Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Watchers of the Sky (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Four modern stories of remarkable courage while setting out to uncover the forgotten life of Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term ‘genocide’. Inspired by Samantha Power’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, ‘A Problem From Hell’, ‘Watchers of the Sky’ traverses time and continents to…
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Film Preview: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 16, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called ‘moonlight murders’ begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high school girl, with dark secrets of her own, may be the key to…
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Film Preview: Rudderless (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son’s demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.” Poster: C- Review: Will anyone…
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Film Preview: Listen Up, Philip (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel.…
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Film Preview: Housebound (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. However, when she too becomes privy to unsettling whispers & strange bumps in the night, she begins to wonder whether she’s inherited her…
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Film Preview: Diplomacy (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 15, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.” Poster: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section…
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Film Preview: Default (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles.” Poster: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer: C- Review: There’s…
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Film Preview: Camp X-Ray (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there for eight years.” Poster: C+ Review: Placing images inside the protagonist works, but it’s also lazy. This one doesn’t look awful, but there are no points for originality. Trailer: C+…
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Film Preview: Inside Out (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: June 19, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is…
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Trailer Watch: Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
New Trailer (#3) Horrible Bosses 2, 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: Inherent Vice (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: December 12, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.” Poster: B / A (7) Review: (#1) Finding itself firmly in a visual style matching that of the film, the…
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Looking at the Weekend: Oct. 10-12, 2014
I’ll admit I’m completely stymied about which of the four new releases will top the box office. Each have their positive qualities and each have drawbacks. In the end, family film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day may have a slight edge over Dracula Untold, which could also easily be a…
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Trailer Watch: Interstellar (2014)
New Trailer (#4) / New Posters (#2-#5) Interstellar, 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: American Sniper (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: December 25, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A Navy SEAL recounts his military career, which includes more than 150 confirmed kills.” Poster: B- / C+ / C+ Review: The patriotic element should help the film appeal to middle America, but the design isn’t…
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Weekend Preview: Oct. 10-12, 2014
Below are eleven previews for films opening next weekend.
