New Movie Day: 6/1/07

Happy June, everybody!

This weekend's releases...



Director Judd Apatow's The 40 Year Old Virgin wasn't only the surprise hit of 2005, it was also the suprise critical darling of 2005. I'm one of the ones who loved that one, and this one looks similarly hilarious. Don't know if it can beat that closing credits sequence in Virgin, though...



This Kevin Costner thriller is either gonna be really fun or really lame; I can't tell yet. But the inclusion of Dane Cook does add points in the latter category.



I haven't even heard of this before, so that's not good. Plus, it looks like crap.



An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim helms this family sports flick (and did you hear about the Truth sequel?).

In limited release:


(Only in LA/NY)
I've been wanting to see this one.
(Only in LA)

Will would also like you to know that he's jonesing for Knocked Up and Mr. Brooks...but is stuck with fucking Disturbia. Damn. Hang in there, buddy.

New Movie Day: 5/25/07

(Opened 5/24)

This weekend's big release is, of course, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the trilogy's final installment (well, currently). Critics are railing on it just as harshly as they railed on last summer's Dead Man's Chest, and since I thought that one squashed the first like a Kraken tentacle, I can't wait. Hopefully it won't be disapponting like this month's other threequels, Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third. Plus, it bests Spider-Man 3's all-time theater count: 4,362. I'm leaving in less than ten minutes to grab my friends, and then we're heading to the theater. And, yes, we already have tickets.



Being hailed as William Friedkin's return to the terrifying horror of his classic The Exorcist, Bug looks and sounds freaky as hell. I'm game.

In limited release:

(Only in LA/NY)
(Only in NY)
I absolutely love that poster and especially that tagline. Fucking genius.

(Only in LA/NY)
Just so you know, if you're planning on seeing this one, the English title is Golden Door. Couldn't find a pic of the American poster.

New Movie Day: 5/18/07

So, first weekly installment of New Movie Day! Awesome!

Let's see what's in theaters this weekend...and, just as a note, wide releases will usually be the only ones commented on due to time and, well, I generally have more knowledge of the wide releases and have more of a chance to see them than the limited. I have the right to break, bend, or drop this rule at any time. Because I am the god of this blog. Well, co-god with Will, but he has a meager two posts compared to my five. ;-)



Amazingly, but not surprisingly, the only wide release this week is Shrek the Third. Opening in 4,122 theaters--as opposted to the 4,324 Spider-Man 3 will still be swinging into, actually expanding despite its 60% tumble in box office receipts last weekend--it's expected to wear the crown this weekend yet Shrek doesn't have a prayer of claiming Spidey's numerous all-time records throne. The Scottish ogre is also getting a critical drubbing, clocking in at only 44% on Rotten Tomatoes. I'm seeing it at the drive-in tonight on a screen with The Last Mimzy, so I'll let you know how they both are.

Speaking of threequels, next week caps May's troika with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Hopefully that one won't disappoint, eh?

In limited release this week:



(Opened 5/16)

(Only in NYC)