Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #10
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Man in the Chair (2007)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C- Review: There’s nothing appealing or interesting about this poster. It’s only a pic of star Christopher Plummer in a plug at trying to get him Oscar recognition. It’s unlikely the film will generate such…
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Film Preview: Fool’s Gold (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: The golden-hue to the Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson is the poster’s only saving grace. Otherwise, it’s a standard romantic comedy image that will entice fans of the actors, but few others. Trailer…
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Film Preview: Dirty Laundry (2007)
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: D+ Review: So unappealing was the trailer that I’ve almost…
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Film Preview: College Road Trip (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: Road trip movies were interesting two decades ago.…
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The DVD Report #30
John Waters’ 1988 film, Hairspray, was the director’s first mainstream film, albeit one with enough bizarre edges to appeal to his avant-garde following as well as the masses. A hilarious take on the TV dance show phenomenon of the early 1960s, the film catapulted Rikki Lake to stardom as forthright “fat” girl Tracy Turnblad and…
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The DVD Report #29
This week is Thanksgiving. Films built around the holiday are few and for the most part, far between. The most famous, of course, is 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street, which begins with Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, but is more about Christmas than Thanksgiving. I’ll have more about that later. It would be almost forty years…
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Film Preview: Midnight Eagle (2007)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: There’s nothing exceptional about this cookie cutter poster. It uses the same design elements as many others of its genre, the only distinction is in the cooler colors used, which is only marginally…
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Film Preview: Chicago 10 (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C- Review: Emphasising the animation style of the trailer, this poster avoids giving the title and relies on the viewer already knowing the film’s name, which will do very little to entice an audience to…
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Film Preview: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D Review: A new placeholder that changes the way things are done. Using black text on a white background isn’t original, but it’s a lot more pleasant to look at than many. Trailer Rating: B…
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Film Preview: Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: This Atonement/The Diving Bell and the Butterfly-similar poster is pretty typical of the romance and comedy genres, though seldom in combination. I can’t imagine anyone going to the film except for Ryan Reynolds…
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Film Preview: Purple Violets (2007)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C- Review: While the poster certainly evokes a tiny aspect of the film, it feels completely inappropriate for the tone of the project. It’s far too simplistic for even a fan of simplicity to enjoy.…
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Film Preview: Amusement (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: D+ Review: Place-holding is a terrible pastime and here, the common design for the title of Amusement in most advertising for the film finds its way to a solo gig on the poster. It wasn’t…
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Film Preview: Persepolis (2007)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B Review: Heavily reminiscent of the 60s and early 70s, this poster is engaging, but overly simplified. It tells us nothing about the story and barely introduces the characters. However, at least it’s better than…
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Film Preview: Cassandra’s Dream (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B+ Review: This is a cool and slick poster that relies too much on the colors I find so irritating in recent poster design, but feels fresh and inventive all the same. It’s diagonally-rotated style…
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Film Preview: Steep (2007)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: A big mountain and skiiers. It certainly evokes the film’s themes but is just as unappealing as the trailer itself. Trailer Rating: C+ Review: Big mountain skiing is a dangerous pastime, but the…
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