New Releases, 7 April 2008

It's New Movie Tuesday yet again...like clockwork, isn't it? Just remember, the concept of time is an abstract construct and the universe doesn't really care that we've got new movies. Rotten universe.

DOUBT
From the great play comes a great film with great people in it, getting great reviews and making great money for video stores...?
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081210/REVIEWS/812109991

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
Apparently Keanu Reeves' rock band, Dogstar, isn't taking off as quickly as he'd like, and so he still has to make films. Or movies, if you prefer
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/12/entertainment/et-day12

YES MAN
Jim Carrey plays a man who has to say "yes" to everything, even making implausible movies
http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=1425

BEDTIME STORIES
Adam Sandler has to read to some small child every night. But wait--it's NOT a horror movie! Apparently there's whimsy involved
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/24/DD8C14SFCE.DTL&type=movies

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Small animated mouse. Sort of a medieval Stuart Little, I guess
http://movies.tvguide.com/tale-despereaux/review/294856

LIVING ROOM CINEMA
Compelling short film collection, you don't have to watch it in your living room if you don't want to
http://www.homemovieday.com/livingroomcinema/

LIVE & BECOME
"...recent Israeli history filtered through the experience of an African immigrant." Good reviews, large cast.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/movies/01beco.html

TOKYO ZOMBIE
Keep getting called "the Japanese Shaun of the Dead," which sounds fairly promising.
http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/2008/10/tokyo-zombie-2005-tadanobu-asano-in.html

Enjoy your various weeks, try not to get too much sun! Movies can help!