BOTTLE ROCKET. I trace all my interest in quirky nerd cinema to BOTTLE ROCKET. I believe it was the moment when Dignan, played by Owen Wilson, was being chastised by the bigger brother of Bob Mapplethorpe. Dignan is wearing a bright orange jumpsuit, the uniform for all employees of the Lawn Wranglers landscape business, and Bob’s brother just lays into him about how gimpy he looks. You can see that Dignan really doesn’t stand up to him and there is a look in Luke Wilson’s face that just breaks with sympathy for his misguided and belittled friend…

This was a very good week for trailers. Sometimes the best part of this gig is finding trailers for films I would have never known about had I not been trolling the Internet looking for five discussion-worthy trailers a week. I’ve seen films from our Nordic brothers to the north, our Chinese buddies to the east and, once again, our neighbors across the pond, England…

Catty about Catwoman…

Another week goes by in August and I just happened to find the new trailer for HERO. Some of you may have already had a small taste of it on the television (it’s always good to get exposure of any kind) but I have found a different trailer than the one that’s been making the rounds since March at the official site. Big ups need go out to Quentin Tarantino who probably saved this movie from becoming an obscure blip that would have been detained in the Miramax vaults for who knows how much longer…

The Incredible Hulk…

Another August, another scary portent for films that are usually find their way into the late Summer dumping grounds for all the crap studios want to unload before the fall gets underway at the end of September…

Superman on TV…