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Another Tuesday, another batch of DVDs thrown at the consumer to purchase.  Ah, capitalism.

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Just in time for Halloween, it’s three scary movies!  There’s Monster House for the kids, Slither for the gut-busters out there and, scary enough to make anyone wet themselves, Nacho Libre! 

Film:

Monster House – You may have read last week’s column when I declared Over the Hedge to be the best animated film of the year.  This was a sloppy statement, because I had completely forgotten Monster House.  Erie, unnatural and with a bit of sophomoric humor (Mountain Dew bottles are used to store . . . similarly colord liquids,) it was a perfect realization of how a The Twilight Zone movie for the whole family would look like.  Another plus of the film is the look – instead of jumping on the bandwagon of making everything look more real in CG movies today, House went for style.  Instead of having every character’s hair blow gently in the breeze, this one just glues the hair down to the head, in a style not unlike claymation.  And best of all, it never ascends PG-rated frights, making House a great way to introduce your kids to scary movies.  Alan enjoyed the ride too, as you can read by kindly clicking here.

Nacho Libre – I love Jack Black.  I loved Napoleon Dynamite.  So, naturally, when I heard that Black and the director of Dynamite, Jared Hess were making a movie together called Nacho Libre, I was very content.  One year later, I was somewhat less content while in a theater watching Nacho.  Why?  Because I never perceived that a Jack Black vehicle could be so mind-shatteringly dull.  As hard as this film tries to be so obscure and silly that it gives the viewer a wave of giggles; Nacho only has one scene that inspires chuckles, every other shot is just of Black and friends being weird.  Aaron didn’t exactly disagree in his short review

Slither – 2006 has been a good year for comedy.  It’s given us Little Miss Sunshine Borat, Strangers With Candy and Little Miss Sunshine – all delivering laughs in high abundance.  But even in such a successful year for humor, Slither has a good shot of being the funniest movie of the bunch.  A send-up of horror a la Shaun of the Dead, Slither takes up the particularly simple (and easily achieved) task of pointing out everything mindless about a horror movie.  Shaun and Slither will find an identical audience, with the only differences between the movies being that the latter is less romance-oriented, and a lot scarier.  Scary enough, with its red and shriveled man-eating slugs, to be the creepiest movie put out in at least the last year.  If justice is alive, then Slither will find an audience on DVD.

Special Edition:

Reservoir Dogs: 15th Anniversary Edition – Hot off the heels of the 10th Anniversary edition comes this third edition of those ear-cutting Dogs to DVD.  Compared with the long line of Special Features from the last edition, 15 doesn’t have much to offer.  It scraps off just about everything from that edition except deleted scenes, while adding a couple of docs and . . . get excited . . . ENGLISH SUBTITLES!  A purchase for the die-hardiest of die-hard fans.

Television:

Batman Beyond: Season Two – Okay, nothing’s ever going to top the Bruce Timm-produced Batman from the 90s.  It’s just not going to happen.  Having said that, Batman Beyond is not a complete waste of time.  One of the first cartoons to embrace a jagged, straight line-oriented look that has come to dominate action cartoons today, Beyond was carefully designed and written to keep it from falling into just being a kids show, with solid plot lines that could appeal to any nine-year-old boy and his dad.

SNL: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse – The Ambiguously Gay Duo?  Ex-Presidents?  As someone who watched and studied Will Ferrell era SNL throughout middle school in the hopes of becoming funnier, the Robert Smigel helmed short cartoons hit close to home.  The crude animation paired with obscurely silly humor worked better than many of the live-action skits on SNL, and with voice actors like Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert what reason don’t you have to check this out?

The Swan – You’re kidding me.  I mean really, you’re kidding me, right FOX?  I still have a hard enough time believing there was ever a show like The Swan, a reality show where they turn the less attractive members of our society into beauty queens, and torture the contestants by not letting them within sight of a mirror while they undergo plastic surgery liposuction and recovery from such procedures, but now you’re putting it on DVD so it can live on forever?  Really?

