The Town
Ben Affleck has returned to the director’s chair for the unimaginatively-named heist film, The Town. The script, based on a novel by Chuck Hogan, was co-written by Affleck and two others and – instead of getting his brother to play the main character – this time, Ben casts himself as the leading man, Doug MacRay.
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Salt
Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt in the new action thriller Salt. It’s a “by the numbers” spy film with a couple exciting scenes, but they don’t really make up for the overly unrealistic and predictable plot. Jolie is a captivating actress (I could stare at her lips all day) and she’s effective as an action star – Mr. and Mrs.
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A Perfect Getaway
A Perfect Getaway is the new thriller from David Twohy starring Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant and Kiele Sanchez. Twohy first showed up on my radar years ago when I read his scrapped Alien 3 script, but it was Pitch Black that made him a writer/director to follow.
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Angels and Demons
Ron Howard assumes the directorial duties for another story based on a Dan Brown book, Angels and Demons. This film is the sequel to the movie version of The Da Vinci Code, but the book is actually a prequel.
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Donkey Punch
If there was ever a name of a film that by its very nature would make someone not want to see it… Donkey Punch is that film. It starts innocently enough with three girls on their vacation in another country getting ready to go out and have as much fun as possible. Then they meet some guys and things start to go wrong.
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Valkyrie
Christopher McQuarrie and Bryan Singer have joined forces again for the first time since The Usual Suspects in 1994, but, unlike that movie, this project isn’t going to impress people or win any awards.
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The Strangers
The Strangers takes a while to get started, but viewers that aren’t expecting anything groundbreaking might encounter a few worthwhile moments with just a little patience. The story unfolds somewhere between ‘sloth’ and ‘glacier’ on the speed scale and instead of real characterization we get to piece together the events of the evening that occurred before we meet the main characters.
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