Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original (March 6, 2016) New Trailer (#4) / New Posters (#3-#5) / Updated Release Date (changed from 3/4/16) Release Date: March 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother.” Poster Rating: B+ / C / B / D…
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Film Preview: I Saw the Light (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: March 26, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.”…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 15-17, 2016
Michael Bay has a way with bringing people to the theater even if their tastes aren’t the greatest. This should appeal to the same crowd that made American Sniper a hit, but probably to a much smaller degree. Our Highest Rated Films: The Benefactor, A Perfect Day Our Best Awards Ratings: 13 Hours (Razzies)
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2015 Blockbuster Season Preview Wrap-Up: September
[NOTE: I looked at the September results rather than the August results. I’ve updated the post name to reflect this and August will be done in February in lieu of September.] September 4, 2015 The Transporter Refueled Box Office Prediction: $25 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “Poor. Why this franchise, which has had…
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Film Preview: How to Be Single (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: February 12, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions…
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Film Preview: High-Rise (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original (March 20, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#11) / New Release Date (changed from: 2016) Release Date: 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.” Poster Rating: C+ / C / C+ / A / B+ /…
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Film Preview: Elvis & Nixon (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: April 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The untold true story behind the meeting between the King of Rock ‘n Roll and President Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.” Poster Rating: C / C- SEE ALL…
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Weekend Preview: Jan. 15-17, 2016
Below are eight previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: A Perfect Day (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: January 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Without seeing the trailer, there’s no way to get a firm grip on why these people are all…
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Film Preview: Moonwalkers (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: January 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After failing to locate the legendary Stanley Kubrick, an unstable CIA agent (Ron Perlman) must instead team up with a seedy rock band manager (Rupert Grint) to develop the biggest con of all time-staging the moon landing.” Poster Rating: B /…
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Film Preview: Detective Chinatown (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: January 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: It looks like two characters superimposed on the…
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Film Preview: The Benefactor (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: January 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A philanthropist meddles in the lives of newly-married couples in an attempt to relive his past.” Poster Rating: B / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) It’s an unusual choice, one with artistic merit, but one that doesn’t particularly inspire…
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Film Preview: Band of Robbers (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: January 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure that has eluded them since childhood.” Poster Rating: B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There’s some creativity on display here, but the art isn’t always great and…
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Film Preview: Ride Along 2 (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: January 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who’s supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Garish may fit the Kevin…
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Film Preview: Norm of the North (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: January 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Displaced from their Arctic home, a polar bear named Norm and his three lemming friends wind up in New York City, where Norm becomes the mascot of a corporation he soon learns is tied to the fate of his homeland.” Poster…
