What Are You Watching: 'Max Payne', 'Sex Drive' or 'W.'
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Drama, New Releases, Fandom, Polls
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While there's more than enough new content for everyone this weekend, we're going to focus on the three more talked-about films, and try to get a sense of which flicks will cause you to open the wallet. Surprisingly, if you're down for a raunchy teen sex comedy, Summit's Sex Drive might just be your best bet come Friday night. Oh yes, I bet you didn't see that coming. Buzz on both Max Payne and W. has been lukewarm, with a lot of Twitter hate being thrown at the former. Previewing Eric D. Snider's upcoming review of Max Payne for Cinematical, he unfortunately has this to say: "I know we've often complained that these movies were ALL action and NO substance, but this one has gone in the opposite direction. Well, except there's not really any substance, either."
Our own James Rocchi was a bit indifferent with his excellent upcoming W. review for Cinematical, noting: "If distance grants perspective, though, you could also argue that proximity grants immediacy, and argue that Stone's W. is not meant as a somber, serious look back but rather a cautious, nervy attempt to peer into the recent past, a film with, in the words another Presidential candidate recently borrowed, 'the fierce urgency of now.'"
But perhaps neither of these films do it for you. If that's the case, might I suggest a little indie currently airing on Starz called The Big Bad Swim. It's a darling of a film, and it's available through Starz On Demand through October 30th. Quiet, quirky and kinda fun. Check it out. (Paid for by Guys Who Really Dig Jess Weixler)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-16-2008 @ 5:18PM
Myles said...
Burn After Reading came out this week in Australia, so I saw that.
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10-16-2008 @ 5:35PM
Michael Byng said...
Im seeing all 3.
10-16-2008 @ 5:35PM
smoodge said...
Wow, no Secret Life of Bees? At all? I mean, I knew that cinematical was about 99% for men anyway but this just seals the deal. The movie's actually supposed to be pretty good. And there's an ad for it right here, so you couldn't have forgotten. Yeah, so let's just pretend that "girl movie" doesn't exist. Max Payne is SO much more significant.
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10-16-2008 @ 5:42PM
Erik Davis said...
I didn't mean to leave Bees off, and by all means feel free to write it in, but there's only so many films to cover in one post and I wanted to pick the three most talked-about.
10-16-2008 @ 5:35PM
Cody said...
All 3?
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10-16-2008 @ 6:21PM
Batzarro said...
Max Payne...Health and hurricanes aside....
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10-16-2008 @ 9:23PM
NP said...
I was initially really interested in seeing W., but the more I read about it, the more I feel like my $11+ would be better spent seeing something else in the theater, like Who Does She Think She Is, which I hope to see over the weekend.
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