TRAILERS: Tetsujin 28, New Police Story, A Scanner Darkly

If you're a fan of giant robots (and come on, who isn't?), you may get a kick out of the trailer for Tetsujin 28, the live-action film adaptation of the eponymous vintage anime series (known in the U.S. as Gigantor). Personally, I'm an even bigger fan of Giant Robo, Neon Genesis Evangelion and of course The Iron Giant (which, btw, is screening March 7 at the new Alamo Drafthouse), but this is pretty irresistible.

And poking around on the Apple Japan QuickTime Movie Trailer page, I also happened to find the trailer for Jackie Chan's New Police Story (the latest sequel in his popular Hong Kong film series). And btw, if you've never been serenaded by Jackie, you're seriously missing out.

Finally, Warner Independent has finally released a stunning teaser trailer for Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly... but sadly did so via iFilm, which is a pain in the ass to deal with. (It's bad enough it's in crappy streaming low-res RealMedia instead of downloadable hi-res QuickTime, but they also make you sit through an ad to watch what is in itself an ad). Anyway, hopefully soon it'll pop up on Apple's QuickTime Trailer page (and Warners will give the film a proper official website).