Inglourious Basterds - First moving pictures from Tarantino's war film

Entertainment tonight have a trailer for the trailer for Quentin Tarantino' Inglourious Basterds. I think that makes sense. The full trailer hits tomorrow night but here is the first look of Brad Pitt's moustache in action.

Check out the HD version on YouTube.

What do you make of that? Excited or not?

Source: /film

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The Hurt Locker - English language trailer for Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war movie

At long last we get the english language trailer for Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (check out the review). It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce and Ralph Fiennes.

Baghdad, 2007: Not where you want to be.

The cradle of civilization has become a city of bombs. Every fifteen minutes an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) explodes with deadly impact … or must be disarmed.

Enter the bomb squad – the only unit trained to disarm these deadly devices. B-Company is the elite of the elite, running to ticking bombs when everyone else runs away. Still, the daily confrontations have begun to take their toll on two of its best soldiers, Sergeant Sanborn, an ex-Ranger who never threw a punch he didn’t think was well-deserved, and Specialist Eldridge, a young Socrates with a rifle, who believes all men are created equal – except the ones in his M4 scope.

With only 38 days left in their tour, Sanborn and Eldridge are forced to work with a new team leader, a mysterious tech named William James who treats the job like a cowboy going for a Sunday ride. James is good – maybe too good – and his strut scares the other men. It’s almost as if he enjoys toying with death.

As the insurgency escalate their attacks and the bomb squad must face increasingly tougher odds in the dangerous game of cat and mouse, James’ strange urge for danger pushes Sanborn and Eldridge to the edge of acceptable risk – and then takes them way beyond what they thought possible … until they are forced to choose between following James and saving their own lives.

With just 16 days left, the team receives its hardest mission yet: charge into the blazing aftermath of an exploded oil tanker. James is ready. Sanborn puts on his gloves. Eldridge cocks his rifle. And they go. The three men charge into that smoky inferno … shots ring out … a body falls … and only two men come walking back.

Now, they’re all in the Hurt Locker. And there are still 15 days left in the tour.

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Red Sands - Soldiers in Iraq face supernatural horror

During a mission in the Middle East, a group of US soldiers destroy a statue out of boredom only to then be visited by a malevolent force the next day.

This looks pretty good from the trailer and you can have a look at Director Alex Turner's myspace page for more info on it. It is written by Simon Barrett. This duo previously brought us the Lovecraftian Civil War tale Dead Birds. In their latest effort Brendan Miller, Shane West, Aldis Hodge, Theo Rossi and Noel Gugliemi are soldiers serving in the Middle East.

I'd not heard of Dead Birds so I've included the trailer for that one below as well. Give me your thoughts on both.

A group of Confederate soldiers hide out in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.

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Poster - New one for Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker

Here's the latest for The Hurt Locker. Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq movie which is meant to be amazing. We posted a review a while ago. What do you think?

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Red Tails - George Lucas doing something not involving the Force

George Lucas has been developing Red Tails since 1989, and was originally going to direct the movie himself. It was what he put aside to make the Star Wars prequels. I'm sure many of you out there wish he had stuck to doing Red Tails. It may have given him the gumption and time to either bin the whole prequel thing or actually make them more worthwhile.

It has now been officially announced that Anthony Hemingway (The Wire, CSI: NY, ER) has signed on to direct it.

Scripted by John Ridley, Red Tails revolves around the first African Americans to become US military pilots in WWII who overcame institutional racism in the military to form the Tuskegee Airmen, the fliers who become the first African-American fighter pilots in US military history during WWII. They went on to become heavily in-demand, and were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

LucasFilm is financing the project for a reported $30-$35 million. Production will begin early next year in Prague, Italy, Croatia and England.

There was also a 1995 TV movie called The Tuskegee Airmen that starred Laurence Fishbourne. Anyone seen it? Was it any good?

What do you reckon to this? Are you glad Lucas is finally getting into something new? Is anyone interested in seeing this movie?

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Spike Lee's Miracle at St Anna

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four black American soldiers who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.

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The Hurt Locker - Iraq War Movie.

Peter Howell's review of Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker sounds good. I found mention of it on Hollywood Elsewhere. As well as those mentioned in the review, Guy Pearce (LA Confidential, The Time Machine, Neighbours, Memento) also stars.

"Just when you think the battle of Iraq war dramas has been fought and lost, along comes one that demands to be seen -- if you can handle the raging adrenaline," Howell begins.

"The Hurt Locker strips the Iraqi conflict of politics and brings it right down to the garbage-strewn pavement, where lives are saved through skill and nerve but lost through bad luck and malevolence.

"The film follows the men of Bravo Company, the elite U.S. army unit tasked with defusing bombs left on Baghdad streets by increasingly violent and determined insurgents.

"The bomb-removal boys have robots and shrapnel-resistant suits at their disposal, but they can't stop every blast -- as we see with devastating impact early on.

"The job ultimately comes down to playing hunches, keeping your cool and staying ever vigilant. If the IED (improvised explosive device) doesn't get you, the sniper hiding on a nearby rooftop just might. If not on this street, then the next one.

"Gutsy and gung-ho but new to Bravo is a sergeant named James (Jeremy Renner, in a breakout role), a reckless cowboy who has disarmed 873 bombs but is one short fuse away from being blown to kingdom come. He reminds himself of this with a collection of detonators he keeps under his bed.

"His subordinates Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) are shocked by his methods and not shy about saying so, but are loyal to task and team.

"Testosterone flows non-stop and so does blood, but these macho men are just getting the job done. In so doing, they reveal much about themselves and also deliver some home truths about the Iraqi quagmire. This is no message movie, yet insights abound.

"Bigelow knows the male mind and she's an ace at action, as she's demonstrated before in films like Point Break and Strange Days. Now she can add titan of suspense to her laurels.

"If you can sit through The Hurt Locker without your heart nearly pounding through your chest, you must be made of granite."

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Simon Pegg - Fly away Bastard. Come back Paul

Bad news. Simon Pegg is no longer going to be in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards as mentioned a few days ago.

"I won't be appearing in QT's forthcoming Inglorious Bastards due to insurmountable scheduling difficulties. We really tried to make it work but in the end, it just was not possible without severe ramifications elsewhere."

The conflict is due to him filming the movie, Paul. Greg Mottola (Superbad) has signed on to direct and it was written by Pegg and Nick Frost.

Paul is a road movie set in America about two British comic book geeks that get into an adventure across America. Nick Frost will be the lead while Pegg will be the sidekick.

Sad that Pegg won't be in Inglorious Bastards and I get he will be gutted not to be working with Tarantino, but Paul does sound pretty good and the Frost / Pegg dynamic always works well. We will just have to see if it works without Edgar Wright directing them.

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