At first glance, I thought Zoe Saldana in The Losers was Thandie Newton. Zoe seems to be playing the same kind of role Thandie has played in stylish action pictures, but without the British accent. As for the limited releases, isn’t Ryan Reynolds tired of playing superhero characters? He will be in both Deadpool and Green Lantern soon, but now he’s playing a grown man’s imaginary superhero friend.
Nationwide Releases
The Back-Up Plan
The Losers
Oceans
The Back-up Plan
Directed: Alan Poul
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O’Loughlin, Danneel Harris, Eric Christian Olsen, Noureen DeWulf, Anthony Anderson, Melissa McCarthy
Trailer
Synopsis: A woman decides to get pregnant on her own when she can’t find the right guy. Of course, as soon as she gets pregnant, she meets the right guy, but he doesn’t know she’s pregnant.
My Take: Not sure how someone that looks like Alex O’Loughlin would still be single by the time she runs into him.
RT Score: 20%
RT Consensus: Jennifer Lopez is as appealing as ever, but The Back-Up Plan smothers its star with unrelatable characters and a predictable plot.
The Losers
Directed: Sylvain White
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada
Trailer
Synopsis: Secret special forces guys have a death order put on them by their boss so they go on a mission to clear their name and shoot everything in the process.
My Take: It appears to be a movie with a lot of shooting and nakedness with a tiny bit of plot squeezed in for good measure.
RT Score: 43%
RT Consensus: The Losers is loud, fast, and unrelentingly violent — but it’s also funny and well-acted, which will make all the difference for some action fans.
Oceans
Directed: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
Starring: Narrator – Pierce Brosna
Trailer
Synopsis: Disney documentary about what’s going on in the waters.
My Take: With Planet Earth and Life on television, I think I have my basis covered in this area already.
RT Score: 79%
RT Consensus: Oceans adds another visually stunning chapter to the Disney Nature library.
Limited Releases
Best Worst Movie
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Paper Man
In My Sleep
Best Worst Movie
Directed: Michael Paul Stephenson
Starring: Dr. George Hardy, Darren Ewing, Jason Steadman, Jason Wright, Connie Young, Robert Ormsby, Don Packard
Trailer
Synopsis: Documentary about how what has been classified as the “worst movie ever” is finally finding an audience. That movie is Troll 2.
My Take: It looks hilarious with the people having annual festivals and screenings for it in theaters.
RT Score: 92%
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Directed: Kim Jee-Woon
Starring: Song Kang-Ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung
Trailer
Synopsis: It is a Korean film done in the style of the old spaghetti westerns.
My Take: This is the kind of action movie that I like with a sense of humor mixed in with the crazy.
RT Score: 84%
RT Consensus: Whilst never taking itself too seriously, this riotous and rollicking Sergio Leone-inspired Korean Western is serious fun.
Paper Man
Directed: Kieran Mulroney
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Kieran Culkin, Lisa Kudrow
Trailer
Synopsis: A failed novelist has writers’ block and an imaginary superhero friend. His wife convinces him to hang out on his own for a winter to finish his book, but instead he starts a friendship with a young woman.
My Take: It wants to find the older man and younger woman bond in Lost in Translation, but it looks like it doesn’t quite live up to it.
RT Score: 33%
In My Sleep
Directed: Allen Wolf
Starring: Philip Winchester, Lacey Chabert, Abigail Spencer, Kelly Overton, Michael Badalucco, Beth Grant, Tony Hale
Trailer
Synopsis: A guy has a bad sleepwalking disorder where he finds blood on himself the night after one of his friends is found dead. He doesn’t know if he had anything to do with it.
My Take: It has an interesting premise, but looks stupider and stupider the farther along the trailer went.
RT Score: 10%
