Trailer Tuesday: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

The final film in The Hobbit trilogy is approaching.  It has a new subtitle, The Battle of the Five Armies, which replaces the earlier title There and Back Again.  And until they come up with a way to turn The Silmarillion into a series of films or they decide to make The Ongoing Adventures of Legolas and Gimli (which I would totally watch), this will be the final film in Peter Jackson’s epic Middle Earth saga, comprising six movies over 13 years.  And now we’ve got the first teaser trailer for this final film.  Take a look, and read on for my thoughts below:

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Trailer Thursday: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

I’ve actually got two new trailers for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 for you today.  First up is a followup to the previous teaser, which showed President Snow giving an address to Panem with Peeta surprisingly by his side.  He’s once again addressing the nation with Peeta beside him, but this time he has another guest and things have a remarkably different tone even before the surprise at the end of the address.  Take a look and read on for my comments and the first full teaser trailer for Mockingjay – Part 1.

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Trailer Tuesday: Big Hero 6

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

A couple months ago we got our first look at Big Hero 6, the upcoming collaboration between Marvel and Walt Disney Animation Studios, in the form of a cute teaser trailer.  We’ve now got a new, bigger trailer, as well as finally some confirmed information about the voice cast.  Watch the trailer below and read on for my thoughts:

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Trailer Thursday: Guardians of the Galaxy final trailers

Rocket Racoon

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

I’ve posted a lot of Guardians of the Galaxy since we got our first glimpse of it, and that’s not about to stop now.  Today we’ve got three “final” trailers for the film, the first of which is actually a “viral” commercial for a Galaxy Getaways, while the second and the third are “extended looks” at the film.  At this point, I doubt they could show us much more of the movie without delving into serious spoilers, and even some of these may be pushing the limit of how much people want to know before they see a film.  They also give us a much better glimpse at the emotions and the characters of the film, along with several more complete scenes instead of just isolated clips.  But let’s start with Galaxy Getaways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCNtW6RUb0

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Trailer Monday: The Boxtrolls

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

It’s interesting how many trailers have been released for The Boxtrolls.  In addition to the two teaser trailers from earlier in the year there’s now a third teaser trailer and the first full trailer for the film.  These two use a lot of the same footage, but the teaser trailer is shorter and set to Cee Lo’s version of “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care,” originally made famous by Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, a perfect song choice, while the full trailer gives us more of an idea about the film’s story.

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Trailer Sunday: The Judge

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

Some trailers try to sell you on an entertaining premise, loading two minutes with jokes or explosions or scares.  Others, however, are built to simply scream “Oscar bait!” as loudly as possible.  They typically appear around this time of year in anticipation of movies coming out in the last three months of the year.  Oscar bait trailers usually highlight their impressive casts, are often about family drama, and frequently revolve around a death.  Here’s the first one I’ve seen so far this year:

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Trailer Saturday: Into the Storm (with bonus Twister)

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

Here on the Ship’s Log I usually feature trailers that strike my interest in some way, either by promoting a film that looks exciting to me or by using an interesting technique within the trailer itself.  Sometimes, however, a trailer will leave me shaking my head, rolling my eyes, or snorting with derisive laughter.  Take a look at this:

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Trailer Friday: Kingsman: The Secret Service

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

Today’s trailer is a fun one that really caught my attention when I saw it for the first time in the theater a month ago.  Take a look and read on for my thoughts:

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Throwback Trailer Thursday: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

In my quest to post a trailer every day for a week, in order to make up for some slow updates as of late, I’m going to take a slight detour today and post an old trailer instead of a new one.  You see, today is my 30th birthday, and among many other things that means that it’s been 30 years since I was first exposed to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.  My mother was watching the film when it caused her to go into labor with me, so I’ve got a pretty strong personal connection to the film.  I thought it’d be fun to take a look back at how that 1984 film was marketed in the theater, so take a peak at this vintage trailer and read on for my thoughts:

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Trailer Wednesday: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Donald Sutherland and Josh Hutchinson as President Snow and Peeta Mellark

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

Since I’ve been a little lax with the Trailer Tuesdays lately, and I haven’t seen as many movies in the theater due to some family health issues, I’m going to try to post a trailer every day for a full week (starting with the one yesterday).  Conveniently, the first teaser trailer for the awkwardly titled The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 was released today, and it’s a juicy one.  Take a look at it below and read on for my thoughts.

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