Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Young Ones (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Set in the future when water is hard to find a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive.” Poster: C / B- Review: (#1 & #2) Bold, white backgrounds may be symbolic, but they aren’t helpful. The first design is bland,…
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Film Preview: White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 24, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In 1988, a teenage girl’s life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.” Poster: C / D Review: (#1) Focusing on star Shailene Woodley will certainly help bring it to the attention of her myriad fans, but the design is otherwise weak and…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 29-31, 2014
It looks like Guardians of the Galaxy might end up with another week at the top of the box office. Neither As Above / So Below or The November Man look like they’ll do very well. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Neither of the week’s new wide releases look even remotely interesting, though a couple of…
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2014 Oscar Season Preview: September
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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Film Preview: Pride (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: September 19, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “UK gay and lesbian activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.” Poster: C / C / C- Review: (#1-#3) The color schemes don’t…
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Film Preview: The Theory of Everything (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 7, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.” Poster: C- / B- Review: (#1) While the poster does set up the romance between Stephen Hawking and his future wife, it’s also incredibly boring and the mathematical and scientific…
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Weekend Preview: Aug. 29-31, 2014
Below are seven previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Starred Up (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A troubled and explosively violent teenager is transferred to adult prison where he finally meets his match – a man who also happens to be his father.” Poster: C- Review: A rosy hue of a shirtless man in prison might appeal to a certain…
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Film Preview: Life of Crime (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.” Poster: C- Review: A tedious, unimaginative comedy design that’s not particularly…
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Film Preview: Last Weekend (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.” Poster: C+ / C Review: (#1)…
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Film Preview: The Congress (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn’t consider.” Poster: B- / B / B- Review: Seldom have three poster designs felt so incongruous…
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Film Preview: Cantinflas (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Cantinflas is the untold story of Mexico’s greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time. From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world – one joke at a time. Relive…
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Film Preview: The November Man (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 27, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.” Poster: C / C+ Review: (#1 & #2) Cheap designs for…
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Film Preview: Tusk (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 19, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A man is captured by a maniac and tortured, physically and mentally, into becoming a walrus.” Poster: B Review: While it’s a bit too simplistic, the thematic appropriateness of the design is noteworthy. While there are no visible walruses, the tusks are there and…
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Film Preview: Believe Me (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 26, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Desperate, broke, and out of ideas, four college seniors start a fake charity to embezzle money for tuition.” Poster: B Review: The design makes more sense after watching the trailer. The way the characters are displayed, it looks like a film about gay missionaries…
