So, if I'm going to go to the movies this weekend, what should I see? Nothing playing looks especially appealling. Is there something I'm missing? Recently, I've seen Little Miss Sunshine and Idlewild.

This Film is Not Yet Rated and Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles both just opened (in NYC, anyway). Oh, and the Quad still has Viva Pedro! going on through the rest of September.

DH is also telling me from the other room that we have to see The Illusionist and Half-Nelson this weekend, so I guess those are out too.

Ooh, The Illusionist is by my house, so there's an option for if I don't make it out of Queens this weekend. Sweet. And I do want to see Half Nelson, but I have to look it up everytime I see the name to remember what movie it is. Bad call on the naming, I'd say.

Don't forget Cruel Intentions 3

Crocodile Dundee 2 and 3

Why on earth is Jackson remaking The Dam Busters ?? The original was a fine enough movie about a hitherto (at the time) unknown aspect of the fight against Nazi Germany but to remake the movie and retell the story 60 years later is a waste of money. Especially since there must still be hundreds of real stories about WWII that have never been told, let alone filmed.

OH! I saw a poster yesterday for Jackass 2.

Okay, the new Wicker Man is so SO bad. Almost bad enough to be worth seeing -- E and I were laughing pretty hard by the end. Neil LaBute's vision of what the world would be like run by women is the funniest thing EVAR -- the man is such a raging misogynist, and in such denial about it...wow. It's impressive.

So, if you do decide to see this movie, I recommend sneaking a flask into the theatre and making up a drinking game. Drink every time Nic Cage does something unintentionally funny, and you'll be set. (But save some for the last act, because otherwise you'll miss some really stellar lines from him, like "Step AWAY FROM THE BIKE!" and "Ow, my legs!".)

Mrs. Henderson Presents is simply lovely.

We went a little nuts today and saw three movies (paid for one, snuck into two others, because we're evil that way). Herewith my report:

Invincible--I'm a sucker for sports movies, so I liked it. Bits are awfully obvious and Disnet-ish, but the performances are terrific and there are a lot of lovely little moments.

SOaP--Liked it okay, but was mostly underwhelmed. Samuel Jackson rules and there was some fun tongue in cheek stuff going on, but it didn't grab me--I was expecting to enjoy it the way I did, say, Tremors, and that didn't happen. I did like that Julianna Margulies looks her actual age--AND looks gorgeous.

Crank--completely farfetched, looks like a long music video, the camera work is hyper and the film steals from Pulp Fiction all the time, but I still dug it. Jason Statham is always a pleasure to watch and the movie knows exactly what it's about--supplying thrills and chills and never taking itself too seriously. A fun little popcorn flick.

How was Dwight Yokam in Crank? I've read good reviews for him in it.

He was great, lots of fun.