That’s My Bush! – Before I was allowed to watch South Park, my parents and I would make an occasion of every Wednesday night to watch That’s My Bush!, a live-action show about George W. that mocked the average American Sit-com just as much as the American President, created by the same guys that gave us South Park.  With the annoyingly perfect neighbor, a catch-phrase that ended every episode (“Oh Laura, one of these days, I’m gonna punch you in the face!”)  and even a traditional, couch dominated Sit-com living room set that occupied the White House, Bush somehow managed to be hilarious regardless of your feelings on the namesake of the show.  With only 13 episodes, it left office early but used its time wisely.

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Oh, heck yes! It’s Tuesday, and that means that you, yes you, the happy reader of RazorFine Review, gets to read a brand new installment of New on DVD!  Is it even remotely possible to contain the excitement?  I think not.

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Welcome to a week of commercial hits.  With the excetption of American Dreamz, all of the titles in this week’s column either grossed over $50 million in theaters, or lasted on television for eight years.

Film:

The Break-Up – I don’t have many actors that I can’t stand.  When I announced my anticipation for Marie Antoinette to my friends, I was met by a barrage of hatred for Kirsten Dunst; when I see the covers of tabloids, I just can’t understand why everyone loves to hate Lindsay Lohan.  But there is one starlet of Hollywood who I can’t find any favor in – Jennifer Aniston.  She was great in The Good Girl, but in any other movie she fails to prove any ability to act.  All she seems to do in any movie (including The Break-Up,) is recite lines while looking perky and as adorable as ever.  I couldn’t sympathize with her at all throughout all of her trials through the movie because I never saw her character, all I saw was the super-star known for two things: Friends and Brad Pitt.  Having said that, Vince Vaughn is charmingly funny as usual in this film, and it never hurts in my book to feature an alum of Arrested Development (Jason Bateman,) but thanks to Aniston the movie just never works.  Alan wasn’t too fond of it either, as made evident in his review of the film.

Over the Hedge – I never thought I would say this, but the best computer animated film this year so far wasn’t from Pixar.  No, Cars was fun but flat, giving DreamWorks the opportunity to steal the show with its simple but delightful Over the Hedge.  It did everything right – it had an all-star cast (with names like Bruce Willis, Steve Carell and even Captain Kirk,) a family friendly script that anyone could enjoy and, most importantly, it was funny.  It was funny on multiple levels, from Carell’s sugar junkie squirrel Hammy to the over the top direction found in the third act, it’s impossible not to give off a loud laugh at least a dozen times during the movie.  The animation might have failed to bring anything new to the table, but other than that there are no complaints to be had in this movie.  Alan was a believer too, as his review demonstrates.

American Dreamz – Too be honest, I walked out of American Dreamz disappointed.  As a believer that About a Boy is easily one of the most over-looked classics of the past ten years, I was excited to see this promising next film for Paul Weitz.  It was the first to lampoon the easily lampoonable American Idol, and featured Dennis Quaid with a hilariously spot-on impersonation of an American President who might or might not be a reflection of George W. Bush, American Dreamz had the potential to be a great satire on today’s America.  But the final product isn’t what could have been – what we get instead is a jumbled effort that makes it seem as though Weitz couldn’t decide if he wanted to make a serious, political film or a solid knee-slapper.  Still, American Dreamz should be commended for trying something most comedies try to steer clear of: having an intelligent message.  Alan, on the other hand, found more appeal in the film as you can read in right here.

The Omen – You know, The Omen wasn’t that good, but at least it was exciting (which in itself makes it several thousands times more watchable than The Grudge 2)  Sure, it was made obvious from its theatrical campaign that the only reason it was greenlit was so that 20th Century Fox would have a scary movie to release on 6/6/06; but hey, it wasn’t too bad.  It was watchable and, though rarely scary, was often intense.  There are better horror films out there to rent this Halloween; but I’ll be honest, after seeing The Grudge 2 last week (you can read my review of that stinker here,) even White Noise sounds like a fun-filled fright-fest.  Although Alan didn’t exactly agree with me on the issue, obvious from his one-star review of the film.

