Out this week (28/05/10)

Oh, dear. It's another really awkward week with nothing I actually want to recommend opening. Not that there aren't big films simply begging for me to go, and with musical icons turning up in the two highest profile releases it's a wonder I'm not absolutely gagging for it. I suppose ultimately it's important that I stand by quality as much as possible here, which is why the film of the week is Spanish horror sequel [Rec] 2.



Fish Story

Charmingly bizarre looking Japanese feature about the effects of a punk song over a 40 year period. Witness the band splitting up, a victim standing up for himself, a boat hijack and the end of the world - all scored to the eponymous track.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●○○○○○○○



The Happiest Girl in the World

Romanian drama about a teenage girl that wins a car, but rather than let her keep it her parents decide to sell it to start a small business. I'm sure it's better than that synopsis sounds.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●○○○○○○○

Losers

Why why why would you call a film The Losers? I mean, what were they thinking of in the marketing team. The joke reviews just write themselves. What's worse is that this looks like the low-rent version of The A-Team.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●○○○○○○○


[Rec] 2

Picking up just 15 minutes after the end of the first film this Spanish sequel sees a bunch of grunting army types going into the high-rise to stop the zombiefied hordes. It's unlikely to end well for them.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●○○○○○○

Sex and the City 2

I am pleased to say that in the 32 years I have been on this Earth I have only ever sat through one episode of "Sex and the City". It was alright, I guess. Therefore in spite of the movie sequel promising cameos from Penelope Cruz and (gasp) Liza Minnelli I won't be going as I don't have any knowledge of the characters. The reviews are pretty poisonous too.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●○○○○○○

Singam

Tamil star Surya Sivakumar headlines this stodgy looking effort, the trailer is really confusing and tonally all over the place. Need to do better than that to appeal to me Surya.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●○○○○○○○○

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back

The first Space Chimps bombed in the states, yet it was surprisingly popular over this side of the Atlantic (11% of it's income was in UK markets), so we been treated to a sequel. With none of the original cast. And nothing approacing a joke in the trailer.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●○○○○○○○○

The Time That Remains

Elia Suleiman's tragicomedy about the State of Isreal as seen through the eyes of Palestinian family over 50 years attracted a lot of attention at the 2009 Cannes festival, and comes a very close second for the film of the week this week.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●○○○○○○

Tooth Fairy

The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) continues to steal Arnie film career by starring in kid friendly crap. Shame he doesn't have the big hits behind him. Julie Andrews proves she's still alive by joining in as the fairy boss.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●○○○○○○○

The re-edited version of Kites is also out this week, it's a little shorter han last weeks release and may appeal to a broader audience so following the Box Office success last week (the first Bollywood movie to ever hit the US top ten) I'm upgrading the RLAG Excitometer to ●●●○○○○○○○

Finally, missing from last weeks reviews was:

Trafficked

Dublin set sex trafficking drama that's taken an incredible 6 years to make it to the big screen. Looks gritty and worthy.

Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●○○○○○○○○