{"id":36290,"date":"2015-07-10T01:34:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T05:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=36290"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:11:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:11:47","slug":"new-releases-july-10-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/10\/new-releases-july-10-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: July 10, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Minions-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Minions-poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Minions poster\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Minions-poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Minions-poster.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a>1. Minions (Universal, 4,301 Theaters, 91 Minutes, Rated PG for action and rude humor, Rotten Tomatoes rating at press time: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/minions\/\">54% Fresh<\/a> [115 Reviews]): <\/strong>Okay, Hollywood. I know that it&#8217;s summer and all, but come on. Theater counts should be announced by Box Office Mojo by Thursday night. Okay? I like having a correct number up there, else it looks sloppy. And I don&#8217;t like hunting for them.<\/p>\n<p>This film focuses on the adorable, Twinkie-like critters from the <strong>Despicable Me <\/strong>films. We see how they came upon their chosen profession and we join them as the serve their first master, the world&#8217;s first female supervillain, Scarlet Overkill (Voiced by Sandra Bullock). Their task: steal Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s crown.<\/p>\n<p>Universal is expecting big things from the Minions, hoping for a $100 million opening weekend. Considering how many kids make a beeline to Minions merchandise, that might be a safe bet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/v.traileraddict.com\/96522\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/gallows-poste.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/gallows-poste-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"gallows poste\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>2. The Gallows (New Line, 2,720 Theaters, 81 Minutes, Rated R for some disturbing violent content and terror, Rotten Tomatoes rating at press time: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_gallows\/\">15% Fresh<\/a> [39 Reviews]):<\/strong>The TV ads try to equate the killer in this film with classic horror villains of the past due to his use of a noose as his weapon of choice. They should also play up the &#8220;killings taking place in a high school during a special event&#8221; gimmick as well. Granted, a school play is relatively minor compared to the prom, but it still counts.<\/p>\n<p>That play is called The Gallows and over 20 years ago, a student lost his life at the school during a performance of it. On its anniversary, the school drama club decides to revisit the play to honor the kid who died. Big mistake.<\/p>\n<p>This is filmed in the &#8220;found footage&#8221; style, a horror trope as prevalent as the iconic killer or high school horror, only not so far removed as to make it quaint or unique as of yet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/v.traileraddict.com\/102114\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selfless-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36294\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selfless-poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"selfless poster\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selfless-poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selfless-poster-550x820.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selfless-poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>3. Self\/Less (Focus Features, 2,400 Theaters, 113 Minutes, Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, some sexuality, and language, Rotten Tomatoes rating at press time: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/selfless_2015\/\">21% fresh<\/a> [63 Reviews]): <\/strong>I don&#8217;t mean to be cruel, but if you had the chance to transfer your brain into another person&#8217;s body, would it be Ryan Reynolds? No offense to Mr. Reynolds, but he&#8217;s pushing 40. He might still have abs that you can open beer bottles with, but his hair is starting to hike backwards. Wouldn&#8217;t you pick someone younger, someone with a whole lot more life to live?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the premise of the film is that rich, yet cancer-stricken Ben Kingsley has his consciousness transported into Reynolds&#8217; body. He thinks the body is a blank slate he can simply take over. To his horror, he discovers Reynolds was once a living, breathing human being himself, and his consciousness is starting to reboot and reassert itself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/v.traileraddict.com\/99932\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Going Gru-less.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/10\/new-releases-july-10-2014\/\" title=\"New Releases: July 10, 2014\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[2922,7809,7880,7811,7810],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-despicable-me","9":"tag-minions","10":"tag-new-releases","11":"tag-selfless","12":"tag-the-gallows"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2,4],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36290"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=36290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}