We have two new trailers (Sucker Punch and Soul Kitchen) today and two new posters (Never Let Me Go and Resident Evil: Afterlife).

SUCKER PUNCH

	Plot Summary: Taken to a home for the criminally insane, a young woman fights to escape her prison using the very tools they have taught her. Release Date: March 25, 2011
	Trailer	Poster
	Rating: B+ Commentary: Despite knowing that the film is going to be borderline mediocre, Zach Snyder’s films have lush visuals that many other filmmakers should hope to emulate. Now, if only he could balance plot and performance with spectacle and he might become a better filmmaker.	Rating: B+ (All) Commentary: Each poster is designed similarly, but with vastly different backgrounds and slight tinges of color. These will do exactly what the producers want: seduce teens and young men, sell batches of posters, and draw people to the theater.
	Trailer Link: Apple Trailers Oscar Chances: Although Snyder’s films have been beautiful to behold, he has yet to turn his films into Oscar contenders. I doubt another March release will bolster that lack of a total.

SOUL KITCHEN

	Plot Summary: Trying to find a way to turn around his life and his struggling restaurant, a restaurateur finds himself partnered with a talented chef and bringing about all the changes he had long desired. Release Date: August 20, 2010
	Trailer	Poster
	Rating: C+ Commentary: It could be good, but it could also be terrible. The idea isn’t too far fetched and the scenes presented suggest at least a passing interest in character development.	Rating: C Commentary: Sitting around a table does not equate itself with a restaurant…especially when the scene looks more like a small studio apartment dining area.
	Trailer Link: Apple Trailers Oscar Chances: None.

NEVER LET ME GO, poster #1

	Plot Summary: Three English school children grow into adults and find feelings of love emerging despite a grim reality that waits ahead for them. Release Date: October 1, 2010
	Trailer	Poster
	Previous Preview: NeverLetMeGo	Rating: B Commentary: I like the design of the poster, the colors and the image, but the fact that it doesn’t seem to fit with the trailer makes me wonder how much the artists really know about the film.
	Trailer Link: See Previous Preview Oscar Chances: See Previous Preview

RESIDENT EVIL, poster #2

	Plot Summary: Three English school children grow into adults and find feelings of love emerging despite a grim reality that waits ahead for them. Release Date: September 10, 2010
	Trailer	Poster
	Previous Preview: Resident Evil: Afterlife	Rating: C+ Commentary: A far better output than the first poster I reviewed. This one uses color more effectively, looks more consistent with the concept of 3D as a medium and uses the space of the frame well. Even the glassy reflection of whom I can only assume is the film’s antagonist is a good selection. Now, it’s still not a great masterwork of art (the title’s a bit too disjointed and ill-fitting and the use of that particular image of Milla Jovovish is poor), it’s sufficient to draw in the desired audience.
	Trailer Link: See Previous Preview Oscar Chances: See Previous Preview