Join us every week for a trip into the weird and wonderful world of trailers. Whether it’s the first teaser for the latest instalment in your favourite franchise, an obscure preview for a strange indie darling, whether it’s good, bad, ugly or just plain weird – your favourite pop culture baristas are there to tell you what they think.
Another month is close to passing, which means: another Shortcuts. Including, among other things, a few thoughts on the strange, delirious The Testament of Ann Lee, Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, and last year’s Dust Bunny, which may deserve more attention than it got at its release.
Also this week, Sam took a trip back in time, in more than one sense, to Sarajevo.
And what else do we have in store for you this week?
Matt: The sad thing is: the first teaser of HBO’s new adaptation of Harry Potter doesn’t look terrible – but it also doesn’t look particularly different from the series of hit movies. Sure, it’s perhaps a bit less candy-coated, and a series certainly has more time to explore the nooks and crannies of a story – but if you’re going to take another crack at the novels, why do something that looks this familiar?
Mege: Yeah, that‘s it, pull out all the stops and show us an agonisingly long plane crash in the first half and shark attacks in the second. It‘s two movies for the price of one.
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