If you’re looking to venture out into the movie world this weekend, you’ve got at least 2 out of 3 to choose from that I think you might enjoy. Although, if you are into watching teens going to prom and then being stalked by a killer, that 3rd one might interest you…but I highly doubt it.
Prom Night (Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup)
Prom Night is about a girl who goes to prom expecting the best night of her life yet finds out that an obsessed killer from her past is stalking her. Doesn’t that just sound like the most entertaining plot line you’ve ever heard? This movie stars a lot of unknowns and follows very closely to the cookie-cutter-teeny-slasher movie pattern that is so hot today. If you really enjoyed Scream, then you might enjoy this. My opinion: don’t take this too seriously or waste your money.
Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, some sexual material, underage drinking, and language.
Street Kings (Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie)
Street Kings follows Keanu Reeves as a cop who is living and trying to cope with the death of his wife while going on a personal vendetta-rampage through the gang-infested streets of Los Angeles to avenge his partners death, whom the Internal Affairs department thinks he was a part of. This movie looks fast paced and action packed with all of the twists and turns and backstabbing you would come to expect from a cop drama. I don’t think I will see this one with my wife, but this definitely looks like a great guy-action movie! It’s good to see Keanu back on the big screen shooting people and causing mayhem, like he did back in the good ole’ “Speed” days.
Rated R for strong violence and pervasive language.
Smart People (Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Hayden Church)
Smart People is a neat little indie flick from the Sundance Festival that has received a lot of praise. It’s essentially the anti-Little Miss Sunshine film that stars awesomely-bearded Dennis Quaid as a widowed professor trying to raise his amazingly smart and socially-awkward daughter, played by “Juno’s” own Ellen Page, while trying to start a new relationship with Sarah Jessica Parker and deal with his ignorant yet wise-when-he-needs-to-be adopted brother, Thomas Hayden Church. This film’s honesty and gloom I think will translate into an enjoyable date with a dysfunctional family that’s a lot like our arguably functional ones. This is one of those films that you’ll miss at the theaters, but one that packs a very smart and poignant punch.
Rated R for language, brief teen drug and alcohol use, and for some sexuality.
What will you see this weekend?
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Count me in for Street Kings. I am not the hugest Keanu fan, but it seems like a good guy movie! Which one are you going to go see and review?
I think I will go see Street Kings. I’ll probably find a night and take either my Dad or some guy friends to go and see it.
If we go to the movies, I think I am wanting to see Leatherheads. We saw 21 last weekend and I enjoyed it while your dad just thought it was okay. It was very entertaining to me and I was glad to see Kevin Spacey..
(Hey, any Monday and Wednesday works for your dad while I am in school for that Street Kings movie..hint hint)
ok - a couple of comments
21 - the art direction was flat, the characters not ringing true to me (this was based on a true story) and Kevin Spacey’s role was definitely not believable, not to mention that this is not a good part for him..the production values were boring - I just didn’t get it.
Leatherheads - a fun romp through the hey day of pro football - sepia tones and all…Clooney does a fine job and so does that guy from OFFICE..the best part of the film for me was the scene in the commissioner’s office - as Clooney creates a scheme to find the truth..some of the football action was a bit cheesy…Zellwegger was pretty good…definitely a popcorn movie.