8/28/2010

The Raven (John Cusack)

The Three Muskateers (Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz, Matthew MacFadyen, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich, Mads Mikkelsen, Logan Lerman)

A Boyfriend for My Wife (Steve Carell )

Jack and Jill (Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, and Al Pacino)

Red Nights -- English translation(Carrie Ng, and Frédérique Bel)

Drift(Sam Worthington)

Tamara Drewe (Gemma Arterton)

8/22/2010

Violet and Daisy (Danny Trejo and Bruce Willis?)

Case 39 (Renée Zellweger, Bradley Cooper, Ian McShane, Jodelle Ferland)

Dracula Year Zero (Sam Worthington)

Bunraku (Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Ron Perlman, Woody Harrelson, Kevin McKidd)

Safe House (Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington)

Everything Must Go (Will Ferrell)

True Grit (Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper)

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (Brandon Routh, Taye Diggs)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead)

The Woman in Black (Daniel Radcliffe)

Movies 8/13/10

Hatter (Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn)

Burlesque (Christina Aguilera, Cher, Alan Cumming)

Highwater (Kelly Slater, Rochelle Ballard, Andy Irons (II), John John Florence, Sunny Garcia (II))

Mao's Last Dancer (Amanda Schull, Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Jack Thompson, Aden Young)

Vampires Suck (yep it's a parody, yep it makes fun of Twilight)

Due Date (Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx)

The Tempest (Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Russell Brand, Alan Cumming, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Cooper, David Strathairn and Ben Whishaw)

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

How Do You Know (Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Jack Nicholson, and Owen Wilson)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

The Mechanic (Jason Statham and Ben Foster)

Centurion

127 Hours (James Franco as climber Aron Ralston)

The Winning Season (Sam Rockwell, Emma Roberts and Rob Corddry)

My Soul to Take (Wes Craven--Max Thieriot, Zena Grey)

Butter (Jennifer Garner, Yara Shahidi, Alicia Silverstone, Rob Corddry and Ashley Greene, Hugh Jackman)

The Romantics (Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Adam Brody and Elijah Wood)

Lock Out (Maggie Grace, Guy Pearce)

The Avengers (name an actor...they are probably in it)

The Next Three Days (Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson and Olivia Wilde)

I Spit on your Grave ( Sarah Butler)

Movies

Unstoppable (Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson)

Burlesque(Cher, Christina Aguilera)

On the Road (Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund,Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortenson and Amy Adams)

Casa De Mi Padre (Will Ferrell)

Heartbreaker (Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis)

Catfish

Priest (Paul Bettany)

Movie reviews

Daybreakers
Starring: Ethan Hawk,Willem Dafoe,Sam Neill
Directors:Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig

A different take on the vampire genre. What happens when everyone is a vampire and there are very few humans left? This is an interesting idea...puts a different notion behind the idea of hunting for humans. Prosthetics were cool--in particular the "transformation" that takes place when the vampire is not getting enough blood. Lots of humor that is almost lost. Sam Neill is a great bad guy and Willem Dafoe plays his "usual" character. There are a lot of political undertones here, and the theme of a "concentration camp" should come to mind. The ending of the movie was a little hard to grasp--it makes sense, but it was a bit over the top (not surprising from previous directors of a zombie movie). Pretty much sets itself up for a sequel if it wants one.

3.25





The Proposal
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson
Directed by: Anne Fletcher

Cute. Betty White steals the show in almost every scene. Other than that, average chick flick with a formula we have seen a number of other times--couple doesn't like each other, couple is thrown together in (description of peril here), couple winds up falling in love. Kuddos to Sandra Bullock for wearing the wash cloth.

3.75

More upcoming

Megamind (Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt)
Pretty Boy Floyd
Rango (Johnny Depp)
Ion (Channing Tatum)
The Boys (A-Teamesque movie)
Valhalla Rising (Mads Mikkelsen)
Tomorrow: When the War Began (Rachel Hurd-Wood, Phoebe Tonkin, Caitlin Stasey and Lincoln Lew)
Guns, Girls & Gambling (Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, Dane Cook)
Legends (based on "fairytales")
Blood of the Innocent
Van Helsing (G. del Torro directing)
Now You See Me (illusionist bank heist "er")
Most Wanted (Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds)
Fangland (Hillary Swank)
Thirteen Assassins