CONNIE & CARLA

Nia Vardalos? Funny lady. Toni Collette? Very funny lady. Sister Act? The greatest movie ever made. Which makes me actually interested in Connie & Carla, because it's basically Sister Act if you replace the word "nun" with "drag queen." And there ain't nothing wrong with that!

Actually, there could be a lot wrong with that. A whole lot. It may turn out to be one of those loud, ugly, unfunny comedies that breed like cockroaches in American multiplexes during the first four months of every year. It could be one of those movies that mistakenly believes that drag queens are inherently funny and not go any further than that to make us laugh.

I'm inclined, however, to put at least a little bit of faith in the fact that it was written by Vardalos herself, and one of the things I liked most about My Big Fat Greek Wedding is that it didn't hit you over the head with the funny. This trailer does hit you over the head, but maybe she'll do it right. If the mere involvement of Vardalos and Collette isn't enough to make you smile, at least download the trailer so you can giggle at them dressed as men dressed as women.

GOOD BYE, LENIN!

I saw this trailer the other day and fell in love. It's about a German boy whose mother goes into a coma, and while she's unconscious, the Berlin wall comes down and the country (and the world) becomes a completely different place. Then she wakes up in what I'm assuming is the present, and because she might die if she experiences any sort of excitement or stress, the son resolves to make her believe the world is exactly the same as when she went into the coma: he reconstructs her old bedroom, films fake newscasts with his friends, etc.

Life is good for mommy...until she looks out the window and sees A COCA-COLA BILLBOARD!

Then there are some scenes with her walking around outside in confusion and I want to see this movie more than anything. The German movies I've seen have been all about finding dark comedy in the weirdest subject matter, and the trailer for Good Bye, Lenin! made me laugh out loud.

SUPERBOWL DOWNLOADS

Dark Horizons has all the Superbowl ads up for download, plus the Nickelodeon Harry Potter ad.

SUPERBOWL: THE LADYKILLERS

Wow, that was extremely unimpressive for a movie by the Coens starring Tom Hanks. Seriously, I kept expecting the little old black lady to be played by Eddie Murphy. "None of that hiphoppity talk, Hercules!"

SUPERBOWL: HIDALGO

That sound you just heard? Was my mother squeeing downstairs. It's basically footage from the full trailers, but minus the sappy dialogue. Good job. Also: "See this trailer again at Yahoo Movies.com." Nice touch.

SUPERBOWL: SECRET WINDOW

Well, this one certainly introduces a supernatural element I didn't see in the full trailer. Interesting.

SUPERBOWL: STARSKY AND HUTCH

I sort of flatlined on this one until we got to an exchange near the end.

Ben Stiller: "You know a lot about golf."

Snoop Dogg: "Yeah... but I know even more about grass."

I actually guffawed at this point.

SUPERBOWL: THE ALAMO

Man... that's an awful TV spot. "We're gonna need a bigger boat a lot more men." They do that speed-up slow-down sort of trailer action shot, but not even well, and--you know what? It was cut like a Pirates of the Caribbean-caliber promo. This is not Pirates of the Caribbean. This is The Alamo. I never thought I would complain that a movie didn't roll out the mournful-music pompous-slomo Oscarbait clichés, but... dude, it's THE ALAMO. You're allowed.

SUPERBOWL: MIRACLE

It's mostly a "Critics are saying..." commercial set to "Dream On." Effective. Also, Kurt Russell's hair is possibly the most realistic '70s hair I've ever seen. Good job, man.

SUPERBOWL MOVIE PREVIEWS

I've been asleep all afternoon with a sore throat, and I don't watch football anyway, so I forgot about the movie promos coming out tonight. Mom says she saw a Van Helsing commercial pretty early on (we're, what, thirty minutes into the game?), and I just saw a Troy promo when I went downstairs for more tea. Not much happened in the Troy; pretty men were pretty. And Brad Pitt said something vengeful in a silly British accent. Good times. I'll report back when something else comes up.