Category: Film Previews
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Trailer Watch: Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Can it live up to the brilliance of the second film or will it suffer like the third? Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol Plot Summary: Blamed for blowing up the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt and his team must go on the lam and ferret out the perpetrators in order to clear their names. Release Date: December 16,…
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Looking at the Weekend: July 8-10, 2011
The placebo of the masses is family comedy. Zookeeper will not likely top the second weekend of Transformers 3, but it’s sure to be the number one new release. 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…
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Trailer Watch: Moneyball
There aren’t as many sports-themed dramas coming out these days, so we’ll see how this one goes. Moneyball Plot Summary: The historical story of Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s general manager, who begins using computer statistical analyses to hire his team on a budget. Release Date: September 23, 2011 Poster Trailer Rating: None Commentary: I…
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Trailer Watch: Brave
It’s nice to see an original picture coming out of Pixar again. Brave Plot Summary: A Scottish fairy tale about a brave young girl. Release Date: June 22, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: B+ Commentary: It’s a very beautiful poster. While it doesn’t completely conjure the beauty of Scotland, it’s a fine specimen with elements of…
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Weekend Preview: July 8-10, 2011
There are nine new releases this week. We have previews for five of them below.
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Trailer Watch: Yellowbrickroad
Is this really a new style of horror film or a bit of the same? Yellowbrickroad Plot Summary: A group of friends set out to uncover the reason for a mass disappearance several decades earlier but end up facing a similar fate themselves. Release Date: June 1, 2011 Poster Trailer Rating: C- Commentary: Lacking the…
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Trailer Watch: The Guard
British comedy is an acquired taste, but this should do well with the right audiences. The Guard Plot Summary: To stop a massive illegal drug smuggling ring, a by-the-book FBI agent is paired with an irrascible Irish cop. Release Date: July 29, 2011 Poster Trailer Rating: B- Commentary: I originally reviewed a different poster that…
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Trailer Watch: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 – Trailer 2
If the first trailer didn’t give you chills, just watch the second. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 Plot Summary: The final film in the epic 10-year saga of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley ends in a grand battle for the lives and souls of the students of Hogwartz School of…
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Looking at the Weekend: July 1-3, 2011
The king of the box office is set, but it’s how the competing properties perform that will be more interesting…that and how badly will the distaste fans had for the second Transformers film affect its chances for a $100 M plus weekend. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general…
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Trailer Watch: Tabloid
Whether you’re a tabloid junky or not, this is the kind of film that either sets the genre on its ear or reinforces the stereotype. Tabloid Plot Summary: A documentary about a sensational story from the 1970’s covered by tabloid journalists in England that muddied the facts in a case that had he-said-she-said issues. Release…
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Trailer Watch: Cowboys & Aliens
Tickling the fancies of millions of sci-fi/western fans who can’t wait to be excited by the prospect of time-out-of-place aliens invading the Old West. Cowboys & Aliens Plot Summary: A mysterious stranger is wanted for crimes he doesn’t know he committed, but in the Old West, extra-terrestrials aren’t to be expected. Release Date: July 29,…
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Weekend Preview: July 1-3, 2011
There are five new releases this week. We have previews for four of them below.
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Warren Beatty to Return to the Big Screen
in Howard Hughes BiopicFrom Entertainment Weekly: In a week where unsettling May-December romances have made headlines (jilted groom Hugh Hefner is filming a special about getting dumped by ex-fiance Crystal Harris, a woman 60 years his junior, while we all tried to scrub off the news that Lost actor Doug Anthony Hutchinson married a 16-year-old), it’s fitting that…
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EW’s First Look at Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”!
Ten years ago, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy took audiences and the Academy by storm. The trilogy was nominated for a record 30 Academy Awards, winning 17, including Best Picture and Best Director for The Return of the King (along with 9 other Oscars, the first clean sweep since 1987’s The Last…
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Looking at the Weekend: June 24-26, 2011
As weekends go, this one should be a strong one for Pixar. Every year we expect them to do well and they will, but despite the soft business of the original film, it was a powerhouse on video and merchandising, so I expect it to open quite high this week. Consensus Below is a list…
