In When in Rome an ambitious young New Yorker (Kristen Bell), disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a “foolish” fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate (Danny DeVito), a street magician (Jon Heder), an adoring painter (Will Arnett) and a self-admiring model (Dax Shepard). But when a charming reporter (Josh Duhamel) pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing?
Release date: June 29, 2010 Rated: PG-13 Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Will Arnett, Alexis Dziena, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Kate Micucci, Bobby Moynihan, Danny DeVito, Anjelica Huston
Edge of Darkness is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year-old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter’s secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous, looking glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder – and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven’s solitary search for answers about his daughter’s death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption.
Release date: June 29, 2010 Rated: R Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, Bojana Novakovic, Frank Grillo, Gbenga Akinnagbe
Avatar pulled ahead towards the end of the week and has become our winner. Beating out WALL-E by 12 percent the message is clear that Avatar had a political agenda.
First of all, the movie was AMAZING. That is really the best way to describe what will probably become the highest grossing movie of all time. The world of Pandora was gorgeous and seeing it in 3d was an experience never to be forgotten. Despite how amazing the movie turned out to be, it was pretty obvious that the writers wanted to stir the pot a little in the environmentally political world. Humans are once again portrayed as people incapable of caring for their own world and so they must find other worlds to destroy as well. Also, the fact that the underlying destruction of the planet was because of money doesn’t make you feel good inside either.
Congratulations to Avatar for being not only the best movie of the year so far (yes I know it’s still January), but the largest environmental guilt trip also.
