The Latest Trailers

I love movies about show business. We covered "Movies About Movies" back in Episode 6, but movies are equally well suited to commenting on the theater and on television. Here's a great trailer for a new movie called The TV Set. It's directed by Jake Kasdan, who gave us the tragically overlooked Zero Effect. It's hard to know from the trailer if the movie is truly going to break new ground, but you know what? It looks good to me even if it doesn't. The old standby straight-faced satire about incomprehending producers never seems to get old.

Here are some other trailers I've seen recently that appeal to me.

Stardust. I see, I see, so, sort of a Pirates of the Caribbean meets Peter Pan meets How To Kill a Mockingbird kind of a thing?

Ocean's 13. Can we get some more stars for the next sequel? How about Al Pacino? Hoo-a! Hoo-a!

Lonely Hearts. Right, I see -- Bonnie and Clyde meets Double Indemnity. I'm with you, I'm with you.

Angel-A. So, kind of a Professional meets Breathless meets It's a Wonderful Life. I get it, I get it. Wait. Subtitles?