BORGMAN
Release Date: June 6, 2014
What it’s about: A mysterious vagrant, a modern day Rasputin, insinuates himself into the lives of an upper-class family
What it’s got working for it: Now that is one creepy and intriguing trailer.
What’s it’s got going against it: Has the potential to be really good – or weird and inaccessible.
THE HUMAN RACE
Release Date: June 13, 2014
What it’s about: Eighty individuals are forced to participate in a life or death race.
What it’s got working for it: It looks unique.
What’s it’s got going against it: Also poorly shot, written, and acted. Oh, and cheesy.
I AM I
Release Date: June 13, 2014
What it’s about: A woman reunites with her estranged father who, suffering from the early onset of Alzheimers, mistakes her for his wife/her mother.
What it’s got working for it: The premise is unique.
What’s it’s got going against it: Borderline creepy. The trailer doesn’t really make it clear what we can expect. Is it a drama? A dark comedy? A – shudder – dramedy. In the end, it looks like it’s going to be not quite one or the other.
IVORY TOWER
Release Date: June 13, 2014
What it’s about: A documentary about the spiralling costs of higher education in America.
What it’s got working for it: An important movie for parents and students alike.
What’s it’s got going against it: Potentially outrageous and frustrating.
THE SIGNAL
Release Date: June 13, 2014
What it’s about: A group of college students on a road trip encounter a bizarre facility.
What it’s got working for it: And interesting trailer…
What’s it’s got going against it: …that doesn’t really tell you what this movie’s about. Roll the dice and report back.
THE INTERET’S OWN BOY: THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ
Release Date: June 27, 2014
What it’s about: A documentary on the life, and death, of internet and social activist Aaron Swartz.
What it’s got working for it: A movie that should transcend its biographical premise, touching on issues that effect us all.
What’s it’s got going against it: It’s a film that should speak to everyone regardless of age, social standing, or political affiliation. But does it?
JACKPOT
Release Date: June 27, 2014
What it’s about: A shootout in a small Norwegian town stirs up plenty of questions – and some surprising answers.
What it’s got working for it: Norway’s Pulp Fiction?
What’s it’s got going against it: Or Norway’s Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead?
SNOW PIERCER
Release Date: June 27, 2014
What it’s about: Revolution grips the Snow Piercer, a constantly moving train containing the sole human survivors of a future ice age.
What it’s got working for it: Was a huge hit in South Korea.
What’s it’s got going against it: Upper-class bad guys; lower class heroes. Ho hum.
WHITEY: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. JAMES J. BULGER
Release Date: June 27, 2014
What it’s about: A documentary about the trail of gangster Whitey Bulger.
What it’s got working for it: Whitey’s relationship with law enforcement opens the door to all sorts of interesting questions.
What’s it’s got going against it: But will the movie actually offer some interesting answers?
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