Television:

That ‘70s Show: Season 5 – Who buys these DVDs?  Seriously, who cares enough to pay money for an okay show that is already run, rerun and overrun through syndication .  The show is a testament of how there’s always going to be an audience out there for crappy television.  Still, if you need a fix for your Fez infatuation, then by all means run out there and throw Fox some more money.

Charmed – The Complete Sixth Season – Rejoice Charmed fans, although the death of the WB may have destined the show for the same fate, you get the sixth of the show’s eight seasons today!  The show was by no means great, but still a fun enough way to pass an hour by.  Some even tried to claim that, in a post-Buffy world, it was a semi-worthy heir to the show.  Of course, no show of its kind has come even close to matching the genius Buffy the Vampire Slayer since it ended three years ago, but you get the idea.

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Marie Antoinette Week

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Sofia Coppola gave us The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation.  This Friday she brings her latest film, re-teaming with Kirsten Dunst, in Marie Antoinette.  Over the week we’ll be taking a look at Coppola’s first two films as well as a gander at a few of Miss Dunst’s as well.  And of course we’ll have our reviews for her new flick on Friday.

But that’s not the only film opening this week.  The list includes Flags of Our Fathers, the first of two films to be released from director Clint Eastwood examining the Battle of Iwo-Jima, as well as obsessed dueling magicians Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman in The Prestige, a new 3-D version of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Terry Gilliam falling further into the abyss with a film that makes his last (The Brothers Grimm) appear to be a classic, another horsey movie with a young girl learning about life, and the star-studded cast of the Augusten Burroughs biopic Running With Scissors. 

All that and more; take a peek inside for the full list.

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Sofia Coppola brings Marie Antoinette to the screen, in the guise of Kirsten Dunst, for her third film.  All this week we’ll take a look some of the previous films of Coppola and Dunst as we begin Marie Antoinette Week here at RazorFine.

But that’s not all that’s scheduled to hit theaters this week.  Want to know more?  Just click on the title for film info including a full cast list.  Want a closer look?  Just click on the poster to watch the trailer.

Opening Friday:

Marie Antoinette

For her third film Sophia Coppola decided to adapt Lady Antonia Fraser’s The Journey which takes a sympathetic look at the figure of Marie Antoinette.  For her star Coppola called on Kirsten Dunst (the two worked on Coppola’s first film The Virgin Suicides) as well as Judy Davis, Jason Schwartzman, and Rip Torn.  The film received a mixed reaction at the Cannes Film Festival (as any pro-Antoinette film would) but also earned one award and a nomination for the Golden Palm.  The rock trailer, the intriguing cast, and the lush photography make this look like a film worthy of viewing and discussion.  How worthy?  Well check back Friday for our reviews!

Flags of Our Fathers

In the first of two films dealing with the Battle of Iwo Jima (Eastwood also directed Letters from Iwo Jima, presented from the Japanese point of view) Clint Eastwood gives us Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, and Adam Beach as the surviving members of the most famous photograph from WWII.  The film follows the stories of all six men, their families, the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima, how it changed the lives of the three men who made it home, and how the U.S. Government used the event to help jumpstart the war effort.  The script was penned by Oscar winner Paul Haggis (Crash).  Make sure you check back Friday for our review.

The Prestige

Batman vs. Wolverine.  Christain Bale and Hugh Jackman play competing Victorian Age magicians obsessed with outdoing each other and being proclaimed the best magician in London.  Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins) directs this journey of pride and obsession that will make everyone quickly forget that other regrettable magic film from ealier this fall.  It also stars Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall and David Bowie (yes, THAT David Bowie) as Nikola Tesla.  Check back Friday for our full review.

Flicka

Are you Flickin’ kidding me?  Another horsey movie?  Based on the novel My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara (made into a film in 1943 with Roddy McDowall) follows the story of a young teenager girl (Alison Lohman) claiming a wild horse as her own to prove to her father she could one day run the ranch.  This version also stars country music star Tim McGraw and Maria Bello as the parents (how freakin’ lucky is McGraw, he gets to pretend to be Bello’s husband on-screen and go home to Faith Hill at night)!  With Bello’s involvement you’d expect the film to be more than what it seems.

