[Trailers] Week of 5/18/09

[claireducky]

This is a thread that we can start each week with the newest released trailers.  I will start us off with this week.

 

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

In theaters: September 11, 2009 

Anchor Bay Films

 

High profile lawyer, Martin Hunter (Michael Douglas) has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe) begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney’s perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the corrupt D.A. in the act. Romantically involved with C.J. but unaware of his assignment, Assistant D.A. Ella (Amber Tamblyn) becomes caught between her boss’s political ambitions and C.J.’s dangerous expose. As mounting evidence stacks up against both men, Ella’s own life becomes threatened as she discovers incriminating proof that puts the fate of both Nichol’s innocence and Hunter’s reputation in her hands. With intricate plot twists ratcheting the tension throughout the film, this gripping courtroom thriller is written and directed by acclaimed director, Peter Hyams (Running Scared, End of Days) and also stars Orlando Jones and Joel David Moore.

    * Genre:Drama

    * Director:Peter Hyams

    * Cast:Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas, Orlando Jones, Joel David Moore

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Up

Release date: May 29, 2009

Up! is the tenth animated feature film by Pixar. It stars Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai and John Ratzenberger. Up is scheduled for wide release by Disney Pictures on May 29, 2009, in both digital 3D and regular screens.

 

Up! opened the 62nd Cannes Film Festival with a 3D screening of the animated film. The festival was held May 13-24, 2009.

 

Up! tells the story of an old man named Carl (voiced by Ed Asner). As a young man, Carl fell in love with a girl named Ellie, and the two would fantasize about adventuring in South America together. The two got married, but Eliie died shortly after, and they never got to go on their adventure. Now, as an old man, Carl's house is being threatened by pending construction. Carl flies his house (by attaching a lot of balloons to it) down to South America. But after he lifts off, he finds He finds a chubby boy scout by the name of Russell has escaped with him.

 

Cast

 

    * Edward Asner as Carl Fredricksen

    * Jordan Nagai as Russell

    * Christopher Plummer as Charles Muntz

    * John Ratzenberger (additional voices)

    * Paul Eiding (additional voices)

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Public Enemies

In theaters: July 1, 2009

Universal Pictures

 

In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger’s gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw’s capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing “Clark Gable of the FBI.” However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis’ men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous “Lady in Red” to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.

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    * Genre:Action and Adventure, Drama

    * Director:Michael Mann

    * Cast:Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Jason Clarke, Rory Cochran

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Whatever Works

In theaters: June 19, 2009

Sony Pictures Classics

 

An eccentric New Yorker played by Larry David abandons his upper class life to lead a more bohemian existence. He meets a young girl from the south and her family and no two people seem to get along in the entanglements that follow. This is a comedy also starring Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Evan Rachel Wood, and a number of other amusing types.

 

    * Genre:Comedy, Romance

    * Director:Woody Allen

    * Cast:Larry David, Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Evan Rachel Wood

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Release Date: 7 August 2009

 

Stephen Sommers will direct (here's hoping he reigns in the CG), from a script by Stuart Beattie. The story is set at Brussels-based GIJOE, an acronym for the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, and revolves around an international co-ed force of operatives who use high-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil org headed by a Scottish arms dealer.

Cast:

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Heavy Duty

Christopher Eccleston Destro

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Cobra Commander

Byung-hun Lee Storm Shadow

Sienna Miller The Baroness

Rachel Nichols Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara

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Terminator Salvation

Release Date: 21 May 2009

 

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

Cast:

Christian Bale John Connor

Sam Worthington Marcus Wright

Moon Bloodgood Blair Williams

Helena Bonham Carter Dr. Serena Kogan

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[claireducky]

Do you plan on seeing any of those movies?  Which ones?  If there are other Trailers you would like to share, feel free to post them here.

 

 

[Dunbar]

I'm gonna see Up for sure, as Pixar has never, ever really disappointed and it's got a lot of good buzz. Public enemies? Yes! Bale and Depp AND Mann is a lovely combination. Terminator Salvation? Yes! Or at least, so far yes. Seems like it'll have good action, also Christian Bale. Whatever Works also, because Woody Allen is amazing.

[Majsju]

Right now, the movie I look forward the most to is Looking For Eric.