Many times when a production
company realizes it's about to release a film that would set precedent on sites such as Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes for
having such low scores, they tend not to let critics see it in advance. Aeon Flux is a recent example of a
movie which did not have a special screening for critics, meaning the picture was not universally panned until after the general public had a chance to
take a gander at it themselves.As our sister site Cinematical notes, this week marks the release of two movies near and dear to our hearts - Grandma's Boy and Bloodrayne - that will not give critics early screening. We tend to understand, though, why these films would not allow for early reviews. Bloodrayne is directed by Uwe Boll - enough said - and Grandma's Boy's target audience, we suspect, is not film critics. We found one review for Bloodrayne, though, compliments of IGN Filmforce. A few Joystiq staffers had the privilege of seeing Grandma's Boy at an early screening for University of Pennsylvania students, and our own review of the film should be coming soon.
