Opening This Week - July 30, 2010

Movies opening this week, July 30, 2010 are Dinner for Schmucks,  
Cats & Dogs 2, and Charlie St. Cloud.
Dinner for Schmucks, is about rich people who host a yearly dinner inviting people who they think are the biggest idiots in the world. The person who brings the biggest idiot to the dinner is the winner of something, I don't really know, it's not made clear in the trailer. This movie seems like it'll have a few good laughs, but it also seems a little mean-spirited.

Cats & Dogs 2, is a squeal to the original Cats & Dogs that came out a few years ago, it's about dogs and cats that are actually super-spies that save the world on a daily basis. This seems a little silly, a lot actually, but this should work well if you want to take your toddler to the movies this weekend, but I think any child older than eight, might think this whole concept, is "kinda dumb".

Charlie St. Cloud, this is a movie about a young man who can see, and talk to his little brother who was killed in an accident. I'm not sure what the over all plot of the story is, but it's being sold as an emotional drama. It stars Zac Efron, who has been working very hard to break away from all the High School Musical movies, and be taken seriously as an actor. I guess we'll see how that works out.

I actually don't think I'll watch any of these movies this weekend. I think I'm one more viewing away from, once, and for all, solving the mystery of Inception.

Opening This Week - July 23, 2010

New in theaters this weekend we've got Salt, and Ramona and Beezus.

Salt; is a movie starring Angelina Jolie, do I really need to say more?... Okay, yes I do. In this movie, she plays some sort of super-spy, who is accused of being a traitor, and from what we can see from the trailer, the whole movie will be about her being chased down by her own "spy agency" be it the CIA or FBI or whatever, I don't think it really matters, it's a movie starring Angelina Jolie!

Ramona and Beezus; to be honest, I hadn't even heard of this movie till just a few hours ago. Apparently it's a movie based on a children's book series about a little girl, and her littler sister, and the crazy adventures they seem to always find themselves in.  I'm sure it's going to be a good family movie. It's rated G which is rare even in family movie these days. 

As I'm sure I made it clear, I will probably watch Salt this weekend. I'm not really expecting much from it, from the trailers, some of the sequences look a little cheesy, but it's still the summer-movie season, and cheese isn't a bad thing right now, plus (it case I didn't get the point across) It's a movie starring Angelina Jolie!


Opening This Week - July16, 2010

Opening this Weekend in most theaters is; The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Inception.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is about exactly that, the story of how a young man becomes a Sorcerer's Apprentice. This movie is directed by the same guy that directed the National Treasure movies which weren't great, but were entertaining without taking themselves to seriously. That's pretty much what I expect this movie will be like with what, I'm sure, will be some pretty amazing special effects.  

Inception, which I'm sure I'll catch the midnight screening for, is a film I have been waiting for, for a while now. It's directed by Christopher Nolan who, in my opinion, is one of the best directors making films today. This is his first film since Batman: The Dark Night. I'm actually not too clear as to what the plot is since I've made an effort to avoid any spoilers, but I have no reason to believe this movie will disappoint in any way.

Opening This Week - July 9, 2010

I'm obviously going to watch Predators this week, but I'll admit Despicable Me looks pretty good also.

Predators: I was blown-away when I heard that Robert Rodriguez would be in charge of making the next Predator Movie. I have been a fan of Rodriguez for years, and I love every movie he's made so far. However, I wrongly assumed that he would actually direct Predators. It turns out he's actually on the project as producer, and Nimrod Antal (I've never heard of him either) is on as Director. I still have high hopes for this movie though. This movie looks like it's a little more grounded to the original (and the best) Predator movie, so I'm hoping it will help me forget all about the whole Alien Vs Predator concept.

Despicable Me: Looks pretty funny, and entertaining from the trailers, and I really don't see why it wouldn't be. He can go a little over the top sometimes, but Steve Carell is always funny, and rarely disappoints. Some of the scenes shown in the trailer are, I think, a little crude for very young children, but it's being sold as a family movie so I guess it should be wholesome enough to take the whole family to.