Aubrey Plaza Will Eat Your Face In This LIFE AFTER BETH Trailer

There are many reasons I'm glad that I gave Parks & Recreation another shot after that terrible first season, not the least of which is surly comic genius of Aubrey Plaza.  Her character, April Ludgate, might seem one-note at first blush, but Plaza brings a lot of heart to someone who almost never smiles.  Plus just about everything she says absolutely kills me.

Plaza has been quietly putting together a nice little feature resume as well, doing strong work in Colin Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed and starring in the awkward teen sex comedy The To Do List, which is high on my To Watch List.  Later this summer she'll be starring in Life After Beth, another cute zombie comedy in which she plays a girl who dies and then comes back as a zombie of sorts.  It's an interesting take on the genre - she's not mindless nor does she sport a lot of decaying flesh.  But over time her cravings for dude-flesh become stronger and prove troublesome for her boyfriend (Dane DeHaan) and her parents (John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon).  And for you Criminal Minds fans, there's even an appearance by the dreamy Dr. Spencer Reid, perhaps as some sort of jumpsuited zombie hunter?

That last image of Plaza turtleshelling herself while chained to an oven is simply outstanding.

Life After Beth gets a limited theatrical run this August and a VOD release a few weeks prior, if you're into that sort of thing.

Start Your Week Off Right With The New Trailer For GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Captain America: The Winter Soldier kicked off the summer in grand style.  Now it looks almost certain that Guardians Of The Galaxy will serve as the appropriately kickass bookend and close the summer out with a goddamn bang.

Every look at James Gunn's entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe looks even more preposterously fun than the one before it.  Seriously, I still can't believe that I live in a world where an outer space adventure movie starring Chris Pratt, a foul-mouthed raccoon and a walking tree-person voiced by Vin Diesel is allowed to exist, let alone be bankrolled by a major studio to the tune of $150 million.  And make no mistake, every single penny looks to be up on screen.  It feels like the entire movie takes place in one those richly detailed worlds that Guillermo del Toro leaves dangling in the margins of his movies, places like the Bone Slums of Pacific Rim or the Troll Market of Hellboy 2.  Are we really gonna get a planet shaped like a giant skull?  Fuck yeah.

I'm sure there are those out there who will complain that they still don't know what this movie is actually about.  Those people are dumb people.  If rocket boots, space prisons, John C. Reilly: Intergalactic Beat Cop and an upright raccoon with a giant laser gun hoisted up on his shoulder while scratching his crotch doesn't put your ass in the theater, you're barking up the wrong Groot.

As a bonus, here's a poster that should be hanging in dorm rooms all across the country this fall.  Don't let me down, college kids.