This Week: Movies/DVD (Nov. 16-23)
Sunday November 15, 2009
Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Kristen Stewart star in New Moon, opening Friday.
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- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009). Bella has all the luck: not one but two dreamy supernatural hunks are totally into her. The best thing about the first film was the direction, so naturally Catherine Hardwicke was dropped in favor of Chris Weitz--whose most recent credit, the hugely overdirected Golden Compass, does not inspire confidence. Synopsis: When the Cullens decide they are a danger to Bella, she turns to her friend Jacob, who harbors his own secret. Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Christina Jastrzembska (Gran/Bella), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), Anna Kendrick (Jessica), Michael Welch (Mike), Justin Chon (Eric), Christian Serratos (Angela), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Whitlock), Russell Roberts (Mr. Berty), Cam Gigandet (James), Michael Sheen (Aro), Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius), Christopher Heyerdahl (Marcus).
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- Star Trek (2009). Yes, it literally destroys established continuity, and yes, some of the lower-tier casting is wonky (Simon Pegg?), but I loved this movie. It's not as great as Wrath of Khan, but it stands alongside the best of the Trek films and took a lot of risks to bring us a much-needed new incarnation of a flagging franchise. Synopsis: Starfleet cadet James Kirk encounters an angry Romulan from the future who changes the destinies of the Enterprise and its crew. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Chris Pine (James T. Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Leonard Nimoy (Spock Prime), Eric Bana (Nero), Bruce Greenwood (Capt. Christopher Pike), Karl Urban (Bones), Zoë Saldana (Nyota Uhura), Simon Pegg (Montgomery Scott), John Cho (Lt. Hikaru Sulu), Anton Yelchin (Pavel Chekov), Ben Cross (Sarek), Winona Ryder (Amanda Grayson), Chris Hemsworth (George Kirk).
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-- Movie Review. - Farscape (1999). A special edition of the fourth season and a box set of the complete series are both coming out this week. Saddled with a lightweight reputation in some quarters because the cast included Jim Henson creatures, this was a powerful, sharply written show with some great characters: Claudia Black's Aeryn Sun and Ben Browder's John Crichton are two of the best-explored figures in sci-fi. (The main problem was continuity lock-out.) If you missed it before, check it out. Synopsis: Astronaut John Crichton, on an experimental space mission, is accidentally hurled across the universe into the midst of an intergalactic conflict. Trapped among alien creatures wielding deadly technology and hunted by a merciless military race, Crichton ends up on an epic odyssey to try to find his way home. Directed by Rowan Woods. Starring Ben Browder (John Crichton), Claudia Black (Officer Aeryn Sun), Anthony Simcoe (Ka D'Argo), Lani John Tupu (Pilot / Capt. Bialar Crais), Jonathan Hardy (Dominar Rygel XVI), Gigi Edgley (Chiana), Wayne Pygram (Scorpius / Harvey), Virginia Hey (Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan), Paul Goddard (Stark).
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