Here's what is coming out this week.
1) Real Steel: A washed up fighter gets a chance at a comeback in the robot fighting arena.
The Good: Boxing is always fun. Throw in robots, and it's good campy fun.
The Bad: This is Rocky meets Rockem' Sockem' Robots.
Final Thoughts: This one is not meant to be taken seriously. It advertised on WWE for crying out loud! If you like giant robots fighting each other (and who doesn't) than this should be ok. Not great, but ok.
2) The Ides of March: A political contest could go awry when a scandal surfaces.
The Good: George Cloony is almost always awesome. Teaming with Paul Giamatti and Marisa Tomei should be great.
The Bad: It's another political drama. If politics doesn't interest you, this is going to be horrible.
Final Thoughts: The trailer doesn't make it clear what the scandal is, but does it really matter? Movies like this tend to be the same. The squeaky clean politician turns out is dirty. Yawn. Moving on.
3) Intruders: Different people telling their ghost stories.
The Good: It's Halloween season and who doesn't love a good ghost story this time of year?
The Bad: It's about a generic as it gets.
Final Thoughts: Clive Owen is a great actor, but don't expect anything special here. Still might be good for a few scares on Halloween.
4) Dirty Girl: A comedy about breaking the norm and self-discovery when a troublemaking teenage girl goes on a road trip with her shy friend to find her real father.
The Good: Great cast and a surprisingly good looking story. The trailer makes the film look like it actually is in 1987 and looks like a very campy comedy.
The Bad: Might emphasize the drama more than the comedy.
Final Thoughts: I'm actually looking forward to this one. Comedies are of course notoriously hit-or-miss but this one got me interested. We'll see.
5) The Way: A father goes to get the remains of his dead son. His son was on a backpacking trip when he was killed in a storm. The father decides to finish the trip in memory of his son.
The Good: Sounds like a real heartwarming story. Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez making us think about the meaning of life.
The Bad: nothing. It looks like a strong candidate for the academy awards.
Final Thoughts: It's dramatic, funny, and makes you think. We all should try to be a little more worldly and this movie shows us why.
see you at the movies.
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