The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D

Tim Burton’s tale of Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon) leaving Halloween Town for Christmas Town with a well-intentioned, but woefully inept, plan to play Santa Claus (Edward Ivory) gets a remake in 3-D for Halloween (and you only had to wait 13 years).  The remastered digital 3-D prints include Lucas-like “improvements” included a revamped soundtrack.  For those of you who don’t remember the voice actors include Catherine O’Hara, Paul Reubens, Greg Proops, William Hickey, and the music and singing (he does the singing voice of Jack) of Danny Elfman.  I guess this animated 3-D flick craze is here to stay (Monster House). 

Opening Friday, in Limited Release:

Running with Scissors

In a film based off of Augusten Burroughs’ memoir, Augusten (Joseph Cross) dealing with an alocholic father (Alec Baldwin) and unstable mother (Annette Bening) as he spends his young years with his mother’s therapist (Brian Cox) and his extended family.  The first rate cast also includes Evan Rachel Wood, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gabrielle Union, and Joseph Fiennes.  Burroughs’ family wasted no time in suing Augusten so you can bet there’s some juicy tidbits to be enjoyed.  For you Nip/Tuck fans – the film is directed by the series head staff writer and executive producer Ryan Murphy.  The film opens Friday in limited release.

Sleepling Dogs Lie

Writtnen and directed by Bob Goldthait (yeah, THAT Bob Goldthwait) this dark comedy asks the question “Is honesty always the best policy?”  After Amy (Melinda Page Hamilton) shares a sexual indiscretion from her past with her current fiance (Bryce Johnson) she struggles with the consequences.  Both the film earned a Grand Jury Prize nomination at Sundance.  I have to say I’m more than a little curious at just what craziness Goldthwait’s brain unleashes here.  The film also stars Geoffrey Pierson, Jack Plotnick, Brain Posehn, Morgan Murphy, Steve Agee, and Bonita Friedericy.  It upens exclusively Los Angeles and New York on Friday.

Tideland

Terry Gilliam doesn’t play it safe, he reaches for the moon with his own brand of madness.  Whe he succeeds he gives us Time Bandits, The Fisher King, and Twelve Monkeys.  We he fails however we get films like Tideland.  The movie follows the odd little Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland) who finds herself in an abandoned country farmhouse with her inattentive druggie father (Jeff Bridges) after her mother (Jennifer Tilly) dies of a heroin overdose.  She lives in a bizarre fantasy world which includes the heads of dolls and the retarded neighbor.  Just how bad is Tideland?  Check back Friday for my review to find out.

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This Week

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So what’s out there this week?  Well today we’ll take a look at the films scheduled to be released which include a new cop drama from Martin Scorsese, another film with Jessica Simpson (why cruel world, why?!), a Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel (why cruel world, why?!!), a documentary on the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, and a new film with Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II.

C’mon in and let us get you ready for the week!

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Here’s what’s scheduled to hit theaters this week.  Want to know more?  Just click on the title for film info including a full cast list.  Want a closer look?  Just click on the poster to watch the trailer.

Opening Friday:

The Departed

Martin Scorsese takes a page from Michael Mann’s Heat here focusing on a cop and a crook.  The twist is the cop (Matt Damon) is crooked and the crook (Leonardo DiCaprio) is an undercover cop trying to nail an important member of the Irish mafia (Jack Nicholson) in Boston.  It’s Scorsese’s best in recent memory (Gangs of New York, The Aviator); could this finally be his year come Oscar time?  The film also stars Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin in a performance that if it isn’t nominated come award season, they should stop giving out awards.  Check back Friday for our review.

