Jul 14 2008 'Ghost Town' Trailer Now Haunting the Internet

Dreamworks has released the trailer to Ghost Town, starring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, and Tea Leoni. It looks something like if The Sixth Sense was a broad, moralistic comedy, or like a non-Christmas Carol-based Scrooged. Gervais looks typically entertaining as another variation of a jerkier version of himself, but the film appears otherwise unwatchably trite. How are assholes still being exemplified by stealing cabs and purposely closing elevators on people? At this point, that's no longer acting like a jerk--that's intentionally imitating the way poorly-written jerks act in movies, which is more like acting like a highly-disturbed sociopath. But I guess the summary "mean-spirited man gets rehabilitated by amusing ghosts" probably sells better than "imitative sociopath haunted by memories of Talk Soup."

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Jun 5 2007 You Kill Me Trailer

Ben Kingsley doing a dead-on impression of yours truly

You Kill Me stars Ben Kingsley as a hitman whose alcoholism starts interfering with his work. (He should try movie blogging, I don't even wear pants!) It's got a great cast - though I'm not a huge Luke Wilson fan, I do envy his prominent jawline, and Kingsley's an inspiration to bald Jews everywhere. It was also directed by John Dahl who did Rounders.

All in all, it looks somewhat promising. Here's to hoping this hit-man comedy is more Grosse Point Blanke and less Be Cool - that wasn't even a good book. (Again with the need to praise something by trashing something else. I may have to see my shrink, Dr. Zima about this one. Uh, I mean Professor Jim Beam. STOP LOOKING AT ME!)

UPDATE: A couple of readers have pointed out that Ben Kingsley isn't really Jewish. If you read closely, you'll realize I never said he was, just that he was an inspiration to Jews. What, you people think you can only be inspired by your own kind? Racists.