Category: Film Previews
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Weekend Preview: Dec. 17-19, 2021
Below are four previews for films opening next weekend. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Nightmare Alley (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Novice (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Tender Bar (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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Film Preview: The Novice (2021)
Page Revisions: (December 12, 2021) Original Release Date: December 17, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A college freshman joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.” Poster Rating: C / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) While it…
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Film Preview: I Was a Simple Man (2021)
Page Revisions: (December 5, 2021) Original Release Date: November 19, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family in Hawai’i faces the imminent death of their eldest as the ghosts of the past haunt the countryside.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available…
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Film Preview: Minyan (2021)
Page Revisions: (December 5, 2021) Original Release Date: October 29, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young Jewish man is caught between thrilling private trysts and his repressive family in this thoughtful drama set in 1980s Brooklyn.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one…
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Film Preview: They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2021)
Page Revisions: (December 5, 2021) Original Release Date: November 12, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Why does one need a ferryman? One needs a ferryman where there is a body of water and a bridge does not exist. The village high in the hills has a ferryman, but a bridge is in the works. The poor…
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Film Preview: Dog (2022)
Page Revisions: (December 5, 2021) Original (February 13, 2022) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: February 18, 2022 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Briggs who, alongside his companion Lulu, a Belgian Malinois haul ass down the Pacific Coast in time to catch their best friend’s and handler’s funeral. One of them has a week to live, the other…
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2021 Blockbuster Season Box Office Wrap-Up: July
Below is a wrap-up of the predictions I made several months ago, an exploration of what succeeded and what failed, and how I observe things to have gone. July 2, 2021 The Boss Baby: Family Business Oscar Prospects: What I said: “None.” Oscar Results: Still None. Box Office Prospects: $140 M Box Office Expectations: What…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 10-12, 2021
After two weeks on top of the box office due to the lack of wide openings this past weekend, Encanto will almost assuredly fall to the opening weekend of Steven Spielberg’s long awaited re-adaptation of the Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim stage musical classic West Side Story, based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. There’s really no…
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Film Preview: The Blazing World (2021)
Page Revisions: (December 5, 2021) Original Release Date: October 15, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive.” Poster Rating: B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: When…
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Film Preview: 13 Minutes (2021)
Page Revisions: (December 5, 2021) Original Release Date: October 29, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Four families in a Heartland town are tested in a single day when a tornado hits, forcing paths to cross and redefining the meaning of survival.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: While it’s an interesting view of the…
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Film Preview: DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
Page Revisions: (November 28, 2021) Original (March 13, 2022) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#3) (May 8, 2022) New Trailer (#3) (July 24, 2022) New Posters (#4-#23) — New Release Date (changed from 5/20/22) Release Date: July 29, 2022 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Superman’s dog teams up with a flying cat to stop crime while…
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Weekend Preview: Dec. 10-12, 2021
Below are seven previews for films opening next weekend. National Champions (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview West Side Story (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Being the Ricardos (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview France (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Hating Game (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Off the Rails (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview …
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Film Preview: Off the Rails (2021)
Page Revisions: (December 5, 2021) Original Release Date: December 10, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Three fifty-something women set out to repeat the European inter-railing adventures of their youth, after their close friend passes away leaving them rail tickets, and a final request: to take her teenage daughter with them.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS…
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Film Preview: Drive My Car (2021)
Page Revisions: (November 28, 2021) Original Release Date: November 24, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Nishijima Hidetoshi is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.” Poster Rating: C / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The off-center central image is an interesting choice, but it doesn’t…
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Trailer Watch: Sing 2 (2021) Updated
New Trailer (#3) — New Poster (#23) Sing 2, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
