kung Fu Panda.

Except me, I didn’t love Kung Fu Panda. I liked Kung Fu Panda, don’t get me wrong (Heaven forbid!) but I didn’t love Po. He was grand. It was entertaining enough.

Roll on 2011 and Po is back… and to my surprise, I really liked it. Awesome. This isn’t a review though so I’m not going to say any more about it… here’s some clips, featurettes and a trailer for your perusal.

RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 10th June 2011
director: Jennifer Yuh
writer: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
cast: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan
genre: comedy, action, adventure
running time: 90 mins

Video clips available
featurette: Kung Fu Family
featurette: Tigress
featurette: Po Is Back
featurette: Animating Pandas
clip: That Was My Fist
clip: Stealth mode
clip: Chinese Dragon
Theatrical Trailer

featurette: Kung Fu Family

featurette: Tigress

featurette: Po Is Back

featurette: Animating Pandas

clip: That Was My Fist

clip: Stealth Mode

clip: Chinese Dragon

Theatrical Trailer

Kung Fu Panda 2 is in Irish cinemas from 10th Jun 2011
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clips and trailers: Thor (2011)
April 17, 2011   //    1 Comment
When I was a kid I used to read about Norse Gods a lot. I dunno, they were much more interesting than the ol’ bible stories. I mean there was that one guy whose children were a serpent, a wolf and a creepy daughter who ruled over Hel. He was always my favourite. Not that Thor wasn’t cool like… but, you know, he was just this dude with a hammer who made the thunder. I know Loki kind of got his own movie… but… really? I hope he gets a real movie.

But I digress. Thor is the latest independent production from Marvel Studios. It’s all part of a big plan that started in 2008 with Iron Man. Actually I have no idea if the plan really started in 2008 but certainly they added a few more characters, and indeed foreshadowed this movie, in Iron Man 2. Now they’re doing Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011 before tying the characters all in together in The Avengers, due 2012. The only people, afaik, who aren’t coming back for The Avengers are the folks who were in 2008′s The Incredible Hulk. That one didn’t quite go according to plan.

Anyway, I haven’t seen any clips around at the moment but soon as they appear I’ll put them up here. What I do have though is this cool interactive guide where you can unlock new footage and stills and have a look at the characters that appear in the film. Also, there’s a couple of trailers.

I’m hopeful about Thor however I’m not willing to nail my colours to mast on it yet. I have however heard from the self-proclaimed “all-knowing movie soothsayer” and he assures me it will be “awesome”. So that’s something.

RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 27th April 2011
director: Kenneth Branagh
writers: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz, Don Payne (screenplay) and J. M. Straczynski and Mark Protosevich (story)
cast: Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings
genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action
running time: 114 minutes

Video and other assets available
Thor Interactive Guide – The Universe of Thor
Theatrical trailer #1
Theatrical trailer #2

Thor Interactive Guide – The Universe of Thor

Theatrical trailer #1

Theatrical trailer #2

Thor is releasing in the UK and Ireland on 27th April 2011.
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clips and trailers: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)
April 9, 2011   //    No Comment
And so it ends.

Finally we are at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

It’s been a long journey. I think a lot of people won’t realise this, but the first novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published on 30th June 1997, 14 years ago. I kind think it’s a pity that this last film is releasing two weeks after it’s anniversary. It kinda would have been cool if it was the same date. Oh well.

In those 14 years we’ve seen Harry Potter become a truly global phenomena. A proper one, not like those ones that pop up on YouTube every couple of weeks. These novels have seen JK Rowling go from being a single mother on benefits to the 12th richest woman in Britain. Impressive.

Anyway, I guess there’s no need to give a synopsis of Harry Potter. All that’s really worth saying is that if you haven’t seen any of the films or read any of the books, you really shouldn’t go to this film. There’s no point. It’s the 8th film in a series of 8. You’re not going to know what’s going on. If you really want to see this one, you’d be best getting hold of the DVDs (or books) and watching it all first…

… Fortunately for you, the first 7 films are all now available on DVD. So what are you waiting for? Take thee to the DVD store!

RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 15th July 2011
director: David Yates
writer: Steve Kloves (screenplay)
cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action

VIDEO CLIPS AVAILABLE
First official trailer
featurette: First Look Behind The Scenes

First official trailer

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is coming to UK and Irish cinemas on 15th July 2011
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