Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: No Good Deed (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 12, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Terri (Taraji P. Henson) is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin (Idris Elba), a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him…
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Film Preview: Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: September 12, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The team of people who saved Winter’s life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother’s passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.” Poster: C /…
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Film Preview: The Possession of Michael King (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 22, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the supernatural, making himself the center of the experiment – allowing…
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Film Preview: The Maze Runner (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: September 19, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they’re all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.”…
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Film Preview: Rosewater (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 14, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A journalist is detained in Iran for more than 100 days and brutally interrogated in prison.” Poster: C Review: You have to watch the trailer to fully understand the motif of the hand reaching towards the sunlight, at least in terms of its connection…
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Looking at the Weekend: Sep. 5-7, 2014
There’s nothing else original releasing this coming weekend, so it wins by default. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: September’s best films typically release at the specialty box office. While this week’s offerings might be slight, I’m sure they’ll be better than the week’s only wide release. Peter J. Patrick: The end of Summer doldrums continue. There’s…
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Film Preview: Wild (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: December 5, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A chronicle of one woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.” Poster: C+ / C / C Review: The film is set in the wild. We get that. The…
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Film Preview: Men, Women & Children (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 1, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A look at the sexual frustrations that young teenagers and adults face in today’s world.” Poster: C Review: It’s bad enough that genuine indie films are resorting to sometimes cheap looking hand-drawn features for their posters, but when bigger names have films that go…
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Weekend Preview: Sep. 5-7, 2014
Below are five previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: The Remaining (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 5, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Friends gather at a wedding, but the celebration is shattered by terrifying apocalyptic events forcing them to examine life, love and faith as they must choose between redemption and survival.” Poster: B- Review: Many poster designs go for the creative and most of the…
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Film Preview: Kelly & Cal (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 5, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Kelly, a punk-rocker turned suburban mom, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he’s been dealt. When the two…
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Film Preview: God Help the Girl (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 5, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “As Eve begins writing songs as a way to sort through some emotional problems, she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own.” Poster: B / C- Review: (#1) Taking us back to the days of 60’s and 70’s melodramas,…
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Film Preview: Frontera (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 5, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A former Arizona sheriff’s wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man illegally crossing into the US is at fault. As the former and the current sheriff search for answers, lives are changed forever.” Poster: C Review:…
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Film Preview: The Identical (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: September 5, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Twin brothers are unknowingly separated at birth; one of them becomes an iconic rock ‘n’ roll star, while the other struggles to balance his love for music and pleasing his father.” Poster: B- / B /…
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Film Preview: Radio Free Albemuth (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: June 27, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Berkeley record store clerk Nick Brady (Jonathan Scarfe) begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. With the help of best…
