Welcome to Trailer Snark, a weekly column covering trailers for movies that will be released this week with thoughts from our roster of bloggers (Jessica from The Female Perspective, Ken from The Crank File, Jim from The Front Row View, Rob from Spector for Hire, and Great Stories founder Chris). Thanks for reading, and enjoy the previews!
Last Week: With no major new releases and only limited release films opening wide, The Force Awakens continued its obvious dominance becoming the biggest domestic film in US history. $88.3M added to its coffers bringing the total to over $740M. Mark Wahlberg’s Daddy’s Home was a very distant second with $29M. The Hateful Eight came in at number three with $16.2M. Sisters in fourth with $12.5M. Fifth was Alvin and the Chipmunks with $11.8M. The rest of the top ten was as follows: Joy ($10.4M), The Big Short ($9M), Concussion ($8M), Point Break ($6.8M), The Hunger Games Mockingjay Pt 2 ($4.6M). And now on to our new releases, which have a slim chance of usurping the sci fi juggernaut.
The Forest (Gramercy) – Horror
Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic content and images
Tag Line: Where fear grows.
Starring: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken
Plot: A young woman searches for her twin sister in a Japanese forest only to find herself surrounded by paranormal forces.
Running Time: 95 minutes
Chris:
Jim: Y
The Revenant (20th Century Fox) – Adventure/Thriller
Rated R for strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language and brief nudity.
Tag Line: None
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter
Plot: A frontiersman named Hugh Glass on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s is on a quest for survival after being brutally mauled by a bear.
Running Time: 156 minutes
Jim: A
Anomalis (Paramount) – Comedy/Drama
Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language
Tag Line: None
Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Plot: A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
Running Time: 90 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT6QJaS2a-U
Jessica: Yeah this trailer doesn’t do much for me. It is a fascinating idea and I like Kauffman’s work but this is a free at-home viewing at best.
Ken: I’m a big fan of Kaufman’s existential moves. His past films have all had a very surreal quality to them. I’m interested to see how this one blends narrative, puppets and stop motion animation into something that looks and feels like real life.
Chris: No thank you. Creepy animation, and not in a good way.
Jim: The reviews make this look interesting, but the trailer, sad to say, doesn’t.
The Masked Saint (Freestyle Releasing) – Drama/Action
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Anesthesia (IFC Films) – Drama/Thriller
Rated R for language, sexual content, drug use and brief violence
Tag Line: Who we don;t know can save us.
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Sam Waterson, Corey Stoll
Plot: Rated R for language, sexual content, drug use and brief violence
Running Time: 90 minutes
Jessica:
Ken:
Chris:
Jim: T
Yosemite (Monterey Media) – Drama
Rated R for some sexual material/nudity and language
Tag Line: Growing up is an adventure.
Starring: James Franco, Everett Meckler
Plot: Rated R for some sexual material/nudity and language
Running Time: 80 minutes
Jim:
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Chris:
Tickets Purchased: Two for The Revenant (Jim and Jessica), One for Anomalis (Ken), and One for Yosemite (Chris)
