Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: They Came Together (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: June 27, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When Joel and Molly meet, it’s hate at first sight: his big Corporate Candy Company threatens to shut down her quirky indie shop. Plus, Joel is hung up on his sexy ex. But amazingly, they fall in love, until they break up about two…
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Film Preview: To Be Takei (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 22, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A star’s trek for life, liberty, and love.” Poster: D+ Review: A color-challenged, overly simplistic design that might temporarily interest fans of George Takei, but which isn’t likely to bring them to the theater. Trailer: B- Review: As fascinating a figure as Takei is,…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jul. 11-13, 2014
One film to rule them all. There’s little doubt it will be the top banana, but could it break the $100 million threshold for the weekend? It’s entirely possible. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: I went so far as to get the prior film from Netflix so I could be caught up and possibly watch this…
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2014 Spring Season Preview Wrap-Up: February
February 7, 2014 The Lego Movie Oscar Prospects: What I said: “It could be nominated for Best Animated Feature, but opening so early in the year might harm its chances.” Oscar Results: Until the critics weighed in, there was no guarantee this obvious bit of product placement was going to strike a chord with Oscar…
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Film Preview: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: November 21, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.” Poster: B / B+ (7) / C+ / B- / C+ (6) / B- (6) / C- / B Review: (#1-#8) The…
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Film Preview: Dear White People (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A satire that follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over a popular ‘African American’ themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in ‘post-racial’…
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Weekend Preview: Jul. 11-13, 2014
Below are five previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Land Ho! (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: July 11, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.” Poster: C- Review: A tepidly-colored design that may set our protagonists in the environment of the film, but which doesn’t make the film seem like an appealing diversion worth taking time to…
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Film Preview: The Empty Hours (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: July 11, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “On the desolated coast of Veracruz, Mexico, 17-year-old Sebastián takes over running his uncle’s small & cozy rent-by-the-hour motel. There all by himself much of the time, he meets Miranda, a regular customer who comes to the motel to meet a lover who always…
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Film Preview: Dracula Untold (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: October 10, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The origin story of the man who becomes Dracula.” Poster: B / B- / D+ / B Review: (#1-#2) Both use the bat-cape (cape made out of bats, not Batman’s cape) concept well, though given the…
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Film Preview: Into the Storm (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: August 8, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of high school students document the events and aftermath of a devastating tornado.” Poster: B / B- / B Review: Slamming the viewer with images of deadly tornadoes is as perfect as you can get for…
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Film Preview: Birdman (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.” Poster: B / C Review: (#1)…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jul. 4-6, 2014
Melissa McCarthy should make another foray to the top of the box office chart if her film can out-muscle the second weekend of Transformers. It’s also a holiday weekend, which means box office numbers are likely to be higher than normal, which gives her an opportunity. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: By default, I give my…
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Film Preview: And So It Goes (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: July 25, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A self-centered realtor enlists the help of his neighbor when he’s suddenly left in charge of the granddaughter he never knew existed until his estranged son drops her off at his home.” Poster: C / F…
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Film Preview: Fury (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: October 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and…
