Three new films enter the fray this weekend, which is generally considered one of the weaker ones of the year (another being the weekend after this weekend). Labor Day marks the end of the summer season. Kids go back to school and the cinemas become a mere shell of their summer glories. Somewhat like January, this begins a period where new films have lower expectations hanging over them as the wait for Oscar season begins. Fortunately, there are still movies coming out... movies I want to see!
The American. (2010, 103 minutes, R, drama) Seeking to get a head start on the weekend, this latest Clooney film seems to tell a familiar story, although the tone seems a little different. Clooney plays an assassin who holes up in a home in the Italian countryside. While there, enjoying being away from death, he takes a job, finds a friend, and sparks a new romance. Could this exposure bring trouble with it? See? seems familiar, doesn't it. What I like about the trailers are the old school feel they have, more like a film from the 1970s' right down to the poster art. Hopefully the film will pay off in similar fashion.
Going the Distance. (2010, 109 minutes, R, romantic comedy) Wow. An R-rated romantic comedy? Don't remember seeing one of those in quite some time. Actually, the only other one that instantly springs to mind is Love, Actually. In any case, this movie stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. They play a couple who begin a light romance that takes off and has to survive their being on opposite coasts. I like the trailer, I like the poster, and I like the stars. I hope this is a movie that works the formula and gets beyond it somehow. This has the potential to be an engaging romcom that steps above this year of bad romantic comedies.
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