Category: Film Previews
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Film Preview: The Accidental Husband (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C- Review: Uma Thurman hasn’t been able to sell a film she’s been a part of since Kill Bill. Her appearance in My Super Ex-Girlfriend was a joke and that she takes center position on…
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Film Preview: Day Zero (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+ Review: The film suggests Vietnam is over. It looks…
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Film Preview: Caramel (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: Completely masking the film’s subject by making the movie look like it’s either A) a film about brothels or B) a sequel to Chocolat. Neither assessment fits. The colors are pleasant enough, but…
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Film Preview: Never Back Down (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: Taking on the imbalanced style of more interesting posters like Shoot ‘Em Up and Cassandra’s Dream, this poster has a good blend of colors and mixture of images, each one likely to bring…
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Film Preview: The Hottie and the Nottie (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+ Review: This Superstar-colored poster tries to capitalize on Paris Hilton’s waifish-thin looks while featuring the film’s other titular comparison. It’s a rather repulsive idea much like the trailer. Trailer Rating: D+ Review: Dreadfully ugly,…
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Film Preview: Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C- Review: I’ve never been a fan of this style of comic art and this one in particular says nothing about the plot of the film and is more likely aimed at fanboys who might…
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Film Preview: Planet B-Boy (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: This poster is so extremely cluttered that it takes several seconds to realize what it’s even about and that its subject is a breakdancing competition is even farther from representative as it looks…
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Film Preview: Billy the Kid (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: The poster suggests a film in the vein of Control about a young musician perhaps coming up from hard times. This isn’t far from the truth of the film, but it is a…
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2007 Year in (p)Review
Marking my first year in the trailer review business, I spent a great deal of time praising and panning over 450 trailers from 386 films and more than 400 posters from 350 pictures. Looking back at the best trailers and posters of 2007, here are the best along with a few words on each plus…
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Film Preview: Romance and Cigarettes (2007)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: It’s got a woman who’s smoking. The title’s covered, but the viewer’s eyes aren’t and should be as this poster has very little going for it other than a pull for adult men.…
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Film Preview: The Other Boleyn (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: I do have a soft spot for costume…
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Film Preview: Over Her Dead Body (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+ Review: Part of me cringes when I watch this…
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Film Preview: Mamma Mia (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+ Review: Sparkly and bold, but hardly inventive. This is the kind of title-only poster that is purposefully uncomplicated and it doesn’t help much. It may entice Abba fans or those familiar with the musical,…
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Film Preview: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (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: There are funny scenes in the preview, but…
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Film Preview: Made of Honor (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+ Review: There’s nothing original or exciting about this poster. It’s over-simplified, inelegant and supremely boring. Trailer Rating: C- Review: Another wedding comedy, this time about a man as a maid of honor. Pair this…
