Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Valley of Love (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 20, 2016) Original Release Date: March 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Isabelle and Gérard go to a strange appointment in Death Valley, California. They have not seen each other for years and are here to answer to an invitation from their son Michael, a photographer, which they received after his suicide, six…
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Film Preview: They’re Watching (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 20, 2016) Original Release Date: March 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An American TV crew gets trapped in a centuries-old web of revenge, horror, and blood, when their home improvement show is attacked by angry Eastern European villagers out to kill the show’s star.” Poster Rating: C+ / D SEE ALL POSTERS…
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Film Preview: Rocky Handsome (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 20, 2016) Original Release Date: March 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When a drug mafia abducts an eight-year old, her dearest man sets out on a mission with a view of returning the compliment.” Poster Rating: C+ / D / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Often, a strong composition is…
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Film Preview: Miss India America (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 20, 2016) Original Release Date: March 24, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Lily Prasad competes for Miss India America title.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: B- SEE ALL TRAILERS BELOW Review:…
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Film Preview: Mia Madre (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 20, 2016) Original Release Date: March 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Imports and small, personal drams don’t always have to go…
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Film Preview: Born to Be Blue (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 20, 2016) Original Release Date: March 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker’s musical comeback in the late ’60s.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The black-and-white with blue motif isn’t terribly inspired, nor is the image that graces the poster. Trailer Rating: B- SEE…
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Film Preview: April and the Extraordinary World (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 20, 2016) Original Release Date: March 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “1941. France asleep in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril (Marion Cotillard), a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.” Poster Rating: B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The most…
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Film Preview: Rio, I Love You (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 13, 2016) Original Release Date: April 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A series of short films set in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.” Poster Rating: C / C- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) It always amazes me how sometimes the most generic and limited appealing poster designs…
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Film Preview: Louder Than Bombs (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 13, 2016) Original Release Date: April 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.” Poster Rating: F / D / B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Four quadrant…
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Film Preview: A Hologram for the King (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 13, 2016) Original Release Date: April 22, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A failed American businessman looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his idea to a wealthy monarch.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: This is a foreign design, but it’s one that has no…
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Film Preview: Before I Wake (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 13, 2016) Original (March 3, 2016) New Poster (#5) (July 24, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#6) Release Date: April 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young couple adopt an orphaned child whose dreams – and nightmares – manifest physically as he sleeps.” Poster Rating: C+ / C- / B+…
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Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 18-20, 2016
With both prior entries in this franchise earning more than $50 million opening weekend, this film should be able to make roughly that and take the weekend crown from Zootopia. Miracles from Heaven may do well, but it won’t be able to get beyond third place for the weekend. Our Highest Rated Films: Midnight Special,…
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Film Preview: Viva (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 13, 2016) Original Release Date: April 29, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When everything is for sale, what’s the value of love? Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams of being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges…
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Trailer Watch: Captain America, updated (2016)
New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#4-#15) Captain America: Civil War, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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Film Preview: Nina (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 6, 2016) Original Release Date: April 22, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: I’ve seen similar designs before and there’s just not…
