Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Island of Lemurs: Madgascar (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 4, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary that follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright’s mission to help lemurs, the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered.” Poster: B- Review: It’s modestly cute, but looks more like a fiction film…
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Film Preview: The Unknown Known (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 4, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.” Poster: D+ Review: True to its subject and its tagline, this design…
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Film Preview: Watermark (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 4, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary on how water shapes humanity.” Poster: B Review: It’s a beautiful composition, though it might not give the right impression to those passing by. Trailer: B- Review: The impact water has on humanity is often underappreciated. While it seems this documentary is…
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Film Preview: Frankie & Alice (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 4, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.” Poster: B- Review: It alludes to the multiple personality…
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Film Preview: Flex Is Kings (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 4, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “”Flexing” is a dance style forged in far east Brooklyn, at the dead-end of a handful of subway lines. Flex dancers channel the grittiness and crime of East New York into choreographed violence with gun movements, simulated bone-breaking, and the mimicked ripping of hearts…
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Film Preview: Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: July 18, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue…
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Film Preview: Annie (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: December 19, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Business tycoon and mayoral candidate Will Stacks launches a campaign to take in Annie, a young girl who has been living with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan since her parents left her as a baby.”…
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Film Preview: The Machine (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: April 25, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two computer programmers fall in love as they create the first ever piece of self-aware artificial intelligence, which is designed to help humanity. But things go wrong when the MoD steal their breakthrough and teach it to become a robotic weapon.” Poster: B+ /…
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Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 28-30, 2014
With the releases expected, Noah should have little problem capturing the top spot at the box office. Cesar Chavez should have a solid debut targeting Hispanic audiences and Sabotage may be the latest in a long string of failures for the former California Governor. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: I’m not all that intrigued by most…
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2014 Spring Season Preview: April
There are no two bigger months at theaters. While the Summer may provide box office swing, both box office and Oscars dominate the final two months of the year with November likely the biggest of them all. This year, a number of top notch films will compete for audience dollars and critics’ appreciation going into…
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Trailer Watch: Maleficent (2014)
New trailers and posters. Maleficent, trailer #2, posters #2 & #3 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “The “Sleeping Beauty” tale is told from the perspective of the villainous Maleficent and looks at the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse young Princess Aurora.” Release Date: May 30, 2014 Poster Trailer Rating: D /…
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Trailer Watch: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
New trailer & posters The Amazing Spider-Man 2, trailer #2 & posters #4-#12 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against him, impacting on his life.” Release Date: May 2, 2014 Poster Trailer Rating: D / B- / C+ / C+ /…
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Weekend Preview: Mar. 28-30, 2014
Below are eight previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: Breathe In (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: March 28, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family’s relationships and alters their lives forever.” Poster: C / D+ Review: Topping the designs off, we have one that isn’t very original, but…
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Film Preview: Sabotage (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: March 28, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.” Poster: C / C / D / C+ / C Review: (#1-#3) Starting things off…
