The SUPER 8 trailer is here!

So let's rejoice...by watching the just-released trailer for The Smurfs!

I watched "The Smurfs" religiously until they phased out Gargamel by introducing Johann and Peewee, and the show gave way to all sorts of inscrutable Belgian horseshit.

UPDATE: I don't actually want to see this movie, just to clarify.

Inglourious Cat-dudes

I figure we should dedicate a talkback to Inglourious Basterds (Walter's review of which is now live), but since today also happens to correspond with the online debut of the trailer for James Cameron's Avatar, let's kill two birds with one stone.

Since there isn't an ideal embed for the Avatar preview yet, allow me to send you to Apple's site, where you can watch it in HD.

At the risk of passing premature judgments--looks pretty goofy. My favourite shot in the trailer is the one I've capped at the top of this post, just because of the expression on the guy in the background. It's ineffably...human. From there it all seems a little too console-ready to me, but I have a weird, perhaps misplaced, faith in Cameron and will no doubt see it in IMAX as hype-prescribed.

No Phones, No Lights, No Motor Cars

Below, the trailer for Shutter Island. Not the biggest Dennis Lehane fan, m'self, and not sure what's compelling Marty towards Massachusetts all of a sudden, but I'm looking forward. To paraphrase Michael Powell, the promise of a new Scorsese movie sweetens the whole year; this appears to be his long-awaited scratching of a Val Lewton itch, an even more overt horror flick than Cape Fear. Also, is that the ultimate cineaste title or what?