It’s difficult not to feel Morgan Spurlock has been slightly coasting on the success of Super Size me for the past decade, with a series of increasingly unfocussed documentaries. However we’ll have to hope Mansome is a return to form. The film look at men’s identity in the 21st century. Models, actors, experts and comedians weigh in on what it is to be a man in a world where the definition of masculinity has become as diverse as a hipster’s facial hair in Williamsburg. The hilarious follicles of men’s idiosyncratic grooming habits are thoroughly combed over as men finally take a long hard look in the mirror. It should be out later this year.
Piggy Trailer – Revenge on the streets on London
Piggy is the latest movie taking us to the mean streets of London, with a young man getting involved in revenge. Joe (Martin Compston) is a mild mannered young man bored by his humdrum London life. When his beloved brother (Neil Maskell) is murdered, Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother’s old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother’s killing. As their friendship grows, Joe finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is, and how honest he’s really been with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disastrous climax. It’s out May 4th, but take a look at the intense trailer.
New G.I. Joe: Retaliation Trailer – The Joes are no more, but they’re not giving up!
Oh dear. It doesn’t appear London is going to survive G.I. Joe: Retaliation, as this trailer suggests the entire thing is getting destroyed. Hopefully though the Joes will get us some revenge! In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. The President has disbanded the Joes, but they’re not giving up, as they’re not even sure the President really is the President. Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson join Channing Tatum in the film, which will be released August 3rd (it seems a bit mean releasing a movie that blows up London in the middle of the Olympics, but never mind).
The Five-Year Engagement Red Band Trailer – Emily Blunt & Jason Segel wanna get married
The Five Year Engagement is bidding to be this year’s big gross-out rom com hit and from the evidence of this red band trailer, it’s gonna be a lot of fun. You normally think of women trying to strong-arm men into marriage, but The Five-Tear Engagement sees things from the other side, with Jason Segel being forced to delay marrying Emily Blunt so she can get on with her career. Here’s the synopsis: ‘The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reteam for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow and Rodney Rothman looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.’ It’s due in UK cinemas June 22nd.
The Impossible Trailer – Ewan McGregor & Naomi Watts star in The Orphanage director’s tsunami drama
The Boxing Day tsunami was such a huge event that film has often seemed unsure how to deal with it. There was an exceptional sequence in Hereafter, but the first major movie to deal head-on with it will come this year with The Impossible, from The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona. The first full trailer has now appeared, and while it’s dubbed in Spanish, it introduces us to Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts as a mother and father who are on holiday in Thailand with their kids when the tsunami hits. Separated from one another, they must find each other amongst the debris. It doesn’t seem it’ll be an easy watch, but it should hit cinemas this autumn.
Ruby Sparks Trailer – Paul Dano stars in the new movie from Little Miss Sunshine directors
It’s ridiculous that it’s taken six years for Little Miss Sunshine directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris to make a follow-up movie, but finally Ruby Sparks is on its way and the first trailer has been released. In the film Calvin (Paul Dano) is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby (Zoe Kazan), in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person. It hits US cinemas in July, but no UK date is currently set.
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