May 2008

This Week in Film

Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz play strangers who get married in Las Vegas and then win $3 million, but to collect they must stay married for six months.  Let me get this straight, Kutcher gets $3 million and is “forced” to stay married to Cameron Diaz?  I hate you Asthon Kutcher!  Queen Latifah, Krysten Ritter, Lake Bell, Zach Galifanakis, and Dennis Farina also star.  Check out the official site.  The film strolls down the aisle on Friday.  Larger trailer available inside the Full Diagnosis.

What Happens in Vegas…
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This Week in Independent Film

In this dark comedy written and directed by David Ross a teenage babysitter (Katherine Waterston) becomes a madam arranging dates between her friends and the the married fathers of the neighborhood.  John Leguizamo, Cynthia Nixon, Lauren Birkell, Louisa Krause, Halley Wegryn Gross, Alexandra Daddario, and Andi Potamkin also star.  The girls get put to work in limited release in select cities on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

The Babysitters
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This Week in Independent Film

Ellen Page stars as young Tracey who, while searching for her brother (Zie Souwand), finds herself trapped on a bus during a blizzard.  Ari Cohen, Ryan Cooley, and Kate Todd also star.  Adapted from the novel of the same name.  Check out the official site.  The film opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

The Tracey Fragments
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Iron Man

  • Title: Iron Man
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“I want to protect the people I put in harm’s way.”

The film follows the life-changing events of weapons manufacturer and wealthy industrialist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.).  After performing a weapons demonstration in the Middle East Stark is captured by terrorists and forced to design new weapons for their use.  In a last-ditch effort to save his life, Stark creates a armored suit, powered by the small power source keeping him alive, to escape and make his way home.

On arriving back in the states Stark proceeds to shut down the weapons manufacturing part of Stark Industries (which is most of the company), to the displeasure of longtime friend and business parter Obadiah Stone (Jeff Bridges), and begins a new project – one which will eventually be tabbed by local media as Iron Man.

Directed by Jon Favreau, who also has a small role casting himself as Happy Hogan, the film mixes action, state of the art special effects, humor, and drama to give us one of the better comic book films ever made.  This is a fanboy’s wet dream come to life.

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