Preview Review: Trailers for 'Anesthsia,' 'The Legend of Tarzan' and More

Trailers dropped for 'The Legend of Tarzan,' 'Anesthesia,' and more.

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While the the biggest deal in trailers this week was the latest installment in the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse, and a tease of Steven Spielberg's latest, BFG, that doesn't mean there weren't a few other good sneak peaks at films to come. For one, a trailer for Anesthesia, a film starring Kristen Stewart that got pretty good reviews for the actress at the Tribeca Film Festival, dropped. We also got a look at the Legend of Tarzan with up and comers Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie, and a full-length for Michael Moore's latest documentary. Check 'em out.

Anesthesia

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Genre: Drama

Director: Tim Blake Nelson

Stars: Kristen Stewart, Sam Waterston, Glenn Close, Tim Blake Nelson 

Release Date: January 8

Although she failed to snag a Golden Globe nomination for her work in Clouds of Sils Maria, it's only a matter of time until Kristen Stewart becomes a true awards darling. The actress, who has successfully shed her Twilight image, now stars in Anesthesia, a film that premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival. Anesthesia stars Sam Waterston as a professor who gets seriously mugged, an incident that brings together a group of people from his life. The trailer looks pretty and dark and moody, and it's pretty chilling to hear a voiceover of Stewart saying (and then shouting), "I've been so lonely. I crave interaction. I CRAVE IT!"

The Legend of Tarzan

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Genre: Action, Fantasy

Director: David Yates

Stars: Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson

Release Date: July 1

If you were a fan of True Blood, a shirtless Alexander Skarsgard was a given. It's been a while since we've seen the Swedish actor in anything, but now he's at the helm of The Legend of Tarzan, and he's shirtless once more. The film looks at Tarzan after he leaves the jungle to marry his beloved Jane. But the two return, where Tarzan is asked to serve as a trade emissary for Parliament. There they find trouble from a corrupt Belgian, played by Christoph Waltz in a role that resembles all of his roles. While the CGI looks a little nuts, with Skarsgard and Robbie as leads, it still looks like a pretty entertaining, although perhaps unnecessary, picture. 

Where to Invade Next

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Genre: Documentary

Director: Michael Moore

Stars: N/A

Release Date: December 23

It's been six years since Michael Moore released Capitalism: a Love Story, a scathing documentary that explored some of our more destructive institutions. Moore's been busy this past few years, and now it makes sense why. He's been working on Where to Invade Next, his latest doc that takes him all around the world. His purpose? To spread American values and find out what other countries in the world are doing different. He looks at everything from from school lunches to student debt. 

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