Octobersky: Movie Trailer Sunday (173)

Here are this weeks trailers.

Cymbeline

Description: A drug kingpin (Ed Harris) is driven to desperate measures

Director: Michael Almereyda

Starring: Anton Yelchin, Ed Harris, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Milla Jovovich, Penn Badgley, Dakota Johnson

Comment: As soon as the music started playing, it reminded me of "Sons of Anarchy". By the way, this movie goes by two titles: "Cymbeline" and "Anarchy".

Spare Parts

Description: Four Hispanic high school students form a robotics club under the leadership of their school's newest teacher, Fredi (George Lopez). With no experience, $800, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT. On their journey, they learn not only how to build a robot- they learn to build a bond that will last a lifetime.

Director: Sean McNamara

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Marisa Tomei, George Lopez, Esai Morales, Jose Julian, Alessandra Rosaldo, Carlos Pena, David Del Rio, Oscar Gutierrez, Alexa PenaVega

Trailer: Trailer "Spare Parts"

Comment: I'm a sucker for stories like these.

Outcast

Description: When the heir of the Imperial throne becomes the target of an assassination by his despised older brother, the young prince must flee the kingdom and seek protection. His only hope for survival is a reluctant war-weary crusader named Jacob (Hayden Christensen), who must overcome his own personal demons and rally the assistance of a mythical outlaw known as The White Ghost (Nicolas Cage). Together they must fight side by side in an epic battle to return the prince to his rightful place on the throne.

Director: Nick Powell

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Hayden Christensen, Yifei Liu

Trailer: Trailer "Outcast"

Comment: At this point, Nicolas Cage will do anything. I think if I took a camcorder and asked him to be in my shitty film, he would.

Spy

Description: Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency’s most dangerous missions. But when her partner (Jude Law) falls off the grid and another top agent (Jason Statham) is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global disaster.

Director: Paul Feig

Starring: Morena Baccarin, Jude Law, Nia Long, Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, Allison Janney, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Melissa McCarthy, Miranda Hart

Trailer: Trailer "Spy"

Comment: This good be really bad or extremely funny. I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt, because I really like Melissa McCarthy.