New Movies in Theaters May 28, 2010

Sex and the City 2

Genre: Comedy, Romance

MPAA Rating: R

Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Director: Michael Patrick King

Screenwriter: Michael Patrick King

Trailer

Movie Website: SexandtheCitymovie.com

Actors/Actresses: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Mario Cantone, Willie Garson Read more

Movie Review: Sex and the City 2

Mood swings similar to those experienced by menopausal Samantha are a common side effect of exposure to Sex and the City 2. Two and a half hours (!) spent in the company of fortysomething Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte York-Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis), and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), and fiftysomething Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) takes a toll: The experience of listening to the girls complain about their fairy-tale lives from the comfort of an all-expenses-paid luxury vacation in the Arabian desert may leave a viewer feeling by turns nostalgic, disoriented, and impatient. Read more

Movie Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

As sword-and-sandal fantasy movies based on videogames and starring a buffed-up Jake Gyllenhaal go, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time goes pretty well. Gyllenhaal plays the grown-up Prince Dastan, adopted as a resourceful street kid by a sixth-century Persian king. Stained a rich George Hamilton teak in adulthood and bravely committed to a hairstyle reminiscent of Facebook-friendless Kip Drordy on South Park, Dastan has two nobly born stepbrothers: Tus (Richard Coyle as the square-featured and hesitant one) and Garsiv (Toby Kebbell as the toothy and bellicose one). Together, they receive counsel from their wily uncle Nazim (Ben Kingsley wearing eyeliner, so beware). On Nazim’s recommendation, the brothers attack the holy city of Alamut, with fateful consequences. Dastan forms an instant rom-com sparring connection with the Alamutian princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton). The princess is serious about her duties as guardian of the dagger that contains a travel-size sample of the legendary sands with which a human can turn back time. Arterton, a current Brit It actress, favors rock-star eye makeup and a mall-teen pout to express Tamina’s deAvotion to weapons and sand. Read more

Rachel McAdams And Owen Wilson To Star In New Woody Allen Movie

Woody Allen’s movies are often a vague and mostly unknown proposition until they show up in theaters fully formed. For a change though, he’s cluing us in on exactly what he’s up to well in advance. Today he announced the cast of his next film, Midnight in Paris and told us what it’s all about. Read more

Movie Trailer: Killers

Killers

Release Date: June 4, 2010

Genre: Action, Comedy

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Studio: Lionsgate

Director: Robert Luketic

Screenwriter: Melissa Stack

Movie Website: Killersfilm.com

Actors/Actresses: Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara, Rob Riggle, Martin Mull, Casey Wilson, Letoya Luckett, Katheryn Winnick, Sharan Masfield Read more

Movie Trailer: The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

Release Date: June 11, 2010

Genre: Action

MPAA Rating: PG

Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)

Director: Harald Zwart

Screenwriter: Chris Murphy, Steven Conrad

Movie Website: KarateKid-themovie.com

Actors/Actresses: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson Read more

Blu-Ray and DVD Releases for May 25, 2010

Dear John

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)

Director: Lasse Hallstrom

Screenwriter: Jamie Linden

Trailer

Movie Website: DearJohn-movie.com

Actors/Actresses: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas, Richard Jenkins, Keith Robinson Read more

‘Shrek’ barely scares up box office top spot

So much for the public’s hunger for anything in 3D.

DreamWorks Animation’s “Shrek Forever After” bowed even more lightly than some had feared, with the family comedy topping domestic rankings with just $71.3 million in estimated weekend boxoffice. The latest Paramount-distributed pic about a lovable ogre and his family debuted with significantly less green stuff than the two previous “Shrek” sequels, which each fetched $100 million-plus in their first three days. Read more

Movie Review: Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After, the fourth and allegedly final Shrek movie, finds our ogre hero living in 3-D but frustrated with his mundane existence as husband, father of three and living legend. Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) longs to be a real ogre again. He wants to see villagers fleeing before him in genuine terror, instead of treating his home like a tourist attraction. In one of the movie’s better gags, a plump little boy keeps insisting, in a helium-inflected growl, that Shrek “do the roar.” Shrek wants not to “do” the roar, but to really feel the roar. He wants his old life back, if only for a day. Read more

Movie Review: MacGruber

Unruly dialogue, early eighties fashion, mullets, and explosions (can’t forget about the explosions) dominate the 88 minute run time of Jorma Taccone’s MacGruber. It’s been a while since “Saturday Night Live” has had the courage to produce a feature version of one of their skits, and they decided to take the plunge with the MacGyver inspired knock-off. MacGruber is transformed from a mediocre 30 second sketch to an amazing action satire. Opting for an utterly over-the-top action movie parody rather than a faithful interpretation of the SNL sketch, MacGruber is childish and ridiculous and far funnier than you’re expecting. Read more

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