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(the funny stoned girlfriend in Knocked
Up) and director-cowriter Nicholas
Jasenovec ponder what love means
to different people. Also, Vi's more
famous friends/former costars—
Michael Cera, Martin Starr, Seth
Rogen—show up.
PONYO (G) See Movie Pick.
THE PROPOSAL (PG-13) I was
worn out by the trailer for this Sandra
Bullock-Ryan Reynolds romantic
comedy way back in April. An unlikable
career woman, Margaret Tate (Bullock),
is about to be deported to her native
Canada. Her quick fix requires her
put-upon assistant, Andrew (Reynolds,
whom I cant help but like), to marry
her. Naturally, a trip to meet his fam
ily—Mary Steenburgen, “Coach’ Craig
T. Nelson and Betty White as the loopy
grandma—in Alaska is the next step.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE
SHOW (R) 1975. Midnight screening
of the cult classic. Sex, rock and roll,
transvestism and murder all come
together in this campy romp-the lon
gest running release in film history.
THE ROOM (R) 2003. I've wanted
to see writer-director-star Tommy
Wiseaus personal cinematic atom
bomb since reading an article in
Entertainment Weekly about the
prominent billboard for the would-be
auteur's debut, an awful picture beloved
by two of my favorite ensembles, “The
State” and “Arrested Development."
Wiseau’s film is supposedly THE new
cult phenomenon. You definitely want
to see this flick in its Athenian debut
on the big screen. My Must-See Pick
of the Week.
A SERIOUS MAN (R) The Oscar-
winning Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan,
return with a black comedy set in the
late 1960s. Midwestern prof Larry
Gopnik's (Michael Stuhlbarg) life starts
to fall apart after his brother (Richard
Kind) takes up semi-permanent resi
dence in his home. His wife, Judith
(Sari Lennick), is preparing to leave
him; his son is stealing his money for
pot; and his daughter is stealing to
finance a nose job. The trailer is a true
work of art. I'm really excited about
this one.
THE SOLOIST (PG-13) Robert
Downey, Jr. brings all his powers to
LA. Times reporter Steve Lopez, who
befriends homeless, schizophrenic
musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Jr.
(Jamie Foxx). Admirability only goes
so far at the movies; at some point,
craft and/or entertainment should take
over. The Soloist is a little pitchy where
both are concerned.
SORORITY ROW (R) Sorority Row
has nothing new to offer the genre.
Pretty people get slaughtered in
increasingly creative ways until the
masked killer gets his (or hers). Yet
this silly, scary movie exemplifies
everything that’s right and entertaining
about slasher pics.
SURROGATES (PG-13) See Movie
Pick.
TRANSFORMERS; REVENGE OF
THE FALLEN (PG-13) The millions
trekking to the theater to witness over
two hours of robotic mayhem are
going to get their money's worth and
their socks rocked by Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen. The only people
who won’t like it probably didn’t really
want to gorge on a gigantic robot civil
war anyway.
TYSON (R) Controversial filmmaker
James Toback (Black and White)
returns to documentaries for the first
time in a decade with this chronicle
of his pal, former heavyweight boxing
champion Mike Tyson. Tyson’s leg
endary infamy ever increases; maybe
Toback can shed actual illuminating
light on one of modern sports’ most
mercurial figures.
THE UGLY TRUTH (R) Why does
anyone care whether or not an unap
pealing neurotic beauty (Katherine
Heigl) and a charming, Neanderthalish
brute (Gerard Butler) fall in love? A
dirty version of Cyrano de Bergerac
where Cyrano falls in love with Roxane
while helping her woo Christian, The
Ugly Truth cashes in on the naughty
comedy trend with some f-bombs and
masturbation gags.
UP (PG) Seventy-eight-year-old Carl
Fredricksen (v. Edward Asner) and
his late wife, Ellie, always dreamed
of traveling to South America. After
Ellie’s death, Carl floats his house to
the fabled Paradise Falls via several
thousand helium balloons. Carl and
a young stowaway, lonely Wilderness
Explorer Russell (v. Jordan Nagai),
confront the wilderness for the first
time, encountering a mythical bird,
a talking dog named Dug and Carl's
childhood hero, lost adventurei Charles
Muntz (v. Christopher Plummer).
WHIP IT (PG-13) Drew Barrymore's
directorial debut looks more and more
charming with each trailer. Indie spirit
Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page, who
apparently has cornered the market on
quirky, teen misfits) breaks the Bodeen,
TX mold by joining a roller derby
league. Author Shauna Cross adapts
her novel of the same name. With Alia
Shawkat ("Arrested Development”),
Daniel Stern, Marcia Gay Harden,
Jimmy Fallon, Kristen Wiig, Zoe Bell
(Death Proof), Eve, Juliette Lewis,
Ari Graynor (Nick and Nora's Infinite
Playlist) and Barrymore.
< ZOMBIELAND (R) Columbus,
“the most frightened person on Earth"
(Jesse Eisenberg) leads a band of refu
gees across a zombie-ravaged country
in search of the safety provided by an
amusement park. The trailers really
focus on Woody Harrelson’s tongue-in-
cheek zombie slayer, and I can't decide
if the flick's going to be non-stop fun or
too cheeky for its own good.
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