The start of April brings us 3 wide-release movies that will surely find an audience. In this week’s box office the Hollywood moguls have brought us a humorous look at the start of football, a fantasy-meets reality adventure, and another teeny-horror movie that I’m sure will disappoint.
Leatherheads (George Clooney, John Krasinski, Renee Zellweger)
This movie has been heavily advertised since its trailer inception last year. With the movie toting a heavy star-load, the likes of Clooney, “Jim” from the Office, and Renee Zellweger, you can’t help but think this will be movie gold. When I first saw the trailer and heard the NFL Films guy’s voice, I was intrigued. Set back in the early 1920’s you can expect a lot of slapstick comedy combined with some good ole’ physical humor involving big tough football goofs. The fact that Clooney directed this movie adds another layer of expectation for me since I truly value his work. I’m not sure how “Jim” from The Office will fair on the big screen, but if he’s as lovable and down-to-earth as he is as “Jim,” then I’m sure he’ll do fine. Don’t expect an award-winning movie, but definitely expect to have some fun.
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Nim’s Island (Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler)
Anything can happen on Nim’s Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl’s imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover- the world’s greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim’s father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now, they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim’s Island. I don’t know how I can say it any better than, “I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!” First of all, it has my favorite young female actress in it, Abigail Breslin, second of all, it’s a fantasy movie from the studio who brought you (and will be bringing you) “The Chronicles of Narnia,” and third of all, it also stars my current #1 guy crush…Gerard Butler! Bottom line: GO SEE IT!
Rated PG for mild adventure action and brief language.
The Ruins (Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone)
So, you’ve got some teenagers on vacation in Mexico and they naively begin an archaeological dig among some old ancient ruins…that happen to be housing something evil that I’m sure will slowly kill off all but one of the teens. It does sound very atypical to the type of teeny-horror movies we have seen over the last few years, but the odd difference about this one is that it’s actually based on an actual novel, Scott Smith’s “The Ruins.” It does look very creepy and scary and not a movie I am going to see. These kinds of movies make me wonder how much MTV-themed-scary-movies can they keep making. It’s all the same! Teens get together somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, get sexual with each other, and then one-by-one they are taken out by someone or something…until one of them mistakenly and accidentally kills the “bad guy” and gets out alive. Take it from me, avoid this one.
Rated R for strong violence and gruesome images, language, some sexuality and nudity.
Armed with that information, what movie will you see this weekend?
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I really want to see “Leatherheads”.The chemistry between Clooney and Zellweger reminds me the old movies of Hepburn and Tracy (at least the trailer makes it look like that). And I really like “Jim” from the office and I would love for him to succeed in the “movie” world as he has on TV.
But we haven’t seen 21 yet and it might beat out Leatherhead for this weekend. Either one will be a good movie going experience I think.
If you want fun and entertaining with no thoughts required, Leatherheads is your movie, but if you want an action thriller with a splash of realism, then 21 is the movie to see.
Well, I am definitely going to see 21 tonight because Justin wants to see it bad! I personally enjoy the math aspect of it so I am sure I will enjoy it as well! But Leatherheads is next on my list. Thanks Dan for the heads up!