Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Hot Pursuit (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: May 8, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An inept police officer must protect the widow of a drug dealer from criminals and dirty policemen.” Poster: D / F / C+ (2) Review: (#1) This isn’t that funny or even appealing. I’m not quite…
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Film Preview: Pixels (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: July 24, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games.” Poster: A- (5) / B+ (3) Review: (#1-#5) Conjuring images of…
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Film Preview: Spectre (2015)
Page Revisions: (March 29, 2015) Original (April 11, 2015) Updated Trailer Link (July 26, 2015) New Trailer (#2) / Page Redesign (October 4, 2015) New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#4-#5) (November 1, 2015) New Poster (#6) Release Date: November 6, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a…
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Looking at the Weekend: Apr. 3-5, 2015
Even if something else had opened wide this weekend, Furious 7 was going to dominate anyway. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: I haven’t seen any of the Fast & Furious films. That will not change this week. Of the rest, none of the indie releases seem that interesting. Peter J. Patrick: A couple of decent art-house…
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Film Preview: Southpaw (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: July 24, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him.” Poster: C+ / C+ / C / C Review: (#1) There isn’t much here, but it’s sleek and perfectly…
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Film Preview: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: July 31, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.” Poster: D / C (7) Review: (#1)…
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Weekend Preview: Apr. 3-5, 2015
Below are five previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Woman in Gold (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: April 3, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.” Poster: C+ / D / C / C- Review: (#1) I’ll give them credit for trying…
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Film Preview: The Living (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 3, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After an alcohol induced blacked-out night of drinking, Teddy discovers he has severely beaten his wife, Molly. As he attempts to redeem himself to her she must decide whether or not she will take him back as her mother, Angela, continuously expresses her disapproval,…
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Film Preview: Cheatin’ (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 3, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming “other” woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely…
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Film Preview: Good Kill (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 15, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.” Poster: D Review: I know the producers are trying to go for minimalist, but minimalism needs more than a simple background and a single image within it to be…
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Film Preview: 5 Flights Up (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 8, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A long-time married couple who’ve spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.” Poster: D+ Review: If it weren’t for the fact that it’s Diane Keaton and Morgan…
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Film Preview: Superfast! (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: April 3, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Undercover cop Lucas White joins Vin Serento’s LA gang of illegal street racers. They are fast and they are furious and they plan to double cross LA crime kingpin Juan Carlos de la Sol who hides…
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Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 27-29, 2015
Ferrell and Hart are most likely to be the weekend’s winners, though Home probably deserves it more. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Home seems like a sweet animated comedy while on the indie side, my curiosity is piqued by both White God and A Girl Like Her. Peter J. Patrick: This appears to be a pretty…
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Film Preview: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Page Revisions: (March 22, 2015) Original (June 14, 2015) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) (August 8, 2015) New Posters (#3-#8) / Page Redesign Release Date: August 14, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal…
