Monday, July 1, 2013

OPENING THIS WEEK - 7/2/2013 & 7/5/2013

Five new films grace the shores of Lake Erie (and Ontario - we don't discriminate for those in the extreme North Towns) this week, including two early Wednesday (well actually Tuesday night) openings just in time for America's birthday (we will not be upstaged by Canada Day! Said me as I wade through the friendly Canadians infiltrating the Walden Galleria today - leaving behind their boxes and receipts to cheat Boarder Services).



@ The Art House (opening FRIDAY)


Midnight's Children - Dipson Amherst Theatre

Speaking of Canadians - Deepa Mehta returns with Midnight's Children - it looks like a compelling narrative spanning a swath of history in a vastly changing India (following independence from Britain to modernization). Based on the novel by Salman Rushdie. (who despite Gene of Bob's Burgers, is not the author of The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe .... skip ahead to 1:23 here)




The Attack - Dipson Eastern Hills

While that title could describe virtually any big budget studio film - the Lebanese produced The Attack has been allegedly banned throughout the Arab world, the film looks like a powerful, complex study of the Israeli zeitgeist wrapped in a political thriller.






@ The Multiplex (opening TUESDAY NIGHT)


Despicable Me 2 - AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Market Arcade, Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Elmwood, Regal Walden Galleria, Regal Hollywood 12, Dipson Flix, Transit Drive-In

Gru is back (but did he ever really leave) - I loved the first Despicable Me - especially its use of 3D (which, unlike many a film was a true upgrade), the trailers makes me laugh every time I see one....





The Lone Ranger -AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Market Arcade, Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Elmwood, Regal Walden Galleria, Regal Hollywood 12, Dipson Flix, Transit Drive-In

Because you didn't ask for it - another big budget bloated studio movie with Johnny Depp - with a 2 hour and 20 minute running time (see at at Regal and you'll be there for three hours - - seriously Regal, 25 minutes of previews the other day at White House Down!). I've enjoyed Gore Verbinski's earlier films but this looks like what happens when you have a director unchecked doing what he will...





Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain This - Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Elmwood, Regal Walden Galleria, Regal Hollywood 12

I enjoyed Hart's first theatrically released concert movie, 2011's Laugh at My Pain, so his new one should be fun to check out (and its only 75 minutes - half the length of The Lone Ranger)


In The Cheap Seats

The Bling Ring - Dipson McKinely Mall  (review)


Reparatory Screenings

Grease - The Screening Room Cafe

Continuing In Town... (our reviews)







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