{"id":42280,"date":"2017-12-14T23:23:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T04:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=42280"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:03:10","slug":"new-releases-december-15-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/14\/new-releases-december-15-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: December 15, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-still-678x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-still-678x373.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-still-339x187.jpg 339w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-still.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>New releases this week&#8230;wait! There&#8217;s a new\u00a0<strong>Star Wars\u00a0<\/strong>film coming out this week? Really? Man, they should really promote that thing more!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42282\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-poster-229x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-poster-229x339.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-poster-678x1004.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-poster.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney, 4,232 Theaters, 152 Minutes,\u00a0Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/star_wars_the_last_jedi\/\">93% Fresh<\/a> [244 Theaters]): <\/strong>Every so often, there is a film that comes along that I really do not need to talk about. This is one of those weeks.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know what\u00a0<strong>Star Wars\u00a0<\/strong>is about, then you probably don&#8217;t want to know so me giving a plot synopsis is useless. Giving my opinion on how good or bad I think the film will be is as pointless because you probably have already made up your mind.<\/p>\n<p>So, all I&#8217;m going to do is direct you tp FBOL Head Honcho Rich Drees&#8217; review of the film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/14\/last-jedi-star-wars-review\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q0CbN8sfihY\" width=\"678\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Ferdinand-poster-229x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Ferdinand-poster-229x339.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Ferdinand-poster-678x1003.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Releases-Ferdinand-poster.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>2. Ferdinand (Fox, 3,621 Theaters, 106 Minutes,\u00a0Rated PG for rude humor, action and some thematic elements,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/ferdinand\/\">79% Fresh<\/a> [47 Theaters]): <\/strong>This release puzzles me. I know that there is such a thing as &#8216;counterprogramming,&#8221; where you release a film the same day as a big blockbuster in the hopes of getting people who aren&#8217;t interested in the blockbuster to come see your film. Like, opening a romantic comedy the same day as a big action film, or a kid flick the same day as a horror tent pole. But this film seems to carry over a lot with <strong>Star Wars<\/strong>&#8216; audience, so the strategy might not work out that well.<\/p>\n<p>This film is based on the classic children&#8217;s book, and like other adaptations of that sort, a lot was added to the original concept in order to make a movie out of it. So instead of a large bull that looks scary but really is a sweetheart, we also get an escape caper as well.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews are fairly decent, but will the little kids who can&#8217;t get into\u00a0<strong>The Last Jedi\u00a0<\/strong>really want to see it?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n7RkOfN8KvE\" width=\"678\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next week, the new releases feature three comedies looking to take down the Jedi. It won&#8217;t be pretty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">New Releases this week include STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI and FERDINAND. <\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/14\/new-releases-december-15-2017\/\" title=\"New Releases: December 15, 2017\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42283,"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":[751,9503,2228,8753],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-disney","9":"tag-ferdinand","10":"tag-fox","11":"tag-star-wars-the-last-jedi"},"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\/42280","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=42280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42280"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=42280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}