New Movies for 2/22/08
In Most Major Theaters for the Weekend of 2/22/08!
Vantage Point - Starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, and Sigourney Weaver…Basically this is a look at five different points-of-view that are mixed up together to chronicle an attempt on the life of the U.S. President. Two secret service agents are assigned to protect the President. However, when he is shot after his arrival in another country chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. Two other people have video taped the horrific event and we see it from each persons’ perspective. There truth of the assassination attempt is found among the mess. [I think I am a bit confused but that's okay, I'm sure the 'truth is out there' right? This does have a nice cast of people, which make it appeasing but I don't think movie ticket worthy...]
Be Kind Rewind – Starring Jack Black, Mos Def, and Danny Glover. Jack Black plays a man that is unaware that he has a magnetized brain. He ends up erasing every video tape in a store that his friend works at. In order to keep the store’s only loyal renter, an aging woman with a tenuous grasp on reality, the two men set out to remake all the lost films that she chooses to rent. [I think this one has some great appeal on the original plot idea. I'm not a fan of all of Jack Black's films but this one seems to be just kooky enough to hold my attention.]
Charlie Bartlett – Starring Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., and Hope Davis. In public school for the first time Charlie Bartlett finds himself surrounded by the ‘outcast’ kids that are in need of a shrink. He decides to become an underground and under-aged shrink who only listens to private confessions of his schoolmates, of course at a price. He also takes it upon himself to hand out pills he’s proffered from his own psychiatric sessions to solve their crises. Charlie then falls for the Principal’s daughter, who is desperate to find out just what he is up to. His life starts to unravel and he learns there is more to life then just handing out pills. [This could be funny but not something I'm going to run, trot or even skip to the theater for. I think this could be a fun netflixer on one of those drinking nights. Kinda is in the same genre of "Super Bad."]
Witless Protection – Starring Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy. A small-town sheriff rescues a woman he believes has been kidnapped, only to realize she’s the star witness of a white-collar crime trial. Now he has to protect both of them from the people chasing her down. [WTF, I'm sorry but this sounds like pure crap to me. First, you would have to be a fan of Larry the Cable guy to even be able to stand to see his face on the big screen. I can't believe they made a movie out of this with him...*dies a little inside*]
At limited Theaters…but thought worth mentioning…
The Signal – Starring Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, and Scott Poythress. This is a horror film explained in three parts from three different perspectives, in which a enigmatic transmission that preys on fear and desire invades every cell phone, radio and TV, turning people into killers. The city of Terminus was once a city of conformity but is now in turmoil and rebellious state of chaos. [I think if I had to choose one to go see at the theater, this might be the one. I know I have seen this plot done before but set in a different type of world is what has me intrigued with interest.]
Enjoy the weekend you web zombies!
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