The Obsessive Viewer
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Air Date: Thursday, January 2, 2014 Yesterday NBC released a trailer for Season 5 of Community It’s no secret that Community has had its fair share of struggles and controversy in the past. It’s never had impressive ratings (or average ratings for that matter,) there have been issues with cast members (notably Chevy Chase,) it lost its showrunner and creator […]
Release Date: May 23, 2014 Director: Bryan Singer Written By: Simon Kinberg (screenplay and story), Matthew Vaughn (story) & Jane Goldman (story) This summer the two studios which own rights to Marvel characters and aren’t named Marvel will duke it out at the box office. Sony will release the hotly anticipated (and lately scrutinized) Amazing Spider-Man 2. Without a major Marvel studios release, […]
Release Date: March 28, 2014 Director: Michael Tiddes Written By: Rick Alvarez & Marlon Wayans Stars: Jaime Pressly, Marlon Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Gabriel Iglesias
Release Date: April 4, 2014 Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie Trailer Tuesdays are back! Now that my time isn’t devoted to Shocktober and horror movies, I can get back to my normal routine. That routine includes Trailer Tuesdays, Streaming Saturdays, Weekly TV posts and, ah hell, why not some Bond 50 posts as well? In […]
Release Date: December 13th, 2013 Director: Peter Jackson Writers: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro & J.R.R. Tolkien (novel “The Hobbit”) Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage & Benedict Cumberbatch
Release Date: January 2014 [HBO drama series] Creator: Nic Pizzolatto Director: Cary Fukunaga Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson This week’s Trailer Tuesday just got very exciting! If you read my “Week in TV” breakdown yesterday, you probably gathered from my excitement over Boardwalk Empire’s premiere, my commitment to catching up on The Newsroom and my impulsive blu-ray purchases that I’ve […]
Release Date: February 7th, 2014 Director: José Padilha Writer: Nick Schenk, David Self, James Vanderbilt and Joshua Zetumer Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman and Samuel L. Jackson
Release Date: October 4, 2013 Director: Peter Landesman Writer: Peter Landesman Stars: Zac Efron, Tom Welling, Paul Giamatti, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Livingston, James Badge Dale, Jackie Earle Haley, Colin Hanks, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver
Release Date: September 27, 2013 Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Writer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
Release Date: December 27, 2013 (limited)/ January 10, 2014 (wide) Director: Peter Berg Writer: Peter Berg Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch
Release Date: October 4th, 2013 Director: Alfonso Cuarón Writers: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney The above alternative poster was found here. This week’s Trailer Tuesday is, admittedly, my first repeat. Back in May, I featured the teaser trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s highly anticipated space thriller Gravity. The movie features Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as two astronauts stranded in low Earth orbit, fighting […]
Release Date: July 26, 2013 Director: Maggie Carey Writer: Maggie Carey Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Scott Porter, Alia Shawkat, Bill Hader, Rachel Bilson, Clark Gregg, Donald Glover
Release Date: August 2nd, 2013 (limited) Director: James Ponsoldt Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, Tim Tharp (novel) Stars: Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, Kyle Chandler
Release Date: August 2nd, 2013 Director: Sebastián Cordero Writer: Philip Gelatt Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: July 25th, 2013 Director: Joe Swanberg Writer: Joe Swanberg Stars: Anna Kendrick, Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston MPAA Rating: R
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