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Opening This Weekend…

Posted by Movie_Maven

September 12, 2008 |

The Women - starring Meg Ryan, Eva Mendez, and Annette Bening in a (big surprise) remake of the 1939 Joan Crawford classic.  Loved the classic, hate the fact that it has been remade.

Burn After Reading - another vehicle from the marvelously talented Coen brothers, starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Frances McDormand (Coen).  A definite must-see for me despite not being a fan of either Pitt or Clooney.

Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro are together again in John Avnet’s Righteous Kill, about cops and murders (really, what other genre would you expect Pacino and DeNiro to co-star in??)  Pass.

Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys, starring Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, and Sanaa Lathan.  Again, pass.

Surfer, Dude - with Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson.  Definitely not a stretch for surfer dude McConaughey who, now he’s a father, needs to grow up and stop making films which are rumored to be in the running for a Razzle award.  Do I even have to say pass here, or is it assumed??

Proud American - a fully-scripted, non-Michael-Mann-type documentary about five Americans realizing their dreams in the face of adversity.  This could be interesting despite the presence of “gooey, Lifetime TV flourishes.”  Hey, I like Lifetime movies in certain circumstances.

Towelhead - with Aaron Eckhardt. A typical coming-of-age story about an Arab-American teenager who is sent to live with her strict father and “struggles to find love and acceptance in a her new surroundings.”  How angst-ridden.  I’ll pass on this.  I have enough angst with Movie_Maven_Jr.

For more information and trailers on these films, visit imdb.com.


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