Category: Movie Previews

Drag Me to Hell

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:39 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

Drag Me to Hell
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Starring: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raven
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: Universal Pictures
Release Date: 2009
Directed By: Sam Raimi

So you’ve got this dudette, Christine, and she works at a bank. An old lady needs some help with her loan, but hey, the girl wants to get ahead in the eyes of her boss and bam, the lady gets turned down. Turns out this isn’t such a great idea as the lady puts some kind of curse on Christine.

Christine’s life is now crap, and she is destined for hell, unless she can reverse the curse. And so Christine enlists some help, her boyfriend doesn’t understand, and hopefully she can be all good again and end up in heaven, or at least live a happy life.

The news about this movie is that Sam Raimi is back doing horror movies, but what bums me out is that it’s going to be rated PG-13 so it will be low on the gore fest

The Departed

MPAA Rated – R
It’s 2:31 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

The Departed
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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin
MPAA Rated: R
Released By: Warner Bros.
Release Date: 2006
Directed By: Martin Scorsese

I guess this is a remake of some big Asian film from a few year’s back, but if it gets released on its tentative date, October 6th, Oscar buzz will already start hitting this film if only because Martin Scorsese is directing and it’s got a great cast of Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin. From what I can gather you get the Irish-American mafia infiltrating the Boston police department, and the Boston police department infiltrating the Irish-American mafia, and they all have their allegiances both to who they’re spying on and who they’re spying for.

Right now the movie looks to be very entertaining, and it’s rated R for three great reasons in my book, strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and as an added bonus, drug material.

Scorsese’s got the track record, especially when it comes to movies like this, so I doubt he’ll screw it up.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Are We Done Yet?

MPAA Rated – PG
It’s 1:32 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

Are We Done Yet?
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Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden
MPAA Rated: PG
Released By: Columbia Pictures
Directed By: Steve Carr

First off, unless there is absolutely nothing else playing the weekend this movie comes out, I probably won’t see it. It’s not that it doesn’t look kind of cute, but it just doesn’t look to be this bachelor’s cup of tea. You, on the other hand, might wonder “Why are they making a sequel to ‘Are We There Yet?’” Well, when a movie has a budget of around $32 Million and the film does around $83 Mill, well, you get to make a sequel.

Anyway, reminding me of “Money Pit,” “Are We Done Yet” brings us Ice Cube as Nick, with his new wife Suzanne (Nia Long). When he finds out he’s going to be a daddy, Nick decides Suzanne and her kids, along with his up-and-coming kid, need to move to the suburbs/woods, and live in his dream home. The problem is that his dream house is a fix-er-upper, and as much as Nick thinks he is a handyman, he’s not, and hilarity ensues.

The movie does look cute, especially for the fans of “Are We There Yet?” so it should do well. And if they keep it PG, it should be cute for the kids as well.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

The Ant Bully

MPAA Rated – PG
It’s 1:28 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

The Ant Bully
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Starring: Jake T. Austin, Nicolas Cage, Alan Cumming, Zach Tyler Eisen, Paul Giamatti, Myles Jeffrey, Regina King, Cheri Oteri, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin
MPAA Rated: PG
Released By: Warner Bros.
Directed By: John A. Davis

It’s an animated movie, and it looks cute. You get a little kid, Lucas, pissing off an ant hill of, well, ants, usually by drowning them with the water hose. Low and behold, somehow, the ants get a magic potion that will shrink a child down to ant size. Ah, now it time for our little Lucas to learn a lot of lessons about working together, friendship, and being strong, by becoming one with the ant colony.
The movie looks cute, but maybe more for the kids rather than the adults. I’ll still probably try to catch it, but this doesn’t seem to have the fun adult fair other animated movies tend to throw in.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Annapolis

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:48 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right

Annapolis
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Starring: James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Donnie Wahlberg
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: Touchstone Pictures
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Directed By: Justin Lee

Opening in January, finally most of the artsy movies will be done, and we can just get a decent movie about a recruit joining the Naval Academy. Isn’t that what we all want after Christmas?

Here’s the simple synopsis…

James Franko is Jack. He’s a dude who doesn’t have nearly the connections or standing in society to get into the United States Naval Academy, yet from the trailer, he pesters his way in. Cole is played by Tyrese Gibson. For most of those at the Academy, they got in after high school, yet Cole found his way there after serving a couple of tours of duty and now is an instructor. Cole sees a great future for Jack, only Jack doesn’t always see it, and the story isn’t new, but it looks fairly entertaining. It’s also got Jordana Brewster, who’s looking great.

