Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Encanto (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 18, 2021) Original (October 3, 2021) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#3-#4) (November 21, 2021) New Posters (#5-#21) Release Date: November 24, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.” Poster Rating: B- / B…
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Film Preview: Ema (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 18, 2021) Original (August 1, 2021) New Posters (#1-#8) Release Date: August 13, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.” Poster Rating: C+ / C / C- / C- / C- / C- / C / C SEE…
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Film Preview: Pig (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 11, 2021) Original Release Date: July 16, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.” Poster Rating: C- / D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Simple, but…
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Weekend Preview: Jul. 23-25, 2021
Below are seven previews for films opening next weekend. Old (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview How It Ends (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Joe Bell (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Mandibles (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Midnight in the Switchgrass (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview …
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Film Preview: Settlers (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 18, 2021) Original Release Date: July 23, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Mankind’s earliest settlers on the Martian frontier do what they must to survive the cosmic elements and each other.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The background is a shade misleading and the foreground while minorly contemplative is not…
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Film Preview: Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 18, 2021) Original Release Date: July 23, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An FBI agent and Florida State officer team up to investigate a string of unsolved murder cases.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There’s nothing much to see here. The background and lower foreground details simply don’t make up…
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Film Preview: Mandibles (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 18, 2021) Original Release Date: July 23, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two simple-minded friends discover a giant fly in the trunk of a car and decide to domesticate it to earn money with it.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should…
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Film Preview: Nine Days (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 11, 2021) Original Release Date: July 30, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.” Poster Rating: C / C / D+ (7) / C / B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1 & #2) These designs don’t tell…
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Film Preview: The Addams Family 2 (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 11, 2021) Original (September 12, 2021) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#13-#18) Release Date: October 1, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters. Sequel to the 2019 animated film, ‘The Addams Family’.”…
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Film Preview: The Evening Hour (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 11, 2021) Original (July 25, 2021) New Poster (#1) (August 8, 2021) New Release Date (changed from 7/13/21) Release Date: August 13, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Adaptation of Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The attempts to weather the poster and make it feel like a…
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Film Preview: Paw Patrol: The Movie (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 11, 2021) Original (August 15, 2021) New Posters (#3-#16) Release Date: August 20, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Ryder and the pups are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos.” Poster Rating: B / B / C+ (14) SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jul. 16-18, 2021
With Black Widow entering its second week, three films hope to take it down, but only one of them is likely to do so. The original Space Jam was a success in its day and this is the only one of the three new wide releases with any chance of toppling Black Widow. Our Highest…
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Film Preview: How It Ends (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 11, 2021) Original Release Date: July 20, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza (Zoe Lister-Jones) embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.” Poster Rating: B-…
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Film Preview: Annette (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 11, 2021) Original (August 8, 2021) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: August 20, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a 2 year old daughter with a surprising gift.” Poster Rating: B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Metaphors work well for films like this, but for…
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Film Preview: Let Us In (2021)
Page Revisions: (July 4, 2021) Original Release Date: July 2, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A rash of teenagers go missing in this small town and one ostracized twelve year old and her best friend step in to figure out what’s going on.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A rudimentary, poorly crafted poster…
