Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: No Regret (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: Presenting a secret between lovers may fit well with the film’s subject, but I can’t imgaine this pleasantly-colored poster would do very much to sell the film. Trailer Rating: C Review: The festival…
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Film Preview: Bottle Shock (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C; C- Review: Too much orange. Too small of text. From the Sideways-esque design and the mostly unfunny trailer, I wouldn’t think that the words here would make it much better. I haven’t seen a…
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Film Preview: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+ Review: Plain, overbearing and loud. It’s like DreamWorks has taken too many pages from the Disney playbook. Trailer Rating: B-; B; C Review: Why I found this funny is a question similar to the…
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Film Preview: Kicking It (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B Review: The concept of the world as a soccer ball fits perfectly with the subject of the documentary. Trailer Rating: B- Review: While it seems like a noble endeavor and the subject may be…
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Film Preview: Death Race (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B- Review: An improvement over the trailer, the poster is at least interesting to look at, an homage to a style seldom used since its heyday. However, there’s still nothing encouraging those fans of the…
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Film Preview: Mirrors (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: C+; B- Review: Looking like a copycat blend of every…
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Film Preview: The Express (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: B- Review: Where the title comes from, I still don’t…
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Film Preview: Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B+ Review: There isn’t anything fancy or embellished here. It’s a simple concept bridging the film’s subject, trailer and poster. It’s visually pleasing and balanced. Trailer Rating: B- Review: Spike Lee’s been trying for last…
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Film Preview: Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: Taking one of the photos shown in the trailer and turning it into a black-and-white drawing isn’t terribly exciting and the yellow background is little if not distracting. Trailer Rating: C- Review: This…
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Film Preview: Burn After Reading (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: B (Restricted) Review: Unlike their previous film’s trailer, the Coens…
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Film Preview: Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+ Review: This poster makes Richard Gere look a lot older than he really is, which doesn’t make for a pleasing connection with the audience looking for a romance. Yes, his and Diane Lane’s postures…
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Film Preview: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B- Review: The strangeness and flair of the poster is definitely notable, but that overbearing black-white-and-red motif still annoys. Trailer Rating: C+ Review: I’ve never been interested in the work of Hunter S. Thompson. He’s…
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Film Preview: The Last Mistress (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: The close-up is a bit too extreme and it seems decidedly tame for a film about a marriage of convenience and a mistress with the power to hold the lead enraptured. It also…
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Film Preview: The Edge of Heaven (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: How the poster plays into the film thematically, is anyone’s guess. It doesn’t make a lot of sense based on the presently-available trailer. From this alone, it looks more like a film about…
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Film Preview: Eagle Eye (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: Taking a slightly new approach to the title-bisected frame, this poster doesn’t improve on the formula much. It’s nice to see this kind of detail, but the detail isn’t terribly exceptional thematically or…
