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Trailer Watch: Duplicity, Fireball, He's Just Not That Into You, Black Dynamite, The Great Buck Howard
Written by Arya Ponto
Sunday, 30 November 2008   

I'm still recovering from the food coma that was the result of Thursday's Thanksgiving dinner, but turkey wasn't the only thing served up this week. It was the holidays, sure, but the new trailers still kept on coming, so here is this week's batch.

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Tony Gilroy is repeating his interest in coporate intrigue here, but taking a lighter approach this time. Presumably, he got Clive Owen instead of his Michael Clayton star George Clooney because it would look too much like another Ocean's movie. Looks like it could be fun with that cast, though I'm having a hard time buying Julia Roberts as an ex-CIA spy.

I talked about this movie enthusiastically when there were only stills and posters to be seen. Now we have a trailer, and yes, it does look awesome indeed. Basket ball and muay thai go together like peanut butter and smoked salmon. Sure, it sounds weird, but have you tried it?

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A movie based on a self-help book is an odd concept, is it not? But here you have one, adapted into a film consisting of multiple stories, all telling the romance of one-sided relationships. This trailer is more like a line-up than selling a movie. "Look, here's a bunch of people you like. They're all in it! See it!" Bleh.

Black Dynamite! I can't believe this is a trailer for an actual movie and not just one of those Grindhouse-type fake trailers, but it's true: this is a full length film that is going to make its debut at Sundance next year. I've always liked Michael Jai White, but this easily makes him awesome beyond awesome. Takes me back to the day the younger me first saw Black Belt Jones...

What a strange teaser. This is selling the movie by the power of cameos alone. So Buck Howard is a mentalist and he goes on various TV shows? Is almost looks like half of the movie is going to be interviews on talk shows. Colin and Tom Hanks also play father and son in the movie.