Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: We Are What We Are (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs, find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family.” Poster: C+ Review: The poster design carries more…
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Film Preview: On the Job (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Filipino crime thriller inspired by a real-life scandal in which prison inmates are temporarily released from prison to work as contract killers on behalf of politicians and high ranking military officials.” Poster: D+ Review: The indie stand-by is back, employing grayscale and red to…
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Film Preview: Muscle Shoals (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as “I’ll Take You There”, “Brown Sugar”, and “When a Man Loves a Woman”.” Poster: C Review: I hate to…
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Film Preview: Morning (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. ‘Morning’ follows the divergent paths of Mark (Leland Orser) and Alice Munroe (Jeanne Tripplehorn) as they…
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Film Preview: Metallica: Through the Never (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band’s show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.” Poster: A Review: We’ve seen images reflected in eyes and on other surfaces before, but never…
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Film Preview: Inequality for All (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary that follows former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich as he looks to raise awareness of the country’s widening economic gap.” Poster: C+ Review: The sparseness is distracting, though the glaring white background is excusable considering the shadow being cast on it. Still,…
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Film Preview: Baggage Claim (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.” Poster: D Review: Designed to appeal to only one…
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Film Preview: Generation Um… (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: May 3, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Three adults during a single day in New York City, one filled with sex, drugs, and indecision.” Poster: D Review: I am Keanu Reeves and I’m more important than the three people with whom I share almost all of my screentime. Of course people…
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Film Preview: Burn (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 1, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary about Detroit told through the eyes of firefighters charged with the thankless task of saving a city that many have written off as dead.” Poster: B- Review: A simple, evocative design that needs more flourish to sell a film about firefighters. The…
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Film Preview: Evidence (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: July 19, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.” Poster: C- Review: This poster design has almost zero broad appeal, it underplays the horrific elements of the story and undersells the production.…
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Looking at the Weekend: Sep. 20-22, 2013
By the simple fact that Prisoners is opening on more than 3,000 screens, it should be a given that it will take the top spot at the box office. Battle of the Year is releasing more modestly, but wasn’t likely to do major box office feats either way. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: After the festivals…
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Film Preview: Delivery Man (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 22, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An affable underachiever finds out he’s fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.” Poster: B- / C+…
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Film Preview: Escape from Tomorrow (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 11, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father’s sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.” Poster: B- / B+ Review: This first design, which I found after the second,…
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Weekend Preview: Sep. 20-22, 2013
Below are eleven previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: C.O.G. (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 20, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.” Poster: C Review: Within the framework of the film’s story, the poster…
