New Releases Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
10,000 BC (1/10): A bunch of prehistoric people do battle with prehistoric beasts in what most critics have said is one of the worst movies imaginable. And we critics can imagine some pretty awful movies.
The Spiderwick Chronicles (6/10): Freddie Highmore continues to be the kid who stars on movies about imaginary lands with goblins and fairies and such. This one follows on the heels of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding NEverland, and Arthur and the Invisibles.
Definitely, Maybe: Ryan Reynolds tells Abigail Breslin, (who playws his daughter) the story of his romantic life. Apparently better than most sappy romatic stuff.
Boarding Gate (3/10): The always smokin-hot Asia Argento gets into some good-time S&M and weird con games with sexy folks. She is the kind of woman who makes this seem like a good idea for a movie. But it really isn’t.
Heroes of the East (8/10): A classic 1979 kung-fu film starring Gordon Liu (Pai Mei from Kill Bill) as a Chinese martial artist who must take on seven Japanese masters. Great fight scenes, good comedy, an influential movie in the genre.
Come Drink With Me (9/10): A true classic, from 1965, in the kung-fu genre. Starring Cheng Pei Pei, (Jade Fox from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) who was sensational as a young woman, this is the film that inspired countless others, including most notably Crouching Tiger.
Honeydripper: Danny Glover runs a juke-joint called the Honeydripper in a movie about the beginnings of rock and roll.
Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs: Futurama’s first full-length feature film, direct to DVD.
The Business of Being Born: Ricki Lake provides insight into the process of childbirth. Really. This is a movie.
Unstable Fables: Three Pigs and a Baby (6/10): Jim Henson’s studio produces this, the first installment in what will be a series of movies re-examining old fairy tales. This one, the three little pigs. Charming, with enough references to keep adults happy.
Also out today:
Caramel
Flight of the Conchords Season One
Days of Darkness
The Eye III
Harm’s Way
Intimate Enemies
Savage Planet
Never Forget
Out next week:
Vantage Point
Drillbit Taylor
In Bruges
Meet The Browns
Sex and Death 101
City of Men
Prairie Fever
Mad Men Season One
100 Million BC
Shotgun Stories
X-Files: Revelations
Time Bomb
Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control