Jan 30 2009 'Crossing Over' Poster -- Again, Not with Psychic John Edward

I stared at this poster for a full minute trying to figure out why Ray Liotta was listed but not pictured, though Joshua Jackson was pictured but not listed. Eventually I put it together.

'Crossing Over' Poster Premiere [Cinematical]

Nov 13 2008 'Crossing Over' Trailer (Not the 'Crossing Over' with Fake Psychic John Edward)

You can tell the guy who decided to remake this (from his own short) did so after a Traffic/Crash/Babel movie night. He saw how those got some awards, he cranked out this script with a bunch of people intertwined in immigration affairs, and was like, "Now who can I get for this that will really set it apart? Oh, I've got it: Harrison Ford. He's going to be so hot after Indiana Jones 4 is everyone's favorite movie."

Continue Reading " 'Crossing Over' Trailer (Not the 'Crossing Over' with Fake Psychic John Edward) "

Nov 19 2007 '21' Trailer Reveals Las Vegas is Really Crazy

With the upcoming What Happens in Vegas..., the Friends episode where they all go to Vegas, the TV show Las Vegas, the commercials touting that events happening in Vegas don't count towards your regular morality, and countless other glamorous depictions of the "Sin City," I'm getting a bit bored with the concept of "Woo! Look at all the crazy shit that happens in Vegas!"

21, the semi-true story of MIT students counting cards and making millions under the tutelage of a professor, looks to add little to the genre, and even leaves out the requisite shotgun wedding, seating it one crucial element below The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. I think they'd have been better off sticking closer to the real-life story instead of a film school student's vision of Good Will Hunting-meets-Ocean's Thirteen.

Trailer below the cut.

Continue Reading " '21' Trailer Reveals Las Vegas is Really Crazy "