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Found footage time travels in Welcome to Yesterday

Found footage blah, blah, blah. End of rant. Otherwise this trailer for the upcoming time-travel flick Welcome to Yesterday doesn't look half bad. The film does give off a Chronicle kind of vibe, but at least director Dean Israelite 's first feature harkens back to a decent movie, one that played with similar themes of with great power comes great responsibility. The official synopsis: a group of high schoolers invent a time machine and record their trips into the past. Things go south from there . . . because they always do. For evidence of this, scope out the trailer: Welcome to Yesterday stars Jonny Weston, Ginny Gardner , Sam Lerner , and Allen Evangelista . It opens Feb. 28. Source: Arrow in the Head Related articles Almanac Now Titled Welcome To Yesterday Surprise Realizations In Today's News...Blah, Blah, Blah Paramount Retitles Sci-Fi 'Almanac' As 'Welcome To Yesterday' "Game of Thrones: Season 4″ Footage Hits Web (Vid...

Jason reviews Chronicle

Superhero movies are a dime a dozen lately, but I've never seen anything quite like Chronicle before. Not only does it offer an original take on the comic-book style film, but it twists the found-footage genre in a totally new direction. We feel for the characters, especially our narrator Andrew, and understand why everything plays out as it does. There are no heroes and villains here, just people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. In that sense, Chronicle is, in a way, inspiring. But it also kicks serious ass, especially during the final act when director/co-writer Josh Trank pulls out all the stops and trashes Seattle in a superhero throwdown. And, by not relying on one camera to tell the story, we feel even more a part of the action than most films of this kind. Chronicle is superior storytelling, subverting the superhero genre and catering to its strengths, all at the same time. A Good from me.