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What’s opening Friday, July 24? Lots!
The movies bring us lots of variety this weekend, although the best choices are found outside the megaplex - which is so often true these days.
G-Force: The only bad thing about seeing Up so many times was having to endure repeatedly the stupid trailer with CGI guinea pigs. Plecch. This is actually scarier to me than Beverly Hills Chihuahua last year - and that’s no small feat. I mean, come on - when your kicker line in the trailer is “Poop in his hand,” well, let’s just say I’m reaching for the Lysol.
Orphan: For all the world, it looks like The Omen in a dress. And it was directed by the same man who made the House of Wax remake, with Paris Hilton. Not at all promising. And yet Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga are in it. Are there deals with the devil in the mix here or is something else up?
The Ugly Truth: Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl can’t stand each other. Gee, wonder if they’ll fall in love. The trailers don’t promise much, so I hope the stars save it. Review posts Friday.
At the Victoria Cool Film series
It’s Jimmy Stewart weekend, with a different film playing each day starring my favorite actor of all time. And I intend to attend all three.
Vertigo: I never miss a chance to see my favorite film on the big screen, and I won’t this weekend, even though I already saw it in a theater in Columbus earlier this year. Plays 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The Philadelphia Story: Plays at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. You can’t get any better than Stewart, Cary Grant and Kate Hepburn - but Virginia Weidler did steal several scenes from them, like this one:
Harvey: The first time I’d heard of this film was when I saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The nasty Judge Doom is looking for Roger at a bar, asking the regulars where he is. One of them says “Yeah … I seen the rabbit. Say hello … Harvey.” I didn’t get the joke then, but I do now. Plays at 3 p.m. Sunday.
At the arthouses
The Neon hangs on to Every Little Step and adds The Hurt Locker, the acclaimed Iraq war film directed by Kathryn Bigelow that actually stands a chance of becoming a hit. Also opening is Rudo y Cursi, which reunites the stars of Y Tu Mama Tambien, Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal. The director is Carlos Cuaron, who co-wrote Y Tu Mama Tambien with the director of that movie - his brother Alfonso.
Starting Friday, the Little Art plays Sam Mendes’ Away We Go.
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By Martha Hardcastle
July 23, 2009 1:07 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe I never saw “The Philadelphia Story” before this year as a fan of Hepburn, Grant and Stewart, but yes, this film rocks so hard with intelligent humor that I watched it over and over again on the DVR!