Employee of the Month

Jessica Simpson (without her “Daisy Dukes”) stars as the new employee at a superstore who causes a competition between two store slackers (Dane Cook, Dax Shepard) to win employee of the month in order to earn a date, because beautiful dumb girls really care who’s employee at the month at a dead-end warehouse job.  It took three people (Dan Calame, Chris Conroy, and Greg Coolridge – who gave us 2002’s insanely bad idea comedy Sorority Boys) to write the script!?  The film also stars Andy Dick and Sean Whalen.  It wheels itself into the express check out lane of theaters this Friday and we’ll have the review.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Speaking of insanely bad ideas…  After a car accident, two pairs of young lovers (Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matthew Bomer) find themselves in a house of horrors which contains the man who will become Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski).  The script was penned by Sheldon Turner who gave us the Adam Sandler version of The Longest Yard, and directed by Jonathan Liebsman (Darkness Falls).  The supporting cast includes R. Lee Emery, Terrence Evans, Lew Temple, Emily Kaye, Cyia Batten, and Lee Tergesen.  At least it doesn’t star Jessica Biel.  It scares its way into theaters on Friday.

Opening Friday, in Limited Release:

…So Goes the Nation

Documentary filmmakers Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern (the pair gave us 2004’s The Year of Yao) take a look at the 2004 Presidential election and the factors that won George W. Bush a second term.  It’s received praise for its balanced look (so you know it wasn’t produced by FOX News), and allows insiders from both political parties to give perspectives and opinions on all that occurred, with an emphasis on the swing state of Ohio.  Will a balanced documentary be acceptable for such a polarized country?  It will openly exclusively in New York this Friday.  IFC Films will release it into more markets over the next few weeks.

The Queen

Helen Mirren stars as Queen Elizabeth II (for which she won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival).  The film looks at Elizabeth II shortly after the death of Princess Diana and her much publicized public disagreement with Prime Minister Tony Blair (Martin Sheen).  Directed by RazorFine fav Stephen Frears (Mrs. Henderson Presents, High Fidelity, the film also stars James Cromwell, Alex Jennings, Robin Soans, and Sylvia Syms.  The script was penned by Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland), who also took home an award at the Venice Film Festival.  It opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.

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This Week

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So what’s out there this week?  Well today we’ll take a look at the films scheduled to be released which include The Last King of Scotland (on Wednesday), Billy Bob Thorton and Jon Heder going mano e mano in School for Scoundrels, Ashton Kutcher as a dimwitted cartoon (and he stars in an animated film out today too!).

All that and more; c’mon in and let us get you ready for the week! 

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Here’s what’s scheduled to hit theaters this week.  Want to know more?  Just click on the title for film info including a full cast list.  Want a closer look?  Just click on the poster to watch the trailer.

Opening Wednesday, in Limited Release:

The Last King of Scotland

James McAvoy plays a Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician of the vicious and brutal President of Uganda (Forest Whitacker); he discovers he can no longer stand the dictator’s tyrannical rule and attempts to flee the country.  Oscar buzz is swarming all over this one which is based on the novel by Giles Foden describing the real life dictatorship of Idi Amin who ruled Uganda with an iron fist in the 1970’s.  Kevin MacDonald (Touching the Void, and the 2000 Oscar winning documentary One Day in September) directs, and Gilian Anderson and Kerry Washington also star.  The film opens Wednesday in limited release in select cities.

Opening Friday:

School for Scoundrels

A lovelorn loser (Jon Heder) enrolls in a secret confidence building class to improve his self-esteem and win the girl of his dreams (Jacinda Barrett), only to see his self-absorbed instructor (Billy Bob Thorton) attempt to beat him to the girl.  Zany comedy abounds in this one in a somewhat sweeter version of the humor Thorton used so well in Bad Santa.  Todd Philips (Old School, Road Trip, Starsky & Hutch) directs.  The supporting cast includes Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, Michael Clarke Duncan, Todd Louiso, Horatio Sanz, and David Cross.  The film opens on Friday and we’ll have the review.

Open Season

You know what we needed?  Another mediocre animated film about critters in the woods.  Yeah…  just exactly what we need.  This one follows the story of a bear (Martin Lawrence) raised in captivity by a forest ranger (Debra Messing) who must adapt to life in the forest as Open Season for hunting begins.  The film also includes the voice talents of Ashton Kutcher as his nit-wit friend (what else?), Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Patrick Warburton, Nika Futterman, Jane Krakowski, and Gary Sinese as the obessed hunter Shaw.  Somebody please explain Ashton Kutcher’s career to me, please!  The film opens on Friday, so check back for our review.

