Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Bettie Page Reveals All (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 22, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The world’s greatest pinup model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America’s sexual revolution.” Poster: B Review: Reflecting the poster style of a movie Bettie Page might have starred in…
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Film Preview: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 22, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.” Poster: C+ Review: Compared to the film and the trailer that this design accompanies, you might suspect it’s a simple indie documentary that doesn’t aspire to very much at…
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Film Preview: Narco Cultura (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 22, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto – a new form of the American Dream, fueled by the…
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Film Preview: The Christmas Candle (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 15, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890,…
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Film Preview: The X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: May 23, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from…
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Trailer Watch: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, updated (2013)
May the odds be ever in your favor. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, trailer #3, posters #3-#29 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “As Katniss and Peeta embark on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts, Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th…
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Trailer Watch: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, updated (2013)
The new poster and trailers of The Legend Continues. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, trailer #4, posters, #3-#7 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “With the 70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York’s first 24-hour news channel by storm.” Release Date: December 20, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: See Below…
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Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 15-17, 2013
There’s only one new wide release this weekend, but The Best Man Holiday cannot hope to overcome the second weekend of Thor: The Dark World. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: The Best Man Holiday doesn’t look bad, but Nebraska is the only film any film geek should care about this week. Peter J. Patrick: Alexander Payne’s…
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Trailer Watch: Inside Llewyn Davis, updated (2013)
Are we really getting inside anyone? Inside Llewyn Davis, trailer #3, poster #2 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “A singer/song-writer navigates New York’s folk music scene during the 1960’s.” Release Date: December 6, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: C Commentary: If the prior isn’t particularly special, this one is even less distinctive, not even conjuring an effective…
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Film Preview: Oldboy (2013)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: November 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked up into solitary confinement for 20 years without reason.” Poster: B+ / D+ / B+ Review: Our hero emerging from a large…
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Weekend Preview: Nov. 15-17, 2013
Below are four previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: The Best Man Holiday (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 15, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they will discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be ignited.” Poster: C+ / C+ Review: These two designs aren’t exactly alike, but are similar enough to be…
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Film Preview: Dear Mr. Watterson (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 15, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary film about the impact of the newspaper comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson.” Poster: B- Review: It’s just enough of a taste of the Calvin & Hobbes flavor to set expectations, but unless you’re intimately familiar with the work,…
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Film Preview: Pompeii (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: February 21, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A slave turned gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii…
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Trailer Watch: The Wolf of Wall Street, trailer #2 (2013)
I may be the only cineaste NOT excited about seeing this. The Wolf of Wall Street, trailer #2 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.” Release Date: December 25, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: –…
