New To Theatres This Weekend – Dec. 21, 2007
Well folks, it’s the weekend before Christmas and is it just me, or are there more new movies coming out this holiday season than ever before? Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts star in Charlie Wilson’s War, while Nicolas Cage returns in National Treasure: Book of Secrets and another potential Tim Burton/Johnny Depp masterpiece is born in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Atonement, Juno and The Kite Runner are expanding slightly, but still playing in limited release, and of course, John C. Reilly is back in the spotlight in the Judd Apatow/Jake Kasdan musical biopic parody Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. What are you seeing this weekend?
Charlie Wilson’s War
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
P.S. I Love You
Atonement (expanding)
Juno (expanding)
The Kite Runner (expanding)
Comments (12)
for me anyways this is the most packed weekend I’ll have in a long time. In a couple hours I’ll be catching the morning show of Walk Hard (the number of positive reviews have nudged me over to the ‘go’ category), then if its playing shortly after I get out of that, I might see Charlie Wilsons War. TOnight I’m booked for Juno with friends and Sweeney Todd will have to wait a couple days or so.
Posted by Goon on December 21st, 2007So many choices! I already saw Juno, so it’ll have to be Walk Hard, then Sweeney Todd.
Posted by Mike on December 21st, 2007I know your all going to think i’m a stupid kid by saying this but i’m excited to see National Treasure.
Posted by Drew on December 21st, 2007You’re a stupid kid.
Posted by mike on December 21st, 2007PS
Posted by mike on December 21st, 2007I don’t think you’re stupid. I barely know you.
Hey Drew, I’m sure you’re not alone… National Treasure will probably do quite well this weekend. I still haven’t seen the first one so I really can’t knock it.
Posted by Sean on December 21st, 2007That National Treasure will probably do quite well is an immense understatement. You watch, it will literally dominate. Like Godzilla trampeling over the city.
Posted by roman on December 21st, 2007Well, wow. Um, its weird to chart my enjoyment of Walk Hard. It starts off pretty mediocre, hits an amazing ridiculous groove where theres like 10 funny things a minute. I’m just smiling for this extended period of time at all these vignettes and cameos. Its silly fun… and then John C. Reilly’s character stops being a piece of shit, and then the movie kind of stinks for a good while – It wasnt a matter of what I liked growing old, they simply seemed to just stop even trying to tell jokes. The very end redeems it, as does the very little bit at the end of the credits, and I WILL buy the DVD. Basically, its inconsistent. What pissed me off the most though is some of my favorite parts in the trailer – fighting Patrick Duffy, and Dewey’s line of foods – aren’t even in the movie! Anyways, its a good time at the movies if you like the Anchorman/Talladega Nights style comedies, I just wish it had kept its stride.
Posted by Goon on December 21st, 2007btw, if you’re at the theater soon, you just might see the trailer for Meet The Spartans – which comes from the makers of Epic Movie
and it looks even WORSE and even more dumbed down, as if that was possible. Who the fuck keeps giving these people money?
Posted by Goon on December 21st, 2007Walk Hard….you couldn’t pay me enough to see that. Watching the trailer just seemed to show the “best” parts of the movie. Sad!
Posted by Baychuk on December 21st, 2007“Watching the trailer just seemed to show the “best†parts of the movie.”
Having seen it, I can easily say this is not the case.
Posted by Goon on December 21st, 2007Juno and Sweeney Todd. I enjoyed both movies. I can see why Tim Burton was nominated for Best Diretor in the upcoming Golden Globes and I think he should win. It’s a visually stunning movie.
P.S. I’ll probably watch Walk Hard on Christmas Day.
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