Home Viewing with Peter #988
Looking at Film from Every Angle
-
Film Preview: The Lucky Ones (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: Other than the interesting gimmick of using the sideview mirror to cature the film’s characters, there isn’t anything very original in the poster. I can’t even see any appreciable symbolism, which doesn’t assist…
by
-
Film Preview: An American Carol (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: The first thing that caught my attention was the Michael Moore clone with a sandwich, making fun of Moore’s weight. It’s a low blow, but expected in a parody. The rest of the…
by
-
Film Preview: The Linguists (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: It looks like something Pink Floyd might have once used on an album cover. Since this isn’t a rockumentary, that comparison may not be appropriate. Though, it’s really hard to see anything else…
by
-
Film Preview: The House Bunny (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: It’s not terribly inventive, nor entirely engaging, but the poster sufficiently encapsulates the film’s plot and purpose without much effort. Trailer Rating: C+; C+ Review: Anna Faris is one of those comic actresses…
by
-
The DVD Report #68
I’m going to interrupt my chronological coverage of the film years that began with 1957 that has so far gone through 1962 to go back even further in time to talk about the film year 1940. While most film buffs and historians consider 1939 to be the best in Hollywood history, I think 1940 was…
by
-
Review: Tropic Thunder (2008)
Tropic Thunder Rating Director Ben Stiller Screenplay Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen Length 107 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Ben Stiller, Steve Coogan, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise MPAA Rating R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster…
by
-
Review: Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Kung Fu Panda Rating Director Mark Osborne, John Stevenson Screenplay Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris Length 92 min. Starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, Michael Clarke Duncan, Wayne Knight MPAA Rating PG for sequences…
by
-
Film Preview: The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+; C Review: If you’re going to put a poster together like this, at least put real blood/lipstick/paint on a real mirror and actually put the actress in front of it. It is painfully obvious…
by
-
Film Preview: Flow (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: A-; B Review: Superimposing the globe on a droplet of water is a clever touch to a poster that quickly and simply puts the chips on the table regarding the film’s important subject. While I’ll…
by
-
Film Preview: Max Payne (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C; C Review: Stylized like the trailer, but a bit too overbearing. There’s a certain artistic quality, but one that could have been done reasonbly well for another film with the necessary imagery. Not too…
by
-
The DVD Report #67
These are the dog days of summer as far as DVD releases are concerned. Having exhausted their release schedule of last year’s big screen hits and saving up this year’s for holiday season shopping, DVD distributers have little to offer anyone looking for new and worthwhile theatrical films to rent or buy. I guess they…
by
-
Film Preview: Battle in Seattle (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B Review: The poster is reminiscent of the disaster flicks of the 1970s, which may not entirely be their intention. Trailer Rating: A- Review: This big screen exploration of the WTO riots in Seattle seems…
by
-
Film Preview: A Girl Cut in Two (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C- Review: Titillation to sell a film. Who would have thought? Clumsy and lacking in eroticism, I would have expected something better from a French director. Trailer Rating: B- Review: This Claude Chabrol thriller just…
by
-
Film Preview: Hell Ride (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B- Review: Horrendously cluttered and awash in too few colors, the poster at least harkens back to the 1970s, a time the film pretends to emulate. Trailer Rating: C Review: With Quentin Tarantino’s name attached…
by
-
Film Preview: Full Battle Rattle (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: What is the purpose of exposing the poster in black-and-white and then coloring the van yellow? The trailer gives no hint at the symbolism of it, which makes the poster quite irritating. Trailer…
by
Search Our Site
Oscar Preds (99th)
Affiliated Sites
Posts by Topic
Archives
Infrequent Updates
Site Updates
Our Team
Login
Register
Contact Us