I’ll have to see how the football season is going if I get a chance to see this film, but it doesn’t look horrible, just kind of re-hashed at a different military school. So what.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Amusement

MPAA Rated – R
It’s 1:25 Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

Amusement
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Starring: Keir O’Donnell, Katheryn Winnick, Jessica Lucas, Laura Breckenridge, Tad Hilgenbrink
MPAA Rated: R
Released By: Picturehouse Entertainment
Directed By: John Simpson

The teaser trailer seems to try to build this movie on the “Saw” genre of horror films, and really, there isn’t too much to really care about other than the basic synopsis is that some dude wants to stalk some dudettes related to something when they were all young ins.

The key for this film will be the obvious for the horror genre being a little more fun than the “Saw” side of things, namely some nudity and some sex. It’d got the women, hopefully they will get naked, and then if things are done right there will be blood, and a lot of it. Right now the teaser trailer is only out, it’s from Picturehouse Entertainment so that might mean it won’t even make it to my gigaplex, but in any case I sort of look forward to seeing this on my small screen where I can jump in my seat without the fear of ridicule from the theater goers around me.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Big Trouble

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:25 Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

Big Trouble
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Starring: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Omar Epps, Dennis Farina, Janeane Garofalo
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: Touchstone Picures
Release Date: 2002
Directed By: Barry Sonnenfeld

The trailer shows a quirky comedy and that’s about it. It doesn’t really give any hints at the story except seeing some thieves and hitting a goat. But after some research the movie, get this, intertwines a divorced dad, cops, the FBI, a housewife, and a homeless dude when there’s a nuclear bomb in a suitcase. And, oh yea, it also has a toad, a python, and a theme park.

From Barry Sonnenfeld and based on a book by Dave Barry, well, who knows. The trailer is kind of funny and now that I know a little more about the story it actually sounds like this could be a wacked-out movie that might just please me.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Big Momma’s House 2

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:39 Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

Big Momma’s House 2
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Starring: Martin Lawrence
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2006
Directed By: John Whitesell

I didn’t find the first “Big Momma’s House” very entertaining, thought it tried too hard to get laughs, even giving it only 2 out of 5 stars. It should come as no surprise, then, that my initial thought of hearing they are making a sequel was “Why in God’s name would you make a sequel for this movie?” I guess when the original was budgeted around $30 million and made over $100 million you give Martin Lawrence a few bucks to put on the fat lady suit once again to try and fight some crime. After seeing the trailer, this movie really looks horrible, and that’s all I’ve got to say about this.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

The Beauty Shop

MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:45 Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

The Beauty Shop
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Starring: Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Djimon Hounsou
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: MGM
Directed By: Bille Woodruff

The first trailer for “Beauty Shop” didn’t really tell much other than Queen Latifah runs a beauty shop and things will go sort of like the “Barbershop” series of movies. The latest trailer, however, shows what is shaping up to be a pretty funny movie.

It seems Gina (Latifah) moves to Atlanta and is working for this fancy-shmancy hairdresser in the likes of Jorge (played to the hilt by Kevin Bacon). When he starts taking credit for her work, she decides to open her own beauty shop, brings in a cast of funny characters as her own hairdressers, including the likes of Lynn (Alicia Silverstone) who used to work with her over at Jorge’s, and now she is developing her own reputation in the hair industry.

The jokes seem to be a lot of what you’d expect for this “Barbershop” offshoot, and I laughed quite a bit during the trailer. Hopefully they aren’t the only jokes.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Beer League

MPAA Rated – R
It’s 1:26 Long
A Preview by:
– The Dude on the Right

Beer League
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Starring: Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio, Anthony DeSando, Cara Buono, Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Regen, Jim Breuer, Nick DiPaolo, Tina Fey, Jim Florentine, Joseph R. Gannascoli
MPAA Rated: R
Released By: Echo Bridge Entertainment
Directed By: Frank Sebastiano

Just the other day as I was watching “The Karate Kid” on cable, I was wondering to myself, “Self, I wonder what is going on with Ralph Macchio’s career.” Okay, I’m lying because I already know – he’s coming up next in a movie called “Beer League.”

If you listen to Howard Stern you probably already know all about “Beer League” because Artie Lange from the show has a whole lot to do with the movie, from some producing, to some writing, to starring in the film. Pretty much the story is about a bunch of softball dudes who are going to get kicked out of the league if they don’t straighten up their act and play better softball, and hilarity is supposed to ensue.

The trailer that was shown during The Howard Stern Film Festival looked pretty funny, and as a fan of the show, I’ll hopefully be able to catch the flick as long as it opens at my local gigaplex.

That’s it for this preview! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!