Weekly Roundup - Opening 2/6

We've got a wide range of movies coming out this week, so that's good. With five movies opening today, lets hope one is good. We've got Fanboys that seems to be good for, well, fanboys. There's Coraline, which has stretched the realm of animation in a new way. And there's The Pink Panther 2 which does no deserve to be mentioned. The action-packed Push should be good for drunk teenaged boys. And finally, He's Just Not That Into You has a lot of big stars, but doesn't offer much bang for its buck.

Weekend Suggestion:

The pick of the week is Coraline. Not only does offer a unique, creative, and entertaining form of animation, it has also recieved the best reviews since the Oscar contenders more than a month ago. See it.

Fanboys

Movie Info

Directed by: Kyle Newman (The Hollow)
Written by: Ernest Cline (writing debut), Adam Goldberg (The Muppets' Wizard of Oz), & Dan Pulick (writing debut)
Starring: Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury, Good Luck Chuck), Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up, Million Dollar Baby), Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Veronica Mars (TV))
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 - for pervasive crude and sexual material, language and drug content
Runtime: 90 minutes

Reviews

RottenTomatoes Score: 28% Fresh
MetaCritic Score: 43/100
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
My Response: Fanboys was originally supposed to be released in 2007, but due to many re-shoots and setbacks (including a very long back and forth with Miramax studio cheif Harvey Weinstein (who wanted to change much of the movie to his liking) that was finally stopped with the help of an online movement called "Stop Darth Weinstein" that reportedly sent Miramax over 300,000 emails) the movie was delayed until now.

If you don't know what a fanboy is, then this is probably not the best movie for you. But George Lucas gave it his official "stamp of approval", so if you are a fanboy, you cannot miss it.

Trailer



Official Website