New To Theatres This Weekend: Sherlock Holmes, Up in the Air, Nine, It’s Complicated

Posted by Sean on December 24th, 2009   Filed under: New Releases

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We’ve definitely got a strange line-up of movies in theatres this Christmas. There aren’t as many Oscar contenders out there this year, and not much in the way of family comedies except for The Squeakquel (ugh). The big battle shaping up is the one between Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes and James Cameron’s Avatar. Avatar is building on strong word of mouth, but Sherlock Holmes has name recognition, Robert Downey Jr., and positive reviews to back it up. Which one will come out on top? Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air is also finally in wide release this weekend, and it’s definitely the critical favourite of the bunch. Other major releases include It’s Complicated starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin and the Rob Marshall musical Nine starring Daniel Day-Lewis, while Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is opening in select theatres. What will you be checking out this weekend?

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Comments (7)

  1. The Squeakquel just made $19 million on it’s opening day. (i’m so happy for it)

    Posted by 81 on December 24th, 2009

  2. The firt A&tC isn’t good or anything, but it was actually better than I thought it’d be, which kind of ruined my ‘gotta watch this trainwreck’ rental. There’s far worse stuff out there for the kiddies.

    Posted by Goon on December 24th, 2009

  3. Gonna watch Sherlock Holmes on the 27th. Really pumped for it.

    Posted by Kasper on December 24th, 2009

  4. Sherlock was better than I expected, not fantastic but solid. The script was tight and Ritchie’s direction was a lot better than I’d have imagined with this material. The climax isn’t as strong as the build promises. It’s a 2.5/4 – I’d see the inevitable sequel. This thing is going to be bigger with the public than critics, I can already see it in the social media buzz and flixster/imdb response.

    Posted by Goon on December 25th, 2009

  5. I saw Up in the Air and it was fantastic.

    Posted by Captain N on December 28th, 2009

  6. Sherlock was quite enjoyable.

    Posted by Jon Rocks on December 28th, 2009

  7. I’m really looking forward to having this out in theaters, I can’t wait to see it! I’m a huge fan of the classic tales so this will just be another great movie to add to my collection

    Posted by Blogger Den on December 28th, 2009

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