Thursday, April 28, 2005
Film: Movies Opening Friday, April 29, 2005
Two new movies are opening wide on Friday and four movies are opening in selected theaters (according to Yahoo.com).
Opening Wide:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The movie is directed by Garth Jennings, and stars Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, Mos Def as Ford Perfect, Stephen Fry as the Narrator, Zooey Deshanel as Trillian, and Warwick Davis as Marvin.
Showtimes (actually, this brings you to my settings, just put in your own zip code to change the settings)
Based on the Douglas Adams BBC radio program, mini-series and Adams' books.
The BBC's guide to this particular subject. Apparently, there is a new series based on this work on BBC radio (last three of Adams books are the basis for three series with most of the original radio cast).
Official movie site.
Douglas Adams website continues, after the 2001 death of Adams (BBC's Service of Celebration).
IMDB's Hitchhiker page.
Critics reactions (BBC; Hollywood Reporter; here's one from Australia; here's one from Israel; Rotten Tomatoes take (based on 17 reviews); Others; more others).
xXx: State of the Union
Directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Ice Cube as Darius Stone, Willem Dafoe as George Deckert, Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Augustus Gibbons and Xzibit as Zeke.
This movie is the sequel to XXX staring Vin Diesel. The movie is about Jackson recruiting another renegade, this time to battle against an attempted military coup in the US lead by Willem Dafoe's character.
Showtimes.
Official movie site.
IMDb's page.
Critics reactions (the majors have not reviewed this film yet; here's one from something called "metacritic.com" - actually, this leads to a review from the Chicago Tribune, so my search engine is defective; here's a Dutch review; here's a review from something British called "Shadows on the Wall"; Rotten Tomatoes take on the film (based on 6 reviews).
Opening in Selected Theaters:
3-Iron aka Bin-jip
About. Homeless man, Tae-suk, attempts to survive by breaking into empty houses (owners on vacation or the like) and he runs across a battered woman, Sun-hwa.
Official Site.
IMDb's page
Critics.
Showtimes:
NY; California
Death of a Dynasty
Journalist investigates a music mogul.
Apparently already released in 2003. IMDb; Yahoo. 1 review found, by metacritic.com.
Official site.
The Holy Girl aka La Nina Santa
Teenager living in an Argentinan hotel becomes involved with a guest.
IMDb; Yahoo; Reviews: IMDb's list of reviewers; Rotten Tomatoes rating based on a collection of reviews.
Official site (I can't enter).
Might only be available in NYC.
The Man Who Copied aka O Homen Que Copiava
A copy machine clerk attempts to help a girl he fancies, a Brazilian film.
IMDb; Yahoo; Reviews: IMDb's list of reviewers.
Official Site (a Brazilian site that I can't enter).
Might only be available in NYC.
Opening Wide:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The movie is directed by Garth Jennings, and stars Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, Mos Def as Ford Perfect, Stephen Fry as the Narrator, Zooey Deshanel as Trillian, and Warwick Davis as Marvin.
Showtimes (actually, this brings you to my settings, just put in your own zip code to change the settings)
Based on the Douglas Adams BBC radio program, mini-series and Adams' books.
The BBC's guide to this particular subject. Apparently, there is a new series based on this work on BBC radio (last three of Adams books are the basis for three series with most of the original radio cast).
Official movie site.
Douglas Adams website continues, after the 2001 death of Adams (BBC's Service of Celebration).
IMDB's Hitchhiker page.
Critics reactions (BBC; Hollywood Reporter; here's one from Australia; here's one from Israel; Rotten Tomatoes take (based on 17 reviews); Others; more others).
xXx: State of the Union
Directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Ice Cube as Darius Stone, Willem Dafoe as George Deckert, Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Augustus Gibbons and Xzibit as Zeke.
This movie is the sequel to XXX staring Vin Diesel. The movie is about Jackson recruiting another renegade, this time to battle against an attempted military coup in the US lead by Willem Dafoe's character.
Showtimes.
Official movie site.
IMDb's page.
Critics reactions (the majors have not reviewed this film yet; here's one from something called "metacritic.com" - actually, this leads to a review from the Chicago Tribune, so my search engine is defective; here's a Dutch review; here's a review from something British called "Shadows on the Wall"; Rotten Tomatoes take on the film (based on 6 reviews).
Opening in Selected Theaters:
3-Iron aka Bin-jip
About. Homeless man, Tae-suk, attempts to survive by breaking into empty houses (owners on vacation or the like) and he runs across a battered woman, Sun-hwa.
Official Site.
IMDb's page
Critics.
Showtimes:
NY; California
Death of a Dynasty
Journalist investigates a music mogul.
Apparently already released in 2003. IMDb; Yahoo. 1 review found, by metacritic.com.
Official site.
The Holy Girl aka La Nina Santa
Teenager living in an Argentinan hotel becomes involved with a guest.
IMDb; Yahoo; Reviews: IMDb's list of reviewers; Rotten Tomatoes rating based on a collection of reviews.
Official site (I can't enter).
Might only be available in NYC.
The Man Who Copied aka O Homen Que Copiava
A copy machine clerk attempts to help a girl he fancies, a Brazilian film.
IMDb; Yahoo; Reviews: IMDb's list of reviewers.
Official Site (a Brazilian site that I can't enter).
Might only be available in NYC.
