Category: Film Previews
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Trailer Watch: September 29, 2010
Tonight’s update features the second trailers for Skyline and Yogi Bear, both giving more information to audiences about their contents, and a new trailer for the 2011 feature I Am Number Four. On top of that, we have a handful of new posters with three more for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I,…
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Looking at the Weekend: October 1-3, 2010
And here we are with nine new releases, three going wide and six in a mixture of distribution from limited to New York & Los Angeles. Check out this week’s consensus and note that the individual film discussions now fall below the line. Just click on the link to go to the rest. Consensus Below…
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Trailer Watch: September 28, 2010
A moderately high day of new trailers. We have Boogie Woogie, High Lane, Making Plans for Lena, Night Catches Us, Red, White & Blue, and Under Still Waters. NIGHT CATCHES US Plot Summary: Two former Black Panthers come together as they try to rebuild their lives in normalcy, but the world around them won’t seem…
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Trailer Watch: September 27, 2010
We start off Monday with an Oscar contender (True Grit) and a poster for a preview we highlighted last week (Wild Target). TRUE GRIT Plot Summary: To avenge her father’s murder, a young orphan seeks out a legendary sheriff to help her track down his killer. Release Date: December 25, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: B-…
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Previews: Week Ending September 26, 2010
It was a pretty average week, though the dump on Thursday could have been spread over the week at any rate. There were 13 new trailers from 2010, 3 new trailers from 2011, and 4 new posters from 2010. Below is my assessment of the best. Poster Highlights: The top new poster this week was…
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Trailer Watch: September 24, 2010
Thank goodness for slow days. One new update and we’re calling it a week. Here’s Cash Crop. CASH CROP Plot Summary: A documentary surrounding the newly emerging marijuana growing industry in Northern California. Release Date: October 1, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: C+ Commentary: It’s not a very effective trailer. What you take out of it…
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Trailer Watch: September 23, 2010
It looks like another Thursday dump. Once again we have several new trailers and a few new posters. Trailers: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (trailer #2), The King’s Speech, Zenith, Carlos, Toddstock, The Lion of Judah, Client 9 and Wild Target. Posters: Hereafter, Unstoppable (poster #2), The Company Men and Megamind (poster…
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Trailer Watch: September 22, 2010
A nice small batch of updates today including Priest, Heartless, Rising Stars and Leaving, plus a new poster for Marwencol (thanks for the link, James) which we previewed yesterday. LEAVING Plot Summary: Falling in love with her contractor, a devoted wife decides she must leave her husband and her family to find happiness, but at…
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Looking at the Weekend: September 24-26, 2010
Looks like we’ll be having a lot of busy weeks for the foreseeable future. We have three wide releases (we previously previewed The Virginity Hit when it was originally supposed to show, so we won’t be doing it again this week): Wall Street 2, You Again and The Legend of the Guardians. There are three…
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Trailer Watch: September 21, 2010
Another slow day (I guess they dumped all their trailers late last week. Today we have new trailers for Gnomeo & Juliet and Marwencol. And that’s it. GNOMEO & JULIET Plot Summary: William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy re-written for warring families of garden gnomes. Release Date: February 11, 2011 Trailer Poster Rating: C+ Commentary: If the…
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Trailer Watch: September 20, 2010
A light day (thankfully). One new trailer today: Tangled. TANGLED, trailer #2 Plot Summary: Disney takes the classic fairy tale of the tressed maiden Rapunzel trapped atop her prison tower and weaves its long dormant magic. Release Date: November 24, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: C Commentary: It’s too bad teasers have to become trailers. This…
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Previews: Week Ending September 19, 2010
We had thirty-two updates this past week, which is a staggering number considering the handful of the previous couple of weeks. Poster Highlights: The octet of posters for For Colored Girls represent the best posters of the week. Below those are the posters for 9th Company and The Nutcracker in 3D. Trailer Highlights: Several decent…
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Trailer Watch: September 17, 2010
We have several new trailers today (11). Brutal Beauty, Carnies, The Dilemma, Due Date (#2), Legacy, Nora’s Will, Picture Me, Red Hill, The Roommate, Today’s Special, and Wake Up plus a poster for Paranormal Activity 2. (The previews are out of order, but should be in order of quality. I will hopefully update this at…
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Trailer Watch: September 16, 2010
A huge bundle of trailers was dropped today (11 in all) including an Oscar contender and a bunch of bland. The new trailers are: Casino Jack, Douchebag, The Fighter, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife (trailer #2), King of Paper Chasin’, The Last Day of Summer, 9th Company, The Nutcracker in 3D, The Two Escobars, Unstoppable, and…
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Trailer Watch: September 15, 2010
We have three new trailers today. One horror film, one Tyler Perry film and one espionage thriller. As Good as Dead, For Colored Girls and The Tourist. FOR COLORED GIRLS Plot Summary: An ensemble drama adapted from Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award-winning play, a poetic exploration of what is to be of color and a female…
