What New Movies Come Out Friday, October 24th?
Well, let’s take a look at what is playing this week. There are 12 movies hitting theaters, with four opening everywhere and eight others in limited release.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, October 24th:
Movie: High School Musical 3: Senior Year (G)
Starring: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu & Monique Coleman
Genre: Teen Musical Comedy
Synopsis: All your favorite characters from the first two movies are facing their senior year and what that will mean for them as they head off to different colleges. A big spring musical is staged that reflects what has gone on at school and their thoughts on the future.
First Thoughts: Haven’t seen the first two and don’t suspect that I will see this one anytime soon.
Movie: Pride and Glory (R)
Starring: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, Noah Emmerich & Jennifer Ehle
Genre: Family Police Drama
Synopsis: The story takes place in the New York City Police Department, as a multi-generational family of cops deals with a an internal investigation. It pits one brother against another, as it looks like one of two brothers may be involved in a huge incident that could make the police look really bad. The other brother is put in charge of the investigation.
First Thoughts: The cast is excellent and the previews look really good. This is the movie I am planning on seeing tomorrow.
Movie: Saw V (R)
Starring: Tobin Bell, Julie Benz, Meagan Good, Costas Mandylor & Scott Patterson
Genre: Horror
Synopsis: It seems that loose ends must be tied up when his secret is threatened.
First Thoughts: Haven’t seen the first four and don’t plan on seeing this one anytime soon.
Movie: Tim Burton’s The Night Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3D (PG-13)
Genre: Animated Fantasy
Synopsis: Follow Jack Skellington on his quest to takeover Christmas in 3D.
First Thoughts: Never cared all that much for the original, so seeing it in 3D isn’t really all that appealing.
Movies in Limited Release:
- Changeling - Clint Eastwood film starring Angelina Jolie that is based on the true story of a boy that went missing in 1928 Los Angeles and the mother’s quest to have him returned.
- Fear(s) of the Dark - Supernatural creature film that has six creepy tales by six world renowned comic and graphic artists.
- I’ve Loved You So Long - A psychological family drama about a woman that gets out of jail after many years and tries to reunite with her sister.
- Let the Right One In - Swedish horror film with English subtitles.
- Passengers - A thriller starring Anne Hathaway (Get Smart) as a therapist that is counseling the survivors of a plane crash and falls for one of them and then the rest of them start disappearing, so she vows to find out why.
- Roadside Romeo - Foreign animated comedy about a dog that lived the pampered life until being left by his owners when they move. He must learn to live on the streets.
- Synecdoche, New York - Drama about a small theater director that is about to lose it, so he decides to create a growing work of art that reflects the real world by getting a group of actors together in a big warehouse.
- The Universe of Keith Haring - Biography of Keith Haring.
For New Movie Friday there are five new movies to choose from this week. They are High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Passengers, Pride and Glory, Saw V, and Tim Burton’s The Night Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3D. What new movie looks good to you this week?
Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk - Starring Edward Norton & Liv Tyler
Released: June 13th, 2008
Runtime: 1 hr. 54 min.
Ticket Price: $5.00 Early Matinee
Refreshments: None
Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson & William Hurt
Director: Louis Leterrier
Rating: Worth a Matinee
Synopsis: A scientist who has been poisoned with gamma radiation while testing his theory on himself now lives in seclusion and separated from his former life and the woman he loves. He is being tracked by a military general that was in charge of a secret government program to create super soldiers. He wants what is inside, what makes this scrawny scientist turn in to a beastly hulk. This leads to confrontations between he and the military. A soldier that has been supped up by another serum gets turned into another beastly abomination. This leads to one final confrontation in the streets of New York City.
Review: The Hulk is big, mean, loud and green, but his movie wasn’t all that incredible. It is a fun time at the theater, but if you were hoping for another Iron Man, you will be a bit disappointed.
The Incredible Hulk drops you into the story long after the accident that created the creature inside Bruce Banner, played by Edward Norton (The Illusionist), that comes out when he gets hungry…err, angry. I was hoping for a movie that is a reboot of this story on film, would tell the story from the beginning. Not in bits and flashes through the opening credits. This is what I liked about Batman Begins
There are some good bits of humor, like the purple stretchy pants, the way Stan Lee’s (Incredible Hulk creator) cameo is worked into the story, Lou Ferrigno’s (Incredible Hulk) cameo and the hungry bit that was alluded to above. It was also nice to see Bill Bixby (Incredible Hulk), show up in a clip from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father as Bruce changes the channels on his TV.
The good thing about this incarnation of The Incredible Hulk is that the special f/x make it seem more realistic, not as fake looking as The Hulk animation was. It allows you to suspend your disbelief much easier and enjoy the movie. Much of what you see on screen was computer generated and it is done extremely well.
There are lots of great actors in The Incredible Hulk, but they don’t really get to do much. You don’t get a lot of character development. You get your typical bad guys, but Tim Roth (Dark Water), as the soldier in charge of capturing the Hulk and William Hurt (Vantage Point), as General Thunderbolt Ross, don’t really do a whole lot. The standout is Liv Tyler (The Strangers), as Betty Ross. Many of her best scenes are with the Hulk, which means she is acting without being able to see who she is acting with. Yet, those scenes are some of the best of the movie.
Overall, it is worth checking out a matinee, cause you should definitely go see it on the big screen. And, you don’t need to wait until after the credits to leave, since Tony Stark shows up right before the credits roll. Although, it might have been more effective had they played it after the credits, as they did with the Nick Fury scene in Iron Man. It was a good scene that hints at the future of the Marvel movie universe. Yet, what it really did was remind me how much better Iron Man was than the movie I just saw.
What New Movies Start Playing Friday, June 13th?
On Friday we get five new movies arriving in a theater near you. Two are opening everywhere and three are in limited release.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, June 13th:
Movie: The Happening (R)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez & Betty Buckley
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Synopsis: There is no warning. It just happens. All of a sudden there are episodes of strange and chilling deaths all across the country in major cities. Philadelphia high school science teacher is trying to figure out a way to escape what is happening. He and his estranged wife and his math teacher friend and daughter head for the countryside. Yet, it seems that nowhere is safe from what is happening. Only after finding what may be behind this, is a small ray of hope found. Will they be able to escape what is happening?
First Thoughts: Does anybody really care that this is M. Night Shyamalan’s first Rated R movie. If that’s the best they can do to try and entice me into the theater, then I’ll just wait and maybe check it out down the road sometime.
Movie: The Incredible Hulk (PG-13) (Read Review)
Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson & William Hurt
Genre: Comic-Book Sci-Fi Action
Synopsis: A scientist has been poisoned with gamma radiation that can turn him into The Hulk. He is searching for a cure. The military wants to capture him and figure out how to use this power of his. So, he lives in obscurity trying to evade capture, which leaves him separated from his former life and the woman he loves.
First Thoughts: This looks so much better than the last attempt
Movies in Limited Release:
- Baghead - Comedy about a guy wearing a bag on his head.
- Encounters at the End of the World - A visually dazzling look at life in the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation, which is home to eleven hundred people during the austral summer.
- My Winnipeg - An avant-garde biographical documentary about growing up in Winnipeg.
For New Movie Friday there are two new movies to choose from this week. They are The Happening and The Incredible Hulk. What new movie looks good to you this week?
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