Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: Il Futuro (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 6, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future.” Poster: C Review: Looks…
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Film Preview: Hell Baby (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 6, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An expectant couple who moves into the most haunted house in New Orleans call upon the services of the Vatican’s elite exorcism team to save them from a demonic baby.” Poster: B- Review: For a spoof, this design seems to fit well into the…
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Film Preview: Touchy Feely (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 6, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A massage therapist is unable to do her job when stricken with a mysterious and sudden aversion to bodily contact. Meanwhile, her uptight brother’s floundering dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his healing touch.” Poster: C- Review: Unnecessarily simple design that…
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Film Preview: Populaire (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 6, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.” Poster: B+ Review: A beautiful blend of colors, frivolity and action with subtle background imagery. It may be simple, but…
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Film Preview: Salinger (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 6, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An unprecedented look inside the private world of J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye.” Poster: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer:…
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Film Preview: Good Ol’ Freda (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 6, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A documentary in which Freda Kelly looks back at her career as lifelong secretary for The Beatles.” Poster: C Review: The design is a blend of effective and banal that makes it easy to forget. Trailer: B Review: Seeing The Beatles through the eyes…
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Film Preview: 36 Saints (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 6, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “”Seven” meets “The Da Vinci Code,” when New York Police Headquarters is confronted with the horror of a serial murderer loose on the streets of Manhattan. Oblivious to the danger, a group of hip students from all over the world, who now attend school…
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Film Preview: CBGB (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 11, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A look at the New York City punk-rock scene and the venerable nightclub, CBGB.” Poster: C+ Review: It has something of an Andy Warhol-like vibe, which might play well into the punk rock scene, but I can’t figure out why they even went this…
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Film Preview: All Is Lost (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 18, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.” Poster: B Review: A stirring image of Robert Reford at sea in a storm. It’s a perfect set…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 30-Sep. 1
Labor Day weekend is the dregs for box office tracking, meaning boy band One Direciton may well find themselves at the top of a lackluster box office with The Butler a close second. Getaway hasn’t gotten much marketing, so I don’t expect it to do well while Closed Circuit has had virtually none and is…
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2013 Oscar Season Preview: September
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: Out in the Dark (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 27, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sites of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimr and Roy, an Israeli lawyer.” Poster: C Review: Poster designs are one of the last elements created for a marketing push, but throwing something…
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Film Preview: The Book Thief (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 15, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.” Poster: C / B+ Review: Both designs are…
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Weekend Preview: Aug. 30-Sep. 1
Below are ten previews for films opening next weekend.
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Film Preview: The Lifeguard (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 30, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.” Poster: C- Review: I don’t…
