Back to Trailer Town

From time to time, SE&L will step back and let the Tinsel Town marketing machine do what they do best – tantalize and tease us with clever coming attraction previews and trailers. The five films focused on this time around represent some highly anticipated future outings, including the latest from cinematic stalwarts like M Night Shyamalan, Mike Meyers, and Kung Fu Hustle‘s Stephen Chow. Every few weeks, we’ll take a break from casting our critical eye over the motion picture artform and let the shill do the talking. And of course, once they do open in theaters, you can guarantee we will be there, deciphering whether the come-on matches the context. In any event, enjoy:

The Love Guru

It’s more Austin Powers’ style wackiness as Meyers portrays an Indian shaman trying to save the career of a professional hokey player. Standard hijinx ensue.

CJ7

Hong Kong God Chow turns family friendly with this ET like tale.

The Happening

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and only the director of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable knows what’s on tap.

Baby Mama

Tina Fey takes a break from 30 Rock to offer her own satiric take on superwomen and the desire to have it all – including a surrogate kid.

Midnight Meat Train

The Clive Barker tales gets a stylistic spin. Looks like it could be a solid genre winner.