New in Theatres · February 10, 2012

Another week behind us and a whole new bunch of movies at the theatres, except it’s actually just a whole lot of the some old stuff. Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds team up for some “who’s working for who!?” double agent espionage crap, The Rock offers up more cheesy family fare and Rachel McAdams delivers another romantic chick flick that doesn’t have a hope in hell of being as beloved as ‘The Notebook‘.

Oh, and George Lucas has thrown Episode I back into the theatres again. Just to show that greedy old bastard what we think of his 3D re-release – we’re going to watch the original trilogy on VHS this weekend! Remaster that, Lucas!!!

Good Luck to you all!

SAFE HOUSE
“No One Is Safe”

Directing: Daniel Espinosa
Writing: David Guggenheim
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Vera Farmiga

Price of Admission will get you: a formulaic thriller about an unsatisfied CIA desk jockey who gets more action than he bargained for when the best agent the agency ever had (until he went rogue) shows up on the doorstep of his Safe House.

Running Time · 115 min
Genre · Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Rating · R

JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
“Believe the impossible. Discover the incredible”

Directing: Brad Peyton
Writing: Brian Gunn, Mark Gunn (screenplay/story), Richard Outten (story), Jules Verne (novel)
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Luis Guzmán

Price of Admission will get you: yet another in which people fly around on bees!! We don’t understand why this is such a magical friggin’ idea for everyone!? There has never been – nor will there ever be – a point in time in which we dream about tooling around the countryside on the back of a bee! But you could see The Rock do it this weekend … in 3-D!

Running Time · 94 min
Genre · Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Rating · PG

THE VOW
“Inspired by true events.” 

Directing: Michael Sucsy
Writing: Jason Katims, Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Michael Sucsy (screenplay), Stuart Sender (story)
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange

Price of Admission will get you: bland and generic old Channing Tatum trying to win back the heart of his amnesic wife…and using every cliché in the book to do it!
Happy Valentine’s Day, suckers!

Running Time · 104 mins
Genre · Drama / Romance
Rating · PG-13

(read the rest of this entry to find out what is out this weekend…)

STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE  [3D re-release]
“Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.”

Directing: George Lucas
Writing: George Lucas
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd

Price of Admission will get you: This… in 3-D!!

…We’ve got a bad feeling about this!!

Running Time · 136 min
Genre · Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Rating · PG

Also In Limited Release:

RAMPART
Running Time · 108 min
Genre · Crime / Drama
Rating · R

IN DARKNESS
Running Time · 145 min
Genre · Drama / War
Rating · R

PERFECT SENSE
Running Time · 92 min
Genre · Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
Rating · Unrated

THE TURIN HORSE
Running Time · 146 min
Genre · Drama
Rating · Unrated

CHICO & RITA
Running Time · 94 min
Genre · Animation / Music / Romance
Rating · Unrated

RETURN
Running Time · 97 min
Genre · Drama
Rating ·Unrated