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What’s opening Friday, Dec 19?/More new DVDs
New releases in theaters this week bring us some animation, Jim Carrey and Will Smith, while a major Oscar contender goes wide.
Milk: Sean Penn has earned well-deserved raves for his performance as San Francisco icon Harvey Milk. Too bad the movie as a whole isn’t nearly as good. Review runs Friday.
Seven Pounds: Will Smith reunites with his Pursuit of Happyness director for this drama about a man trying to atone for a tragedy. The trailers don’t tell us much, and in a way, neither does the movie. Review coming Friday (you get a double-header this week).
The Tale of Desperaux: So this animated vehicle is Emma Watson’s non-Potter debut, Fine, but I’d rather see her in a live action movie. Reviews so far are rather mixed, But hey, it has to do better than Delgo, which made about $72 last week.
Yes Man: Jim Carrey makes one of his periodic returns to physical comedy, this time as a man who just can’t say no. The delightful Zooey Deschanel is in tow. Again, reviews are iffy.
At the arthouses
The Neon opens Milk and retains the wondrous Slumdog Millionaire, which I continue to urge everyone to see.
Little Art opens The Secret Life of Bees and Baz Luhrmann’s underrated Australia.
DVDs after the jump:
With Christmas coming next week, the release calendar is a bit different.
Coming Friday:
The House Bunny: Likable but overly juvenile and obvious comedy that needed a script as funny as the very talented cast, led by Anna Faris as a Playboy bunny trying her hand at being a sorirtiy leader. GRADE: B-
Traitor: This didn’t make much of an impression when it came out, but Don Cheadle is forever watchable.
The Women: It took writer/director Diane English years to get this remake off the ground - and then no one cared. So much for Sex and the City spawning a wave of female-centered hits.
Coming Sunday:
Burn After Reading: The Coen brothers treat us to their unique brand of a paranoid conspiracy thriller, lacing it with the kind of quirky comedy only they can pull off. Great fun, and not as lightweight as it seems at first. Full review - GRADE: A-
Death Race: Well - Stephen King liked the remake.
Hamlet 2: The trailers for this comedy looked promising and then nobody came to theaters to see it. Perhaps it will gain a cult following at home?
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By Allie D.
December 18, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
My kids are going to be gone in the week between Christmas and New Years, so you can bet I’ll be seeing Slumdog Millionaire. The others… we’ll see. I am really only waiting for Benjamin Button at this point. :)