Happy Thanksgiving!
Opening this weekend...
AUSTRALIA, written by Stuart Beattie and Baz Luhrmann, dir. by Baz Luhrmann
Premise: Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Playing at: Loews Kips Bay, Clearview Chelsea
I've always really liked the energy and visual style of Baz Luhrman's Red Curtain trilogy (Romeo + Juliet, Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge) and even went so far as to catch the opera he directed on Broadway a few years back. I'm a little cautious, though, to see him trying something so... straight-forward looking. But I'm in. I trust him, even without John Leguizamo.
MILK, written by Dustin Lance Black, dir. by Gus Van Sant
Premise: The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White.
Playing at: Loews Village VII, Clearview Chelsea, Lincoln Plaza Cinemas
Great buzz, and I like Gus Van Sant. I'm in for this one, too.
FOUR CHRISTMASES, written by Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson, dir. by Seth Gordon
Premise: A couple struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.
Playing at: Everywhere.
Okay, I don't like Vince Vaughan. Don't think he's funny. Sorry, everyone. I tried, but he still just grates on me. No interest in this one, but it'll do well enough.
TRANSPORTER 3, written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, dir. by Olivier Megaton
Premise: Jason Statham is back in the third outing of 'The Transporter'. This time he's hired by a criminal mastermind to go on a mission to deliver a 'package'. With Frank Martin now electronically rigged, he must complete his mission or die!
Playing at: All over.
Gotta love the use of quotation marks in that synopsis.
First movie was bad. Second was even worse. Third one seems to be a car commercial. No thanks.
The "plot" centers around a "device" that's been placed in "Jason Statham's" "car". It won't "allow" him to get more than "75 yards" from the "car" or he'll "die". Which means plenty of gratuitous shots of his new Audi. Drive Audi!
Note, the director's last name is almost Megatron. Damn, that guy just missed out.
What are you doing/seeing this weekend?
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