opening wide this weekend: ‘Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!,’ ‘Doomsday,’ ‘Never Back Down’
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!
I was pretty psyched for this until someone explained that it wasn’t Horton Hears a Doctor Who but was, instead, Hollywood doing another injustice upon the memory of poor Ted Geisel. (my review)
Doomsday
It’s the end of the world as we know it -- again -- when disease ravages the human race and turns the survivors into monsters. Or is it a meteor that crashes and destroys the atmosphere? Or did gas run out and create a Mad Max-opolyse? Maybe they should have just called it 28 Weeks Beyond Thunderdome... (not screened for critics; I might see it; I might not)
Never Back Down
It’s Fight Club meets The Karate Kid when a rebellious teen -- aren’t they all? -- is lured into an illegal boxing tournament and teams up with a martial arts master. It’s just like when Luke Skywalker learned how to use the Force, only not. (I skipped the press screening of this one, and I’m not sorry I did)
comments
posted by Clayj (Sat Mar 15 08, 3:56PM)
Don't waste your time on Doomsday... I saw it last night (because I loved Neil Marshall's The Descent so much) and came out of the theatre shaking my head and saying, "What the hell was THAT?"
posted by Gretchen (Sat Mar 15 08, 5:08PM)
What about the movie FUN AND GAMES with Naomi Watz?
posted by MaryAnn (Sun Mar 16 08, 2:20PM)
I think you mean *Funny Games,* with Naomi Watts.
It didn't open wide. Maybe someday I'll cover every movie opening even in only a few theaters, but I'm not there yet.