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Honest Trailers Makes an Honest Trailer Completely Written By a Robot

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Via a script generated by an AI that analyzed every previous Honest Trailer, the Honest Trailers folks at Screen Junkies made probably the most absurd, mind bending honest trailer for a movie full of tangential references that all don’t exist even though it’s an amalgamation of some of the most well known movies in cinema history.

It’s a really deep dive into the uncanny valley, but pretty fun once you realize that AI doesn’t really know what the hell it’s doing.

Watch, if you dare, here.

Screen Junkies Address Firing of Andy Signore on Sexual Harassment and Assault Allegations and How They’ll Be Moving Forward

October 27, 2017

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Whether you’re a frequent TCB reader or not, you’re probably aware of Honest Trailers, the oft-celebrated, hugely popular parody web series run by Screen Junkies. Beyond Honest Trailers, Screen Junkies itself has become an online destination for a very fun, specific brand of movie/TV based humor and discussion through several different series and web videos they produce on a regular basis.

Recently, Andy Signore, who created both Screen Junkies and Honest Trailers, was fired after several allegations of sexual harassment and assault were made by women who came forward like many women who have come forward to take down Harvey Weinstein and men like him over the last several weeks.

The staff at Screen Junkies took some time off, understandably so, to take necessary action following Andy’s firing and discuss how they want to move forward with Screen Junkies sans Andy in making it better, safer, more inclusive, and less divisive.

Here’s an address from Screen Junkies’ Dan Murrell, Roth Cornet, Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, and Hal Rudnick.

Honest Trailers Enlist Michael Bolton & Friends To Give Emmy Nominees a Retro TV Theme

August 22, 2017

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Honest Trailers themselves are actually nominated for an Emmy and in celebration of that (as well as seizing an opportunity to show off why they are some of the best parodists on the Internet), they made satirical retro TV themes for Emmy nominated shows Stranger Things, This Is Us, and The Handmaid’s Tale.

They even got the one and only (and very game for comedy these days) Michael Bolton to join in on the fun in addition to bringing on the talents of Natasha Bedingfield, Brian McKnight, and Paula Cole to do said TV themes. For Bolton, he wanted to do a Bolton style song for Game of Thrones as a bonus to this “very special episode” of Honest Trailers.

Please enjoy it here.

Before The Oscars Are Giving Out, Watch Honest Trailers’ Take on All the Best Picture Nominees

February 26, 2017

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Very few, if any, can lampoon movies quite like Screen Junkies can.

So, before The Oscars telecast begins in a few hours, let them give you an honest rundown of all the films nominated for Best Picture.

October 23, 2016

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Screen Junkies are doing a taping of two more of their roasts that are for Screen Junkies Plus. One will be for Harry Potter and the other will be for Star Wars and it’ll take place on Thursday, October 27th in Los Angeles.

If you’d like to go, get more details and free tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Screen Junkies Is Having an Open Casting Call for Their New News Channel

September 20, 2016

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Screen Junkies Is Having an Open Casting Call for Their New News Channel

Any of you have an unfiltered take on film and television and feel pretty confident about it on camera?

Well, the film and TV culture giant known as Screen Junkies, the folks responsibly for the Emmy nominated, satirical Honest Trailers series, are launching a whole brand new channel that’s dedicated to entertainment news and are looking for members of this Screen Junkies news team.

They’re holding an open casting call and all you need to do is make a video on how you would cover a breaking entertainment news story. Get submission details at the link above.

We’re guessing a lot of our readers might fit the bill for this.

Honest Trailers Looks Back at “Gladiator”, the Gladiator Movie of the 2000s

August 16, 2016

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Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers goes all the way back to the year 2000 (yeah, that’s awhile back now) for their latest work to when Ridley Scott’s Gladiator set the standard, for better or worst, for all sword-and-sandal movies of the 21st century.

They also remind of us of how cringeworthy pop culture was back in at the turn of the millennium.

The Bourne Trilogy Gets an Honest Trailer

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Of this millennium, one of the best action movie franchises, without question, is The Bourne movies starring Matt Damon.

