Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Snowpiercer (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: Jun. 27, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off all life on the planet except for a lucky few that boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system evolves.” Poster: C…
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Weekend Preview: Jun. 6-8, 2014
Below are nine previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: Jun. 6, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary on legendary Hollywood insider Shep Gordon, who fell into artist management by chance after moving to LA straight out of college.” Poster: C+ Review: A kaleidoscopic rendition of ’70s poster design that overemphasizes the curved lines and barely-identifiable figures. I’m not sure…
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Film Preview: The Sacrament (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: Jun. 6, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A fashion photographer is traveling to meet his sister at Eden Parish. Once there, his friends begin to film interviews with the Eden Parish inhabitants, all of whom speak of the commune in glowing terms. However, they soon…
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Film Preview: Rigor Mortis (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: Jun. 6, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A public housing tenement is plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos.” Poster: C+ / C- Review: The first design creates a mystery. The second design creates interest only in films that look like martial arts movies. I can’t say that either is…
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Film Preview: Obvious Child (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: Jun. 6, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A twenty-something comedienne’s unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.” Poster: D Review: An instantly forgettable design that screams indie cinema without telegraphing its importance or significance to the audience. Trailer: C+ Review: Self-loathing indie dramedies…
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Film Preview: Borgman (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: Jun. 6, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.” Poster: D / B- / B Review: I struggled to find a purpose for the first poster. A…
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Film Preview: Anna (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: Jun. 6, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A man with the ability to enter peoples’ memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.” Poster: C+ / C / C+ Review:…
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Film Preview: I’ll Follow You Down (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: June 6, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later – one that may bring him home.” Poster: C+ / D Review: Playing with the time-travel elements hinted…
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Trailer Watch: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) Guardians of the Galaxy 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: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Really Bad Day (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: October 10, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair, and things just get worse as his day progresses.” Poster: D+ / B (2) Review: A poster of shock, amazement and inactivity. For a family film, this design…
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Looking at the Weekend: May 30-Jun. 1, 2014
Disney’s live-action background re-telling of Sleeping Beauty should have little problem becoming the weekend’s top new release. Whether it can top X-Men: Days of Future Past in its second weekend is a big question. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: I’m not particularly excited about any of this week’s releases. They could each have potential, but I’m…
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2014 Summer Season Preview: June
Summer is already in full swing, but some of the year’s biggest hitters are still on deck. June 6, 2014 Edge of Tomorrow Premise: From IMDb: “A soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle, though he becomes better skilled along the…
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Film Preview: Paddington (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: January 16, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realize that city life is not…
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Film Preview: Life Itself (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: July 4, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert.” Poster: B / B- Review: The second design is the one I most commonly see when people discuss the film. That doesn’t make it the…
