What New Movies Start Friday, June 19th, 2009?
There are six movies opening this week. Two are opening everywhere and four more open on a limited basis.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, June 19th:
Movie: The Proposal (PG-13)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson & Betty White
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Synopsis: A book editor finds out that she will have to leave the country, but to keep that from happening she comes up with the plan to marry her male assistant. To keep up appearances they travel to his hometown of Alaska to meet his family and get through a fake wedding.
First Thoughts: Not exactly original, but I’ve always liked Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds from his days with another guy, a girl and that pizza place.
Movie: Year One (PG-13)
Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hank Azaria & Olivia Wilde
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis: A duo of hunter gatherers get sent away from their village for being too lazy and they end up taking an epic journey around the ancient world.
First Thoughts: Even with what looks like a strong cast, this just looks stupid. I haven’t laughed once at anything associated with this movie. Not the trailers, the ads, or Black and Cera during the NBA Finals.
Movies in Limited Release:
- $9.99 - Animated sci-fi about a slacker that may have found a book with the meaning of life.
- Dead Snow - Horror comedy about a group that gets hacked up on a snow trip.
- The End of the Line - Documentary narrated by Ted Danson based on the Charles Clover book of the same name.
- Whatever Works - Larry David in Woody Allen’s latest.
For New Movie Friday there are two new movies to choose from this week. They are The Proposal and Year One. What new movie looks good to you this week?
What New Movies Start Friday, June 12th, 2009?
There are six movies opening this week. Two are opening everywhere and four more open on a limited basis.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, June 12th:
Movie: Imagine That (PG)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox & Martin Sheen
Genre: Family Comedy
Synopsis: A man that is so focused on his career that time with his daughter has become small. While trying for a promotion and keeping the competition at bay, he starts to lose it. But, his daughter invites him into her imaginary land and introduces him to those that live there. In doing so, he finds being a kid again can be fun and maybe the answer to all his problems.
First Thoughts: Could be fun to take your young ones, but doesn’t interest me.
Movie: The Taking of Pelham 123 (R)
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, John Turturro, Luis Guzman & Michael Rispoli
Genre: Thriller
Synopsis: A subway train full of passengers is taken hostage by a group of hijackers. They are threatening to kill all of them if their do not get the million dollar ransom they are demanding.
First Thoughts: The cast is great and the movie looks good. It’s the one I will be seeing this weekend.
Movies in Limited Release:
- Call of the Wild 3D - A young girl nurses an injured wild dog back to health and trains him for a sled-dog race.
- Food, Inc. - A look at the nations food supply.
- Moon - A source of energy has been found on the moon and it is mined by one man under a three year contract living alone on the far side of the moon.
- Sex Positive - The story of AIDS activist Richard Berkowitz and Michael Callan advocating for the practice of safe sex in the early 1980s.
For New Movie Friday there are two new movies to choose from this week. They are Imagine That and The Taking of Pelham 123. What new movie looks good to you this week?
What New Movies Start Friday, June 5th, 2009?
There are eight movies opening this week. Three are opening everywhere and five more open on a limited basis.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, June 5th:
Movie: The Hangover (R)
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha & Jeffrey Tambor
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis: A guy and three of his buddies head for Vegas a couple days before his wedding for a stag party. Things get out of hand and when the friends wake up the next morning, they can’t remember what happened the night before and the groom is missing. They attempt to retrace their footsteps from the night before, hoping to find their friend and get him back in time for his wedding.
First Thoughts: This looks terrible, but in a good way. This is the movie I’ll be seeing on Friday.
Movie: Land of the Lost (PG-13)
Starring: Will Ferrell, Danny R. McBride, Anna Friel & Jorma Taccone
Genre: Adventure Fantasy Comedy
Synopsis: A washed up scientist gets sucked back in time, way back. He doesn’t have any weapons, is not very skillful, and lacks the smarts to deal with the place he is now in. With him is his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. Dinosaurs, slow Sleestaks, weird bugs, chase them, but they come to rely on a primate called Chaka to help them.
First Thoughts: The trailer for this doesn’t really draw me in, it’s basically Will Ferrell being Will Ferrell, which means lots of being really loud.
Movie: My Life in Ruins (PG-13)
Starring: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch & Alexis Georgoulis
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Synopsis: A Greek American tour guide takes groups of tourists on tours around Greece. They all seem to want to just buy the t-shirt and not really take in the history and beauty of the tour. But, things take a turn for the better when a special tourist arrives one day and show her how to have fun with the tours and maybe even find love with someone she’d never even given a second look.
First Thoughts: Looks like a good role for Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding). Will probably see it at some point down the road.
Movies in Limited Release:
- Away We Go - Romantic comedy starring John Krasinski (TV’s The Office) and Maya Rudolph (TV’s Saturday Night Live) about an expectant couple that are traveling the country looking for the perfect place to plant themselves and raise a family.
- Downloading Nancy - Psychological drama starring Maria Bello and Jason Patric about two people that meet online.
- Seraphine - Period film about French painter Serephine Louis, who was a gifted self-taught painter.
- Tennessee - Road movie about two brothers heading back to their hometown in search of their estranged father.
- Unmistaken Child
For New Movie Friday there are two new movies to choose from this week. They are The Hangover, Land of the Lost, and My Life in Ruins. What new movie looks good to you this week?
What New Movies Start Friday, May 29th, 2009?
There are five movies opening this week. Two are opening everywhere and three more open on a limited basis.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, May 29th:
Movie: Drag Me to Hell (PG-13)
Starring: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, David Paymer & Dileep Rao
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Synopsis: A young woman living the good life in Los Angeles until she denies an old woman an extension on a loan. Then things start to go really bad for the young woman.
First Thoughts: You couldn’t drag me to the theater to see this one.
Movie: Up (PG)
Starring: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Bob Peterson, Jordan Nagai & Delroy Lindo
Genre: Animated Family Adventure
Synopsis: An old man and former balloon salesman gets to fulfill his lifelong dream. He goes about tying thousands of balloons to his house and floating away on a great adventure. He then finds that a young boy has accidentally stowed away. They end up visiting a lost world.
First Thoughts: The trailer for this looks really good, I laughed multiple times. It is also available in Disney Digital 3-D at some theaters.
Movies in Limited Release:
- Departures - Japanese film with English subtitles about a devoted cellist that loses his job when his orchestra is disbanded.
- Pontypool - Psychological thriller about a big city radio jockey that gets fired once again and gets a job at a radio station in a small town.
- What Goes Up - Period comedy drama about a morally challenged reporter that is sent to a small town to cover a story and looks up an old college friend and discovers a suicide.
For New Movie Friday there are two new movies to choose from this week. They are Drag Me to Hell and Up. What new movie looks good to you this week?
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