Catch it here first! We are on the lookout for the freshest, hottest and coolest YA trailers as they come out, with the bare basics laid out for your enjoyment. Watch this space and enjoy, coming soon to a theater near you!
GOD HELP THE GIRL
Summed up as: Emily Browning in a non-creepy movie for a change, about a cutesy girl trying to make it as a cutesy singer.
Coolest thing about the trailer: The Skins’s Olly Alexander and Hannah Murray (also of Game of Thrones) show up too.
We also like: The soundtrack for the trailer. Is that Emily singing?
Worth seeing opening weekend? For the folksy Britpop lover in all of us, sure.
KITE
Summed up as: A super badass-looking revenge fantasy based on the celebrated anime, starring India Eisley (of Secret Life of the American Teenager).
Coolest thing in the trailer: Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘aha’ moment—just before pulling the trigger.
Other coolest thing: The Inspector Gadget-style gun in a handbag.
Worth seeing opening weekend? In a word—yes. This looks gorgeous. And we do love a good revenge story.
OUIJA
Summed up as: A pretty standard horror movie treatment, this with the gimmick of a Ouija board.
Scariest thing in the trailer: The eyes rolling back in the head is pretty cool, as is the mouth-sewn-shut-with-dental-floss moment.
Dumbest thing: The overused trappings we see in every one of these flicks: the scary noises, shadows in the window curtains andOF COURSE the creepy doll heads…
Worth seeing opening weekend? Not really, but we’ll give it a go for the cast: SLOTAM’s always-hot Darren Kagasoff, Bates Motel’s Olivia Cooke, and The Fosters’ Bianca Santos.
LAGGIES
Summed up as: Keira Knightley teams up with YA queen Chloe Moretz for a coming-of-age and then falling-behind movie about a young woman who avoids having to make tough life decisions by hanging with a bunch of high schoolers.
Best thing in the trailer: The always-appealing Sam Rockwell.
Most annoying thing: How we are supposed to believe that Keira Knightley can be this directionless soul in a rut.
Worth seeing opening weekend? Not so much.
GOTHAM
Summed up as: The villains come out to play in this enticing teaser of the Batman prequel TV show.
Best thing in the trailer: Catwoman and Penguin look fun.
Hottest thing: The O.C.’s smokin’Ben McKenzie of course, playing James Gordon!
Worth seeing opening weekend? We’re there!
MAY IN THE SUMMER
Summed up as:Alia Shawkat continues to buck expectations with this second collaboration with director Cherien Dabis, after 2009‘s Amreeka.
Best thing in the trailer: Alia Shawcat, obviously.
Craziest thing: Alia Shawcat’s hair, obviously.
Worth seeing opening weekend? This tale of a soon-to-be-married woman at the crossroads of family, faith and identity in modern-day Amman, Jordan looks undeniably interesting.
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