Category Archives: Film

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73ZV7IJ_uls&feature=player_embedded#!

Whatever about the quality of the movie, The Social Network’s trailer soundtrack – a cover of Radiohead’s Creep by the Scala Choir – has the power to transform any visual into a poignant comment on the human condition.

Any visual, mind you.

Urlesque

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Look at Gorgeous George, all brooding and deep as a good film assassin should be. He’s even got little assassin-ette to keep him company. Expect long silences over coffee as George pins her with a stare and, if she’s lucky, a smirk.  There’ll be talk of honour and escape and he’ll end up dead in a field.

Release Date (Ireland): 26 November 2010

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJtot_f-snU

The trailer, which makes Megamind look like a paint-by-numbers take on Superman, only tells part of the story. Our hero triumphs over his do-gooder nemesis, but then realises he’s nothing without his foil (a bit like us and The Irish Times). Here’s hoping it isn’t too smug and self satisfied.

Bonus points to Will Ferrell for turning up to the Megamind panel at Comic Con in full costume:

Release date (Ireland): December 3.