12/5/08 Weekend Movie Releases
Four Christmases is doing surprisingly well. Honestly, I thought it would have just flopped. People are always in the Christmas mood around Thanksgiving, so that could be part of it. I admit that I wish to see it, but probably not in theaters.
This week includes several movies which were moved up. Just a couple weeks ago only Punisher was going to be released on the December 5th weekend, now there are three major openings (although Punisher is still the largest by far).
I haven’t heard much about Cadillac Records (probably because it is being advertised to a specific group I’m not in). Nobel Son looks like it will be fun, but probably a TV movie for me. Punisher? Meh… I hated the first movie. I loved the comics as a child, but the movie just crapped out. I definitely want to see Frost/Nixon, but will my girlfriend? Probably not in theaters.
Cadillac Records (Musical Drama)
The movie follows the lives of recording artists in the 1950s with the likes of Chuck Berry, Etta James, and Leonard Chess.
Nobel Son (Crime Thriller)
Eli Michaelson (Alan Rickman) wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. His son is kidnapped and put for ransom at $2,000,000. Of course, the father/son relationship is hardly what you would call good. Eli refuses to pay the ransom which sets off a chain of events.
Punisher: War Zone (Action)
It’s the same ol’ same ol’ for Punisher. He kills a group of mobsters, the police is after him, and a new mob boss under the alias ‘Jigsaw’ comes about. Oh, forgot to mention that Punisher thinks about leaving the ‘justice’ department, but of course he doesn’t.
Frost/Nixon (Historical Drama)
The Ron Howard (Opie!) film about the Frost/Nixon interviews which took place three years after he was forced from office. Although this might sound boring to the unknowing, it is actually quite fascinating. And of course, it doesn’t hurt that Opie is the director.
