Flawless – Filmzee Friday Film Preview

Film: Flawless.
Release: Wide.
Category: Crime, Drama.
Opening: Fri Mar 28, 2008.
Director: Michael Radford.
Writer: Edward Anderson.
Cast: Demi Moore, Michael Caine.
Rating: PG-13.
Runtime: 108 min.
Notes: Quick, what’s the last movie you actually went to see for Demi Moore? Give up? So do I. But according to IMDB, this is an old-school genre movie about a diamond heist in 1960, and [...]

Movies Opening This Weekend – Fri Mar 21, 2008

These are the movies opening this weekend, Fri Mar 21, 2008, in North America. (Limited-release films are marked “[limited]“. Click on a movie name to get more information about it. Click on a poster to see a larger version. Movies are listed alphabetically by title.

Les Chansons d’amour/ Love Songs [limited]. Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Clotilde [...]

Drillbit Taylor – Filmzee Friday Film Previews

Film: Drillbit Taylor.
Release: Wide
Category: Comedy
Opening: Mar 21, 2008.
Director: Steven Brill.
Writers: screenplay and story by Kristofor Brown and Seth Rogen, from an original treatment by John Hughes.
Cast: Owen Wilson, Josh Peck, Alex Frost.
Rating: PG-13/ 14A (depending on country).
Runtime: 102 min.
Notes: Considering Seth Rogen is one [...]

Meet the Browns – Filmzee Friday Film Previews

Film: Meet the Browns.
Release: Wide
Category: Comedy, Drama
Opening: Mar 21, 2008.
Director: Tyler Perry
Writer: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, Tamela J. Mann.
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 100 min
Notes: I like Angela Bassett but I’m not a Tyler Perry/ Madea fan. This movie does seem like a much more [...]

Shutter – Filmzee Friday Film Previews

Film: Shutter
Release: Wide
Category: Horror, Mystery, Thriller.
Opening: Mar 21, 2008.
Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Writer: Luke Dawson
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Rachel Taylor, James Kyson Lee.
Rating: n/a
Runtime: 85 m
Notes: I once made a personal vow never to see a movie that had one of the cast from Dawson’s Creek – [...]

The Grand – Filmzee Friday Film Previews

Film: The Grand
Release: Limited
Category: Comedy
Opening: Mar 21, 2008.
Director: Zak Penn
Writer: Zak Penn, Matt Bierman.
Cast: Shannon Elizabeth, David Cross, Richard Kind, Mike Epps, Dennis Farina, Woody Harrelson, Werner Herzog, Chris Parnell, and many more celebs you’ll probably recognize.
Rating:
Runtime:
Notes: The Grand is said to be an “improvisational” [...]

The Hammer – Filmzee Friday Film Previews

Film: The Hammer
Release: Limited
Category: Comedy
Opening: Mar 21, 2008
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Writer: Kevin Hench, based on a story by Adam Carolla.
Cast: Adam Carolla, Oswaldo Castillo, Heather Juergensen.
Rating: R
Runtime: 88 min
Notes: Adam Carolla stars as a now 40-year old boxer who’s been in a rut. But things [...]

La misma luna/ Under the Same Moon – Filmzee Friday Film Previews

Film: Under the Same Moon (La misma luna)
Release: Limited
Category: Drama
Opening: Mar 21, 2008.
Director: Patricia Riggen
Writer: Ligiah Villalobos
Cast: Eugenio Derbez, Kate del Castillo, Adrian Alonso, America Ferrera.
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 106 min
Notes: Supposedly a heartstring-tugging movie – which received a standing ovation at the 2007 Sundance Festival [...]

Les Chansons d’amour – Filmzee Friday Film Previews

Film: Les Chansons d’amour/ Love Songs
Release: Limited
Category: Musical
Opening: Mar 21, 2008.
Director: Christophe Honoré
Writer: Christophe Honoré
Cast: Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Clotilde Heme.
Rating: 18A (Canada)
Runtime: 100 min
Notes: This French-language film was released in Europe in May 2007 but is just coming around to North America now. [...]

Movies Opening This Weekend – Fri Mar 14, 2008

These are the movies that are opening this weekend, Fri Mar 14, 2008, in North America. Limited-release films are marked “[limited]“. Click on a movie name to get more information about that movie. Click on a poster to see a larger version. Movies are listed alphabetically by title.

Doomsday. Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig.
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