Category: Film Previews
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Looking at the Weekend: September 17-19, 2010
Another hectic week of new releases with no less than four new wide releases (Easy A, The Town, Devil, Alpha and Omega) and four new limited releases (Never Let Me Go, Catfish, Jack Goes Boating, Kings of Pastry) we’ll be talking about today: (Update, 9/15/10, 6:39p: added Wes’ comments & consensus) Consensus Below is a…
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Trailer Watch: September 14, 2010
No new trailers today, but five new posters (4 for Jackass 3D and one for Mother and Child). MOTHER AND CHILD, poster #2 Plot Summary: Follows three woman, a mother who gave up one of the others for adoption 35 years prior and the other looking to adopt. Release Date: May 7, 2010 Trailer Poster…
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Trailer Watch: September 13, 2010
We have four new trailers today, including the first seen for the new Clint Eastwood film Hereafter along with the first trailers for Trigger and Down Terrace, plus the second for Nice Guy Johnny. Add to that a poster for Hatchet II and you have today’s update. HEREAFTER Plot Summary: A psychic who is able…
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Previews: Week Ending September 12, 2010
After a fairly slow week last, we have a nice blend of new trailers and posters this week. Three new previews with trailers and posters, two new trailers for existing previews, and eleven total new posters. Poster Highlights: Two posters top this week’s list of new releases with Love and Other Drugs just barely edging…
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Trailer Watch: September 10, 2010
Closing out the week with a tiny bit of a delay in posting, we have a batch of new updates. New trailers for Windfall, Inspector Bellamy and Monsters, plus new posters for Megamind and Fair Game. MONSTERS, trailer #2 Plot Summary: After a NASA probe crash lands in Mexico, strange new lifeforms begin appearing and…
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Awards Season: The 2010 Fall Preview, Part II
Yesterday, I posted the first part of my Awards Season Box Office/Oscar preview. Below are my analyses for November and December. Reminder: Oscar Prospects are not displayed for those films which are not Oscar contenders. NOVEMBER 5-7, 2010 DUE DATE Premise: Trying to get home for his child’s birth, a desperate father-to-be finds himself trapped…
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Trailer Watch: September 9, 2010
Two new trailers today, the third for Megamind and the second for Saw 3D. In addition, we have one last character poster for Megamind and two for Let Me In. MEGAMIND, trailer #3, poster #6 Plot Summary: Two arch rivals fight to dominate the world as super villain and super hero, each with something to…
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Awards Season: The 2010 Fall Preview, Part I
There are generally three distinct periods in the film year. The most important to studios is the Summer film season running from May through August. This is where they make a good deal of their money with kids out of school and ready to spend money to be entertained. Then there’s Awards Season. This is…
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Trailer Watch: September 8, 2010
Today’s update features no new trailers again, but five new posters, though four of them are character one-sheets for Megamind. The other is the new poster for Love & Other Drugs. LOVE & OTHER DRUGS, poster Plot Summary: A pharmaceutical salesman uses his charisma to win over new conquests, but when he meets a woman…
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Looking at the Weekend: September 10-12, 2010
We have a rather busy week of new releases. We have two films going wide, the final Resident Evil and pseudo-documentary The Virginity Hit. Four limited release are going out: Bran Nue Dae, I’m Still Here, Legendary and The Romantics. Then there’s a film releasing only in New York and Los Angeles: Heartbreaker. (NOTE: Pending…
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Trailer Watch: September 7, 2010
And the trailer/poster doldrums return. Nothing to update today.
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Trailer Watch: September 6, 2010
We’re back to daily updates, at least hopefully. Today we have a new trailer for Life As We Know It and a second poster for Faster. LIFE AS WE KNOW IT Plot Summary: After their friends die unexpectedly, two disparate individuals are brought together to raise their child despite their animosity towards one another. Release…
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Previews: Week Ending September 5, 2010
It was an incredibly slow week. One new trailer and six new posters and that was it. Poster Highlights: For lack of trailers this week, at least we had a few nice posters to look at. The Next Three Days was easily the best of the bunch, but the posters for Alpha and Omega and…
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Trailer Watch: September 3, 2010
And so ends one of the slowest weeks ever. Here’s your lone new poster today. YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER, poster #2 Plot Summary: The latest relationship comedy from Woody Allen featuring a washed-up writer, his conflicted wife, an divorcee looking to find love again, a talented musician and a host of others.…
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Trailer Watch: September 2, 2010
Still no new trailers. This is the kind of doldrums I’m used to seeing in the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Who knows what’s going on. Anyway, we have two secondary posters for a couple of existing previews: Inside Job and Monsters. INSIDE JOB, poster #2 Plot Summary: An examination of the financial crisis…
