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Filmzee Friday Film Preview - Movies Opening May 02, 2008

These are the movies opening this weekend, from Thur May 1, 2008, onwards. (Some cities received early previews of certain movies in the list.) Note: links for Friday Preview posts will no longer go to preview pages on this site. Instead, they go to IMDB, where you can find far more information. (Just click on the bolded movie titles.) Links to reviews will be added here later. To see the poster for a movie, click on the thumbnail. (A poster image will be floated on this page.)

1. Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard. PG-13; 126 min; Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Directed by Jon Favreau; written by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, with characters by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Don Heck, and Larry Lieber.

2. Made of Honor. Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan. PG-13; 101 min; Comedy, Romance. Directed by Paul Weiland; written by Adam Sztykiel, Deborah Kaplan, and Harry.

3. Mister Lonely [limited]. Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, Werner Herzog, Anita Pallenberg, David Blaine. 14A (Canada), unranked in the USA; 112 min; Comedy, Drama. Directed by Harmony Korine; written by Avi and Harmony Korine.

4. Redbelt [limited]. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer. R; 99 min; Action, Drama. Written and directed by David Mamet.

5. Son of Rambow [limited]. Bill Milner. PG-13; 96 min; Comedy, Drama. Written and directed by Garth Jennings.

Iron Man was actually one of my faves when I was a kid, but I was hesitant about how a film adaptation would be. It looks a lot better in the trailers than I thought it might, and the gadgets look like a lot of fun. Of course, don’t know how the story is without seeing it. Does anyone not think Iron Man will be top of the box office for this weekend?

Certainly it won’t be Made of Honor. There’s just something so insulting when Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) asks Tom (Patrick Dempsey) to be her maid of honor. Does this girl not have any female friends? Do women hate her? Is she so dense that she hasn’t any clue whatsoever that Tom likes her? Or is he such a loser that he has never revealed any of his feelings to her? What right does he have to ruin her impending marriage? Is Michelle Monaghan even lead material? Who gave this lovely girl such an unflattering hairstyle for this movie? Do I even give a crap enough to see this contrived-looking movie? Will I ever shut up? It might not be #1 this weekend, but unfortunately it’ll probably be in the top 5, thanks to all the people fooled into going to see it.

As you can see from the list above, it’s blockbuster season and oddly enough, there are fewer wide releases than earlier this year. I live in a small town, so I won’t be able to see any of the limited releases for quite some time. That leaves very little to watch this weekend, except to catch up on recent theatrical releases that I missed. On my to-do list this weekend are Iron Man, 21, Deception, Nim’s Island and Horton Hears a Who, with short reviews to follow soon after.