January 2010
(as seen in the Scottsdale Airpark News)
Movies in theaters are alive and well as Hollywood
continues to release some very exciting films. Why see these films
in a theater instead of at home on your great home theater system?
Some movies are best experienced on a massive screen with amazing
sound, with audience interaction, or maybe that guilty pleasure
-- with hot liquid butter poured all over that big bag of popcorn.
There could be one annoyance though -- deciding just what to see,
given there are often four or more new movies released every week.
So with your busy life, if you could see just one newly released
movie per week, which four in January should they be?
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For the
weekend of January 8, it is “Daybreakers”,
starring Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, and Sam Neill, directed
by Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig. Genre: Action / Science
Fiction, Horror / Thriller, rated R. Plot: In the year 2017,
a plague has transformed nearly every human into vampires.
Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the dominant species
plots their survival. Meanwhile, a researcher (Hawke) works
with a covert band of vampires on a way to save the human
race.
The other two movies opening this weekend are: Leap
Year and Youth in Revolt. |
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For the
weekend of January 15, it is “The Book of Eli”,
starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Malcolm
McDowell, and Jennifer Beals, directed by Allen Hughes and
Albert Hughes. Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Science
Fiction, rated R. Plot: in a post-apocalyptic America, lone
warrior Eli (Washington) must fight to bring society the knowledge
contained in a book that could be the key to its redemption.
However, a despot (Oldman) of a small makeshift town is determined
to take possession of the book Eli's guarding.
The other two movies opening this weekend are: Hoodwinked
Too! Hood vs. Evil (animated), and The Spy
Next Door. |
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the weekend of January 22, it is “Legion”,
starring Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, and
Charles S. Dutton, directed by Scott Stewart. Genre: Action
/ Thriller, not yet rated. Plot: the archangel Michael (Bettany)
is the only one standing between mankind and a biblical
apocalypse, after God loses faith in humanity. Man's lone
hope rests with a group of strangers stranded in a remote
truck stop diner, who must deliver a baby they realize is
Christ in his second coming.
The other two movies opening this weekend are: Extraordinary
Measures, and Tooth Fairy. |
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For the
weekend of January 29, it is “Edge of Darkness”,
starring Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, and Danny Huston, directed
by Martin Campbell. Genre: Drama / Thriller, rated R. Plot:
a veteran homicide detective (Gibson) whose only grown-up
child is murdered on the steps of his home. The cop unearths
his daughter's secret life as an activist and discovers a
world of corporate cover-ups via a shady businessman (Huston)
and government collusion that attracts an agent (Winstone)
tasked with covering up the evidence.
The other movie opening this weekend is: When In Rome. |
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Furthermore, gong to the movies still gives you the most entertainment
“bang for the buck” when compared to a similar two hour
venture at any professional sporting event, play or music performance.
See you at the movies!
Note: While the release dates & ratings for
these movies were correct at the time of printing, studios sometimes
make last-minute changes. If this happens, we apologize for any
inconvenience.
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