Category: Film Previews
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Trailer Watch: The Road
How many roads must a ghost walk down? The Road Plot Summary: A lonely road where heinous events have occurred leads more than a few travelers into a deadly game of survival. Release Date: May 11, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: B Commentary: It sticks closely to modern horror film poster designs, but has enough style…
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Trailer Watch: Ruby Sparks
Paul Dano as a lovelorn writer? I can see it, but didn’t he already play a writer this year? Ruby Sparks Plot Summary: A blocked writer finally discovers a subject that he can wrap his mind around only to discover that he has inadvertently given life to the character he’s writing and she’s not just…
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Looking at the Weekend: Apr. 27-29, 2012
There are a lot of genre films coming out this weekend, but of them all, I think The Raven has the best chance of overcoming the others. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with…
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Trailer Watch: Step Up: Revolution
See it for the dancing, turn off the volume for the plot. Step Up: Revolution Plot Summary: A group of performance artist street dancers are engaged in an effort to put their creativity to work to save a small urban area from a ruthless developer. Release Date: July 27, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C Commentary:…
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Trailer Watch: Hysteria
Once called a feather duster? Let’s hope the film isn’t as lame a joke as that line. Hysteria Plot Summary: A handsome doctor discovers a new device that enables women to pleasure themselves, but can’t seem to find the pleasure he seeks himself except with the bizarre sister of a colleague’s daughter. Release Date: May…
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Weekend Preview: Apr. 27-29, 2012
There are twelve new releases this week. We have previews for ten of them below.
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Trailer Watch: That’s My Boy
It’s Adam Sandler. Do you really need to know anything more about it? That’s My Boy Plot Summary: A child father learns nothing about raising a child while he’s doing it, but when he comes into a need for money, his well-off son becomes the perfect bucket for him to sponge off of by pretending…
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Trailer Watch: House at the End of the Street
Jennifer Lawrence won’t make any friends in critics’ circles with this choice. House at the end of the Street Plot Summary: Mysterious noises and situations occur when a mother and daughter move into a new house where the events must be unravelled backwards. Release Date: September 21, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: None Commentary: Poster was…
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Trailer Watch: Lovely Molly
When a genre tries to reinvent itself, you have to look, but sometimes you don’t want to. Lovely Molly Plot Summary: The makers of The Blair Witch Project try their hands at a new genre-redefining endeavor. Release Date: May 18, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: It has that distressed creepiness that so many horror…
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Looking at the Weekend: Apr. 20-22, 2012
By virtue of having double the nearest opener’s number of screens, The Lucky One should have no problem taking the number one spot, but will it be popular enough with audiences to pass a fifth week in the top spot by The Hunger Games? Most likely yes, but stranger things have happened. Consensus Below is…
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2012 Summer Preview: May
There are a lot of interesting prospects this Summer box office season and several films that pique my interest, which is quite contradictory to 2011. And if I’m interested, I have an inkling a lot of people will be, which could make this a huge season. While I haven’t predicted any missteps below, There are…
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Trailer Watch: Looper
I like science fiction and I like Joseph Gordon Levitt, but even this stretches my interest a bit. Looper Plot Summary: A sci-fi tale where futuristic mafia men send victims back in time to be killed and disposed of, but when one “looper” as they’re called, must kill his future self, trying to contain the…
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Trailer Watch: Womb
So many levels of wrong with this premise. That wouldn’t stop me from watching it, though. Womb Plot Summary: In order to save her late lover, a young woman decides to get pregnant with his reincarnated spirit. Release Date: March 30, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: It’s evocative, but not very attractive. It makes…
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Weekend Preview: Apr. 20-22, 2012
There are thirteen new releases this week. We have previews for nine of them below.
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Trailer Watch: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
If you aren’t already sold on the franchise, then this won’t change your mind. Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Plot Summary: The final chapter in The Twilight Saga finds Bella testing out her new vampire powers and learning what it’s like to live life as she decided. Release Date: November 16, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: None…
