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What’s opening Friday, Oct. 2?
If you believe the tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes, well, there’s nary a rotten one in the bunch this week.
Bright Star: Jane (The Piano) Campion’s film about the romance between John Keats and Fanny Brawne has gotten strong Oscar buzz for the lead performance by Abbie Cornish.
Capitalism: A Love Story: The mere mention of Michael Moore’s name is bound to make some people roll their eyes. For what it’s worth, though, I’m hearing that people on both sides of the fence can find something to agree on in Moore’s examination of the economic meltdown.
The Invention of Lying: Ricky Gervais stars in and co-directs this movie set in a world where no one lies until Gervais comes along. It it’s half as entertaining as the undervalued Ghost Town, this one will be a treat.
Toy Story/Toy Story 2: Pixar’s signature films come back out as a 3D double feature for only two weeks. I will be there for at least one of them.
Whip It: I saw Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut set in the world of roller derbies at the public sneak last weekend. Gertie can direct - well. More Friday.
Zombieland: One wonders what it is about actor Jesse Eisenberg that attracts him to movies set in amusement parks with “land” in the title? (He was in Adventureland earlier this year.) Maybe it’s good scripts and casts. More on this Friday too.
At the arthouses
Neon opens Bright Star and Capitalism: A Love Story; Little Art plays this year’s Foreign Language film winner Departures, as well as Richard Attenborough’s Cry Freedom as part of the Screenpeace Film Festival.
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