Three new trailers tonight including three films all hoping for Oscar consideration with two (The Company Men, The Debt) that seem poised to move on it and one (Stone) that looks like a potential failure.

THE COMPANY MEN

	Plot Summary: A white collar worker is fired when his company is reorganized and must come to terms with his unemployment and struggle to restore the peace and serenity and safety he once possessed. Release Date: October 22, 2010
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	Rating: B Commentary: This trailer is something that should easily appeal to anyone who’s been fired unnecessarily or lost their job due to economic circumstances. The trailer is fairly plain and straight forward, but it does provide the audience with a strong idea of what the film is about and that it should be an uplifting one.	Rating: None Commentary: I don’t review placeholders.
	Trailer Link: Yahoo Movies Trailers Oscar Chances: A lot depends on how critics and audiences approach the film. This can either end up this year’s Up in the Air or this year’s The Blind Side. Either way it has some measure of Oscar potential.

THE DEBT

	Plot Summary: 30 years after capturing and killing a Nazi war criminal, three Mossad agents must cope with the possibility that a new man claiming to be this Nazi has resurfaced. Release Date: December 29, 2010
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	Rating: B Commentary: A bit too action heavy, the trailer conjures up memories of Munich without feeling as heavy. The concept is mostly original and should prove relatively interesting.	Rating: None Commentary: I don’t review placeholders.
	Trailer Link: Yahoo Movies Trailers Oscar Chances: With a late-December release, there is little doubt this one will be pushed for Oscar consideration and I think it may very well receive it consider the subject and the star wattage behind it.

STONE

	Plot Summary: A convict tries everything he can try to convince his case worker that he deserves to be paroled while working a plan with his wife to get the case worker caught in a situation that will give them leverage only to discover his wife may be preparing a double-cross. Release Date: October 8, 2010
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	Rating: C- Commentary: The film seems to be trying to play like an Oscar contender without seeming to feature any Oscar caliber material. It’s mostly a plain double-crossing intrigue yarn with simple twists on common themes that seem to lack depth. Add to this the horrible cut of the trailer giving perhaps too much information away without giving a reason to watch.	Rating: None Commentary: I don’t review placeholders.
	Trailer Link: Apple Trailers Oscar Chances: The fact that the trailer alone feels like Oscar bait and Edward Norton gives a terrible performance in the trailer, I suspect this one will slowly fade away after poor critic notices and a dismal box office return.