Opening this week on September 12, 2008 from Focus Features is a new dark comedy from the twisted minds of the Coen brothers, "Burn After Reading".
The plot involves an ousted CIA official's (John Malkovich) memoir accidentally falling into the hands of two unwise gym employees (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt) who are intent on exploiting their find.
Also appearing in the film are George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins.
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Opening in limited release this week is "Mister Foe", a R-rated drama thriller written and directed by David MacKenzie ("Asylum").
Called a darkly twisted, entertaining work of magical realism from one of the leading lights of the new Scottish cinema, the film stars Jamie Bell as a troubled young man whose knack for voyeurism paradoxically reveals his darkest fears, and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city of Edinburgh for love.
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So what's on the slate for new movies this weekend? If you survived the long weekend's weak entries, the first one up on the block is a new Nicolas Cage movie, "Bangkok Dangerous". It's an action thriller which is based on directors Oxide Pang and Danny Pang's successful Hong Kong film of the same name.
Cage plays a ruthless hitman who travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings, but whose life takes an unexpected turn when he gets caught up in Bangkok's intriguing rhythm. With a screenplay written by Jason Richman, the Pang brothers paint an explosive picture of the Bangkok underworld, illuminated with neon and saturated in violence.
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Co-produced and starring Don Cheadle ("Hotel Rwanda," "Crash"), "Traitor" is a political thriller opening in theatres today.
Cheadle plays an ex-soldier from the Sudan who unwittingly becomes connected to a terrorist faction and soon finds himself hunted by the FBI and CIA who consider him public enemy number one. Guy Pearce ("Memento," "L.A. Confidential") is the FBI agent dogging his trail.
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Expected to be in the battle for the top box office spot this weekend, is the latest spoof movie from Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer ("Scary Movie," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie"), "Disaster Movie" just six months after their last movie "Meet the Spartans".
With a cast that includes Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Carmen Electra and Kim Kardashian, the movie lampoons, obviously, the disaster movie genre and follows a group of ridiculously attractive twenty-somethings during one fateful night as every known natural disaster and catastrophic event hits their city.
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We've noted the openings of "Death Race" and "a href="http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product.asp?master_movie_id=36631&mgaid=MG+blog">The Rocker" this week, and joining them is the comedy "The House Bunny" which stars Anna Faris as a Playboy Bunny who gets kicked out of the Playboy mansion, and finds herself playing house mom to a group of the most unpopular sorority girls on campus (which include Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee and Rumer+Willis - come on, how unpopular can they be?). Director Fred Wolf has "Strange Wilderness" on his resume as well.
Also opening is "The Longshots"," a family comedy which is lossely based on the true story of a girl who becomes the first female player in the history of Pop Warner football. Keke Palmer from "Akeelah & The Bee", plays Jasmine who becomes quarterback of the local team when her uncle (played by Ice+Cube) becomes the team coach.
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Also opening this week - today, in fact, is "The Rocker" a new comedy starring Rainn Wilson (better known as Dwight Schrute from "The Office") as a down and out former drummer who missed his chance at fame and fortune when he was kicked out of his band right before they hit the big time. Twenty years later, Robert "Fish" Fishman is given a second chance when an unlikely opportunity arises.
The movie also stars Christina Applegate, Josh Gad, and Emma Stone and is directed by Peter Cattaneo ("The Full Monty").
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Opening this week is "Death Race" (a.k.a.: "Death Race 3000), a remake of the 1975 cult classic, "Death Race 2000", with a new script written by director Paul W.S. Anderson.
Starring Jason Statham, this action-thriller is set in the post-industrial wasteland of the future, where inmates from a penitentiary compete in a grisly contest for a global audience hungry for televised violence.
The original "Death Race 2000" from 1975 featured David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone from before his "Rocky" days. It was filmed by cinematographer Tak Fujimoto ("Badlands", "Silence of the Lambs", "Sixth Sense", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off").
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Opening today for the kids, is the animated "Fly Me To The Moon", a 3D action adventure about three young flies who stowaway on the historic Apollo 11 space flight. Featuring some awesome visuals, the film is based on the actual transcripts and the original blueprints from NASA.
The movie features the voice talents of Nicolette Sheridan, Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Patrick, Kelly Ripa, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Begley Jr. and Buzz Aldrin.
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The third new movie release in what is a crowded week, is "Henry Poole Is Here" a comedy drama from director Mark Pellington ("U2 3D," "The Mothman Prophesies").
Described as a modern day fable about the unexpected wonders of the everyday, the movie stars Luke Wilson as a disillusioned man who attempts to hide from life in a rundown suburban tract home only to discover he cannot escape the forces of hope. The movie also stars Adriana Barraza ("Babel") and Radha Mitchell ("Finding Neverland").
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| Updated Weekly | |
| 1. | Twilight |
| 2. | The Dark Knight |
| 3. | The Express |
| 4. | Quantum of Solace |
| 5. | Bolt |
| 6. | High School Musical 3 |
| 7. | Appaloosa |
| 8. | Eagle Eye |
| 9. | Miracle at St. Anna |
| 10. | Watchmen |
