February kicks off the same way that January did, with a Japanese remake. I wonder if that has happened before? With so many of these things being produced I wouldn't be surprised. Overall, the new slate seems to be pretty weak. I cannot picture any of the new wide releases going on to be a smash hit. More likely they were put here, in this weak slot, in an attempt to grab some bucks. Maybe I will be surprised and one or two will actually turn out to be a good film, but I am not holding my breath.

The movie on the move this weekend, and one well worth spending time with, is There Will Be Blood. The Daniel Day-Lewis drama finally goes into full blown wide release. Hopefully you will be able to find it locally; if you do, do not hesitate to see one of the best films of 2007.

The Eye. (2008, 98 minutes, PG-13, horror, trailer) Hot on the heels if One Missed Call comes yet another Japanese import. This time it involves ocular transplant. You know, the eye. In this case Jessica Alba plays a young woman who has an eye transplant and then starts seeing strange things. As it turns out, her eyes once belonged to a killer. Will she be able to survive? I have to say the trailers look pretty creepy. It will be interesting to see if Jessica Alba will be able to carry the film on her own. The film is co-directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud, who were behind the thriller Them (not the Wes Craven presented film), which has yet to receive US distribution.

Over Her Dead Body. (2008, 95 minutes, PG-13, comedy, trailer) Japanese remakes not for you? How about the second of three romantic comedies to arrive in early 2008? First was Katherine Heigl's 27 Dresses and later comes Patrick Dempsey in Made of Honor. Right now we are faced with Eva Longoria as a lovelorn ghost in Over Her Dead Body. I'm not sure that I particularly care for the concept: Longoria dies on her wedding day, Paul Rudd (her would-be husband) visits a psychic, and the two fall for each other while she haunts the psychic, trying to break them up. Doesn't sound like much fun to me.