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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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The teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams eagerly awaited Star Wars Episode VII has finally arrived. We see John Boyega in the desert dressed as a Storm Trooper. An R2-D2. A load of Storm Troopers in an aircraft. One of the heroine's of the film flying on an aircraft. Some X-Wing fighters, with Oscar Isaac in particular being shown in battle it seems. And a dark Jedi menacingly lighting their sword shaped lightsaber in a snow covered forest. Then the Millenium Falcon emerging with the rapturous score of John Williams' original Star Wars theme, being attacked by some X-Wings. Then the Star Wars logo in front of a star covered galaxy. All layered by the very deeply voiced, very Benedict Cumberbatch sounding voice over, which may possibly be Max Von Sydow's deep and mysterious voice as he is on the cast list. But make of it what you will. My mind is blown. Just imagine what J.J. will come up with for the official trailer, so as not to give the whole thing away, but to capture

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (or the best heroine to grace popular culture)

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When I first saw Buffy the Vampire Slayer  I was probably around the age of seven or eight years old and it was the mid 90's when girl power was most definitely in.  To aspire to be a vampire slayer was something I was obsessed with, I had a wild imagination and in my mind thought that vampire's did indeed exist. I would practice my high kicks like Buffy would do with Giles in the library at the high school. I was that obsessed with Buffy . I even used a stake of some kind that I had created out of a small stick, I was that hardcore a fan.  I had very nice dreams involving being bitten by Angel or Spike, at first it was definitely Angel who was my vampire crush, but in my latter years definitely Spike, the bad boy vampire. I was going through my pretty guy phase and not even a teenager yet. Buffy the Vampire Slayer  holds a special place in my heart as one of the best TV shows to ever be made, and I count myself lucky that I was allowed to even watch s

Interstellar keeps on expanding...

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Nolan's films always have a certain mystery to them. Every single film has had it's secrets. But these trailers are truly remarkable because it's from the brain of Christopher Nolan. Which when it created Inception  kept it all a mystery to us. Interstellar is another of these films. Just remark at these trailers that one at a time expand somewhat on what he's trying to say in his films. The first teaser trailer: To the official trailer: To the other official trailer#2: What do you think will happen...it's anybody's guess. But I was officially hooked about 6 months ago. InNolanWeTrust!! @mysticmeg13 on Twitter

Mankind was born on earth, it wasn't meant to die here

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Interstellar Finally, a proper almost three minute trailer for Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic  Interstellar  has arrived on the web. The full length trailer was shown before Godzilla in cinema screens, which is out now and thankfully been put straight onto the world wide web. It is well worth going to see an epic film like Godzilla  just to see this immersive, intriguing trailer on the big screen. What can we learn from the synopsis of the trailer, which is way more expansive and way more descriptive on what Nolan's sci-fi film will encompass, as the teaser encapsulates just what Nolan is famous for, as his flare for giving just what we need but making sure the mystery remains. Well with Michael Caine's voice over creating a great mystery as to what Nolan's idea of space travel or "interstellar travel" is all about, and just what McConnaughey's corn fields have to do with space travel. Cooper played by Matthew McConnaughey is a "well

David Fincher knows how to make a movie trailer...

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David Fincher first popped onto the scene in 1995 with the deeply disturbing, but incredibly outstanding, dark thriller  Se7en and   then followed it up with Fight Club a mere four years later that delved deeper in the intricate detail of psychological thrillers. Fincher has always been intrigued and ultimately interested in dark subject matters. Never has he made a comedy, and I think if he did it would definitely be a black comedy. The man is a genius director, an auteur and one of the best directors in the hall of fame. The nearest film that even comes close to a comedy, that features slight comedic elements in the structure of the film comes with 2010's The Social Network . An in depth look at the story that led to the biggest social networking site and one of the most absurd court cases for the copyright of a website. The world of business and young entrepreneurs in the 21st century. Constantly interested in lighting and atmospheric familiarity in his films, and the

Captain America The Winter Soldier...(featuring my second favourite villain in the Marvel universe!)

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It is refreshing to see a comic book film as bold as this one. To explore a completely distinctive bearing of this superheroes existence as the ultimate "good guy" and live up to his persona as the iconic poster boy for American patriotism, and still be one of the best Marvel films up there with  Avengers Assemble . Captain Steve Rogers has been frozen for 70 years. Awakened from the ice into the 21st century to help the Avengers, he is still adjusting to the modern era. Now working for S.H.I.E.L.D, he makes the transition slowly but surely from not knowing his place, to becoming the beacon of hope for everything good in this world. Whilst kicking some butt and charming everyone around him. Captain America is the only superhero without any actual product of superpowers; but that what was administered through a super serum. He doesn't have the power of flight, he isn't a god of thunder, or has a heart made of iron. But other than having superhuman strength, power

From Monsters to Godzilla...or (Gojira)

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T he brilliance of Monsters, (the 2010 debut film from director Gareth Edwards)   lied with its creation from such a tight budget. The fact that the very monsters who were wreaking havoc, war and destruction on humanity weren't revealed until the end of the film, is weaved so well into a fantastic plot twist you won't see coming. Director Gareth Edwards wrote, directed and created the critically lauded film with the special effects being created from scratch on his own laptop. Managing to create such a film that took everyone by surprise; that it was compared to an indie  Cloverfield  in terms of being a   hit, not commercially but for the most critically lauded as one of the best monster films for a long while. I had no expectations whatsoever about the film Monsters , that when the film had finished so brilliantly and the credits rolled up the screen, I had this great feeling that some films are greatly under appreciated. It may not have featured a heavy amount of e