The Guardian

Speaking of films we don’t want to see starring Ashton Kutcher…  Kutcher stars as Maverick cocky Jake Fisher, the “best of the best,” who trains with famous rescue swimmer Ben Randall (Kevin Costner) to work in Alaska saving lives and learning about life.  Anybody else think this sounds like Lifetime Television for guys?  The supporting cast includes Clancy Brown, Shelby Fenner, John Heard, Leigh Hennessy, Dule Hill, Sela Ward, Bonnie Bramlett, Matt Laub, Neal McDonough, Melissa Sagemiller, and (the awesomely named) Danny Cosmo Higginbottom.  The Guardian starts drowning theater goers this Friday.

Currently in Limited Release, Opening Wide on Friday:

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

If you’re not a Beatles fan just scroll down to the next film.  John Lennon was the man.  More than just the front man for the biggest rock band in England, or the world, Lennon was an idealist and visionary.  The new documentary examines the life of Lennon and his struggles against the war in Vietnam.  The documentary is the latest from the writer/director team of David Leaf and John Scheinfeld (The Unknown Marx Brothers, Dean Martin: That’s Amore, Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of “Smile”).  After playing two weeks in select cites, the film will be release wide on Friday.  (Read our review here).

Haven

A businessman (Bill Paxton) flees the United States for the Cayman Islands with his daughter (Agnes Bruckner) to avoid prosecution.  After arriving their fates become intertwined with a local (Orlando Bloom) planning a crime that will shock the nation.  Written and directed by Frank E. Flowers (Swallow) the film also stars Zoe Saldana, Victor Rasuk, Lee Ingleby, Sarah Carter, Rachel Miner, and Robert Wisdom.  The film has languished in the festival circuit for two years (it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2004).  It’s been playing in select cities for a few weeks and opens wide on Friday.  Check back for our review.

The Science of Sleep (Science des reves, La)

As the lights came up I sat in the theater trying to put my experience of watching this film into words.  What I came up was simply this – bizarrely fascinating.  The film centers around a man (Gael Garcia Bernal) who lacks the ability to separate his dream world from reality, with dizzying results, and his love for his new neighbor (Charlotte Gainsboroug).  Nowhere near conventional, the film reminds me of Terry Gilliam’s early work (before he went crazy and started making “films” like Tideland and The Brothers Grimm).  It was released in select cities last week (read our review) and Friday begins its wider release.

Opening Friday, in Limited Release:

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Writer/director Dito Montiel’s autobiopic stars Robert Downey Jr. ad Montiel returning home to Astoria, NY to come to terms with his past.  Seriously, how cool is it for Robert Downey Jr. to play you in your life story?  Shia LaBeouf plays Mentiel’s young self, and the film has a nice supporting cast that includes (RazorFine fav) Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Dianee Weist, Channing Tatum, Melonie Diaz, and Eric Roberts.  Montiel’s personal story did well at Sundace pulling in both the Director’s Award and the Special Jury Prize for ensemble performance.  The film opens Friday exclusively in New York and Los Angeles.

Jesus Camp

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (the pair gave us 2005’s The Boys of Baraka) present this documentary look at children who attend the “Kids on Fire” summer camp for born again children.  The film focuses on three children from 9 to 12 years-old, and examines the broader impact of the Evangelical movement still strong in the Midwest.  Oddly enough, the film is being marketed to Christians despite it’s slightly slanted view in the other direction (Michael Moore looooves it).  It’s been a big hit on the festival circuit, including here in Kansas City.  Jesus Camp opens in select cities on Friday.

Facing the Giants

Another football coach movie?  Grant Taylor (Alex Kindrick, who also directs and co-wrote the script with his brother Stephen) isn’t the great football coach or motivator; his teams have lost consistantly for years, he’s about to be fired, and his wife is infertile.  Deciding he has nothing left to lose he turns to God to help inspire his players.  Not to misquote Star Trek, but what does God need with football?  The film was put together by an all volunteer Baptist cast in Albany, GA.  The inspirational pro-Christian message is sure to play better in red states.  It opens Friday in select cities.

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