Will any of the recently Oscar-nominated films experience a box office bump? I am sure the studios are hoping so, with films like Frost/Nixon and Revolutionary Road expanding across the nation. To combat potential Oscar pretentiousness, there are a pair of 2009 films competing for your dollar. What will win? What film will earn your entertainment budget for the weekend?
Inkheart. (2009, 105 minutes, PG, fantasy, trailer) This one looks like it could be fun, but is also another in a long line of Brendan Fraser family-friendly adventures. I like the guy, but he really needs to branch out a little bit. Anyway, the story looks like a family-fantasy version of The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Fraser is Mo Folchart, a father who has the ability to bring the characters in a book to life. When he awakens an evil character, he kidnaps Mo's children and Mo is forced to bring together a collection of fictional heroes to lead the rescue. It looks like fun.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. (2009, 93 minutes, R, sci-fi/action, trailer) This third outing of the series takes us back to the beginning, well before the first two films anyway. Being a prequel, it should be easy for potential fans to jump on board now and get the story that sets up the first two films, while fans will be able to see the story that set up the films they like so much. This story tells the story of Lucian (Michael Sheen) and Sonya (Rhona Mitra), the couple whose forbidden affair sets about the long standing war between the two factions. Looks like fun to me!
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