I'm out of LA and on the very hot east coast. The heat always makes me feel more tired than I actually am, and makes me want to go to the movies for the wonderful air conditioning. This week Universal gets into the animation business with Despicable Me. Looks like a chuckle and they beat DreamWorks Animation to the punch with the villain as protagonist angle. I'm more interested in some adult fare this weekend.
Go see:
Hollywood Studios:
Predators - Fox - Rated R
There's constantly so much stuff going on that there isn't much time to slow down and focus on the intricacies of the characters, situation or plot. In a way, this is one of the movie's biggest assets since it doesn't allow the audience (or reviewer) to contemplate why exactly any of the stuff that's happening, or how it's happening logistically, since some other big moment of over-sized kick-assery is looming just around the corner...read more.
Independent:
The Kids Are Alright - Focus - Rated R
Like Meyers, filmmaker Lisa Cholodenko crafts a movie actually made with adults in mind as an audience (and features some gorgeous, glossy-worthy house porn), but Cholodenko doesn't rely on unlikely, Ephron-aping meet-cutes and groan-worthy dialogue...read more.
Foreign:
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Music Box - Rated R
"The Girl Who Played With Fire" establishes the series' pessimistic ongoing thesis: society is controlled by powerful men who only seek to oppress and exploit women, and no passage of time or changing of the guards will change that...read more.
Documentary:
Winnebago Man - Kino - Unrated
"Winnebago Man" is essentially a documentary following filmmaker Ben Steinbauer on his quest to find the star of the famed RV salesman freak-out video, Jack Rebney, sometimes dubbed as the "world's angriest man" and a guy who's video ranked #2 on some stupid Vh1 show about all-time Internet memes...read more.
Enjoy the movies.
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