Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: January 15, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.” Poster Rating: C+ / B- / C / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1)…
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Film Preview: The Finest Hours (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original Release Date: January 29, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) With the ship…
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Film Preview: The 5th Wave (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original (January 17, 2016) Updated Release Date (changed from 1/15/16) Release Date: January 22, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.” Poster Rating: B- / D / B-…
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Film Preview: Midnight Special (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original (March 13, 2016) New Trailers (#2 & #3) / Added Image Gallery Release Date: March 18, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Unless you watch the…
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Film Preview: Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original Release Date: January 29, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A parody of the popular film/novel 50 Shades of Grey.” Poster Rating: B- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Not-so-subtle crude humor is more than fitting to this film’s capabilities. It should help set the tone of expectations for…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 8-10, 2016
There are only two new releases this weekend and one of them’s a horror film, which should be enough to make it the top of the two. The weekend will surely be dominated by holdovers otherwise. Our Highest Rated Film: The Treasure Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Expanding: The Revenant (Previously Reviewed…
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Trailer Watch: Zootopia, updated (2016)
New Trailers (#2 & #3) / New Posters (#1-#4) / Page Redesigned Zootopia, 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: A Monster Calls (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original (April 17, 2016) New Trailer (#2) (August 7, 2016) New Trailer (#3) / New Poster (#1) (December 18, 2016) New Posters (#2 & #3) (January 1, 2017) New Poster (#4) Release Date: October 14, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope…
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Film Preview: Ice Age: Collison Course (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original (March 27, 2016) New Trailers (#2 & #3) / New Posters (#3-#6) (July 3, 2016) New Trailer (#4) / New Posters (#7-#12) (July 17, 2016) New Poster (#13) Release Date: July 26, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Scrat’s epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where…
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Weekend Preview: Jan. 8-10, 2016
Below are five previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Wazir (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original Release Date: January 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “‘Wazir’ is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their…
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Film Preview: The Treasure (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original Release Date: January 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Costi leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read his 6-year-old son stories, to help him sleep. Their favourite is Robin Hood. Costi sees himself as the hero – righter of wrongs and defender of the oppressed. One evening,…
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Film Preview: Anesthesia (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original Release Date: January 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Simple design that’s visually appealing, but contextually and constructively unoriginal. Trailer Rating: C+ SEE ALL TRAILERS BELOW…
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Film Preview: The Masked Saint (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original Release Date: January 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “”The Masked Saint” is based on a true story about one pastor’s mission to help his community by risking his identity and returns to his former life as a wrestler. The triumphant story follows one man’s journey and struggle between helping…
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Film Preview: The Forest (2016)
Page Revisions: (January 3, 2016) Original Release Date: January 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young woman searches for her twin sister in a Japanese forest only to find herself surrounded by paranormal forces.” Poster Rating: B+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) This is one of the more interesting designs for a…
