Tonight, we have four new trailers: Boxing Gym, Chico and Rita, Faster (#2) and Tiny Furniture. In addition, we have yet another four new posters for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I.

CHICO AND RITA

	Plot Summary: Two lovers separated by fame and nationality try to find ways to rekindle their love when success and distance could keep them apart. Release Date: November 19, 2010
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	Rating: C+ Commentary: Nice music and the animation isn’t too bad and the story has promise, but this is the kind of trailer that won’t appeal to kids and animation isn’t always a big seller for adults.	Rating: None Commentary: None Available.
	Trailer Link: Apple Trailers Oscar Chances: It may be on the list of eligible animated features, but a nomination is unlikely.

TINY FURNITURE

	Plot Summary: She had dreams and ideals, but they’ve crumbled around her and now young Aura must contend with life in the real world. Release Date: November 12, 2010
	Trailer	Poster
	Rating: C+ Commentary: There are so many films that try to be philosophical, yet come off feeling a bit trite and condescending. This seems to be one of those kinds of movies.	Rating: C Commentary: This penchant for huge letters taking up more than 70% of the poster design is getting a bit tiring. Most people don’t want to read a poster, they want to analyze it. While there are some elements that may be fun to examine, most of the poster fades form memory easily.
	Trailer Link: Apple Trailers Oscar Chances: None.

FASTER, trailer #2

	Plot Summary: An ex-con seeks revenge against the man that betrayed him and his brother resulting in his brother’s death, but is pursued by both a cop and a hit man. Release Date: November 24, 2010
	Trailer	Poster
	Rating: C Commentary: A revenge flick with a lead that seems to have no moral compass. If you can’t identify with a victim, you can’t identify with a film and although they have tried to lay the framework for understanding why this man is killing these people, you don’t exactly care.	Previous Preview: Faster
	Trailer Link: Yahoo Movies Trailers Oscar Chances: See Previous Preview

BOXING GYM

	Plot Summary: An urban Texas gym where various social and ethnic strata come together to train in the sport of boxing. Release Date: October 22, 2010
	Trailer	Poster
	Rating: D+ Commentary: There are three things being attempted here, none of which are very successful. Setting a rhythm of the sounds of a gym, slowly building to the end. It’s interesting, but it’s supremely annoying. The second is trying to establish the various cultures aspect, which visually is there, but isn’t terribly noticeable. The third is with a brief bit of dialogue, the owner tries to explain the gym, but with the sound effects in the background, it’s hard to key into what he’s saying.	Rating: C- Commentary: Ho hum. It’s a bland, wide shot of the vacant gym. It’s not exactly the kind of poster that draws people to it.
	Trailer Link: Apple Trailers Oscar Chances: None.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART I, posters #15, #16, #17 & #18

	Plot Summary: The first half of the final film in the acclaimed series takes Harry Potter and his friends Ron and Hermione and puts them square into the battle against Voldemart and his resurfaced army as they attempt to bring their new dominion to the world and kill Potter in the process. Release Date: November 19, 2010
	Trailer	Poster
	Previous Preview: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I	Rating: B- Commentary: Design wise, these seem more congruent with the earlier poster series, but they also have a pairing aspect that none of the previous groups had. The first two suggest a tenuous relationship between Harry and Ron over Hermione, but the same theme doesn’t follow with the third poster and the fourth is a little bit more like the first. Still, none of these have yet to eclipse the very first poster for this film.
	Trailer Link: See Previous Preview Oscar Chances: See Previous Preview