Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: The Secrets We Keep (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2020) Original Release Date: September 16,2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In post-WWII America, a woman (Rapace), rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband (Messina), kidnaps her neighbor (Kinnaman) and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review:…
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Film Preview: The Devil All the Time (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2020) Original Release Date: September 16,2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming with corruption and brutality.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: While not a most impressive design with its largely blank background,…
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2020 Oscar Season Preview: September
September 4, 2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music (Limited) Premise: From IMDb: “Once told they’d save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny.” Box Office Prospects: $2 M Expectations: Weak. Since…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 28-30, 2020
After two years of delays, Fox’s final X-franchise film is finally seeing release. Clearly being dumped on the second weekend of theaters across the country opening, it’s obvious Disney does not and never has cared about the film and is merely wanting to get rid of it so it can drop everything old and move…
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Trailer Watch: Unhinged (2020) Updated
New Trailer (#2) Unhinged, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: I Am Woman (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2020) Original Release Date: September 11,2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of 1970s musician and activist Helen Reddy.” Poster Rating: C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) While there is a nice lighting design to the poster, the silhouette doesn’t add much to the image and the audience betrays…
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Film Preview: Rogue (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2020) Original Release Date: August 28,2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Megan Fox (Transformers franchise) tackles a thrilling new role as a battle-hardened mercenary in this explosive action saga. As team leader O’Hara, she leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But…
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Weekend Preview: Aug. 28-30, 2020
Below are seven previews for films opening next weekend. The New Mutants (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Bill & Ted Face the Music (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Centigrade (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Fatima (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Hard Kill (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Personal History of David Copperfield (Limited)…
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Film Preview: Benjamin (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2020) Original Release Date: August 25,2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In Simon Amstell’s affecting, bittersweet comedy, a rising young filmmaker is thrown into emotional turmoil by a burgeoning romance and the upcoming premiere of his second feature.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for…
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Film Preview: Critical Thinking (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2020) Original Release Date: September 4,2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.” Poster Rating: C+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The blackboard background is a nice…
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Film Preview: Lingua Franca (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2020) Original Release Date: August 26,2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Olivia (Isabel Sandoval), an undocumented Filipino transwoman, works as a caregiver to Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman, in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. When Olivia runs out of options to attain legal status in the US, she becomes romantically involved with Alex…
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Film Preview: The Owners (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2020) Original Release Date: September 4,2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of friends think they find an easy score at an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the owners, an elderly couple, come home early, the tables are suddenly turned.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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2020 Oscar Season Preview: Introduction
To introduce you to the upcoming films, there will be two preview articles every month and this introduction every four months. The Season Preview article will focus on one of three seasons Spring Season (January through April), Blockbuster Season (May through August) and Oscar Season (September through December). In these introductory articles, I will give…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 21-23, 2020
With two films this past weekend not appearing on release calendars universally, The SpongeBob Movie and Unhinged (thought it was only released in Canada), it’s possible something unexpected could drop in cinemas this weekend. However, that likelihood is limited and the supposed Unhinged wide US release this coming weekend is about all anyone can expect…
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Trailer Watch: Antebellum (2020) Updated
New Trailer (#4) / New Release Date (changed from 8/21/20) Antebellum Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
