Wednesday, December 3, 2008

New Releases 25 November & 2 December 2008

Look out everybody, it's a holiday special--two New Movie Tuesdays for the price of one!

November 25:

HANCOCK
Will Smith plays a drunken superhero in this actionedy (just invented a genre). He does not rap the theme song.
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2008/07/07/080707crci_cinema_denby

MEET DAVE
Eddie Murphy plays an alien and a large robot version of himself, and can continue paying his rent for now
http://movies.tvguide.com/meet-dave/review/293495

FRED CLAUS
Vince Vaughn goes where no man other than Tim Allen and then Martin Short has gone before
http://www.premiere.com/moviereviews/4228/fred-claus.html

THE PRICE OF SUGAR
The computer says that this is a documentary, but it also says that it stars Paul Newman. SO how bout it?
http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/movie_review/the-price-of-sugar/210929/content

GOD & GAYS: BRIDGING THE GAP
An exploration of the conflict (and resolution) of gay christians
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930128.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

And December 2:

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN
In this sequel the Pevensie children attempt to escape from Guantanamo Bay
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/bal-to.caspian16may16,0,1230645.story

X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE
I want to believe that there are 10 people left who care about the X-Files
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/25/DD5H11UGT6.DTL

STEP BROTHERS
Will Ferrel and John C. Reilly do their best
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07252008/entertainment/movies/best_in_bro__121420.htm

WANTED
Angelina Jolie can bend her bullets! Action will never be the same again!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=hrzfLd5WPpDlYh6Lncr3pxM95vTqG72rT0vPYnKXpBQ2Sr2pTGg2!1587555933&&rid=11280

AMERICAN TEEN
Wonderful doc from Nanette Burstein ("The Kid Stays in the Picture", also wonderful), played T/F and Ragtag
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/31/DDI4122RH2.DTL&type=movies

That's it! Have a great week folks!

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