The one good thing about this promo for the film of Elizabeth Gilbert's bestselling memoir is that it makes it very clear for Anna Pickard that she would rather punch herself than watch the movie

Pickard of the flicks: If you've not already been sucked in to the ranks of the slavering fans of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart or Taylor Lautner, save yourselves, urges Anna Pickard

The promo for their first feature film together is a pallid, by-the-numbers video that completely fails to live up to the duo's trademark wit, laments Anna Pickard

This big-screen version of a small-screen children's series called Avatar lost out in the film title stakes to a certain blue behemoth. That's not all that's wrong with it, says Anna Pickard

Once you accept that the film looks more like Tim Burton's variation on the theme rather than a faithful adaptation, then it promises to be a dark treat indeed, says Anna Pickard

Despite featuring Leonardo DiCaprio's full range of 'mental anguish' faces, Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island doesn't look bad. So why is the trailer so … iffy?

The huge mobile phone gags and lingering shots of whizzy computers suggest Oliver Stone's return to Wall Street is less a chastened retake on greed being good than another wholescale buy-in, says Anna Pickard

It seems like a mash-up of Back to the Future, Ski School and Bill & Ted, but with the white powder, ski bunnies and bathing bears, this John Cusack-starring romp makes The Hangover look like a mild headache, says Anna Pickard

Can Jennifer Aniston ever escape being typecast as Jennifer Aniston in a predictably unpredictable romantic comedy? Not if this promo is any guide, says Anna Pickard

Fans of a certain age will celebrate the transfer of this 80s TV favourite to the multiplex, but Anna Pickard can't help but suspect it's all just an excuse to trot out that well-loved theme tune

Anna Pickard: The title refers to a sad dad's relentless efforts to fund a maverick medic's search for a cure for his terminally ill kiddies. It also refers to the trailer's unremitting efforts to clobber you into blubbing submission

It lasts 1min 21sec, features all the familiar faces in many costume changes, but tells you precisely nothing about the sequel's plot. Just a marketing department getting Carried Away, huffs Anna Pickard

The trailer for Ridley Scott's retelling of the legend has Russell Crowe brandishing a bow instead of a sword and scowling in Sherwood Forest rather than the Roman Colosseum. But they don't fool Anna Pickard

The promo for this movie starts out like a film noir centring on a hot blonde private investigator. Alas, then it all goes a bit Dan Brown, says Anna Pickard

The trailer for this starry drama about the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life does a good job of flogging the film. But then the credits start rolling. Anna Pickard cringes

Anna Pickard: This drama may also star Pierce Brosnan and Emilie de Ravin from Lost, but as far as its trailer is concerned, there is only RPattz

Anna Pickard: Robert De Niro, the godfather of actors, goes on a journey to unite his fictional family using the gift of expression. Anna Pickard analyzes that

Paul Greengrass's Matt Damon-starring film of the award-winning book by Rajiv Chandrasekaran may well be a subtle, nuanced examination of the US occupation of Iraq. But that's not what the trailer is selling

Never mind that it stars Meryl Streep and soon-to-be Oscars hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin; would you watch a movie named after a Facebook relationship status?

Our second dose of Emma Thompson's warty Mary Poppins is almost upon us. Unless Anna Pickard can work out what's going on in two minutes, it's off to the naughty step