Out this week (23/10/09)

It's half-term now, so I guess I'll have an opportunity to catch up with everything in the week - this will be helped by me not having any enthusiasm for any of this weeks releases. Great for staying at home and blogging like a mad man. If I had to choose, and I'd really rather not, I guess I'd go and see The Fantastic Mr. Fox.



Cirque du Freak: Vampire's Assistant

It's another teenage vampire movie. Except unlike the Twilight juggernaught it's for boys. With a kid joining a circus becoming a vampire and having to fight lots of bad guys. Trailer looks like it has a broad appeal to the youth of today, at least.

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Coffin Rock

Australian horror movie's have been increasing in popularity and exposure over the last few years, even if you can pretty much guess the plot. Add pregancy and deranged Irish drifter to the Outback wilderness and you get this story in a nutshell.

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Colin

Perhaps this film will go down as re-writing history. Not because of the quality, or the cultural impact this Zombie flick will have on the youth of today, but because it's budget was a mere £45. Filmed on mobile phones with all actors and crew paid with tea and biscuits it's a miracle that it's being released [albeit on a limited scale].

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The Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes (Rushmore, The Royal Tenebaums) Anderson's stop motion adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic has been getting warm reviews for taking the concept but not losign the idiosyncratic touch we've seen in his previous works. The stellar cast make this the top film of the week to watch.

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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

If having the producers of Anchorman and Talledega Nights is enough to induce you to see this then I guess there is little I can say to deter you. Best comment I've read in a review "contains more offensive language [than Glengarry Glen Ross] but fewer laughs."

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Johnny Mad Dog

Picking up the Regard Hope Award in Cannes was a major milestone for this African-set war drama, focusing on the rise of a child soldier during bloody and relentless civil unrest.

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Saw VI

I don't know how the Saw franchise works, having never been tempted for a viewing of it's gratuitous torture porn, but they seem to have the profitability of the franchise in good hands. Knocking one out each year with scant regard for plot inconsistencies and with a couple of "where have I seen that face before" actors seems to be keeping it going.

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