Craig's MovieBlog

Newest Trailer for The Kingdom

I think I've posted about The Kingdom three or four times by now, but I can't think of a film I'm more looking forward to over the next few months...  Check out the latest and greatest trailer.

Craig's Quick Hits

Sorry I haven't been posting recently... just haven't been inspired.  Here are a few links I've been holding onto for when the moment strikes:

• Here's the new trailer for Hitman, starring a personal fave, Timothy Olyphant.  (If you haven't seen the movie Go, get off your damn computer and check it out.)  Looks semi-interesting, except for the fact that 99% of all movies based on video games stink.
• In the least surprising news ever, Brett Ratner will direct a film about Hugh Hefner.
• The trailer for No Country For Old Men by the Coen brothers is so freaking intense, I have no idea how I'll be able to sit through the whole movie... although it received rave reviews at Cannes.
• 3:10 to Yuma just became the second Russell Crowe movie that I want to see this fall.
• Dubious Quality wrote a great post about a controversial video game where he feels the company manufactured PR by making the so violent and offensive, that it could never be sold legally.  That doesn't sound like the Captivity campaign at all... nope.  Nothing to see here...
• David Poland specifically does NOT review The Kingdom, but he really liked it anyway.

The Kingdom New Trailer

U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky" is such a powerful song, that when applied on top of other forms of media, it needs to be used carefully.  Having said that, the new trailer for The Kingdom is quite effective, and this movie can't get here fast enough as far as I'm concerned.

It's Jason Bateman's World, and We're All Just Living In It

Readers of the blog know what a fan I was of Arrested Development, but its cancellation has clearly opened up Mr. Bateman's itinerary for some more movie work.  First, I noticed him in the trailer for Fast Track, along with other TV favs Zach Braff and Amanda Peet.

Then, according to Cinematical, not only does he steal the show in the upcoming Smokin' Aces, he's joining the cast of Tonight, He Comes, which is something about a slacker superhero, starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron.  My guess is that might do okay at the box office.

Tonight, He Comes is being directed by Peter Berg, is also directing The Kingdom, starring Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx, and Chris Cooper, in what looks like CSI: Saudi Arabia.  You can check out the trailer on Yahoo.