My fun little blog detailing all things pop culture...well, the interesting bits. I'll be covering music, television, film, and other similar areas of interest. I'll try to post at least once a day. Look for about 50% information, 50% opinion...but this is NOT a gossip blog. I am not Perez Hilton!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Movie releases for Friday, August 22, 2008

Here are the new films for this week.


Opening in Wide Release:

  • “Death Race” - In the near future, prison inmates compete for their freedom in a brutal, ultra-violent auto race using heavily armed monster cars.  That description will probably tell you whether or not you’re going to want to see this movie.  Rated R.
  • “The House Bunny” - A Playboy bunny, kicked out of Hugh Hefner’s mansion, finds a new job as the housemother at the most unpopular sorority on campus.  Based on the trailer I think this has potential to be a pretty funny, and I really like the cast...including a friend of mine who has two roles in the film (way to go Erin!)  Rated PG-13.
  • “The Longshots” - The true story of 11-year-old quarterback Jasmine Plummer, the first female player in the history of Pop Warner football.  I recently saw the trailer and, honestly, it looks really good.  I’m definitely planning on seeing this over the weekend.  Also, the movie stars Ice Cube and was directed by...well, see the movie first and then check out who directed it (hint: you will be VERY surprised).  Rated PG.
  • “The Rocker” - Rainn Wilson (aka Dwight Schrute from NBC’s “The Office”) stars as a failed former '80s hair band drummer who unexpectedly gets a second chance at rock n' roll glory.  Wilson is awesome, but the movie kind of looks like a “School Of Rock” rip-off.  Maybe see it on DVD.  Rated PG-13.


Opening in Selected Release:

  • “Hamlet 2” - A high school drama teacher tries to save the drama department with an original play--a musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.  This looks to be a film that purposefully offends everybody.  The trailer hasn’t inspired much interest in me, but the film’s gotten loads of good reviews, so maybe I’ll see it after all.  Rated R.
  • “I.O.U.S.A.” - A documentary exploring the rapidly growing federal debt and its implication for the future of the United States and its citizens.  Like “An Inconvenient Truth,” this is the kind of film that many people will probably write off as liberal BS without bothering to actually see it.  Personally I think movies like this are worth seeing no matter what your position is...at the very least films like these serve to make us think about how we are handling things in America.  Rated PG.

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