So what’s out there this week. Well today we’ll take a look at the films scheduled to be released this Friday including Tom Hanks trying to solve “the greatest cover-up in human history,” some animals fighting against the evils of suburbia, and a wrestler killing a buch of teenagers. All that and more; read on…
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Here’s what’s scheduled to hit theaters this week. Want to know more, just click on the title for film info including a full cast list. Want a closer look, just click on the poster to watch the trailer.
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Ron Howard and Tom Hanks, reuniting for the first time since Apollo 13, try to adapt of the hugely popular Dan Brown novel involving an academic (Hanks) and a cryptographer (Audrey Tutou) attempting to solve a murder and unraveling the mystery through the clues that will lead to “the truth behind the greatest cover-up in human history.” The book is interesting though the revelation of the secret has led to as much head scratching as awe. If you haven’t read the book I’d shy away from the trailer (which gives away the entire plot). Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Ian McKellen, and Alfred Molina also star.
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Speaking of adaptions, DreamWorks latest is based on the comic of Michael Fry. The story involes a group of animals (voiced by Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carrell, William Shatner, Thomas Haden Church, Eugene Levy, Allison Janney, Nick Nolten and Avril Lavigne) trying to resist “the evils and tempatations of encroaching suburbia.” Co-directed by Tim Johnson (Antz, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas) and Karey Kirpatrick who wrote the screenplay along with those from Chicken Run and The Littlest Vampire. With this kind of talent it would be hard, though not impossible, to screw this up.
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Oh, a horror movie starring a WWE superstar; I wonder how bad this could get (anybody else remember Blade: Trinity?). The “plot” involves a group of teens (Craig Horner, Tiffany Lamb, Penny McNamee, Samantha Noble) sentenced to community service and end up in a spooky abandoned hotel inhabited by a psychopath (Gordon Jacobs, AKA Kane for ya’all wrasslin’ folks). Not the first movie to star a wrestler (No Holds Barred, Suburban Commando) but this time the WWE has stepped up to co-produce with Lions Gate Film in a deal which will also bring “Stone Cold” Steve Austin to the screen later this year.
12 and Holding (limited release)
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Three misfit 12 year-old friends (Connor Donovan, Zoe Weizenbaum, and Jesse Camacho) deal with the murder of on of the group’s twin brother (also Donovan) by a group of bullies and deal with the sense of loss, grief and an overwhelming desire for revenge. Directed by Michael Cuestra (L.I.E.) and written by TV series writer Anthony Cipriano (SK8, The Jersey) the film also stars Mark Linn-Baker, Annabella Sciorra, and Bruce Altman. The film is being distributed through IFC films through a limited release beginning Friday.