Review: Breakthrough
Yet another limp, poorly assembled, and underdeveloped stab at faith based filmmaking from a major studio, Breakthrough will only appeal to true believers with exceptionally low standards.
DVD Tuesday: ‘Rango’ and ‘Lincoln Lawyer’
New on DVD and Blu-ray this week: Johnny Depp gets animated for the hilarious comedy, Rango; Matthew McConaughey stars in the thriller, The Lincoln Lawyer; and prepare for the creepy horror film, Insidious.
DVD Tuesday: ‘The Mechanic’ and ‘Daydream Nation’
New arrivals on Blu-ray and DVD this week: Jason Statham stars as the assassin Arthur in the remake of The Mechanic; Kat Dennings plays a sardonic teenager in lust opposite Reece Thompson in Daydream Nation; and Anthony Hopkins takes on the powers of the devil in The Rite.
Film Friday: ‘Paul’ and ‘Limitless’
Opening this weekend in theatres: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in the sci-fi comedy, Paul; Bradley Cooper unleashes the power of his mind in Limitless; and Matthew McConaughey plays cat and mouse against his own client in The Lincoln Lawyer.
DVD Tuesday: ‘Tamara Drewe’ and ‘Middle Men’
New releases this week on Blu-ray and DVD include: the steamy Tamara Drewe, starring Gemma Arterton as a journalist looking to say goodbye to her home town; Middle Men, with Luke Wilson as a problem solver trying to make a fortune off of the early days of Internet pornography; the light drama, The Romantics, with Katie Holmes and Anna Paquin; plus a look at the comedies You Again, and Life As We Know It.
Film Friday: ‘Secretariat’ and ‘Buried’
Opening this Thanksgiving weekend at a theatre near you: Diane Lane stars in the Disney drama, Secretariat; Ryan Reynolds is trapped in a coffin for 90 minutes in Buried; plus a look at Life As We Know It and My Soul To Take.
TIFF 10 Gallery: ‘Daydream Nation’ red carpet
The cast of writer and director Michael Goldbach’s latest movie, Daydream Nation, walked the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival. Stars in appearance included Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Josh Lucas, and Katie Boland.