Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Supremacy (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 30, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A just paroled white supremacist and his ruthless girlfriend kill a cop and take an African American family hostage. Meanwhile, Sobecki, the heavily-tattooed supremacist leader who oversees his criminal empire from behind bars, is not thrilled when he learns of his charge’s screw-up. The…
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Film Preview: Girlhood (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 30, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of 3 free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang,…
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Film Preview: Amira & Sam (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 30, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An army veteran’s unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is faced with the prospect of deportation.” Poster: D+ Review: Nothing particularly special about this design. The best I can say about it is that at least the…
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Film Preview: Project Almanac (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 30, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.” Poster: B / C Review: (#1) I was torn on the rating for this one. The lack of exceptional detail almost resulted…
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Film Preview: The Loft (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 30, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Five married guys conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city–a place where they can carry out hidden affairs and indulge in their deepest fantasies. But the fantasy becomes a nightmare when they discover the dead body of an unknown woman in…
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Film Preview: Effie Gray (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 3, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.” Poster: C / D+ Review: (#1) Stylized toward the setting of the film, the poster doesn’t make the subject seem as important as she must be…
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Film Preview: Ant-Man (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: July 17, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a…
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Film Preview: Run All Night (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: March 13, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An aging hitman is forced to take on his brutal former boss to protect his estranged son and his family.” Poster: B- / C- (4) Review: (#1) The superimposition is a nice effect, one that’s not…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 23-25, 2015
None of this week’s releases are likely to pull enough box office away from American Sniper to keep it from topping a second week, but if there are two films with a shot, it’s Mortdecai and Strange Magic. Family auds may not be as likely, so I give the edge to Mortdecai. Individual Commentaries Wesley…
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2015 Spring Season Preview: February
The end of the year brings the most combative environment for films trying to become Oscar winners. The next four months will be an interesting proving round.
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Trailer Watch: Avengers: Age of Ultron, updated (2015)
Trailer #2 Avengers: Age of Ultron, 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: Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: February 20, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When Lou, who has become the “father of the Internet,” is shot by an unknown assailant, Jacob and Nick fire up the time machine again to save their friend.” Poster: C- / C / C+ (3)…
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Weekend Preview: Jan. 23-25, 2015
Below are ten previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: R100 (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 23, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. The man enters into a whole new exciting world he never before experienced where crazy love…
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Film Preview: Killers (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 23, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A psychopathic Japanese executive accidentally triggers a journalist’s ‘dark side’. They begin to connect over the Internet and make a complicated bond.” Poster: C- Review: Featuring the two lead characters of the film may help identify it to an audience, but there’s little visual…
