Recent trailers

So, we’ve been seeing more movies of late — Friday afternoon “date night” and all. And, of course, we’ve been seeing more trailers. Forthwith:

View From The Top: Gwyneth Paltrow stars as a “Coffee, Tea, or Me?” era stewardess — that’s stewardess, not flight attendant, and if I have to explain the difference to you, I’ll…cry, or something — in what appears to be an exceedingly unfunny comedy that has Mike Myers as the “wacky” stewardess trainer. With a crossed eye. What’s worse is that the trailer has the whole movie in it.

How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days: When I saw the trailer for this insanely terrible looking romantic comedy, I was reminded of Darin’s comment about a billboard for Eight Heads In A Duffel Bag: “That’s not a movie, that’s a pitch.” Better was the one-liner I read (in Variety, I think): “‘How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days’ will soon be known in the trade as ‘How Not to Write a Romantic Comedy.'” Sounds about right. And that’s just from the trailer.

Bringing Down The House: Steve Martin is the uptight white guy! Queen Latifah is the earthy black woman! Steve has lost his way in life, but Latifah helps him find his soul brother side! Wackiness ensues, including the never-seen-before uptight-white-guy-acts-jive scene. Rated: Oh. My. God. This is one of those films that pays for Martin to write theatre pieces, am I right?

It Runs In The Family: Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas play (what else?) father and son in a family comedy. Or family drama, I’m not sure which. Also not sure of the target market.

Anger Management: Adam Sandler plays the incredibly calm guy mistakenly sentenced to anger management therapy. Jack Nicholson is his scenery-chewing therapist who wants to teach him how to get angry, not stop getting angry. Jack moves into Adam’s apartment. Wackiness ensues.