On The en Big Scre the best bits at the pictures this month
Apart from the excellent weather and lack of exam pressure, another great thing about summer is the release of some great movies to see you through the holidays. This month we take a look at trailers for a tense and isolating space drama, a balls out action sequel and a feel good animated comedy that will delight adults and children alike.
Words by
Chris Welsh
Machete Gravity Kills
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2
Holy fucking shitballs have you seen the trailers for this? George Clooney and Sandra Bullock are astronauts chilling out on a space station until things get fucked up and Bullock’s safety cord snaps, leaving her floating alone in the vast nothingness of space. It is UNSETTLING AS HELL. And, hopefully, the film makers can somehow wring a compelling story out of it (unlike 2009’s BURIED, where Ryan Reynolds was buried in a box underground for a frightfully boring two hours until, spoiler, he died).
A sequel to MACHETE starring Danny Trejo. If you understood that sentence, you know exactly what MACHETE KILLS is all about. More mad Mexican antics, a tale of revenge, minor celebrity breasts and ice cool one-liners set to a demented mariachi soundtrack. The sequel also stars Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson and, um, Lady Gaga. That’d be a huge cause for concern if it wasn’t PLANET TERROR’s Robert Rodriguez in the director’s seat. If anyone can pull it off and make a decent/mental exploitation action flick, it’s that guy.
The first CLOUDY was fucking great. A unique trait amongst the generic non-Pixar animated movies. It was easily as funny as your favourite recent comedy, and did it in its own way. I loved it. I don’t know if a sequel is what the world is crying out for... but I’ll take it. The first was the story of a useless scientist who accidentally turned Earth’s weather system into food. So when it rained, it rained jelly. Snow was ice cream etc. In the sequel, he finds an island full of animals that were ALSO turned into food. For some reason.
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