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New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#3-#4)
Dark Phoenix, updated
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Apr. 19-21, 2019
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.
This Day in Oscar History: April 22 (2019)
Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (May 2019, Wide)
Film Preview: Avengement (2019)
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(April 14, 2019) Original
Release Date:
May 24, 2019
Synopsis:
From IMDb: “While released on furlough from prison, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old haunts to take revenge on the people that made him a cold-hearted killer. It’s an epic, bloody battle to search for the soul he lost years ago on the streets of an unforgiving city.”
Poster Rating: –
Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated.
Trailer Rating: C-
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Review: A terrible title is the least of this film’s worries as it never establishes a purpose. The film looks more like an excuse for endless fight sequences, not for serious drama.
Oscar Prospects:
None.
Trailer #1
Film Preview: All Creatures Here Below (2019)
Page Revisions:
(April 14, 2019) Original
Release Date:
May 10, 2019
Synopsis:
From IMDb: “A desperate young couple on the run seek refuge in Kansas City.”
Poster Rating: D+
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Review: A cheaply made poster that looks like it was cobbled together from the worst possible sources.
Trailer Rating: C
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Review: A cheaply made trailer that doesn’t present a film that has a lot of merits, won’t entice an audience, and cannot find its path through its own narrative.
Oscar Prospects:
None.
Trailer #1
Film Preview: The Convent (2019)
Page Revisions:
(April 14, 2019) Original
Release Date:
May 3, 2019
Synopsis:
From IMDb: “During the 17th Century a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.”
Poster Rating: –
Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated.
Trailer Rating: C
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Review: The trailer suggests the film wants desperately to dig into the bountiful supernatural horror box office that has propelled many a film to success. Yet, nothing about the trailer suggests the film will be more than passable.
Oscar Prospects:
None.
Trailer #1
Weekend Preview: Apr. 26-28, 2019
Below are two previews for films opening next weekend.
Avengers: Endgame (Wide)
The White Crow (Limited)
Gallery: Detective Pikachu (2019)
Below is a gallery for the upcoming film Detective Pikachu.
Gallery: Warner Bros. Summer Preview
Below is a gallery for the Warner Bros. summer preview.
This Day in Oscar History: April 21 (2019)
Film Preview: Photograph (2019)
Page Revisions:
(April 14, 2019) Original
Release Date:
May 17, 2019
Synopsis:
From IMDb: “A struggling street photographer in Mumbai, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develop a connection that transforms them in ways they could not expect.”
Poster Rating: B-
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Review: A couple falling in love over photographs express on a photograph. It’s a solid, though utterly predictable construction on a theme.
Trailer Rating: C
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Review: Romantic dramas are commonplace and trying to set oneself away from the pack is a difficult prospect and this trailer doesn’t quite accomplish that.
Oscar Prospects:
None.
Trailer #1
Film Preview: Professor and the Madman (2019)
Page Revisions:
(April 14, 2019) Original
Release Date:
May 10, 2019
Synopsis:
From IMDb: “Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.”
Poster Rating: C+ / C-
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Review: (#1) You definitely know who you’re looking at (even if the actor names in appear in reverse order at the bottom. The problem is that it looks more like a film set in Spain than it does a film about the modern dictionary. (#2) Properly reversing the Actors to match their names, it still looks like a post-Renaissance film set somewhere other than England. The words in the background are a cheap ploy for relevance.
Trailer Rating: C / C+
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Review: (#1 & #2) Both trailers suffer from an undercurrent of pomposity that makes the film feel like an unnecessary diversion to give Mel Gibson a shot at redemption and Sean Penn another chance to play a madman. Neither work terribly well, though the second is better at explaining the plot, which makes it sound a little more interesting.
Oscar Prospects:
None.