Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Pieces of a Woman (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 22, 2020) Original Release Date: December 20, 1930 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A grieving woman embarks on an emotional journey after the loss of her baby.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The close-up poster design seldom works as it is supposed to capture something much more keenly observed than this…
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Film Preview: Let Them All Talk (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 22, 2020) Original Release Date: December 10, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her troubled past.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There’s too much…
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Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 27-29, 2020
Once again, we only have one new wide release for the weekend and with this being a holiday weekend, usually one of the biggest of the year, it will be interesting to see just how many people actually make it to theaters. Our Highest Rated Films: The Croods: A New Age Our Best Awards Ratings:…
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Film Preview: One Night in Miami (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 22, 2020) Original (January 10, 2021) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#2-#5) Release Date: December 25, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the civil rights…
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Film Preview: The Twentieth Century (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 22, 2020) Original Release Date: November 20, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Determined to become the leader of the Dominion of Canada, a young W.L. Mackenzie King rises to power.” Poster Rating: C / A- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The first attempt to look like something out of the 1920s or…
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Film Preview: Major Arcana (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 15, 2020) Original Release Date: October 9, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A long-troubled itinerant carpenter returns home to small town Vermont and attempts to build a log cabin by hand, hoping to free himself from a cycle of poverty and addiction. But when he reconnects with Sierra, a woman with whom he…
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Weekend Preview: Nov. 27-29, 2020
Below are four previews for films opening next weekend. The Croods: A New Age (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Hillbilly Elegy (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Princess of the Row (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Stardust (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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Film Preview: Stardust (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 22, 2020) Original Release Date: November 25, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Stardust will chronicle the young David Bowie’s first visit to the US in 1971 – a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust.” Poster Rating: B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The psychedelic colors certainly conjure…
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Film Preview: Dune Drifter (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 15, 2020) Original Release Date: December 1, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After a devastating orbital space battle, the survivor of a crashed star-fighter must navigate the harsh environment of a desolate planet to save herself before her life support expires.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster…
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Film Preview: The Kid Detective (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 15, 2020) Original Release Date: October 16, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first ‘adult’ case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.” Poster Rating: C SEE…
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Film Preview: A Perfectly Normal Family (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 15, 2020) Original Release Date: October 2, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Emma has a perfectly normal family until one day it turns out her dad, Thomas, is transgender. As Thomas becomes Agnete, both father and daughter struggle to hold on to what they had while accepting that everything has changed.” Poster Rating:…
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Film Preview: Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 15, 2020) Original Release Date: December 11, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family’s land dispute.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A rainy photo of potential lovers embracing doesn’t tell us much about the film except that Emily Blunt…
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2020 Oscar Season Box Office Preview: December
Here we look at the upcoming month’s offerings. December 4, 2020 All My Life Premise: From IMDb: “A couple’s wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.” Box Office Prospects: $5 M Expectations: Weak. The premise doesn’t sound like something holiday audiences will want to catch at the box…
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Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 20-22, 2020
There are no new wide releases this week with fewer and fewer on the horizon. Many of the potential releases have vacated as U.S. pandemic infections are on a dramatic rise as we enter Phase 2. The light may be seen at the end of the tunnel, but the upcoming holiday box office season is…
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Film Preview: Happiest Season (2020)
Page Revisions: (November 15, 2020) Original Release Date: November 25, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family’s acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.” Poster Rating: B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: It’s a suitable design for a film…
