New Movie Releases: October 14,2011

Footloose – Is a remake of the American musical romance movie filmed in 1984 by the same name. It’s about a city teen that is forced to move to a small ‘Bible Belt’ town, that considers just about everything against the law. The town banned dancing and rock ‘n’ role before he moved there due to a tragic accident that took the lives of five teens after a local dance. He refuses to give up his love for dance and music.  Before long his rebelliousness begins to ware off on others including the Reverends teen daughter Ariel. While proving its only normal for teens to have fun and “blow off some steam” he manages to win Ariel’s heart causing the Reverend to panic.

Starring: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell, Dennis Quaid and Miles Teller

MPAA Rating: PG for some teen drug and alcohol use, sexual content, violence and language.

Director: Craig Brewer

The Thing – Takes place 3 days prior to the events that took place in the 1982 movie of the same name. It follows a team of International scientist that have discovered an extraterrestrial (alien) that has been buried deep in the ics of Antartica.  What they all failed to realize was the alien is in fact still alive and is consuming and replicating the team members one at a time.  The team begins to turn against each other as the fight to stay alive never knowing who is real and who isn’t.

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen and  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Genre(s): Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Director: Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr.

The Big Year - This movie is based off the book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession that was written by Mark Obmascik. It’s about three bird watchers played by comic icons who compete to find the rarest birds in North America at an annual event. The secret face off ends up becoming the biggest year of their lives.

Starring: Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin, Rashida Jones and Brian Dennehy

Genre(s): Comedy

Director: David Frankel

‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ Worthy of Oscar Nominations

After the recent release of the trailer for ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ it’s already being said this not yet released film, is bound to receive some Oscar nominations. Oscar Features reported,”Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The new trailer tugged all the right heartstrings, and early screening reports suggest there may be a wealth of nomination-ready performances”.

The movie is an adaptation from the Jonathan Safran Foer novel that was released in 2005 under the same name. Among the cast is Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis, James Gandolfini and Jeffrey Write. There will also be a newbie, Thomas Horn who is a previous Jeopardy! Kids Week winner. Thomas will have the lead role of the 9 year son narrator who is described as being an “amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player, and pacifist”.

Set To Hit Theaters Christmas Day 

New Movie Releases: Moneyball VS. Abduction

Two years prior to the story the boy’s father was killed during the September 11th, Twin Tower Attacks. He discovers a key, that was hidden inside a vase. The key sends him on a journey looking for answers. The journey takes him all around New York City in hopes to find out what it opens and to help him cope with his fathers death.

In 2005 Foer told The Times that he, “wanted to tell a different kind of story,one that wasn’t politicized. The book never talks about good or evil, and it never talks about why Sept. 11 happened or how to prevent it — those are absent from the conversation, even as they take up almost the entirety of the real world’s conversation. They’re part of the story, sure; they have to be. But I don’t think that’s how most people experience it.” He went on to add, “I think most people just get sad.”