Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: The Second Mother (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: August 28, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.” Poster Rating: C- / C- / D Review: (#1) Apart from its attempt to create a mysterious…
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Film Preview: Drown (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: August 28, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Three surf lifesavers on a big night out. Jealousy, homophobic fears and unrequited lust culminate in a tragic booze-fueled episode of near-fatal bullying.” Poster Rating: C- / D Review: (#1) Not an unpleasant design, but ultimately too simplistic and without a…
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Film Preview: The Hateful Eight (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2015) Original (November 8, 2015) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#7-#9) (December 20, 2015) New Poster (#10) Release Date: December 25, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they…
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Trailer Watch: Black Mass, updated (2015)
Trailer #3 / Posters #2-#11 / Page Redesign Black Mass, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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Trailer Watch: Everest, updated (2015)
Trailer #2 / Poster #4 / Page Redesign Everest, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 21-23, 2015
The second weekend of Straight Outta Compton will be tough competition for a stoner comedy, but those types of films have done surprisingly well in recent years. This outing puts recognizable faces before the audience, giving them to see people acting totally different from what they’re used to. It’s a great sales tool unless you…
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2015 Oscar Season Preview: Introduction
Two likely huge films are due out this winter, which should bolster the box office against a handful of remaining blockbusters and a lot of potential duds. While it seems like Star Wars: The Force Awakens could end up the year’s top film, the final film of the Hunger Game series also releases, which could…
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Film Preview: Trumbo (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2015) Original (November 1, 2015) New Poster (#2) Release Date: November 6, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The successful career of Hollywood screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, comes to an end when he is blacklisted in the 1940s for being a Communist.” Poster Rating: C+ / B- Review: (#1) As much as I like…
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Film Preview: Stonewall (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2015) Original (September 20, 2015) New Poster (#2) Release Date: September 25, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young man’s political awakening and coming of age during the days and weeks leading up to the Stonewall Riots.” Poster Rating: B / F Review: (#1) A simple, elegant tease of the film depicting…
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Weekend Preview: Aug. 21-23, 2015
Below are ten previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Shanghai (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2015) Original (September 27, 2015) New Poster (#11) Release Date: August 21, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A ’40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.” Poster Rating: C / B / B- /…
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Film Preview: Learning to Drive (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2015) Original Release Date: August 21, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other’s company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.”…
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Film Preview: Digging for Fire (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2015) Original Release Date: August 21, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.” Poster Rating: D+ Review: Every titular and contextual concept that could have been implemented in a poster design for…
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Film Preview: After Words (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2015) Original Release Date: August 21, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A librarian facing a mid-life crisis travels to Costa Rica.” Poster Rating: C- Review: Simple, uncomplicated and ultimately forgettable. Trailer Rating: C- Review: Taking the radiant Marcia Gay Harden and turning her into a stereotypical depressed librarian who needs a makeover…
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Film Preview: 6 Years (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 16, 2015) Original Release Date: August 18, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.” Poster Rating: D Review: A boring, wasteful concept that is…
