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Viral Video: "The Watch"

Kara Swisher — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:14:19 +0000

Aliens, a space ray that blows up cows, and a bunch of dopes.

What’s not to like?

Here is the (probably NSFW) trailer for the upcoming movie “The Watch,” about a neighborhood-watch patrol.

Please enjoy:

Viral Video: "The Dictator" Kills

Kara Swisher — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:58:20 +0000

Here is the red-band trailer from the upcoming movie “The Dictator,” which stars Sacha Baron Cohen.

Simply put: It looks hysterical, even if all the jokes are in this video.

The troublemaking Cohen also appeared on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend, torturing famed film director Martin Scorsese.

It killed.

Enjoy both:

Viral Video: Gloomy "Dark Knight Rises"

Kara Swisher — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:16:01 +0000

Oh, lord — it’s back to the whispery tones and deep, dark thoughts of global Armageddon again, in the latest installment of the “Batman” movie franchise, “The Dark Knight Rises.”

I was depressed for a good 30 minutes after watching this trailer, which features death, destruction, ennui, class warfare and the most freakish mask on a villain since “The Silence of the Lambs.”

Try not to weep:

Viral Video: "The Newsroom" Is Reborn

Kara Swisher — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:01:34 +0000

Here’s a new trailer for HBO’s upcoming series “The Newsroom,” by famed Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.

The series — by the man behind the hit television show “The West Wing” and the Facebook movie “The Social Network” — is set at a cable news channel under siege in the new-media age.

In other words, lots of hand-wringing over blogs and tweeting, along with the drama.

It looks tasty, and Walt Mossberg and I will be asking Sorkin about it at the 10th D: All Things Digital conference at the end of this month, where he will be appearing as a speaker.

Enjoy (I also included another trailer, that starts off the “Newsroom” series):

Viral Video: Forcible Sparkly Vampires at "The Hunger Games"

Kara Swisher — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:42:50 +0000

Of course, if you’re going to see one teen cult-movie classic, you’re obviously going to be forced to see another one — or at least the trailer for it.

Hence, what could go better with the kids-fight-to-the-death match of “The Hunger Games” than a spanking-new vampire — Bella finally is one, in the second part of “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” — who hunts deer for their blood in a very lovely blue frock?

News flash: Bella and Edward are now the same temperature!

Enjoy:

Viral Video: With "Dark Shadows," Vampires Go From Sparkly to Snarky

Kara Swisher — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:59:11 +0000

If you want a good laugh on a Friday, tune into this movie trailer for “Dark Shadows,” the remake of the popular television show from the 1970s that is being reborn by director Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp.

His Barnabas Collins is a pleasure, especially when compared to the broody vampires of “Twilight.” And it looks like everyone involved is having a very good time.

Case in point: The invisible fang-brushing part is obviously silly, but fantastic nonetheless.

Enjoy:

Viral Video: "Wrath of the Titans"

Kara Swisher — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:30:17 +0000

Wrath. Titans. Liam Neeson. Special effects.

Need I say more?

You’ve hooked me, so here’s the movie trailer:

Viral Video: "Prometheus" (or "Alien" 2012)

Kara Swisher — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:22:14 +0000

This movie is essentially “Alien” redux. From the same director, Ridley Scott, it’s scarier and has better effects than 1979.

But, in space, everyone can apparently still hear you scream.

Enjoy the trailer:

Prometheus – International Teaser Trailer #1… by addictomovie

Viral Video: "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"

Kara Swisher — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:21:26 +0000

The popular, albeit odd, book is coming out as a movie this summer, with the description: “President Lincoln’s mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.”

Alrighty, then — a Civil War-“Twilight” mashup!

Here’s the creepily fantastic trailer:

Viral Video: "The Avengers" Have a Hulk

Kara Swisher — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:32:43 +0000

The best line in the whole trailer for the upcoming action movie “The Avengers” is from Ironman Tony Stark: “We have a Hulk.”

I certainly wish I did these days, what with these tech-blogger wars!

This extended trailer, which aired last week during the Super Bowl, is well worth a look-see:

Viral Video: "The Amazing Spider-Man" Looks Kinda Amazing

Kara Swisher — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:15:04 +0000

Here’s the new official movie trailer for next summer’s latest take on the moody web-slinger of New York City, Peter Parker.

“The Amazing Spider-Man” looks at the comic book hero’s origins more deeply, but mostly it will be about the special effects and 3-D.

Here’s the video:

Viral Video: Hulu's Original "Paul, the Male Matchmaker" Set to Debut

Kara Swisher — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:57:06 +0000

Here’s the trailer for Hulu’s latest original content offering about a very unusual matchmaker.

That’s irksome “Paul, the Male Matchmaker,” a 10-episode spoof series from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Studio 2.0, which will debut on the premium video service on Feb. 13.

Get it? The day before Valentine’s Day.

It’s got the same tone as Lisa Kudrow’s successful (and now on cable television’s Showtime) “Web Therapy,” with lots of well-known guest stars.

