After too many openings last week (we're still behind) a whole new crop of flicks hit queen city screens this week - there's something for everybody - including on-screen heros ranging from Steve Jobs, Cecil Gaines and Kick-ass - along with a behind-the-camera hero, Woody Allen's latest. Also there's a bunch of great outdoor screenings (Squeaky Wheel at the Harbor and at the Transit Drive In) - - Lot's to see here people - move along (to the multiplex).
@ The Art House
Blue Jasmine - the latest from Woody Allen has been getting solid reviews (and scoring solid box office - in fact its opening on two screens at two of the three theaters in town showing it this weekend). Cate Blanchett stars as women who used to live high on the hog, now down in the dumps. Co-stars include Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Andrew Dice Clay (#OHHHH).
Screening: Regal Quaker Crossing, Dipson Eastern Hills, Dipson Amherst
at the Multiplex
Jobs - looking a little low rent, this indie biopic stars Ashton Kutcher as the late great Steve Jobs, with Josh Gad (as Woz), Dermot Mulroney, J.K. Simmons, Lukas Haas, and Matthew Modine. The flick got some minor buzz (and mix reviews) earlier this year at Sundance.
Screening: AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Amherst, Regal Transit, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker Crossing, Dipson Flix
Screening: AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Amherst, Regal Transit, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker Crossing, Dipson Flix
Lee Daniels' The Butler - Least anyone confuse this film with the 1926 silent classic (which no one has seen in years) - Lee Daniel's The Butler (directed by Lee Daniels of the formerly known as Push, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saphire....poor guy - at least Nintendo didn't block his last title, the messy The Paperboy) is a historical drama chronicling the life and service of white house butler Cecil Gians (played by Forrest Whitaker) with an all-star ensemble staring Oprah Winfrey, Vanessa Redgrave, John Cusack, Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda, and many more. This looks like a mini-series condensed into a little over 2 hours....
Screening: AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Market Arcade, Regal Transit, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker Crossing, Dipson Flix, Regal Walden Galleria
Kick-ass 2 - Jim Carey has been stirring up controversy, refusing to promote his film citing the youth violence (wait - did he also return his pay check?) Not sure what the need for a second film is - although I've enjoyed the films of writer-director Jeff Wadlow (Cry_Wolf, Never Back Down) - he knows what he's doing. Back for a second round are Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (-McLovin).
Screening: AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Market Arcade, Regal Transit, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker Crossing, Dipson Flix, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive In
Screening: AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Market Arcade, Regal Transit, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker Crossing, Dipson Flix, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive In
Paranoia - Not quite an Edward Snowden bio-pic (no one is stranded at any airport in Russia from what we can tell from the trailer), Liam Hemsworth plays a young guy send undercover to a rival tech company. I'm thinking this one and Jobs might make for an interesting double feature....
Screening: AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Market Arcade, Regal Transit, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker Crossing, Dipson Flix, Regal Walden Galleria
Reparatory Screenings
The Horror of Party Beach - showing Fri and Thursday at The Screening Room along with classic grindhouse trailers (awesome!)
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome (double feature with) Escape from New York - Transit Drive In (Tuesday August 20th)
Special Screenings
Outdoor Animation Festival at Canalside -- Squeaky Wheel presents an encore presentation of its Outdoor Animation Festival on Wednesday. Info at: https://www.facebook.com/events/154553228071827/
at the Cheap Seats
Red 2 (7/10)
Continuing in Theaters
Fruitvale Station (7/10)
The Conjuring (7/10)
The Way Way Back (8/10)
We're The Millers (6/10)
Elysium (7/10)
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