BTW, before I get goin' I wanna be sure to thank our over 30 new Twitter followers this week for keepin' an eye on us. Thanks! Not to mention the fact that our site traffic has doubled in the past couple weeks. We appreciate you perusing our humble site, even when we're too lazy to post. Anyway...not a lot to get revved up for this week. Supposedly there's some super huge blockbuster that came out, pushing it's weight around and scaring any other potential releases away.
So one of the reasons this is out so late is because I went to the very first showing of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince this morning. This after about 4 hours of sleep, no food, and a mild headache. Turns out popcorn, a caramel frap, and the latest Potter flick were a pretty effective cure. Obviously this was the big film of the week and has already gone on to gross over $100M on opening day. I started out as disinterested in the Potter franchise, especially after the first two films turned out to be a bit bland(thanks again Chris Columbus!), but with Prisoner of Azkaban and the darker tone I've become completely engrossed. This one is by far the most bleak of all the films and could be considered the Empire Strikes Back of the over-arching story. Enjoyable. I should've seen it Monday but I effed up my pre-screening passes. A common occurance now, since I did the same thing last night with my Adam screening passes. Totally blew my chance to hook up with Rose Byrne, too. Anyway, Harry Potter? Playing everywhere. Expect a review soon.
Yes, I've already seen 500 Days of Summer about a week ago, but now that it's finally in limited release I expect to see it a couple more times. In fact, I'm hosting a Meetup to see it next weekend if anyone's interested in hangin' with a bunch of film geeks. The film is a unique, fresh take on the romantic comedy headlined by two of my favorite actors working today, Joseph Gordon-Leavitt and Zoe Deschanel. Typically I see maybe one movie multiple times in a year. So far this year I've seen three(Star Trek, The Hurt Locker, The Brothers Bloom). 500 Days will be number four, and might be better than all of them. Right now it's only playing at AMC Georgetown in the DC/Metro area but will expand starting next week.
I feel like I've been raving about this movie forever, but now that it's out in wide release everyone needs to get off their ass and check out The Hurt Locker. Period. I saw it again last night and it's even better the 2nd time around. The most intense roller coaster ride of a war film in a very long time. It's playing pretty much everywhere here in the DC/Metro area(except stupid ol' Kingstowne) so you got no excuse.
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On Monday I'll be hittin' up the screening for Humpday, a comedy about two completely straight dudes who decide to make a gay porno for the Hump! Film Festival. Sounds like the plot of a Kevin Smith film, doesn't it? The trailers look brilliant, and the film has won tons of praise since it debuted at Sundance. Doesn't look like there's any actual dude-on-dude hay rollin'. I think Bruno has the market cornered in that regard.
