Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Page Revisions: (February 29, 2016) Original (July 3, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#4) (August 7, 2016) New Poster (#5) Release Date: August 12, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon.” Poster Rating: C /…
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Weekend Preview: Mar. 11-13, 2016
Below are ten previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Rise of the Legend (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 6, 2016) Original Release Date: March 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An orphan, whose father has been killed by dark power, attempts to bring justice back to the town.” Poster Rating: C / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The overbearing storm cloud motif doesn’t do the rather simplistic cast layout…
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Film Preview: Remember (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 6, 2016) Original Release Date: March 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.” Poster Rating: C- / D / C+ / F / C+…
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Film Preview: Marguerite (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 6, 2016) Original Release Date: March 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Paris, 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman, lover of the music and the opera. She loves to sing for her friends, although she’s not a good singer. Both her friends and her husband have kept her fantasy. The problem begins…
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Film Preview: Lolo (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 6, 2016) Original Release Date: March 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Violette, a 40-year old workaholic with a career in the fashion industry falls for a provincial computer geek, Jean-Rene, while on a spa retreat with her best friend.” Poster Rating: C / D (4) SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1-#5) The…
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Film Preview: Creative Control (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 6, 2016) Original Release Date: March 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In near future Brooklyn, an ad executive uses a new Augmented Reality technology to conduct an affair with his best friend’s girlfriend…sort of.” Poster Rating: A- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A thrilling, enigmatic design that, while reliant on knowing something…
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Film Preview: Barney Thomson (2016)
Page Revisions: (March 6, 2016) Original Release Date: March 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.” Poster…
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Film Preview: Precious Cargo (2016)
Page Revisions: (February 29, 2016) Original Release Date: April 22, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A crime boss tries to make off with loot that belongs to another thief.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A visually stylistic, but intellectually hollow poster design. It has the action elements that fans might need to give…
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Film Preview: Maggie’s Plan (2016)
Page Revisions: (February 29, 2016) Original (May 15, 2016) New Posters (#1-#2) Release Date: May 20, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Maggie’s plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette.” Poster Rating: C / F SEE…
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Film Preview: Kill Your Friends (2016)
Page Revisions: (February 29, 2016) Original Release Date: April 1, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.” Poster Rating: C / C+ / C+ / C- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) An indistinct…
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Film Preview: Mother’s Day (2016)
Page Revisions: (February 29, 2016) Original (April 24, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#1 & #2) Release Date: April 29, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Intersecting stories with different moms collide on Mother’s Day.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1 & #2) There aren’t many differences between these two…
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Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 4-6, 2016
London Has Fallen is following a highly successful original, but Disney should handily take the weekend’s top spot. How far above remains to be seen, but unnecessary sequels don’t always sell well with audiences even if they liked the predecessor. Our Highest Rated Films: Zootopia, The Wave Our Best Awards Ratings: Zootopia (Oscars), Knight of…
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Film Preview: The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Page Revisions: (February 29, 2016) Original (June 5, 2016) New Trailer (#2) (August 28, 2016) New Posters (#1 & #2) Release Date: September 2, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat. ” Poster Rating: D+ /…
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Trailer Watch: The Boss, updated (2016)
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) The Boss, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
