Rating: 4 out of 5
Nanny McPhee Returns - This is another film that is getting pretty good reviews up to this point, unfortunately, it has absolutely no appeal to me. If you are looking for a solid kids film, I hear this one might fit that bill.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Vampires Suck - This is the latest film from the directing team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, which is the ultimate red flag to just run away from this movie. These guys teamed up to make Date Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, and Meet the Spartans, some of the worst films of the past 5 years. The critics are saying this one is an improvement from those, but that's really not saying much. Just stay away from this one.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Lottery Ticket - This Bow Wow (apparently when you turn 23, you're allowed to take the "Lil" off your name) starring movie just looks plain dumb, and with the negative reviews pouring in, it looks like it lived up to that promise.
Rating: 1 out of 5
The Switch - The reviews have been saying that this movie is too cliched and not very good, but apparently Thomas Robinson, who plays the kid in the film, turns in quite the performance. I do like Jason Bateman, and I am always interested in seeing a good performance of that nature, so I think I may be able to sit through this one, even if the story is just another generic rom-com.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Mao's Last Dancer (limited) - This film placed second to Academy Award nominated Precious at last year's Sundance Film Festival for the audience prize, so it has a sense of credibility behind it. However, the source material doesn't interest me, and some of the reviews have criticized the film for being dull, so I'll likely skip on this one. I am glad to see Kyle MacLachlan acting in a film like this, because his career hasn't really taken off since "Twin Peaks" ended (and, you should all know, I am a huge "Twin Peaks" fan).
Rating: 2 out of 5
A Film Unfinished (limited) - Films like this are the reason I like covering limited releases as well as the nationwide ones, because I would have easily looked this one over otherwise. This one is a documentary about a film shot by the third reich about the Warsaw Ghetto intended for propaganda purposes. The trailer looks incredible, so I can't wait to see this one whenever I have the chance.
Rating: 5 out of 5
So, what do you want to see this weekend?
Hey Trevin, I finally finished watching existenz. It was a very interesting movie. The same idea of nested reality that was present in Inception was found in this movie. According to IMDB the movie got this idea from a book called the three stigmata. Also existenz moved much faster than inception since it did not have an explanatory part, I guess they figured that by 1999 everyone had some sense of what a video game was. The funniest part about the movie though was reading some of the user reviews, they were complaining about how movies were becoming special effects driven. I wonder what they would say now! Overall if you liked inception this will be something you will like.
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Very interesting, I'll have to check it out when I get a chance. I saw it referenced in another reading, though I cannot remember if it had to do with Inception or not. It may have even been something on Scott Pilgrim actually. Anyway, I appreciate the reccomendation, and as soon as I can get a copy and find time to watch it, I'll let you know what I think.
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