After last week’s DVD bonanza, this week is a little short with just State of Play to wet your home video appetites. Fortunately, Turner Classic Movies is filling the gap with several box sets of legendary films and there’s plenty of TV on DVD available as well. Oh yes, there’s also the three worst DVDs of the week.
Check it all out below…
Alright, so we know what is being released this weekend: State of Play, Crank: High Voltage, 17 Again, Is Anybody There?, Every Little Step, and Sleep Dealer. The last three are limited releases and therefore will not make as much money as the others. And these films are still battling against previous releases, such as, Fast and Furious and Monsters vs. Aliens (which has grossed $251.8 million so far).
It was just reported by Variety that:
Warner Bros.’ Zac Efron pic “17 Again” is expected to come in leaps and bounds ahead of other titles thanks to girls of all ages. Last weekend, this same demo turned out by the millions for “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” which opened to a sizable $32.3 million.
The predictions for this weekend is rather upsetting, and I’ll tell you why…
This weekend there are quite a few movie releases. The new Russell Crowe new political thriller, State of Play, hits theaters. All Disney fans have reason to rejoice the week; Zac Efron’s new movie, 17 Again, hits theaters. I don’t know why, but I’m really curious to see how this movie does. Is Zac Efron able to really hold a movie? We shall see. Every Little Step has been received fairly well by the critics. The film is a documentary about the history of the popular Broadway show, A Chorus Line. Is Anybody There? is a hysterical, moving film, starring Sir Michael Caine, about a man forced into an old folk’s home and the unlikely friendship he develops. Take a look at the full list of movies below.
Here are the movies for the week of April 17…
Watch the trailers…
State of Play, has everything it takes to make it a great film. It has an amazing cast, cutting edge issues in politics and business, and although it’s a fun ride, it failed to out-do it’s source material. If you haven’t seen the TV show, this is a good solid escapist movie. If you have seen the TV show, you’ll know what you’re missing. The TV show, was better than the film, no questions asked. Apparently what the film needed more of, was time on the screen.
The only thing that even slightly intrigues me about the new International trailer (which is not that different from the first one) for State of Play is whether or not Helen Mirren is saying “who she knew” or “who she blew”? Because it sure as hell sounds like the latter to me and changes my entire opinion.
Overall, the music, the lines, everything in the trailer says this film is a bust. It should have everything going for it. It has an amazing cast (although the first one was pretty amazing as well) including Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, and Russel Crowe. The original was well written and extremely will received by fans. It has a built in audience that is sitting there waiting to buy a ticket. Hell, I’m their target audience and after watching this all I see is a cheesy, made for TV suspenseful drama. I’m going to try not to judge a movie by it’s trailer and keep some hope alive for the film, although right now all I can think is that they should have left it as it was.
Check out the trailer below…
This is almost shot for shot the same as the TV show. I was a huge fan of the show and I was hoping they could come up with something new, but it looks like they just took the show, threw in an A-list cast, shortened it and are calling it a movie. Not a good sign!
Check out trailer below. What do you think?
