Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Abuse of Weakness (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 15, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.” Poster: C / C+ Review: With poster design, creating new style for foreign territories is common practice. Sometimes they are better, sometimes worse. In the case of Abuse of Weakness, the original French design…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 22-24, 2014
Can Sin City: A Dame to Kill For build on the niche demographic that made the first film enough of a success to warrant a second and turn this into the #1 film of the week or will the football-themed drama When the Game Stands Tall take the top spot. It could also be the…
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2014 Oscar Season Preview: Introduction
After a surprising number of high quality, entertaining films for the first two quarters of the year, it would seem Oscar season has a lot of expectations to live up to. Much of that will be taken care of by a trio of films that could be among the top box office juggernauts of the…
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Film Preview: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: December 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Company of Thorin has reached Smaug’s lair; but can Bilbo and the Dwarves reclaim Erebor and the treasure? And, if so, can they hold on to it?” Poster: A / B / C / C…
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Film Preview: Foxcatcher (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: November 14, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Based on the true story of Mark Schultz, an Olympic wrestler whose relationship with sponsor John du Pont and brother Dave Schultz would lead to unlikely circumstances.” Poster: A- / C / C+ / B- Review:…
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Weekend Preview: Aug. 22-24, 2014
Below are eight previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: The One I Love (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 22, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Struggling with a marriage on the brink of falling apart, a couple escapes for a weekend in pursuit of their better selves, only to discover an unusual dilemma that awaits them.” Poster: C+ Review: The mysterious elements of the film are ignored in favor…
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Film Preview: Are You Here (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 22, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two childhood best friends embark on a road trip back to their hometown after one of them learns he has inherited a large sum of money from his recently deceased estranged father.” Poster: C Review: The open field motif doesn’t seem to play well…
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Film Preview: When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 22, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.” Poster: B- (2) Review: A common practice for poster designs is to…
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Film Preview: If I Stay (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 22, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined.” Poster: C+ Review: This plain,…
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Film Preview: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: March 6, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two hopeful new arrivals at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful quickly learn that there is only a single room left to rent.” Poster: C Review: An obvious re-rendering of the notable flowered poster design for the first film, which…
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Trailer Watch: Birdman, updated (2014)
Trailer #2 / Poster #2 Birdman, 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: Nightcrawler (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.” Poster: B / F / B Review: (#1) The design has a noir-esque style to it, a more blatant, obvious style, but one…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 15-17, 2014
Who knows what will be on top. It could be the second weekend for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for all I know. I suspect, though, that the race for the top will be between The Expendables 3 and Let’s Be Cops. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Just to see how they messed up the source material,…
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2014 Spring Season Preview Wrap-Up: March
March 7-9, 2014 300: Rise of an Empire Box Office Prediction: $65 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “Weak. The first film was a huge success leading to an unsurprising sequel. However, it’s been so long since the first film came out, most of the original cast is gone (because, of course, they died),…
