What New Movies Start Friday, May 7th, 2010?
There are seven movies opening this week. Two are opening everywhere and five more open on a limited basis.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, May 7th:
Movie: Babies (PG)
Starring: Four Babies
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: The filmmaker follows four babies from different parts of the world from birth to them taking their first steps. They are in Mongolia, Namibia, San Francisco, and Tokyo.
First Thoughts: The babies all look cute, but I don’t think I’ll be seeing this anytime soon.
Movie: Iron Man 2 (PG-13)
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke & Samuel L. Jackson
Genre: Sci-Fi Comic-Book Superhero Action
Synopsis: Everyone knows that the billionaire inventor Tony Stark is Iron Man. The government is pressuring him, along with the press and the public, to let the military in on his technology. Tony doesn’t want the information on his invention to get into the wrong hands, so he doesn’t want to do so. During this, he must make new alliances and fight off some powerful new foes.
First Thoughts: This is one of the movies I have most been looking forward to this year. Also, have been very interested to see how Don Cheadle taking over for Terrance Howard works. The movie is also playing in IMAX.
Movies in Limited Release:
- Badmaash Company - Workplace comedy set in 1990s India.
- Casino Jack and the United States of Money - Biographical political crime story that revolved around Indian casinos, the U.S. Congress and a group of con men out to fleece the government.
- Happiness Runs - Period drama about a young man that comes to the conclusion the the utopian ideals of the communion he grew up in aren’t all they are cracked up to be.
- Mother and Child - Ensemble drama starring Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Jimmy Smits, Samuel L. Jackson, and others about three different women and how adoption has affected their lives.
- Multiple Sarcasms - Comedy drama starring Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino, Stockard Channing, Dana Delany, India Ennenga, and Mario Van Peebles about a man that decides to shed his life of convention by writing a play.
For New Movie Friday there are three new movies to choose from this week. They are Babies, Iron Man 2, and Multiple Sarcasms. Do any of this week’s new movies look good to you?
What New Movies Start Friday, May 2nd?
This week, there are six new movies hitting the big screen. Two are opening everywhere and four are in limited release.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, May 2nd:
Movie: Iron Man (PG-13) (Read Review)
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard & Gwyneth Paltrow
Genre: Comic Book Sci-Fi Action
Synopsis: A billionaire industrialist and genius inventor gets captured and builds a suit of armor to escape and then once back home, goes about building a better version of it, so he can protect people.
First Thoughts: Don’t know much about this comic book hero, other than he seems to resemble Batman in many ways. This is the first big budget blockbuster of the season and I can’t wait to watch it this Friday.
Movie: Made of Honor (PG-13)
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd & Sydney Pollack
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Synopsis: A very successful guy that has no trouble with the ladies finds that his life is just not the same when his best friend leaves for six weeks. She comes back engaged to a well-to-do Scotsman. While she was gone, he realized that she was the girl for him and is shocked to learn the news of her pending marriage when she returns and more so, when she asks him to be her “maid” of honor. He decides to do so, only because from the inside, he thinks he can make her see that he is the guy for her.
First Thoughts: Looks to be decent counter programming for those not up for a comic book actioner this weekend.
Movies in Limited Release:
- Fugitive Pieces – Psychological drama about a boy that saw his family killed by the Nazis and then was smuggled out of the country and eventually ended up a poet and translator in Canada.
- Mister Lonely – Psychological drama about a Michael Jackson impersonator that meets Marilyn Monroe and moves in with her and Charlie Chaplin and their daughter Shirley Temple.
- Redbelt – Tim Allen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga, and Joe Mantegna star in this action sports drama about martial artists that deplores competitions, but after saving a famous action star, he gets ushered into the industry and ends up in a prize fight.
- Son of Rambow – Coming of age comedy about two young friends in 1980s England set out to make a homemade movie that recreates Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo: First Blood.
For New Movie Friday there are two new movies to choose from this week. They are Iron Man and Made of Honor. What new movie looks good to you this week?
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