Trailers

Applying Battleship's formula for success

Despite being one of the loudest, dumbest and profoundly ridiculous films released in ever, Battleship has performed remarkably well at the box office. So how did a plotless board game consisting of alpha-numerical grid references get turned into a money-making blockbuster? It's genius, really. Mindblowing, in fact. One word: 'aliens'.

Trailer trend: Here comes the BWWWOOOooommm

Remember the Inception horn - that ubiquitous BRAHHHHMMM honking noise that popped up in every trailer last year? Well, now it has been replaced... by the BWWWOOOooommm. All will become clear.

Making fake trailers is the new making actual movies

Making real films is hard. Making fake trailers is easy. Making real films takes ages. Making fake trailers takes days. Making real films is expensive. Making fake trailers is cheap. Here ends today's maths lesson.

Trailer trend: rise of the BRAAAHHMs

Hey you, Hollywood! Are you cutting a trailer for your new action thriller or whatever? Do you want to signify dark, brooding menace and impending doom? You need Inception Horn®! It's the whacked-out sound effect everybody's using!

Cube x The Apprentice = Exam trailer

A psychological thriller set in the cutthroat world of corporate industry, more specifically, job interviews? Let me know if you spot any subtext!

Season Of The Witch trailer: Cage deliver us from evil

It's a trailer for Nicolas Cage's new movie. Because sometimes that's enough.

Twilight New Moon is much better

I'm not going to pretend I'll see Twilight sequel New Moon this weekend, but now I've seen this trailer mash-up, I don't even feel I need to.

Angelina Jolie's Salt trailer

The new trailer for Angelina Jolie's spy thriller Salt has landed, and she looks bloody gorgeous. What's the matter, Angie? Can't take a condiment? Zing! Am I right guys, huh? I'm here all week folks, try the veal.

How To Train Your Dragon trailer

Another day, another DreamWorks animation. This one's about dragons, and more specifically, how to train them. On an entirely unrelated note, when does Toy Story 3 come out again?

Twilight: New Moon is awful

At least, if this new short clip is anything to go by. I never thought I'd say this, but I'd rather read Buffy fan fiction than sit through the Twilight saga.