Now Playing (05/18)

L I M I T E D

Brooklyn Rules Freddie Prinze Jr is still around?
Even Money Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito are also still alive and featured in this addiction drama from director Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond, For the Boys). Plus: The depressingly underutilised Carla Gugino is in it. Minus: So is Kelsey Grammar.
Fay Grim I truly love Parker Posey but I truly hated Henry Fool so...
Flanders a new one from eternally cheerful Bruno Dumont (L'Humanité, Twenty-Nine Palms)
Memories of Tomorrow Ken Watanabe stars in this drama about the early onset of Alzheimers. Hmmm could make a fascinating double feature with Away From Her (which happens to be the best o' the year so far)
Once the Sundance winner, a romance between an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant. People really really like it.

Private Property the tireless Isabelle Huppert takes on another meaty role as the single mother of teenage twins (played by L'Enfant's Jérémie Renier and his own brother) in this drama from Joachim LaFosse
Severance a fusion of horror and corporate comedy from the looks of it. But it's from the director of the stomach turning Creep so I'm not seeing it.
The Wendell Baker Story Wilson Bros (Luke & Owen) pitted against each other in this romantic comedy about an ex con. Eva Mendes is the girl.

W I D E

Shrek the Third Zzz. Laughed a few times for each film (gingerbread man & Puss n Boots = funny) but was puzzled by the Oscar win over the infinitely superior Monsters, Inc. and can't imagine that this franchise will still be funny once the pop culture jokes grow mold. But anyway... This movie is on 4122 screens. Thank god I live in a major market. With rising theater counts every year for the blockbusters I can't imagine what it's like in smaller cities now. Do you only get one choice on any given weekend? No wonder people rent so many DVDs.

Are you seeing anything this weekend?
If you're staying in with DVDs might I suggest Se7en (95), Darling (65), All That Jazz (79), Network (76) or Sweet Bird of Youth (62) -- I'll be discussing all of them over the next few weeks (reader requests) and if you've never seen them... now is a good time to refresh.