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Check Out These Hilarious Homemade Spoof Trailers For 2015’s Biggest Movies
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Regardless of how movie marketing campaigns evolve to keep up with the changing times, trailers will always be one of the most crucial tools in the selling of a new film. A typical trailer for a major studio’s potential blockbuster and franchise hopeful tends to look the same as another of its type, from the editing beats to the choice of overdramatic music cues (not to mention that annoying and loud horn sound that can be traced back to Inception‘s brilliantly executed previews).
Naturally this opens the door for aspiring filmmakers and people with both a strong sense and access to pretty decent cameras and recording equipment to create their own improvised spoofs of those occasionally overbearing trailers. Putting their friends and relatives in front of the camera and using whatever materials available to them to recreate the multi-million dollar visual effects, the makers of these “sweded” trailers often end up with something far more entertaining than their inspirations.
I have taken it upon myself to scour YouTube for the funniest, most bizarre, and flat-out fun spoof trailers for the biggest blockbusters (and in one special case, a gigantic bomb), and as a special bonus I’ve included a few for some of 2016’s most anticipated movies. Enjoy, and have a happy new year!
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Tags: Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, Fantastic Four, Fifty Shades Of Grey, Jurassic World, Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Suicide Squad, sweded, The Martian, Trailers
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Empress Eve’s Top 10 Favorite Movies Of 2015
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It’s time for my annual look back at my top 10 favorite movies of 2015. While I do write the occasional movie review, I don’t consider myself to be a “film critic,” but rather more of an enthusiastic movie watcher. I enjoy a lot of movies I watch, but not many becomes “favorites.” So, this list here is not my picks for the “best” films of the year; these are merely my favorite movies of 2015.
I do get to see a lot of films every year, and my criteria for a “favorite” typically is one that keeps me entertained and makes me want to see it repeatedly. Admittedly, I tend to be drawn more towards the fantasy/superhero selections, and less towards the Oscar bait pictures. There will be plenty of other “Best Of 2015” lists being published here at Geeks Of Doom in the coming days that will take a more analytical look at 2015’s films, and will likely include more serious dramas. But for now, with me, you’ll get more fun picks than anything else.
With that, here’s a list of my Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2015.
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Tags: Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Best Of, Best of 2015, Crimson Peak, Disney, Inside Out, Krampus, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Movies of 2015, Pixar, Quentin Tarantino, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hateful Eight, The Martian, Trainwreck, Trumbo
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‘Ant-Man’ Interview: Production Designer Shepherd Frankel Sets The Stage For Marvel’s Tiniest Hero
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As a production designer, it’s Shepherd Frankel‘s job to create and define the world surrounding the characters in a film. In the case of Ant-Man that means taking the audience on a visual down-to-earth journey with a bit of a Marvel twist. Unlike some of the Marvel films that came before, Ant-Man centers on an everyday guy who is simply trying to provide for his daughter, and pulls off heists to do so. Little does he know that the one heist he pulls leads him to the powerful Ant-Man suit, which allows him to shrink at will to the size of an ant, and possess superhuman strength while in his tiny form. And it was also Frankel’s job to bring that size and scale of the POV of an ant to life.
We were invited to the press day to help promote the release of the film on Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, and DVD. In our on-camera interview with the production designer, Frankel talks to us about what sort of technologies he used to bring the film to life, why he chose to use photorealistic technology over a CGI-created world, and more. Check out our video interview with him here below.
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Blu-ray Review: Marvel’s Ant-Man
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Marvel’s Ant-Man
Blu-ray | 3D Blu-ray | DVD
DIRECTOR: Peyton Reed
WRITERS: Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay, Paul Rudd
CAST: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Judy Greer, Tip “T.I.” Harris, David Dastmalchian, Bobby Cannavale
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
RELEASE DATE: December 8, 2015
Marvel’s Ant-Man takes a comedic page from its Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart Guardians Of The Galaxy, and delivers a superhero story that’s appealing to all audiences, even those not interested in capes and cowls.
Paul Rudd stars as Scott Lang, a master thief who’s just finished a three-year stint in San Quentin prison. While his crime was more of the Robin Hood variety, his criminal record is making it very difficult for him to keep a job and make ends meet on the straight and narrow path. Motivated by his desire to be there for his young daughter’s life, Scott joins forces with former prison buddy Luis (Michael Peña) and his crew (Tip “T.I.” Harris, David Dastmalchian) for a sure-thing burglary job. Unbeknownst to Scott, the safe he’s cracking belongs to Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), the S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist who developed the shrinking technology that powers the Ant-Man suit.
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Tags: Adam McKay, Ant-Man, Bobby Cannavale, Corey Stoll, David Dastmalchian, Edgar Wright, Evangeline Lilly, Joe Cornish, Judy Greer, Marvel, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Tip “T.I.†Harris
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‘Ant-Man’ Interview: Peyton Reed Talks Heists, Villains & Sequels
It’s no secret that Ant-Man had its share of production problems, but director Peyton Reed was able to pull everything together to make a really fun Marvel film that takes a slight side step from everything that is going on with the Avengers. In fact, Ant-Man was just the kind of break we needed from all the dark themes explored in some of the previous entries of the MCU, and can be considered one of the most grounded and relatable with the film exploring themes of fatherhood. Marvel’s final film in Phase 2 was well-received by audiences and critics alike, and is now getting a sequel appropriately titled Ant-Man and The Wasp.
And to help celebrate the upcoming release of Ant-Man on Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, and DVD, Peyton Reed is talking a little bit about how the film came together, and a little bit about the sequel as well in our on-camera interview. Watch our interview with the director here below.
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