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Your New Movie Releases for the week of February 12th, 2010
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Permalink Reply by Earende on
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Valentine's Day - A diverse group of Los Angelenos navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day. Starring Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Emma Roberts, Hector Elizondo, Bryce Robinson, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane, Carter Jenkins, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah. ValentinesDaymovie.com ; http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810094501/video/15612532
The Wolfman - **Featured** Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, “The Wolfman” brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro. Stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother… and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.
Lawrence Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate.
As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself… one he never imagined existed. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810007466/video
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - It's the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson's Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they're not happy: Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy's mother. As Percy adapts to his newly discovered status as a demi-god (his father is Poseidon), he finds himself caught between the battling titans of Mt. Olympus. He and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy's mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810078228/video -
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Permalink Reply by Zen Elipsys on
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Well, Wolfman will be on hold for a sec--my kids want to see Percy Jackson. Plus it will put me in the right frame of mind for Clash if the Titans!
The previews look sweet, CGI a bit much but it wouldn't work without it. Got a review or heads up for me E? -
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I dare say I was impressed by how engaging it was (some say it was terrible because it did not hold up to the book, but fail to realize most people have not even HEARD of the book, let alone have read it) so much so that 2 hours just flew by, but that doesn't mean that it didn't have its fair share of plot loopholes for you to ridicule, or clichés that make you chuckle that these are still utilized in this day and age. Simply put, if the Greek gods and goddesses were all powerful, especially that of Zeus, well the first few minutes as played by Sean Bean, made him out to be a clueless weakling who had his all powerful lightning bolt being stolen from under his nose, like taking candy from a kid, and now the kid's throwing a bad tantrum, threatening the fate of the world and that of Olympus (the Empire State Building in New York, anyone?) unless his accused, the titular thief and demigod son of Poseidon coughs out his favorite toy.
Part of the fun is to see how other notable names in the casting list get to play up their gods and demon status. Uma Thurman stars as Medusa, spruced up by special effects snakes adorned on her head, which at certain points looked quite CG-ed for its own good. Or having Rosario Dawson star as Persephone in quite fed-up manner, and the lists goes on. Suffice to say that many of the appearances here are quite self contained in the scene they appear in, that they rarely re-appear again until the sequel (already announced for next year). Joe Pantoliano hams it up as Percy's muggle, I mean human step dad, and I was somewhat impressed by the extremely mean looking CG design of Hades, which can really strike fear with his appearance. The one that came out in the bonfire, that is.
With Clash of the Titans coming just round the corner, one wonders whether it may suffer from an audience jaded with this version's interpretation of Greek mythology, plus the uncanny use of the same villainous types that would prove detrimental by the time Titans come around. I guess that remains to be seen. Meanwhile, stay tuned when the end credits start rolling, as there's a scene that'll come on as soon as the cast list rolls off. And I certainly have no clue why "The Olympians" were dropped from the title of its release here. -
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It sounds like something my kids would really like. CGI or not, Medusa will probable scare the daylights out of my daughters! Sons may really dig it! LOL!!!
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Permalink Reply by Maxim Oleksyn on
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Speaking of Medusa, it's pretty well guarded on how she will look in Clash of the Titans. Anyone see a pic or clip of her?
Btw, I'm going to see Wolfman this weekend and probably during Feb Recess, will take the kids to see Percy. -
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I should be exhausted. Went to see Percy first, then the wife took me to Valentine's Day and then Wolfman.
I actually liked them all! -
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