Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Wiener-Dog (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 19, 2016) Original Release Date: June 24, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Chronicles the life of a dog as it travels around the country, spreading comfort and joy.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: You know it’s a dachshund because the butt doesn’t lie. However, the lack of background details, the…
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Film Preview: The Kind Words (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 19, 2016) Original Release Date: June 24, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Follows three brothers who are going to discover the greatest secret of their late mother. This trip is going to change their lives.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in…
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Film Preview: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 19, 2016) Original Release Date: June 24, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.” Poster Rating: C+ / C- / B- / D / C- / D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1)…
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Film Preview: Les Cowboys (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 19, 2016) Original Release Date: June 24, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A father sets out to find his missing daughter with the help of his son.” Poster Rating: C- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) A straightforward, bland, unexciting poster design that employs overused visual concepts to bore the viewer.…
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Film Preview: The Call Up (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 19, 2016) Original Release Date: June 24, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of online gamers are invited to try a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game but things take a turn for the sinister when these masters of the shoot ’em up discover they will literally be fighting for their lives.” Poster…
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Film Preview: The Space Between Us (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 12, 2016) Original (October 9 2016) New Trailer (#2) / Updated Release Date (changed from 8/19/16) (January 8, 2017) New Traielr (#3) / New Posters (#2-#3) / New Release Date (changed from 12/16/16) Release Date: February 3, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth…
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Film Preview: Hell or High Water (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 12, 2016) Original (July 3, 2016) New Trailer (#2) (July 24, 2016) New Trailer (#3) Release Date: August 12, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family’s farm in West Texas.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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Film Preview: Urge (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 12, 2016) Original (September 25, 2016) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: August 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A weekend getaway takes a dangerous turn when a mysterious nightclub owner (Pierce Brosnan) introduces a group of friends to a new designer drug. Stripped of their inhibitions, they start living out their wildest fantasies…
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Film Preview: Blood Father (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 12, 2016) Original (July 10, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2 & #3) Release Date: August 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.” Poster Rating: B- / D / C-…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jun. 17-19, 2016
The Good Dinosaur was the first Pixar film that never reached #1 at the box office, so it’s a foregone conclusion that Finding Nemo will make it there. However, that’s not the reason it will top the charts. The reason is that Finding Nemo held the record for highest grossing Pixar film of all time…
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Film Preview: The Infiltrator (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 12, 2016) Original Release Date: July 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: How often do audiences see the reflection in sunglasses of some thematic element that doesn’t work. Too often…
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Film Preview: Don’t Breathe (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 12, 2016) Original (August 14, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#4) Release Date: August 26, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect heist. They’re wrong.” Poster Rating: F / C+ / D /…
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Trailer Watch: Swiss Army Man (2016) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) Swiss Army Man, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Weekend Preview: Jun. 17-19, 2016
Below are four previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: The Last King (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 12, 2016) Original Release Date: June 17, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King’s illegitimate infant son, Håkon Håkonsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men. A story which changed the course of the country’s history.”…