As that’s the case, Screen Junkies wanted to dissect why that is in their Honest Trailer for the entire trilogy right before the release of the franchises fourth installment, Jason Bourne.

Watch it here.

Honest Trailers Is Pretty Honest About How Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Was Too Big to Succeed

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The folks at Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers (Emmy nominated now by the way) live up to their name in their dissection of the latest film in the DC Universe, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, by highlighting all the good, the bad, and the unnecessarily ridiculous and complicated things about the movie that made it almost impossible to be 100% success, all in punchy joke form.

It doesn’t disappoint after their great Honest Teaser of Batman v Superman.

Jaws, the Original Summer Blockbuster, Gets the Honest Trailer Treatment

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When Jaws came out in 1975, it was a milestone in cinematic history. Unfortunately, it also spawned a bunch of imitators and set up the framework for Hollywood’s countless attempts to establish a tentpole movie franchise.

Honest Trailers points all of this out, both good and bad, in their breakdown of Jaws over 41 years after its release.

Zootopia’s Honest Trailer Highlights All the Complex Latent Social Commentary in This Blockbuster Kids Movie

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From the box office figures going north of a $1 billion, it seems a lot of people watched DIsney’s Zootopia.

That also means that a $1 billion worth of audiences were saddled with all the social issues that Zootopia brings to the forefront for adults and the many kids that they probably brought with them to this cute looking family film.

Screen Junkies really pointed how “grown-up” Zootopia really is with this Honest Trailer.

Honest Trailers Digs Up the Horror of the Several Unnecessary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Live Musicals That Once Existed

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If you think that the latest revival of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is Hollywood not being able to control itself on cashing in your childhood, know that there were a plethora of very real live musicals that spun off of the franchise back in the first wave of popularity of TMNT.

Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers does the good service, along with an assist from the Nostalgia Critic, to make sure we don’t forget how excessive a franchise can really get by making an Honest Trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of Their Shells.

Honest Trailers Revisits 1978′s Superman Staring Christopher Reeve in Honor of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice

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Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers actually took on a double shift this week by making Honest Trailers for both 1978 Superman and the 1989 Batman movies as sort of a crash course on what comic book franchises of yesteryear were like.

For our money, Superman takes this one over Batman.

The Original “Die Hard” Gets All the Love It Deserves in Its Honest Trailer Treatment

December 29, 2015

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A lot of folks think that if you say Die Hard is one of your favorite holiday movies that you might be a sociopath or something.

Well, let the good people at Screen Junkies have your back and then some in this honest trailer for one of the best action movies of all time.

Watch the Honest Trailer for Die Hard here.

Honest Trailers Shows How Much of a Marketing Ploy “Minions” Really Was

December 1, 2015

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You remember when Minions came out, right? Of course you do, because every square inch of your environs was pretty much covered in some sort of Minions-related advertising.

Well, the folks at Screen Junkies hit that point home as well as some pretty big flaws with the movie itself in their Honest Trailer for Minions. Not that the children that this movie was marketed for would understand the bigger picture here, but the Honest Trailer is a nice consolation for the rest of us.

Screen Junkies Are Getting Their Own Subscription Streaming Service ‘Screen Junkies Plus’

November 12, 2015

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For years, Screen Junkies has amassed a gigantic fan base with their various series including Honest Trailers.

With over a billion views of their YouTube channel and nearly 5 million subscribers, they’re not only getting expanded, but also having that expansion be for subscribers.

That’s right. A YouTube channel that is focused on a comedic breakdown of movies and TV from every angle possible is getting its own subscription streaming service.

Screen Junkies Plus will offer several new series with all of your favorite Screen Junkies pundits including a scripted show “Interns of F.I.E.L.D., a show that imagines after credits scenes for movies that don’t have them, another one that ponders how certain movies hold up years after its theatrical release, and much much more exclusive content/swag/etc.

If you’re already hooked in, Screen Junkies Plus launches next week on Nov. 17th for $4.99 per month.

Of course, there’s a trailer with epic movie voice guy for this announcement.

“Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens” Gets an Honest Teaser

November 3, 2015

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With how big the return of Star Wars is going to be, Screen Junkies does their second Honest Teaser in their Honest Trailers series ever for Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.

We don’t know how they do it, but Screen Junkies tap into the collective unconscious and really voice what we’re mostly all thinking when watching the various Star Wars teasers and trailers.

It’s Back To The Future Day, So There’s an Honest Trailer for “Back To The Future”

October 21, 2015

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We all knew this day would come. Oct. 21st, 2015, the famous day that Marty McFly traveled to in the future in Back to The Future is today.

You also probably knew that if there were a day that Screen Junkies would do an Honest Trailer of Back To The Future, it would also be on this very same day.

So, rather than wonder about whether Nike finally released their Air Mags, watch and enjoy this instead.

“Jurassic World” Gets the Thorough Honest Trailer Treatment

October 13, 2015

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Jurassic World was one of this summer’s biggest blockbusters and rightfully so with making good on its dino-action.

However, there are plenty things in Jurassic World that all that dino-action made up for and Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers make sure to point every one of those flies in the ointment out.

Watch Jurassic World’s Honest Trailer here.

Disney’s Classic “Aladdin” Gets the Honest Trailer Treatment

October 6, 2015

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Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers has pointed out expertly, time and time again, that many classic Disney films were way more problematic than you would ever remember.

Their latest Honest Trailer for Disney’s Aladdin is another classic example. Watch it here.

Screen Junkies Admit “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Was Good, Not Great in Honest Trailer

September 29, 2015

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Avengers: Age of Ultron was easily one of the summer’s biggest movies. Such a feat shouldn’t be surprising as The Avengers was such an unbelievable critical and commercial success.

Does that mean it’s automatically a great movie? Well, Screen Junkies have something to say about that in their Honest Trailer for Age of Ultron, which also serves as a sort of Honest Trailer for big budget tentpole comic book movie franchises.

The Honest Trailer for “Peter Pan” Will Make You Feel The Opposite of Nostalgia

September 22, 2015

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Fondly remembering your childhood, and even going so far as to reboot it in many cases, is very en vogue right now.

Unfortunately, many things that you saw growing up, don’t hold up or are much worst than you remember.

Screen Junkies do a great, hilarious job of showing how many Disney movies were much darker and had much more racism than you probably would recall in their Honest Trailers like the one for The Lion King.

They do a real bang up job for their latest Honest Trailer for a time honored Disney movie, Peter Pan. Watch it and try to jog your memory how you let everything wrong about the movie slip by you.

Screen Junkies Have Finally Gotten Around to Their Honest Trailer for “Furious 7″

September 15, 2015

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One of the highest grossing movies of the year and far and away the highest grossing installment of the Fast and Furious film franchise, Furious 7 kind of stands almost as an box office enigma.

It’s the sort of thing that peaks the interest of Screen Junkies to make their famous/infamous Honest Trailers and they finally have assembled one for this latest Fast and Furious movie.

Screen Junkies delve into the tropes and more that drove Furious 7 to not need a Fast in the title to gross over $1.5 billion worldwide in their Honest Trailer for it.

M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening” Gets an Honest Trailer

September 9, 2015

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At this point, the Screen Junkies seem to be building a collection of M. Night Shyamalan Honest Trailers as the filmmaker has rode the success of The Sixth Sense for well over a decade and then made a whole barrel of things that have been overwhelmingly panned.

Thus far, they’ve covered After Earth, The Last Airbender and they have now finally gotten to The Happening where people seemed to kill themselves not entirely unlike how people would die in all those Final Destination movies.

Before too long, Shyamalan might catch up to Michael Bay in an Honest Trailers count.

There’s a Short Film That’s a Follow-Up to “Frozen” and It Just Got a Scathing ‘Honest Trailer’

September 1, 2015

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When Jason Bateman said that Hollywood doesn’t have any discipline when it comes to a successful movie on WTF, Disney doing a short film based on one of Disney’s biggest hits as soon as they can is a sort of thing he’s talking about.

Luckily, Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers are around and do not spare the rod on Frozen Fever.