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Over at The Bureau Chiefs, Ken Lowery and I take a look at the trailers for films coming out in September.
In comparison to the summer months, this fall is actually looking pretty decent.

Here’s a beardy, brooding Ryan Reynolds, star of Buried:

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Over at The Bureau Chiefs, Ken Lowery and I take our monthly look at trailers for upcoming films. It’s not just me, right, this has been a rough summer for films, hasn’t it?

Since one of the films we looked at is Mark Wahlberg’s move back to comedy, The Other Guys, I thought I’d share a picture from the days when we had no idea he’d eventually star in a film about homicidal foliage.

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Ken Lowery and I take a look at the “>trailers for some of the films coming out in July over at The Bureau Chiefs

So if you want to know what two random cynics on the internet think about big fantasy block-busters like The Last Airbender and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice or indie thrillers like The Wild Hunt or Jim Carrey’s attempts to play a non-offensive gay role in I Love You, Phillip Morris, you should head over there.

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Over at the Bureau Chiefs, Ken Lowery and I look at the trailers for several films releasing in June. It’s a dire looking month, to be honest, but hey, watching Ken rip into the trailer for Grown Ups is probably more entertaining than reading yet another gay-baiting Sex and the City 2 review today.

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Over at The Bureau Chiefs, I take a look at the made-for-cable film Beyond Sherwood Forest, a fantasy version of the Robin Hood story that manages to incorporate a dragon and villainous hench-men that appear to have been cast after appearing in back-issues of Drummer and Bear.

It’s also got Robin Dunne as Robin Hood.

I’ve got no idea how it compares to the new Ridley Scott directed version of the Robin Hood story, but on the quality scale it’s better than the Kevin Costner version but not as good as the Disney version.

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Over at the Bureau Chiefs, Ken Lowery and I look at the trailers for May’s big film releases. So head on over there if you want to know what Ken and I think of Iron Man 2, Prince of Persia, Survival of the Dead and…Just Wright? Really?

Hmmm…Prince of Persia

Hey, what do you know, I managed to find a context-appropriate reason to run a picture of shirtless Jake Gylennhaal!

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Over at The Bureau Chiefs, I give a minute by minute account of the experience of watching the Ben Foster/Dennis Quiad sci-fi/horror flick Pandorum.
You know, I’m not sure I’ve seen a Ben Foster film where he keeps his shirt on.

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Over at The Bureau Chiefs, Ken Lowery and I take a look at trailers for the major releases hitting theaters in April.

Amongst the films we turn our dispassionate gaze upon: Clash of the Titans, Kick-Ass and The Losers, featuring Chris Evans.

That picture has nothing to do with the film, I just wanted an excuse to run it.

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In case you noticed a drop in posting frequency here, it’s largely due to the launch of the new website, The Bureau Chiefs, a supplement to the Fake AP Stylebook Twitter feed. I’ve been helping out there, as well as writing a number of short news pieces for them.

The site is also the new home for my trailer reviews, and the latest edition is up right now, with a fancier name than just “trailer reviews.” I’m now tag-teaming the reviews with real-life film-critic Ken Lowery as well, so now you get two loud-mouthed opinions for the price of one.

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