Buffalo-Niagara Film Reviews: BUFFA-WOOD BLOG: OPENING THIS WEEK: 9/27/2013

Lots of new movies to check out this weekend - with six new films hitting Queen City screens with something for everybody - quite literally. For the dudes we get Ron Howard's Rush (sadly its got nothing to do with a certain Canadian band), Don Jon - as if one movie about sex addicts in town wasn't enough, and Metallica: Through the Never in IMAX 3D. For the kids it's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Finally the ladies get two flicks - Baggage Claim with a hilariously bad quotable trailer ("I need your pockets, out your pockets" and "that man could have had INTERGALACTIC travel booty") and the much smarter looking (and more mainstream looking than her previous films) Nicole Holofcener's Enough Said. See you at the multiplex (and arthouse!)

at the Arthouse

Enough Said - Nicole Holofcener is one of the most preceptive directors working in Indiewood, Enough Said may be her breakout film. Featuring James Gandolfini in one of his last roles and Julia-Louis Dreyfus as empty nesters who start dating, unfortunately her new pal (played by Holofcener alum Catherine Keener) is his ex-wife.

Screening: Dipson Amherst, Dipson Eastern Hills

at the Multiplex

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Filling in a missing family film niche is really more of the same, in 3D of course.

Screening: Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Hollywood 12

Rush - With buzz coming out of Toronto this looks like an exciting, handsomely made action film from Ron Howard and writer Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon).

Screening: Regal Elmwood, Regal Transit, Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Hollywood 12, Regal Walden Galleria,

Don Jon - You've seen the internet meme - a picture of Joseph Gordon Levitt - the caption "Writes, directs and stars in a movie as a sex addict - girlfriend played by Scarlett Johansson". To be fair his dad is played by Tony Danza. Even after Thanks for Sharing (a flawed but interesting) this Sundance hit looks great, with buzz that its far more charming than it ought to be.

Screening: Dipson Amherst, Regal Elmwood 16, Regal Walden Galleria, AMC Maple Ridge, Regal Hollywood 12, Dipson Flix, Regal Quaker Crossing,

Baggage Claim - Paula Patton (Mrs. Robin Thicke) stars as a flight attendant haunted by ex-boyfriends. This could either be hilarious or terrible, or a little bit of both (my vote is for the later). Get ready for some international - no - intergalactic travel booty. Trey Songz as co-stars as her ex, and in like real life, he's leaning on his successful girlfriend ("she crazy.....cra...zy"). Ugh.

Screening: Dipson Market Arcade, Regal Transit, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Walden Galleria, AMC Maple Ridge, Regal Hollywood 12

Metallica Through the Never: An IMAX 3D Experience - A young man is entranced into a world of violence in a kind of Wizard of Oz, metal style. Could be fun - in addition to Lars it stars Dane DeHaan. Directed by the very stylish Nimrod Antal.

Screening: Regal Transit