Trailer: Snowpiercer

Elysium may be the most buzzed-about sci-fi blockbuster in the next quarter, but I'm equally excited for Snowpiercer, a post-apocalyptic train-set thriller starring Captain America's Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton. I'm especially hyped because it's directed by the talented Bong Joon-ho, who joins his fellow South Korean mavericks Kim Ji-woon (The Last Stand) and Park Chan-wook (Stoker) in making their English language debuts in the past year. Bong boasts an impressively consistent and versatile filmography, having done a crime drama (Memories of Murder), a black comedy (Barking Dogs Never Bite), a monster movie (The Host) and a character study (Mother), so there's a good chance Snowpiercer will maintain that level of quality. Here's the international trailer... quality's not so great, but it still looks damn cool:

Trailers: Jackass 3-D + Unstoppable

Good morning, two new trailers to kick off Monday for you. First up, Jackass 3-D: it was bound to happen sooner or later, and the trailer promises more of their wildly irresponsible stunts and antics. Some of it looks pretty amusing, but I also can't help but feel a little meh - like the novelty's worn off. For example, the bit where the gorilla enters the living room of Bam Margera's long-suffering parents' house... look at his mum's reaction... the surprise on her face doesn't even look convincing anymore, and almost feigned.



Secondly, 20th Century Fox's Unstoppable, another Tony Scott/Denzel Washington collab, and the 2nd train movie they've done together following last year's mediocre remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. I'm more excited about this one, I'm getting a real Runaway Train vibe from the trailer (though perhaps minus the existentialist stuff). I doubt it'll be as great, but it'll be entertaining at very least. Star Trek's Chris Pine also stars.