Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Fatale (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 13, 2020) Original Release Date: December 18, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After a one-night stand, a successful married man finds himself entangled in a cunning police detective’s latest investigation.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The colors and layout are interesting, but it’s not an otherwise appealing poster. Besides, putting…
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Film Preview: Just One More Kiss (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: February 21, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “”Til death do us part” wasn’t nearly long enough for Max and Abby as his ghost returns to help her get over him. But with a second chance to be together, neither will ever want to say goodbye again.” Poster Rating:…
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Film Preview: Think Like a Dog (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: June 9, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A 12-year-old tech prodigy’s science experiment goes awry and he forges a telepathic connection with his best friend, his dog. The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school.” Poster Rating:…
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Film Preview: Max Reload and the Nether Blasters (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: August 7, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A small town video game store clerk must go from zero to hero after accidentally unleashing the forces of evil from a cursed Colecovision game… Max Jenkins’ gaming fantasies collides with reality when a legendary “lost” installment of the Nether Game…
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Film Preview: Trail of Ashes (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: December 1, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The search for the empress’s daughter reunites two long lost brothers who grew up on opposite sides of a war and now must choose between family bonds and political alliances.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no…
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Film Preview: Carmilla (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: July 17, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An atmospheric, coming-of-age love story steeped in eerie mystery and inspired by the gothic novel of the same name.” Poster Rating: C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Plain and uninspired, this design appear to be an unexciting cap…
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Film Preview: Vampire Dad (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: June 16, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the early 1960s, a family man-turned-vampire struggles with his beastly nature while his devoted wife tries to keep anyone from finding out, including their teenage daughter.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available…
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Film Preview: Skylines (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original (December 13, 2020) New Poster (#1) Release Date: December 18, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save…
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Film Preview: How to Fake a War (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: August 7, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When an outbreak of peace threatens rock star Harry Hope’s charity concert, he dispatches his PR consultant to create a fake war story – until the concert, at least.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: It doesn’t quite have…
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2020 Blockbuster Season Box Office Preview 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 3, 2020 The Outpost (Limited) Oscar Prospects: What I said: “None.” Oscar Results: Still None. Box Office Prospects: $0.5 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said:…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 11-13, 2020
Another weekend with no new wide releases and it doesn’t look like things will be letting up anytime soon. Our Highest Rated Films: Farewell Amor Our Best Awards Ratings: No consensus OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Assassins (Limited) Finding Yingying (Virtual) Gunda (Virtual) The Never List (Limited) On-Gaku: Our Sound (Limited) Queer Japan (Virtual) The Weasel’s Tale…
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Film Preview: Made in Bangladesh (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: August 28, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Shimu fled her village as a child when her stepmother threatened to marry her off to a middle-aged man. Now 23 and living in the capital, she works grueling hours for paltry sums at a textile factory while her husband searches…
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Film Preview: La Llorona (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: August 6, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An aging paranoid war criminal, protected by his faithful wife, faces death while being haunted by the ghosts of his past.” Poster Rating: C- / B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) A lot of wasted space here and it tells…
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Film Preview: Songbird (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original Release Date: December 11, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In 2022 a pandemic ravages the world and its cities. Centering on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes.” Poster Rating: C- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1)…
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Film Preview: The Mauritanian (2021)
Page Revisions: (December 6, 2020) Original (February 28, 2021) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#2) — New Release Date (changed from 2/19/21) Release Date: February 12, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A detainee at the U.S military’s Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense…
