Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Maleficent (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 30, 2014 Synopsis: 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.” Poster: B- / D / C+ / D / B+ (5) / B /…
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Film Preview: In the Name Of (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 30, 2013 Synopsis: From Apple Trailers: “Adam is a Catholic priest who discovered his calling as a servant of God at the relatively late age of 21. He now lives in a village in rural Poland where he works with teenagers with behavioral problems who fight and yell abuse.…
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Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2013
The battle royale this weekend will be between the second week of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sure to be somewhere in the vicinity of $80 or $90 million and Frozen, the latest Disney animated feature. Since the last two major Disney pictures debuted around $50 million for the weekend, it’s likely Katniss will claim…
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Film Preview: The Past (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 20, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife’s request for a divorce.” Poster: C+ Review: A woman caught between two men.…
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Film Preview: The Motel Life (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 8, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.” Poster: C Review: The layout is as unoriginal as the color scheme, but there’s just enough added and blended imagery in the design to keep it from…
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Weekend Preview: Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2013
Below are eight previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: The Punk Singer (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 29, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the “riot grrrl” movement of the 1990s.” Poster: C Review: It’s punky and girly, but is it appealing. If you already know…
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Film Preview: Homefront (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.” Poster: D / F Review: A sloppily generic design that highlights the central actors to the film, but never goes beyond formula. What’s worse…
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Film Preview: Vampire Academy (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: February 7, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human/vampire, guardians of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discretely within our world. Her legacy is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi. This is her story.” Poster: B-…
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Trailer Watch: Divergent, updated (2014)
Five roads diverge in a dystopian future. Divergent, trailer #2, posters #1-#8 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “Beatrice Prior, a teenager with a special mind, finds her life threatened when an authoritarian leader seeks to exterminate her kind in her effort to seize control of their divided society.” Release Date: March 21, 2014 Poster Trailer Rating:…
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Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 22-24, 2013
How high will The Hunger Games: Catching Fire take this weekend’s box office? The first film debuted to over $150 million at the box office just over one-third of what the film would ultimately collect. It’s been over a year since it premiered, but now finds itself firmly in the “holiday” season, which should enable…
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2013 Oscar Season Preview: December
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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Film Preview: Labor Day (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 25, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.” Poster: B / C+ Review: Positioning…
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Film Preview: Noah (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: March 28, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Biblical Noah suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge and takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.” Poster: B / C- / C (2) / C (7) / C+ / C Review: An epic unlike every other epic you’ve never seen.…
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Weekend Preview: Nov. 22-24, 2013
Below are seven previews for films opening next weekend.
