Category: Film Previews
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2014 Oscar Season Preview: November
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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Weekend Preview: Oct. 24-26, 2014
Below are eight previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 24, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two best friends rise through the ranks of New York’s Chinese underworld in the 1980s.” Poster: B Review: While the image isn’t original, nor is it particularly bold and striking, it is an attempt to create something spellbinding and beautiful in a sea of…
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Film Preview: Laggies (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 24, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.” Poster: C+ / D…
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Film Preview: Force Majeure (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 24, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family on a ski holiday in the French Alps find themselves staring down an avalanche during lunch one day; in the aftermath, their dynamic has been shaken to its core, with a question mark hanging over their patriarch in particular.” Poster: C Review:…
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Film Preview: John Wick (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: October 24, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.” Poster: C+ / C / C / C- Review: (#1-#4) Four semi-distinct designs that produce little interest from non-Keanu Reeves…
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Film Preview: 23 Blast (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 24, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.” Poster: D Review: Once you get…
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Film Preview: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Poster Poster #2 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: February 13, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing.” Poster: C+ / A- / B+ / C+ (6) Review: (#1) As a teaser, it’s adequate. There’s plenty to look at. However, as a genuine…
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Film Preview: You’re Not You (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 10, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.” Poster: C- Review: A generic design for a movie that, on the surface, feels very generic. It fits and sells the actors…
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Film Preview: Automata (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 10, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “acq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.” Poster: C / C- Review: (#1 & #2) Neither of these designs are that creative…
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Looking at the Weekend: Oct. 17-19, 2014
It’s going to be stiff competition when your three wide releases are all targeting different demographics. Romantics will be heading out to The Best of Me, men will be heading to Fury and families will be off to see The Book of Life. In the end, the film most on Oscar’s radar will probably be…
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2014 Summer Season Preview Wrap-Up: May
May 2-4, 2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Poor. The original trilogy didn’t get a lot of Oscar attention, but it got some. The reboot got none. I see the same thing occurring this time out, though it’s possible that the heavy use of CGI might bolster the film’s chances.” Oscar…
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Film Preview: The Houses October Built (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 10, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and…
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Film Preview: Tomorrowland (2015)
Poster Poster #6 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: May 22, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their…
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Weekend Preview: Oct. 17-19, 2014
Below are sixteen previews for films opening next weekend.
