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Witness the birth of Psycho with this Hitchcock trailer

The modern horror movie wouldn't exist without Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho. And judging from the below preview for Sacha Gervasi's upcoming biopic Hitchcock, it was a film no one wanted the master filmmaker to make. Few directors are as deserving of a biopic as Hitchcock. And it looks like Gervasi and screenwriter John J. McLaughlin have picked the perfect thread -- in the story of Psycho's trip to the screen -- to hang such a film on. I'm in! What a cast too: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson and her boobs, Jessica Biel. The list goes on and on. Hell, even Ralph The Karate Kid Macchio gets in on the action as screenwriter Joe Stefano! This movie looks great. I actually look forward to seeing it. Hitchcock opens in limited release via Fox Searchlight next month.  

Jackie Robinson biopic 42 enters The Basement

Yeah, I know -- what the fuck is wrong with us?!? First a trailer for The Hobbit and now one for a baseball movie. Street. Cred. Lost. Well, TFB. The Jackie Robinson biopic 42 looks like a damn fine movie. And it stars Indiana Jones/Han Solo/Blade Runner himself Harrison Ford as Robinson's manager. Plus it's written and directed by Brian Helgeland, who's brought us such bad ass flicks as Payback, Mystic River and Man on Fire. I defy anyone not to get carried away by this trailer. Robinson was the first black man in Major League Baseball and his story deserves to be told. Even non-baseball fans can agree to that. But I'll let the preview speak for itself. 42 hits theatres April 13, 2013.