Best Movie & TV Trailers of the Week! The Art of Self-Defense, Terminator

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Hello and welcome to the best movie & TV trailers of the week!

This week brings us the very first look at the upcoming TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, a.k.a. the latest installment in the iconic TERMINATOR franchise. In DARK FATE, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) has returned from far away, and she's gearing up with a team of agents who will fight against T-1000. It's nice to see Hamilton back in the role, looking more slick and casually cool than ever before. Her and Schwarzenegger's return is the real root of my interest with this entry, as I'm sure is the case for many fans of the series. The trailer looks a tad bland, in my humble opinion, but perhaps these stars can salvage it. Plus, DEADPOOL director Tim Miller is at the helm, which bears good tidings, to say the least.

TOY STORY 4 introduces its newest toy to the team, Canada's greatest stuntman, Duke Caboom. Voiced by Keanu Reeves, this adorable little guy spends more of his time posing than actually performing, but his enthusiasm and ambition to make a bigger jump than advertised is sure to make him a fan favorite.

Quentin Tarantino dropped another trailer for his ninth film, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, which delves a little deepr into what appears to be its main character, Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his crippling insecurities, most of which revolve around the fact that the guy isn't getting any younger, and he feels it. Dalton tells his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) that he's a "has-been", a quote which is accompanied by a scene in which he befuddles his lines during a shoot. To make matters worse, the hot new couple, a.k.a. Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) just moved in next door to Dalton, adding to his anxieties while simultaneously upping the ante of Tarantino's already very promising upcoming joint.

Jennifer Kent, the director of the indie hit THE BABADOOK is back with THE NIGHTINGALE, a revenge thriller unlike any that have come before it. Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

This week in TV brings us new trailers for INTO THE DARK: THEY COME KNOCKING, BLACK MIRROR: RACHEL, JACK AND ASHLEY TOO, BLACK MIRROR: STRIKING VIPERS, BLACK MIRROR: SMITHEREENS, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: The Final Season, KRYPTON Season 2, CLAWS Season 3, STRANGE ANGEL Season 2, JINN, LOS ESPOOKYS, THE CHEF SHOW, HISTORICAL ROASTS WITH JEFF ROSS, QUEEN SUGAR Season 4, and DRUNK HISTORY Season 6B.

It was a tough call, but I'd like to use this week to highlight Jennifer Kent's THE NIGHTINGALE, a highly anticipated movie of my own that I've been waiting to watch ever since THE BABADOOK first cast its spell on me back in 2015. Ever since I saw Kent's innovative musings on grief and the way trauma can manifest itself as a monster, I knew Kent was a force to be reckoned with. I've yet to watch THE NIGHTINGALE myself, but based on the reviews I've read so far, I'd say we're in for another stunner.