I kind of like it from the teaser here, but we’ll see:

Viral Video: "Lock-Out" -- Sci-Fi Prison Break in Space

Kara Swisher — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:45:55 +0000

Here’s a trailer for an unusual movie called “Lock-Out,” about a prison revolt in space and, of course, the need to rescue the daughter of the President of the United States.

It’s full of all kinds of special effects, naturally.

Enjoy:

Viral Video: Oscar Host Billy Crystal Is a Yeti?

Kara Swisher — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:19:47 +0000

Here’s a very cute video trailer, titled “Off the Grid,” for the upcoming Academy Awards, the annual movie award show that will feature the return of host Billy Crystal.

It features cameos from a few well-known celebrities. Enjoy:

Viral Video: Hey Kids, Don't Go Into "The Cabin in the Woods"

Kara Swisher — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:24:46 +0000

This is just plain creepy, and just when you thought it was crazy hillbillies (“Deliverance”) chasing the imbecilic group, it’s some kind of sci-fi, alien-hunting-people plot (“Predator”).

Still, this movie trailer for the upcoming “The Cabin in the Woods” is creepy!

Viral Video: "John Carter" Is on Mars

Kara Swisher — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:12:55 +0000

What do you get when you mix classic science-fiction novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs with a Confederate solider and Mars?

Why, “John Carter,” of course.

Here is the trailer for the movie, which is chock-full of elaborate special effects:

Viral Video: "Titanic" in 3-D Gets Facebook Lift

Kara Swisher — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:15:37 +0000

Hollywood director James Cameron debuted the trailer for the upcoming 3-D version of the huge movie hit, “Titanic,” on Facebook earlier this week, where he also delivered an intro.

Why? Perhaps it’s the movie’s nearly 10.5 million fans on the social networking site, which Cameron referenced.

You can only see those remarks on Facebook, but here’s the trailer for the rerelease, coming out next April, as well as a video of Cameron at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference in 2010, where he first revealed that “Titanic” would come out in 3-D:

[ See post to watch video ]

Viral Video: "Mirror Mirror" on the Wall, Which "Snow White" Film Is Going to Fall?

Kara Swisher — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:27:31 +0000

And here’s the CGI-rich trailer for the second “Snow White” movie that Hollywood will be pumping out.

First there was “Snow White & the Huntsman,” which is all angsty and dark, and stars the ever-glowering Kristen Stewart as Snowie, and Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen.

This one, called “Mirror Mirror,” is funny, and stars Julia Roberts as the wise-cracking baddie, with an ingenue in the role of Ms. White.

Enjoy:

Viral Video: The Fantastically Freaky CGI of "Snow White & the Huntsman"

Kara Swisher — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:41:39 +0000

And here I thought the sulky genius of Kristen Stewart would fade away after the final two “Twilight” movies made their debut — one opens this week (yay!).

Instead, this trailer for “Snow White & the Huntsman” looks 100 percent freakier than any sparkly vampires.

The CGI special effects seem pretty awesome here, from the explosion of scary birds to the soldiers who shatter like black glass to the de-aging of the Evil Queen to the blobbish mirror-mirror-not-on-the-wall.

And not one single sign of any adorkable whistling dwarves to be found.

Oh, just watch:

Viral Video: "The Avengers"

Kara Swisher — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:01:43 +0000

Lotsa superheroes, lotsa CGI and special effects, lotsa techie gadgets.

You had me at lotsa.

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming movie “The Avengers.”

Viral Video: "The Thing"

Kara Swisher — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:30:50 +0000

Alls I can say is: Creepy.

Here is the trailer for “The Thing,” a revival of the classic movie that is now set in the frozen somewhere.

Not for the fainthearted:

More The Thing (2011) Videos

Viral Video: The Pig With the Froggy Tattoo

Kara Swisher — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:17:45 +0000

This very clever spoof trailer for the upcoming Muppets movie channels a very overwrought teaser for another film, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”

I love me some Muppets.

The revival of the longtime classic will be in theaters in late November.

Enjoy the witty take:

Viral Video: More Sparkly Pregnant Vampires!

Kara Swisher — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:30:24 +0000

Earlier this week, I posted a teaser clip for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” and now the entire movie trailer has been released.

It’s pretty much werewolves and vampire pregnancy and, well, the one where Bella and Edward finally …

Enjoy:

Viral Video: Hey Twihards -- Here Comes the Beginning of the End!

Kara Swisher — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:38:05 +0000

Here’s a short movie teaser trailer for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” the one in which Bella and Edward finally marry. Unfortunately, she’s a woman in love with a sparkly vampire and she doesn’t love what’s going through her.

As in a honking big Dracula baby, coming to theaters on November 18!

Viral Video: The CGI in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Raises Big Box Office

Kara Swisher — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:41:02 +0000

It seems the computer-generated imagery in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” convinced critics and audiences that the well-worn movie series prequel is a winner.

It grabbed $54 million at the box office over its opening weekend.

Its producer, Peter Chernin, told me that a lot more of the film than it seems — including the stunning opening scenes in the wild that look like a real-life nature special — were mostly CGI, used to prep audiences for extended scenes of the apes morphing into believable rebels.

Here is the last trailer for the movie: