Category: Film Previews
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 24-26, 2018
There isn’t a lot coming out this final full weekend of August, so the biggest hopes will hang on the R-rated puppet movie The Happytime Murders, which wants to be the breakout hit of the summer. Starring Melissa McCarthy in a world of Muppets beyond the happy-go-lucky word of Kermit and Company, this film hopes…
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Film Preview: Wildlife (2018)
Page Revisions: (August 19, 2018) Original (September 9, 2018) New Trailer (#2) (October 14, 2018) New Trailer (#3) Release Date: October 19, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A boy witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his mother finds another man.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The wrinkled backdrop adds a certain measure…
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Trailer Watch: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) Updated
New Poster (#2) / New Posters (#2-#3) The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: Final Score (2018)
Page Revisions: (August 12, 2018) Original Release Date: September 14, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Some scores will never be settled.” Poster Rating: D+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) High above a football stadium (that’s soccer to Americans), a man with a gun seems to have a score to settle…on a sound stage…
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Weekend Preview: Aug. 24-26, 2018
Below are eight previews for films opening next weekend. A.X.L. (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview The Happytime Murders (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Blue Iguana (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Bookshop (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview An L.A. Minute (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Papillon (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Searching (Limited) Cinema…
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Film Preview: Support the Girls (2018)
Page Revisions: (August 19, 2018) Original Release Date: August 24, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The general manager at a highway-side ”sports bar with curves” has her incurable optimism and faith, in her girls, her customers, and herself, tested over the course of a long, strange day.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Taking…
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Film Preview: An L.A. Minute (2018)
Page Revisions: (August 19, 2018) Original Release Date: August 24, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An L.A. Minute is a satirical look at fame, success, the star-making machinery and the karma that attaches to all those who worship at the altar of Celebrity. Everyone can identify with the dilemma that the protagonist, the best-selling author Ted…
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Film Preview: The Bookshop (2018)
Page Revisions: (August 19, 2018) Original Release Date: August 24, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) It’s an interesting if visually dull concept. (#2) This…
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Film Preview: Blue Iguana (2018)
Page Revisions: (August 19, 2018) Original Release Date: August 24, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Ex-jailbirds Eddie and Paul are on parole and working in a New York diner. Their lives are a dead end. That is, until English lawyer Katherine Rookwood walks into the diner with an offer they can’t refuse.” Poster Rating: B- /…
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Trailer Watch: Smallfoot (2018) Updated
New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#11-#17) Smallfoot, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: Dead Night (2018)
Page Revisions: (August 12, 2018) Original Release Date: July 27, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.” Poster Rating: C+…
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Film Preview: Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Page Revisions: (August 12, 2018) Original (September 2, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#5-#8) (October 21, 2018) New Poster (#9) / New Release Date (changed from 10/12/18) Release Date: October 26, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is…
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Trailer Watch: Operation Finale (2018) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#1-#3) Operation Finale, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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2018 Oscar Season Preview: Introduction
There are a lot of potential blockbusters releasing these last four months of the year, but a lot of the major Oscar contenders don’t appear to have been scheduled yet, which could muddy the prognostication waters if they release too late. To introduce you to the upcoming films, there will be two preview articles every…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 17-19, 2018
Hoping to become the sleeper hit of the Summer, hopes that mirror those of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Crazy Rich Asians already has the critical support to become a hit, it now just needs an audience. While I think it will handily come out on top for the weekend, it might face surprisingly fierce…
