The most anticipated release of the week is undoubtedly Observe and Report, starring the go-to guy for comedy, Seth Rogen. It stars Rogen as a delusional rent-a-cop at a local mall, who falls in love with the shop girl in the beauty department. Sound familiar? Yeah, it was the plot for Paul Blart. But having seen this already I can tell you that this is no Blart. It's much darker, and frankly it's a little weird. It's written and directed by Jody Hill, who most recently brought us The Foot Fist Way and co-stars Anna Faris, who's lips are getting bigger by the movie.
Chow Yun Fat continues his descent into film irrelevance as he stars as Master Roshii in Dragonball Evolution, a big screen version of the once popular Japanese cartoon about superhumans who hurl fireballs at eachother and turn into apes or something. The cast is delightfully W.A.S.P.y, starring Justin Chatwin and Emmy Rossum in roles they simply have no business playing. I do have to say that Ms. Rossum looks sexy wielding those twin guns of hers. Oh, and Piccolo looks like a walking head of lettuce. The special effects here leave much to be desired.
John has been aching to see The Hannah Montana Movie. He's forbidden me from saying anything remotely negative about it, and as such I'm going to close out this section now so that nothing slips out.
There's a screening of State of Play on Monday at the Mazza Gallerie, which stars such heavyweights as Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams and Ben Affleck. If things go as planned I will definitely be there....but then again nothing ever quite goes as planned so don't count on it.
That's all for the major releases, but there's still some leftovers from previous weeks that I've yet to dive into. Sin Nombre is still pulling people in by the dozen over at Landmark E Street. I know because I had to pass them all by as I walked alone to see The Great Buck Howard(review to come). Tuesday there will be a screening of the much talked about American Violet over at Landmark E Street. It tells the tale of a poor woman who finds herself swept up in a corrupt legal system, falsely accused of being a drug dealer. The story is based off actual events that took place during the 2000 presidential election. I'll definitely be trying to hit this one.
