Jul 23 2010

Movies Opening July 23

Category: 2010,Movies,Openingvelveetahead @ 3:00 pm

I thought Salt was going to be stupid and it very well could be, but it also looks like a lot of fun. I know I read the Ramona stories when I was little, but I don’t remember enough of them to want to watch that movie.

Nationwide Releases

Salt
Ramona and Beezus

Salt
Directed: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andre Braugher
Trailer

Synopsis: A CIA agent is accused of being a Russian spy, and even though she says she is innocent, she goes on the run.

My Take: Watching Angelina Jolie run around and kick butt is always amusing.

RT Score: 55%
RT Consensus: Angelina Jolie gives it her all in the title role, and her seasoned performance is almost enough to save Salt from its predictable and ludicrous plot.

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Jul 16 2010

Movies Opening July 16

Category: 2010,Movies,Openingvelveetahead @ 1:15 pm

This summer’s movies have been pretty sad. This week finally has one that I want to see. Yeah!

Nationwide Releases

Inception
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice


Inception
Directed: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy
Trailer

Synopsis: Something about going into people’s dreams and stealing their secrets.

My Take: I love Christopher Nolan. This looks trippy like Memento and it’s the first movie of the summer that I want to see.

RT Score: 83%
RT Consensus: Smart, innovative, and thrilling, Inception is that rare summer blockbuster that succeeds viscerally as well as intellectually.

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Jan 09 2009

Movies Opening January 9

Category: 2009 Movies,Movies,Openingvelveetahead @ 11:00 am

Gran Torino moves to a wide release this week. It is the best-reviewed movie of the week in the wide release area. The other ones coming out are screechy women in Bride Wars, a relationship drama in Not Easily Broken, and the latest horror flick, Unborn.

Nationwide Releases

9x9_fresh Gran Torino
Bride Wars
Unborn
Not Easily Broken

bridewars

Bride Wars
Directed: Gary Winick
Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnson, Bryan Greenberg, Candice Bergen
Trailer

Synopsis: Two best friends end up getting married at the same place on the same date due to some mix up and neither one will give up their date so fighting ensues.

My Take: It makes sense for Kate Hudson to be in a movie like this since almost all her movies are the worst stereotype of women, but it is disappointing to see Anne Hathaway in dreck like this.

RT Score: 12%
RT Consensus: Bride Wars takes the already wearisome concept of battling bridezillas, and makes it thoroughly insufferable via a lazy script and wholly detestable characters.

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