New Releases, 20 January 2009

Another robust New Movie Tuesday, people...what will you watch?!?!

REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA
Dystopian musical, played at Ragtag
http://www.avclub.com/articles/repo-the-genetic-opera,2686/

HENRY POOLE IS HERE
Luke Wilson stars as a man who discovers that, try as he might, he "cannot escape the forces of hope"
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080814/REVIEWS/808140303

MAX PAYNE
Mark Wahlberg stars as a man who cannot escape the forces of evil winged monsters controlled by a crazed warrior priest
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/383642_payne17q.html

SAW V (5) (FIVE)
How good is Saw V? Well, the box boasts an audio commentary featuring the "first assistant director," so I'd say pretty good.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20235807,00.html

IGOR
Animated twist on classic monster movies, featuring the voices of John Cusack, Steve Buscemi and Molly Shannon
http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=11202

THE EXPRESS THE ERNIE DAVIS STORY
Dennis Quaid is truly moving in this film. Literally. It got a Heartland Truly Moving Picture Award.
http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/critic.html#33654

THE DEAL
William H. Macy and Meg Ryan are mismatched colleagues who have a 73% chance of falling in love at some point
http://www.reelviews.net/movies/d/deal.html

CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI
Who can expose the cruelty of the Japanese occupation of China in 1937? Only Jonathan Rhys Meyers as British journalist George Hogg, that's who
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0524/p25s04-almo.html

CITY OF EMBER
Tim Robbins, Bill Murray, underground city that's running out of power, etc etc.
http://movies.tvguide.com/city-ember/review/295108

AMUSEMENT
I don't know what this movie's about, but there's a scary clown on the cover so it's probably frightening. See what some other British journalists have to say about scary clowns:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7191721.stm

ROMEO & JULIET
The Zeffirelli classic from 1968. I don't think anyone needs a synopsis on this one.
http://www.filmsite.org/rome.html

Now wasn't that robust! Have a great week everybody!