Celeste and Jesse Forever – August 3, 2012
Starring: Andy Samberg, Rashida Jones,
Emma Roberts, Elijah Wood
Why You Should See It: Because it seems to have a nice indie flair and sensibility about
it.
Why You Should Avoid It: Because it’s
being marketed as a RomCom, but upon closer inspection, I get the feeling that
it will play more like a Debbie-Downer-drama.
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: Girlfriend rules are applicable here.
Total Recall – August 3, 2012
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Colin Farrell,
Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy
Why You Should See It: Kate Beckinsale.
Why You Should Avoid It: Colin
Farrell
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: Probably – but with low expectations.
The Bourne Legacy – August 10, 2012
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton,
Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen
Why You Should See It: Because Jeremy Renner is on a roll and the supporting cast is
strong.
Why You Should Avoid It: No Jason
Bourne (Matt Damon).
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: Definite Yes.
The Campaign – August 10, 2012
Starring: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis,
Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott
Why You Should See It: Because Ferrell and Galifiannakis are two of the funniest actors in the business.
Why You Should Avoid It: Because
this movie reeks of one where the comedic vision steers into an area that is
so awkward and quirky that it fails to be mainstream funny.
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: Rental.
The Odd life of Timothy Green – August 15,
2012
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton,
Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Common
Why You Should See It: Because the only other new release that weekend is The
Expendables 2.
Why You Should Avoid It: Because the
kid in the story is born from a tree.
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: No. Can. Do.
The Expendables 2 – August 17, 2012
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris
Why You Should See It: Because never has there been a greater collection of steroids and
botox assembled together in one movie.
Why You Should Avoid It: Because
never has there been a greater collection of steroids and botox assembled
together in one movie.
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: Maybe a rental, but no one will ever know, because I’ll never admit it.
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: Maybe a rental, but no one will ever know, because I’ll never admit it.
Premium Rush – August 24, 2012
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie
Chung, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez
Why You Should See It: Because Gordon-Levitt is coming off a great performance in The Dark Knight Rises and to get a preview of what kind of villain Michael Shannon
makes in advance of The Man of Steel
Why You Should Avoid It: Because
this feels like it’s loosely based on the Kevin Bacon movie Quicksilver and the
last remake of a Kevin Bacon movie (Footloose) was not good.
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: Leaning towards yes.
Lawless – August 31, 2012
Starring: Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Shia
LeBeouf, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain
Why You Should See It: Because Tom Hardy is a beast with an established track record of
very good work. Ditto to Jessica
Chastain.
Why You Should Avoid It: Because
Shia LeBouf hasn’t made an entertaining movie sans Optimus Prime in a very long
time.
And the Magic 8 Ball Says: Good cast, mundane premise - a definite
maybe.
Celeste and Jesse - yah
ReplyDeleteRecall - no
Bourne - no
Timothy Green - yah
Expendables - no
Premium Rush - yes
Lawless - maybe