So it's summer. And that means an insane amount of films are coming out, big and small. I was gonna do the big and then the small, but that's not really fair, so I'll try and guide everyone by date. (I'm pulling the releases dates from here, so if something changes send them a nasty letter, not me.)
Playing right now is The Fall, Tarsem Singh's follow-up to the Cell. While the Cell wasn't very big on story, script, or any of the other narrative constructs that we so enjoy, it did feature a series of beautifully shot dream sequences. The Fall promises more of the same visually, but I've a few things that say that this works in those "other" ways as well. I'm gonna see it. Are you?
Hopefully coming soon is Garth Jennings' Son of Rambow, his follow-up to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Word on this has been extremely high since it debuted at a few festivals last year. Here's a link with info.
May 16th brings us the second Chronicles of Narnia. Make of that what you will.
On May 22nd, the dried-up bones of Harrison Ford will be featured in a little movie about some guy named Indiana Jones. Word on this has been low. I'm in the who-gives-a-shit category on this one, but I know a lot of people who are looking forward to it. Just don't be surprised if George Lucas's grubby little paws screwed this up the way they did your beloved space opera franchise.
On the 30th the long-awaited Sex and the City movie, Sexer in the City, is coming out. I heard Sarah Jessica Parker goes on a drug-fueled killing spree in this one and even eats a kitten before finding love in the big city.
I'm a looking forward to two other films being released this day, one more than the other. The first is the Strangers, starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, which looks like it might actually be a pretty effective throwback to creepy, atmospheric horror. Here's a LINK!
The second is The Foot Fist Way, which was finished way back in 2005 but is finally seeing a good release now. Don't let the delay fool you; the film was done for virtually nothing, but as buzz built on it, and as its star, Danny McBride, gained attention in Hot Rod and the upcoming Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express (whose directors, David Gordon Green, introduced the world to McBride in All the Real Girls), the Apatow/McKay/Ferrell camp decided to push this gem of a movie, and everyone's convinced that this one will really break McBride. I hope so. Check the glory here.
(Keep an eye for the follow-up by Jody Hill, director of the Foot Fist Way, entitled Observe and Report, about a mall security guard who "wages war on the cops." Seth Rogen vs. Ray Liotta.)
That's it for now. Next month is June, so that means I'll tell you soon about the June movies. Duh.
--co
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