opening in the U.S. and Canada May 20-22: ‘Terminator Salvation,’ ‘Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,’ ‘Dance Flick,’ moreopening wide Terminator Salvation: “Hello, my name is John Connor. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: Know what my favorite bit of inexcusably implausible nonsense here is? I adore how the floorplan for the high-security “federal archives” that supposedly exist (they don’t) under the Smithsonian on the Mall in Washington is readily accessed by a child on the Internet. That’s homeland security we can believe in. Dance Flick: Remember In Living Color, that awesomely entertaining and hugely clever variety show the Wayans Brothers gave us in the early 1990s? Can it really be a coincidence that these guys are releasing a new movie on the very same day that Ben Stiller -- who also used to create and star in a smart sketch comedy show in the early 90s -- is also dumbing himself down in order to garner mass approval? [trailer] opening limited Easy Virtue: Jessica Biel does Noel Coward in a 1920s take on Meet the Parents. Whoops -- that makes it sound awful. And it’s really quite charming. [trailer] The Girlfriend Experience: Porn star Sasha Grey stars as a high-class hooker in Steven Soderburgh’s latest experiment in low-budget filmmaking. You know, polite society used to believe that all actresses were no better than prostitutes... and yet how it is that the Wayans Brothers and Ben Stiller (see above) will never be called whores? (Also available to watch at home on some video on demand systems.) [official site] The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story: Documentary about Bob and Dick Sherman, the writers of classis Disney songs such as “Chim-Chim-Cheree” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” IMDB Buzz says: “Ben Stiller is in producer mode here, and we understand he's pushing Disney to make a Sherman Bros. feature with him starring as brother Robert. To that we say: Anything to keep you out of museums, B.S.” Seconded. [official site] Burma VJ: Danish filmmaker Anders Østergaard assembled this documentary about the 2007 protests in Burma from smuggled footage shot by the Democratic Voice of Burma, a collective of underground video journalists, on handycams and cell phones. I have nothing snarky to say about that. [official site] support
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Ben Stiller Bob Sherman Boys The Sherman Brothers’ Story Burma VJ Dance Flick Dick Sherman Disney Easy Virtue Girlfriend Experience In Living Color Jessica Biel Meet the Parents Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian Noel Coward Sasha Grey Smithsonian Museum Steven Soderburgh Terminator Salvation Washington DC Wayans Brothers related· May 22: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings · Oscar predictions: ‘The Hurt Locker’ won’t be hurting · Easy Virtue (review) · my week at the movies: ‘Angels & Demons,’ ‘Adoration,’ ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Outrage,’ ‘Easy Virtue,’ ‘Next Day Air’(?) · trailer break: ‘Easy Virtue’ · North American box office: ‘Up’ up and away · North American box office: museum guard trounces Terminator · question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in May? · trailer break: ‘Dance Flick’ · December 4: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings bloggyprevious post: trailer break: ‘My Life in Ruins’ next post: watch it: “i are cute kitten” |
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posted by Kevin (Sat May 23 09, 12:03AM)
I am soooooo glad that you've finally seen the Girlfriend Experience. I've been looking forward to it for quite a while because Soderberg is a wonderful director. When will your review be available to read?