A few new releases, but nothing that looks spectacular.
Friday Night Lights. This appears to be the most promising of the bunch. It has been getting very good reviews. It is a story about a Texas high school football team fighting to make it to he state championship. It stars Billy Bob Thornton as the coach, and from what I hear, it is a great performance. It was directed by Peter Berg, who has really been coming along as a director, I have really liked his past efforts Very Bad Things and Rundown.
Taxi. Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah star in a movie that has been receiving absolutely horrible reviews. It is a remake of a 1998 French movie which reviewed well and did good enough to spawn 2 sequels. The commercials make it look like some mindless fun, but then again, that is what trailers are for. The idea appears to be a cop who has lost his driver's license uses a cab to chase bank robbers. I may still check it out.
Raise Your Voice. I haven't seen any commercials or trailers for this. The first I became aware of it was when I saw it under Coming Soon at IMDB.com. And from the look of the reviews, I'm glad I didn't know about it. It does not look that good. It stars Hilary Duff.
The Motorcycle Diaries. The story of a trip undertaken by Che Guevara, before the world knew who he was. I have heard good and bad about this movie, it looks good. It is based on Che's own writing concerning his 8000 mile journey around South America.
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry. I guess with all the other Bush related documentaries coming out, John Kerry was feeling a bit left out. George Butler, a life long friend of Kerry, has crafted a film chronicling his career from his Navy days up to the present. It is also very favorable to Kerry's image, considering the friendships involved. Not sure I'd care to see this one.
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