The CoF Weekend Preview: The Girls With Guns vs. The Boys With Bombers

Welcome to The CoF Weekend Preview, here is a look at what’s opening this weekend for wide and limited releases.  Check back Monday for a new City Strip.  There is a lot of great movies coming out this year, so we all picked Our Top 5 Movies To See In 2012 and listed other notable releases for you.

Underworld: Awakening – IMDB – RT (29%) – Trailer

That leather corset does it for me, I won’t lie.  That being said, I have to admit I’ve only seen the first film in the series, it was watchable but not a franchise I keep on my radar at all.  I figure they keep being made because the DVD sales are almost as much as the North American box office [see].  That’s one way to sleep at night  I suppose.

Haywire – IMDB – RT (83%) – Trailer

Steven Soderbergh is a very versatile director, he will go make a movie no one see’s (Che) and then make a big budget virus movie (Contagion).  Here he is making an action movie starring Gina Carano of all people and has a solid cast backing her up – Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor, and Michael Fassbender.  What’s next, a movie about strippers?  Oh wait…

Red Tails – IMDB – RT (33%) – Trailer

I know this movie based on a true story has good intentions, but I foresee clichés of all sorts bringing it down.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Wide Release) – IMDB – RT (49%) – Trailer

The kid irritates me, that’s it for me.  I’m sure there is a story in there somewhere that’s worth telling, but this isn’t the way to share anything about 9/11.

Coriolanus (Limited) – IMDB – RT (93%) – Trailer

Shakespeare didn’t write books, he wrote plays.  This 400-year-old play has been put on screen by Ralph Fiennes and looks worth our time.  It’s gritty and looks to showcase some vigorous performances.

Today’s Links: Community, The Dark Knight Rises, Thor 2 Director and More

A collection of links from across the web that may be film, TV and or entertainment related.

• Community flash mob occupies NBC’s Rockefeller Center. [tvguide]
• Listen to Taylor Swift’s “Safe and Sound” from THE HUNGER GAMES Soundtrack. [youtube]
• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES trailer broke an iTunes record with Over 12.5 million downloads in 24 Hours. [batman-news]
• First teaser trailer for THE IMPOSSIBLE starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. [youtube]
• Director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) will direct Thor 2. [deadline]
• Charlize Theron explains her Prometheus character. [totalfilm]
• New high-res images from THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. [here and here]

New Trailer for UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, watch below:

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New Trailer For ‘Underworld: Awakening 3D’

The fourth Underworld film “Underworld: Awakening” with the return of  Kate Beckinsale has a new trailer for your viewing pleasure below.  The story follows Selene waking up to a world where humans have discovered the existence of vampires and werewolves and are working to eradicate both species.

I gave up on this series after the first movie underwhelmed me, but it can’t be as bad as the Resident Evil movies can it?  Watch the trailer below:

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First Trailer for Underworld: Awakening, Kate Beckinsale Is Revealing Again!

The first trailer for the fourth Underworld film “Underworld: Awakening” has been released and Kate Beckinsale has came back to revive the series, and she again looks great while doing it.  This time around Selene (Beckinsale) learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter, Nissa, and when she finds her they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all.

Check out the trailer for the movie below:

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