Movie Thursday

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Release Date: Friday
Fan Buzz: Pretty Good
Critic Reviews: Terrible
WKFTB Opinion: Alright, alright….a little Matthew McConaughey. How could critics hate on my boy?? McConaughey is as handsome as he is cocky, and maybe that’s why there are some haters. Ha, seriously though, this looks decent enough. I like these ones for date movies, ‘cause you can pull it off as a chick flick although you know there will be some dece dude laughs and def some sexy chicks and maybe a lil skin if you’re lucky. Ever see How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days? Firrrre.




Next Day Air
Release Date: May 8
Fan Buzz: Carless? http://www.fandango.com/nextdayair_119100/readuserreviews
Critic Reviews: Not screened yet
WKFTB Opinion: Donald Faison (Scrubs) is the man. Very funny ever since Clueless. I’m a fan. I also like Avon from The Wire, Mike Epps and Mos Def. This probably isn’t one you spend 10 bucks on, but def would rent it. This would have been a nice winter release when not much else is out there. I bet there’s a few laughs in this. Plus the story is kind of cool.




Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Release Date: May 22
Fan Buzz: Pumped
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Like it or not, the first one drew $251 million at the box office!!! Seriously, I’m not making that number up. I didn’t get it when I first saw a preview. Was it a kids’ movie? A comedy with some thrills? Some sort of fluff, I assumed. It looked mega chooch, but maybe I’ll have to rent it now that they bothered to make a sequel. Looks like some cool cameos from Jonas Hill and what looks to be Robin Williams. Negative chance of seeing it in the theatres with all the ill ish that is scheduled to come out, but maybe a double rent is in order at some point.




Bruno
Release Date: July 10
Fan Buzz: You know they love it.
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again. Before it was Borat, which like it or not grossed $123 million on a very small budget. This time Cohen is playing Bruno, the gay Australian, and another character from Da Ali G Show. People didn’t think he could dupe people again. Well, look at the trailer…he has. They are guarding this movie like gold. This is the only trailer out for it. Right now it’s been slapped with an NC-17 rating, so they’re trying to get it down to R by the summer. Either way, this is going to be unreal. Enjoy the trailer.

the Bruno movie Trailer
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Pop Culture:
-24 will be set next season (its final one) in New York for the first time. The gameshow hot from Slumdog Millionaire will be the main terrorist adversary and CTU will be brought back as the headquarters of it all.

-Asher Roth and Rick Ross came out last week. Most of what I’ve heard of Asher’s CD is surprisingly fire.

-The Wrestler, Notorious and Frost/Nixon all came out last week. I can’t speak for the last one, but the first two are must-rent in my mind, even Notorious – trust me, it’s better than you think, Gravy is BIG.