Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Blue Story (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 8, 2020) Original Release Date: March 20, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Feature adaptation of Rapman’s YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.” Poster Rating: C+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The titular blue is here, but it’s not terribly impressive. The design is…
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Film Preview: Premature (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 8, 2020) Original Release Date: February 21, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Seventeen year old Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious Isaiah in her path towards self-discovery. Her entire world is turned upside down as she travails on the rigorous terrain of young love on the summer before she leaves for college.” Poster Rating:…
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Film Preview: Connected (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 8, 2020) Original Release Date: September 18, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Katie Mitchell is accepted into the film school of her dreams. Her whole family drives Katie to school together when their plans are interrupted by a tech uprising. The Mitchells will have to work together to save the world.” Poster Rating:…
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Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 13-15, 2020
Four new films go up against the second weekend of Pixar’s Onward and it’s likely that one of them should be able to topple a film that had a rather unimpressive opening for a Pixar feature. Bloodshot is a sci-fi actioner starring Vin Diesel, which has some solid potential. The Hunt was held back from…
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Trailer Watch: Artemis Fowl (2020) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) / New Release Date (changed from 8/9/19) / Revised Synopsis Artemis Fowl, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: Judy & Punch (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 8, 2020) Original Release Date: April 24, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Seaside (nowhere near the sea), puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show in an an anarchic town on the brink of mob rule.” Poster Rating: C+ / C / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) These…
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Film Preview: Big Time Adolescence (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 1, 2020) Original Release Date: March 31, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A suburban teenager comes of age under the destructive guidance of his best friend, an aimless college dropout.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A rather ugly design that looks like it was cobbled together and poorly mixed. Trailer…
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Film Preview: Candyman (2021)
Page Revisions: (March 8, 2020) Original (June 27, 2021) New Trailer (#2) — New Release Date (changed from 6/12/20) (August 22, 2021) New Posters (#2-#4) Release Date: August 27, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 horror film ‘Candyman’ that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.” Poster Rating:…
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Weekend Preview: Mar. 13-15, 2020
Below are nine previews for films opening next weekend. Bloodshot (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview The Hunt (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview I Still Believe (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview My Spy (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Big Time Adolescence (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Informer (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Inside the…
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Film Preview: Tuscaloosa (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 1, 2020) Original Release Date: March 13, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Twenty-two and on the verge of entering high society, college graduate Billy Mitchell finds his plans changing when he falls in love with an inmate with multiple personalities at his father’s mental institution.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster…
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Trailer Watch: Saint Maud (2020) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) Saint Maud, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: Charm City Kings (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 1, 2020) Original Release Date: April 10, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Fourteen-year-old Mouse desperately wants to join the Midnight Clique, an infamous group of Baltimore dirt-bike riders who rule the summertime streets.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The color scheme is overbearing and the structure is unimpressive, but it…
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Film Preview: Resistance (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 1, 2020) Original Release Date: March 27, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should…
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2019 Oscar Season Preview Wrap-Up: October
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. October 4, 2019 Joker Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Good. There’s talk of Joaquin Phoenix being an Oscar contender for this role. He would be the second…
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Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 6-8, 2020
There will be nothing stopping the latest Pixar effort from topping this week’s box office chart and the year’s biggest opening to date is likely. Our Highest Rated Films: Onward, Sorry We Missed You Our Best Awards Ratings: Onward (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Baaghi 3 (Limited) Bacurau (Limited) The Booksellers (Limited) The Burnt Orange Heresy…
