Category: Film Previews
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2018 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 5, 2018 A Star Is Born Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Excellent. The film did amazingly well on the festival circuit and enters the Oscar race…
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Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 8-10, 2019
The number one film for at least two weeks will be Captain Marvel, the latest origin film from the Disney/Marvel universe. There’s little chance that it doesn’t do well, probably topping $100 million on opening weekend. The big question is whether or not the film can top Black Panther, the $700 million (U.S.) juggernaut of…
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Film Preview: Giant Little Ones (2019)
Page Revisions: (March 3, 2019) Original Release Date: March 1, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.” Poster Rating: C- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) This…
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Film Preview: The Irishman (2019)
Page Revisions: (March 3, 2019) Original (August 4, 2019) New Trailer (#2) (September 29, 2019) New Trailer (#3) / New Poster (#1) / New Release Date (Changed from “Coming Soon”) (November 24, 2019) New Trailer (#4) Release Date: November 27, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of…
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Film Preview: Woman at War (2019)
Page Revisions: (March 3, 2019) Original Release Date: March 1, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Halla, a woman in her fifties, declares war on the local aluminum industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country. She risks all she has to protect the highlands of Iceland-but the situation could change with the unexpected arrival of a…
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Trailer Watch: Rocketman (2019) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#1) Rocketman, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: Don’t Come Back from the Moon (2019)
Page Revisions: (February 24, 2019) Original Release Date: January 18, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Fathers in a small California desert town abandon their children one by one leaving behind a wake of anger and crime as their sons and daughters come of age.” Poster Rating: B+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Purposefully disjointed and visually…
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Film Preview: Against the Clock (2019)
Page Revisions: (February 24, 2019) Original Release Date: January 11, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After new CIA recruit, Kelley Chandler (Polish) is seriously injured during a mission, surviving only on life support, his wife Tess (Agron), a former CIA operative, becomes determined to find out what happened to her husband. As the details of Kelley’s…
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Film Preview: The Saint Bernard Syndicate (2019)
Page Revisions: (February 24, 2019) Original Release Date: February 1, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Subversive satirist Mads Brugger’s latest is an odd-couple comedy about the pitfalls of striking out into the economic frontier; it charts two hapless Danes’ scheme to sell Saint Bernards to China’s middle class.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster…
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Weekend Preview: Mar. 8-10, 2019
Below are four previews for films opening next weekend. Captain Marvel (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview An Elephant Sitting Still (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Gloria Bell (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Kid (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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Film Preview: The Kid (2019)
Page Revisions: (March 3, 2019) Original Release Date: March 8, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of a young boy who witnesses Billy the Kid’s encounter with Sheriff Pat Garrett.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There’s not a lot to this blocky, unappealing design that would entice an audience to the theater.…
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Film Preview: Buffalo Boys (2019)
Page Revisions: (February 24, 2019) Original Release Date: January 11, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two brothers named Jamar and Suwo came back to the land of Java to avenge their father, who was a Sultan, after years of exile in America.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should…
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Film Preview: Heartlock (2019)
Page Revisions: (February 24, 2019) Original Release Date: January 25, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Seasoned inmate Continental takes New York prison newcomer Lee under his wing, hoping to persuade a female guard into helping their escape.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Making the design look like a piece of watercolor art doesn’t…
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Film Preview: Egg (2019)
Page Revisions: (February 24, 2019) Original Release Date: January 18, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Centers on conceptual artist Tina (Reiner), when she introduces her eight-month pregnant art school rival (Hendricks) to her non-traditional surrogate Kiki (Camp), the truth outs and the patriarchy fights to hang on.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately…
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Trailer Watch: Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) Updated
New Trailer (#6) / New Poster (#6) The Secret Life of Pets 2, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
