Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 23, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “This is an unashamedly opinionated film. In Gore Vidal’s America, the political coup has already happened. The right have triumphed and the human values of the liberals have been consigned to history. But how did this happen and who organized it? In this film…
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Film Preview: Cold in July (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 23, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In 1980s East Texas, two fathers pitted against each other in revenge must band together to uncover a darker truth.” Poster: C Review: How many times have we seen this poster or those like it? Simplicity doesn’t have to mean derivative. I understand wanting…
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Film Preview: As Above, So Below (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A thriller centered on two archaeologists in search of a lost treasure in the catacombs below Paris.” Poster: B+ / C+ Review: (#1) At first, it looks merely like an inverted Eiffel Tower suggesting that below Paris lies something interesting. Once you get in…
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Trailer Watch: Tammy (2014)
Trailer #2. Tammy 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: Odd Thomas (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: February 28, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: ” In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.” Poster: B- / C- / B / B / C+ / B- / C Review:…
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Looking at the Weekend: May 16-18, 2014
The latest reboot of the Japanese monster movie will likely stomp all over the competition last week. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: The teaser for Godzilla got me excited about the movie, though the follow-up trailers have been less entertaining. Peter J. Patrick: Who would have thought the most exciting new film of the week would…
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2014 Oscar Season Preview Wrap-Up: December
December 6, 2013 Out of the Furnace Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Uncertain. There’s talk about the film being an Oscar contender and the names attached to the film might indicate that; however, Killing Them Softly had similar buzz and ended up almost completely ignored. I suspect the same fate here.” Oscar Results: No one…
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Film Preview: Filth (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: May 30, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.” Poster: C / B / C+ / D / C- Review:…
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Trailer Watch: The Purge: Anarchy 2 (2014)
Trailer #2. The Purge: Anarchy 2 Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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Weekend Preview: May 16-18, 2014
Below are seven previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: SX_TAPE (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 16, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Adam and Jill attempt to spice up their relationship by recording a sex tape in an abandoned mansion. Realizing they’re not alone in their ominous surroundings, the couple discover some sex tapes shouldn’t be made as their kinky adventure turns into a desperate fight…
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Film Preview: The Immigrant (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: May 16, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “On the mean streets of Manhattan, Ewa falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution.” Poster: C- / C- / D+ (3) / C / D Review: (#1-#7)…
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Film Preview: Half of a Yellow Sun (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 16, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The lives of four people during the struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria.” Poster: C+ Review: Attempting to create a beautiful aesthetic is only laudatory when it works. The fiery resistance narrative is a compelling one, but perhaps a sunrise in the…
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Film Preview: Chinese Puzzle (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 16, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A 40-year-old father of two, still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can’t bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.” Poster: B Review: A chaotic…
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Film Preview: Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 16, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the Chinese government.” Poster: C / C+ Review: The first poster has central figure Ai Weiwei walking between…
