Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: The World to Come (2021)
Page Revisions: (February 7, 2021) Original Release Date: March 2, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The image balance doesn’t…
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Film Preview: Lapsis (2021)
Page Revisions: (February 7, 2021) Original Release Date: February 12, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother, delivery man Ray takes a strange job in a strange new realm of the gig economy.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Without seeing the trailer, this design makes absolutely…
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Film Preview: Fear of Rain (2021)
Page Revisions: (February 7, 2021) Original Release Date: February 21, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A girl living with schizophrenia struggles with terrifying hallucinations as she begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. The only person who believes her is Caleb -a boy she isn’t even sure exists.” Poster Rating: C / C+ SEE…
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Film Preview: Twilight’s Kiss (2021)
Page Revisions: (January 31, 2021) Original Release Date: February 10, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “SUK SUK is a quiet portrayal of a gay relationship between two men in their twilight years. PAK, 70, a married taxi driver who refuses to retire meets HOI 65, a retired single father. Although both are secretly gay, they are…
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Film Preview: The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
Page Revisions: (January 31, 2021) Original Release Date: February 12, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two teens who live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create the titular map.” Poster Rating: C- / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The visual trails don’t add much embellishment, especially with such a dull background and unexciting…
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Trailer Watch: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Updated
New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#3-#5) Raya and the Last Dragon, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: I Care a Lot (2021)
Page Revisions: (January 31, 2021) Original Release Date: February 19, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The colors…
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2021 Oscar Season Box Office Preview Wrap-Up: September
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. September 4, 2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music (Limited) Oscar Prospects: What I said: “None.” Oscar Results: Still None. Box Office Prospects: $2 M Box Office…
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Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 5-7, 2021
Another week lacking in new wide releases means the same old films at the top of the list. Nothing to see here. Our Highest Rated Films: Falling, Two of Us Our Best Awards Ratings: Two of Us (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Angelique’s Isle (Limited) Balloon Man (Virtual) Dara Of Jasenovac (Limited) A Glitch in the…
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Film Preview: Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
Page Revisions: (January 31, 2021) Original Release Date: February 12, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Wally’s Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash — and only…
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Film Preview: Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
Page Revisions: (January 31, 2021) Original Release Date: February 12, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After her husband goes missing, Sue Buttons (Allison Janney), an under-appreciated suburban wife, gets a taste of being a local celebrity as she embarks on a city-wide search in Yuba County to find him. In an effort to prolong her newfound…
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Film Preview: Adverse (2021)
Page Revisions: (January 24, 2021) Original (February 7, 2021) New Posters (#1-#4) Release Date: February 12, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.” Poster Rating: C+ / C / D+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Usually a hazy design is…
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Weekend Preview: Feb. 5-7, 2021
Below are six previews for films opening next weekend. Falling (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Little Fish (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Rams (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Reckoning (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Reunion (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Two of Us (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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Film Preview: Reunion (2021)
Page Revisions: (January 31, 2021) Original Release Date: February 5, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A pregnant woman returns to her recently-deceased grandparents’ old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying.” Poster Rating: C / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Only a little…
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Film Preview: Rams (2021)
Page Revisions: (January 31, 2021) Original Release Date: February 5, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The attempt to simplify poster designs only makes them look unappealing. The bare minimum of background,…
