Release Dates Mar 19 2008 @ 11:29 pm
Theater Releases for March 21, 2008
The pickings are a little slim this week for those of us who like, you know, real movies. This might be a good week to stay home and rent a DVD. Or to go outside and get some exercise. Or to catch Caramel at the local arthouse (you know you’ve been meaning to check that place out for, like, ever). But here’s what’s coming out, if you’re still interested.
Drillbit Taylor
Drillbit Taylor
Get this: Owen Wilson stars in…a stupid comedy. Bet you didn’t see that one coming. In this one, he plays a mercenary bodyguard who gets hired by some high school students to beat up bullies. This one doesn’t look great, but it’s got an impressive pedigree: It was produced by Judd Apatow (who brought you Freaks and Geeks and Knocked Up), and it was based on a concept by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off). So it might not be terrible.
Recommended if you like Superbad, Zoolander, or Napoleon Dynamite.
Shutter
Shutter
The latest in the ridiculous trend of unnecessary Hollywood remakes of successful Asian horror films, this one is yet another technophobic potboiler–this time focusing on cameras. Are cameras more or less scary than VCRs? You decide. (All you really need to know about this one is that the poster reads, “From the executive producers of The Grudge and The Ring!”)
Recommended if you liked Dark Water, Fear Dot Com or guys with Polaroid cameras and really awful mustaches
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns
Tyler Perry is nothing if not prolific–he’s been churning out two or three movies a year since ‘05–plus numerous plays–an he’s showing no signs of slowing down (fun fact: he’s got a role in the upcoming Star Trek film–seriously). This time around, he’s given us a film about woman who reconnects with her roots after her estranged father dies. Expect this one to do well, as it’s the only movie coming out that has any chance of appealing to adults.
Recommended if you liked any other film that had the words “Tyler Perry’s” in the title
on Mar 20 2008 @ 8:12 am 1. Evan Derrick said …
I love it when they promote films with executive producer credits, as if that meant something.
And no, that can’t be true, Tyler Perry isn’t in Star Trek. Say it isn’t so. I swear, if we have to see Madea on the holodeck, I’m going to…well, J.J.Abrams will not be my best bud anymore.
on Mar 20 2008 @ 9:47 am 2. Luke Harrington said …
Dude, I’m not joking at all.
on Mar 20 2008 @ 11:06 am 3. kristena said …
Let’s face it– he does look a bit like the Reading Rainbow guy. He just needs a banana clip over his eyes.
on Mar 21 2008 @ 9:01 am 4. Film-Book dot Com said …
Looks like I will be watching The Host and Afro-Samurai again this weekend.
on Mar 22 2008 @ 12:42 pm 5. Nick Plowman said …
I would not mind seeing Drillbit - I am apprehensive, but not expecting too much.
Tyler Perry is a terrible filmmaker - why is he allowed to make movies? And is he so egotistical that he has to attach his name to the title of every film he “directs”? The dude is a joke, in my opinion.