Category: Film Previews
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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 2-4, 2015
With the very likely weak opening of Woman in Black 2, I’d say The Hobbit has a very good chance of a three-peat. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: I enjoyed the first Woman in Black, but no resemblance does this new film have to that one, so it’s out for me. A Most Violent Year has…
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Film Preview: The Prince (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: August 22, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When his daughter is kidnapped, a retired assassin is drawn back into the life he gave up. To rescue her, he must confront his former rival.” Poster: C+ / D / B- Review: A trio of…
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Film Preview: In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Page Revisions: (December 28, 2014) Original (November 15, 2015) New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#2-#4) / Updated Release Date (changed from 3/13/15) / Updated Oscar Prospects / Page Redesigned (December 6, 2015) Added Image Gallery Release Date: December 11, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon…
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Weekend Preview: Jan. 2-4, 2015
Below are four previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: [REC] 4 Apocalypse (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: January 2, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The television reporter Ángela is rescued from the building and taken to an oil tanker to be examined. However, it is unbeknown to the soldiers that she carries the seed of the mysterious demonic virus.” Poster:…
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Film Preview: Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 2, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house’s darkest inhabitant.” Poster: C / C+ Review: Neither of these designs is particularly original, nor are they individually frightening. (#1) This has…
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Film Preview: Leviathan (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 31, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend, Dmitri to help. But the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.” Poster:…
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Film Preview: Good People (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: September 26, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Discovering a cache of cash in their dead tenant’s apt, a couple in debt take the money and find themselves the target of a deadly adversary-the thief who stole it.” Poster: C+ / C- / D+…
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Film Preview: Black or White (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 30, 2015 (with 2014 Oscar-qualifying run) Synopsis: From IMDb: “A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.” Poster: D+ Review: A generic split poster design that may convey the film’s premise, but doesn’t make it seem interesting. Trailer:…
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Film Preview: Terminator: Genisys (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: July 1, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After finding himself in a new time-line, Kyle Reese teams up with John Connor’s mother Sarah and an aging terminator to try and stop the one thing that the future fears, “Judgement Day”.” Poster: B /…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 25-28, 2014
While it’s possible The Hobbit could hang on for a second week atop the box office chart, Into the Woods may give it a good run for its money. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: As bad as the past Stephen Sondheim adaptations have been, I’m not exactly looking forward to Into the Woods, though Unbroken might…
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Film Preview: Harmontown (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 3, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary that follows Dan Harmon on tour for his podcast series after he was fired from Community in 2012.” Poster: C Review: A very well drawn piece of poster art, but one which does not inspire excitement or curiosity. Trailer: B+ Review: If…
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Film Preview: Still Alice (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: January 16, 2015 (with 2014 Oscar-qualifying run) Synopsis: From IMDb: “Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.”…
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Weekend Preview: Dec. 25-28, 2014
Below are seven previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Two Days, One Night (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 24, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.” Poster: D…
