Movie releases for the week of 8/08/08

Happy Friday everybody. Sorry I haven't posted anything in a few days...there've been some technical and personal difficulties on my end. But anyway, here are this week's new movie releases (I didn't have time to check all these out, so you'll have to do the legwork yourself this week...sorry):

Opening in Wide Release

• Pineapple Express - Seth Rogen and James Franco are stoners who go on the run after witnessing a murder by a crooked cop and a dangerous drug lord.
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - Four lifelong friends wear the traveling pants again and embarkon separate paths for their first year of college and beyond.

Opening in Selected Release

• Bottle Shock - The birth of California's wine industry, and how a small American winery triumphed over the French at the 1976 Paris Tastings.
• Beer For My Horses - Country singer Toby Keith stars in this film, based on his song of the same name. Best buddies and small town deputies defy their boss and head out on an outrageous road trip to save a girlfriend from kidnappers.
• Elegy - A college lecturer's womanizing ways are ended by an all- consuming affair with a voluptuous 24-year-old grad student.
• Hell Ride - All hell breaks loose when Pistolero, the leader of the biker gang The Victors, sets out to exact revenge on a rival gang, the 666ers.