Category: Film Previews

They can keep this identity, I don’t want it back. Identity Thief Plot Summary: The hapless victim of identity theft pursues his thief to Florida where he attempts to bring her to justice even if unwillingly. Release Date: February 8, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: C- Commentary: It’s not inventive. It’s not original. What it does…

They really should have considered another name for this family…the suggestion is infantile. The Croods Plot Summary: A spirited young cavegirl is too adventurous for her cautious father, but as an accident reveals a beautiful paradise beyond their dreary cave, the whole family embarks on a grand adventure. Release Date: March 22, 2013 Poster Trailer…

These days you can’t keep a franchise down, good or bad. Texas Chainsaw 3D Plot Summary: Nearly 40 years after Leatherface terrorized helpless teens, he’s back in the house he originally started his killings in. Release Date: January 4, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: B Commentary: Looking at a collection of leatherface masks makes for a…

Broken premise. Broken hopes. Broken City Plot Summary: One of the mayor’s top cops discovers that all the work he’s been doing to help clean up the city’s streets has put him in the pocket of a corrupt mayor who uses violence to seek revenge against those who antagonize him. Release Date: January 18, 2013…

Johnny Depp doesn’t look as awful as I initially imagined…I’m still reserving judgement on the movie. The Lone Ranger Plot Summary: As the wealthy begin exploiting the west and outlaws rob trains at their leisure, one man and his Native American sidekick don masks to protect the weak and innocent from all who would abuse…

I am slowly coming to grips with the fact that Pixar has sold out. Monsters, Inc. 3D Plot Summary: Powering their engines with the screams of children, a team of monsters use magical doors to enter young kids’ bedrooms to scare them; when one unfrightened youngster sneaks into the world of monsers, things begin to…

These things make so much money it’s no wonder they keep making them. Paranorman Activity 4 Plot Summary: A new family moves into a house with a mysterious past where mother and baby disappeared. Mysterious occurrences threaten the safety of the young, computer camera-happy teenager and her family. Release Date: October 19, 2012 Poster Trailer…

What’s the difference between a sex therapist and a prostitute? The Sessions Plot Summary: A man afflicted with polio is encouraged by his social worker to seek out a sex therapist to satisfy his cravings. With the support of his priest, he agrees and begins falling in love with the woman who is paid to…

Parasites almost as destructive as Michael Bay himself. The Bay Plot Summary: The government isolates a small town where a 4th of July celebration turns deadly as a mysterious organism begins killing the citizens of the town from the inside out. Release Date: November 2, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: The obvious “hidden” parasite…

It’s twisted enough that it might just be fun. Stoker Plot Summary: The death of a young woman’s father, the uncaring nature of her mother and the mysterious arrival of her uncle set off a strange series of events that make you question who here is the victim. Release Date: March 1, 2013 Poster Trailer…

Is the Promised Land safe? Or will they frack heaven, too? Promised Land Plot Summary: A salesman for a major energy corporation attempts to convince a small town’s residents that his company’s hydraulic fracturing will make them wealthy beyond their imaginations. A local farmer follows them and attempts to dissuade the residents from supporting the…