New 'Sucker Punch' trailer looks pretty awesome

Here is a sweet new feature trailer for Zack Snyder's upcoming action adventure "Sucker Punch," and I strongly suggest you give this one a shot: it just looks crazy awesome. "Punch" debuts March 25, 2011.

The flick centers on a girl locked inside a mental institution. During her stay there, she imagines an alternative reality in which she plans her escape... Emily Browning and Vanessa Hudgens star.

The cast also includes Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish, Jon Hamm and Carla Gugino, and as you can see below, these hardcore chicks kick some serious ass. Visually, "Punch" looks awesome.

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'Sucker Punch' trailer is totally insane!

Zack Snyder is a visual guy, no doubt about it. "Watchmen" looked stunning, and I'm sure his upcoming "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" will look fancy too. And what about "Sucker Punch"?

Damn, it looks visually insane! Check out the trailer for the film below, and go nuts. Not sure the film will blow us away, but for now, it sure looks like a solid dose of crazy big-screen fun. It opens March 25, 2011.

"Sucker Punch" centers on a girl locked inside a mental institution. During her stay there, she imagines an alternative reality in which she plans her escape... Emily Browning and Vanessa Hudgens star.

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'Mad Men' star Jon Hamm throws 'Sucker Punch'

Let me tell you, I feel terrible because I still haven't seen one single episode of "Mad Men," but right now, I just don't have the freaking time. I promise it's on my list though. Anyway, "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm has now joined Zack Snyder's upcoming action adventure "Sucker Punch," this according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Hamm joins the already cast Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish and Carla Gugino. The flick is set in the '50s and centers on a girl locked inside a mental institution. During her stay there, she imagines an alternative reality in which she plans her escape...

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Daily news dose: Campbell-Bower joins 'New Moon;' Drew Barrymore is 'Going the Distance'

Here's your dose of film news for March 30, 2009:

• Jamie Campbell-Bower is the latest to join Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Dakota Fanning in Chris Weitz's upcoming "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." Variety reports he plays leader of the Volturi, a group of vampires based in Italy. Campbell-Bower also starred in "RockNRolla."

• Drew Barrymore joins Justin Long in Nanette Burstein's upcoming romantic comedy “Going the Distance" for New Line Cinema. Written by Geoff LaTulippe, the film focuses on a couple’s attempt to maintain a long-distance relationship. One lives in Chicago while the other is located in Los Angeles. (Variety)

• Emily Browning, who recently starred in "The Uninvited," will star in Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch." The fantasy action flick is set in the 1950s and centers on a girl locked inside a mental institution. Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone are also on board. (Variety)

• Oscar winner Maurice Jarre, a French composer whose credits include "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," has died. He was 84. Jarre won a total of three Oscars for "A Passage to India," "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago."

Review: "The Uninvited"

Seen on: January 31, 2009

The players: Directors: Thomas Guard, Charles Guard, Writers: Doug Miro, Craig Rosenberg, Cast: Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel

Facts of interest: Based on Kim Jee-Woon's "A Tale of Two Sisters."

The plot: Two sisters try everything they can to convince their father that his new girlfriend is not the person she pretends to be.

Our thoughts: Charles and Thomas Guard’s “The Uninvited” is yet another lame, unnecessary horror remake that lacks suspense and falls victim to a nearly disastrous script. No matter how bad these flicks are, they just keep coming, and it’s annoying me now more than ever.

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'The Uninvited' web reviews

In "The Uninvited," two sisters try to convince their father that his current fiancee is not who she pretends to be. Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Emily Browning and Arielle Kebbel star, and here is what some online critics have to say about the horror pic:

• Collider's Brian Orndorf: "'The Uninvited' might appeal to the "Tale of Two Sisters" curious, but even then there's little reason to stay invested in what quickly becomes a grueling 80-minute-long journey into the easily telegraphed and roughly acted."

• CinemaBlend's Katey Rich: "The scares are interspersed in-between these landscape shots, but the film never achieves an actual mood of mystery, and the occasional appearance of ghosts seems more to keep the audience interested than to add to the story."

• Cinematical's Jette Kernion: "'The Uninvited' provides a few shocks and some creepy dream-or-not sequences that are perfect for a date horror movie. However, the structure and dialogue are weak without even being unabashedly cheesy fun like the 3-D remake of My Bloody Valentine."

• Ron Henriques at LatinoReview: "I don't know about you, but I thought the "J-horror" craze was over. Hollywood seems so determined to remake every supernatural horror flick from the land of the rising sun whether it be good or bad."

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Check out a clip from ‘The Uninvited’

MTV posted a new clip from Charles and Thomas Guard’s upcoming horror thriller “The Uninvited,” about a teenager who thinks her father’s new fiancée (Elizabeth Banks) is someone evil.

Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel and David Strathairn co-star in the flick, which opens in theaters Jan. 30, 2009.

Along with David S. Goyer’s “The Unborn,” this is already the second 2009 horror pic that looks pretty ridiculous, judging by its trailer. Clip comes up right after the jump.

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