Monthly Archives: February 2012

PROJECT X Trailer — Desperate, Mean and Resentful: Party on American Youth

It’s not my job or duty to “approve” the moral or political messages of movie advertising, but I do like to understand how they frame their appeals and accomplish their promotional objectives—the better to explain it to students, or more … Continue reading

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The Grey Teaser Trailer: Liam Neeson–a leading man for the (no-longer) forgotten demographic

[youtube+http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfb0-U0ydj8] Even before the tragic death of wife Natasha Richardson in March of 2009, which made him both an eligible widower and a figure of enormous sympathy, gravel voiced, Academy Award Winner (Schindler’s List) Liam Neeson was being repositioned as … Continue reading

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