{"id":11383,"date":"2015-12-17T09:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=11383"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:39","slug":"staff-picks-james-top-ten-movie-trailers-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2015\/12\/17\/staff-picks-james-top-ten-movie-trailers-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks &#8211; James&#8217; Top Ten Movie Trailers of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These were films that weren\u2019t necessarily the best, they didn\u2019t win all of the awards, and I haven\u2019t seen many of them yet because they\u2019re not yet out. These trailers are notable because they made the prospect of seeing the film exciting. They reminded us why we go to the movies in the first place- of the highs and lows and awe the audience feels when they\u2019re strapped into their seats, a bucket of popcorn and bag of Twizzlers for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado: (in no particular order, and summaries added only for emphasis in a few cases)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/5FAYkUixe18\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. What We Do in the Shadows<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IAZEWtyhpes\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IAZEWtyhpes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/content\/dam\/film\/ex-machina\/ex-machina-robots-xlarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Ex Machina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZQjWGBP3Cy0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZQjWGBP3Cy0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/static.tumblr.com\/42c78420f09ed4408aa3f5522dcd0b86\/rznfutk\/gMKnt2c3x\/tumblr_static_2a4wm0wmt6o0kwg4wg4484ss8_2048_v2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Carol<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kECQwBOkltY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kECQwBOkltY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/assets\/house\/24869\/festivals_assassin_3-2__article-house-780x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"249\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The Assassin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1kmOX11PdR4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1kmOX11PdR4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8vNMFBWiOdE\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Macbeth<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RgH_OnrYlCk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RgH_OnrYlCk<\/a><br \/>\nThe palette used in this trailer paints a stunning backdrop to the madness of the story of Macbeth and what appears to be another fantastic set of performances from Cotillard and Fassbender.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn2-www.comingsoon.net\/assets\/uploads\/gallery\/star-wars-episode-vii-1398790440\/11222267_1007879549263646_8028576454601633718_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7XNit858b6I\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7XNit858b6I<\/a><br \/>\nThis trailer gives us such a genuine sense of nostalgia and scale that wiped away the doubts that Star Wars could be worth revisiting. There is still life in this universe and although reviews aren\u2019t yet in the trailer gives us enough to want to go back to the well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spinoff.comicbookresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mad-max-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Mad Max: Fury Road<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MonFNCgK4WE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MonFNCgK4WE<\/a><br \/>\nEditing perfection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/oneperfectshotdb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/witch1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. The Witch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iQXmlf3Sefg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iQXmlf3Sefg<\/a><br \/>\nThe quiet quality of this creepy trailer entices with the spare nature of rural village life juxtaposed against hints of horrors lurking out of sight, but it makes you ask yourself is there a titular witch or are the horrors really superstitious villagers?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oystermag.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/article-image-650x580\/images\/spike-lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Chi-Raq<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rGTuuj-aTJs\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rGTuuj-aTJs<\/a><br \/>\nThough the title still irks me for its broad, stereotyped outward portrayal of Chicago\u2019s South Side, Spike Lee\u2019s retelling of the Lysistrata looks snappy and fearless in this tightly-edited trailer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/movies\/sites\/sbs.com.au.film\/files\/styles\/full\/public\/george-clooney-gets-kidnapped.jpg?itok=tV8HP21A&amp;mtime=1444609519\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Hail, Caesar!<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kMqeoW3XRa0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kMqeoW3XRa0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These were films that weren\u2019t necessarily the best, they didn\u2019t win all of the awards, and I haven\u2019t seen many of them yet because they\u2019re not yet out. These trailers are notable because they made the prospect of seeing the film exciting. They reminded us why we go to the movies in the first place- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[5016],"tags":[8904,462,5019,8903],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11385,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11383\/revisions\/11385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}