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Something to Do: Movies

The winner this week is pretty hard to determine, and may depend for you on the ages of the friends or family you are going to see it with. On the one hand we have The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third story in the C. S. Lewis series of books. I think the films have been a fairly faithful rendering of the original works, even if targeted at a younger audience than I would have expected. I will definitely be in the 3D theater for this one, although after looking at the trailer I believe it will work just as well on a 2D screen. The other film is a much more adult re-imagining of an absolute classic of fantasy literature: The Tempest. Original story by Shakespeare, assembled for the screen and directed by by Julie Taymor of Across The Universe fame, and winner of five major film festival awards, the trailer on this one knocked my socks off. Looks like it will be a two movie weekend for me.


Chronicles Of Narnia 3 Trailer 2

Summer Wars

Summer Wars is touring various big-screen venues right now, the full listing is at Eventful. You can also use that site to vote for a showing near you; the more people who vote for a town, the more likely some theater will decide to host it.The animation style is somewhat reminiscent of Paprika or Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, not in the appearance of the characters and settings, but rather in the way events evolve and reality is portrayed. I hope I get to catch it on the big screen, and sooner rather than later.

Burn Notice movie

Yes, it looks like they will be doing a Burn Notice movie for the big screen (or possibly the little screen, or maybe both). This one will be a Prequel, telling the story of what lead up to the Burn, focusing on Sam’s activity (Bruce Campbell). They will film it between the 4th and 5th season, but since it takes place before season 1 it won’t matter which seasons you have or haven’t seen when you are in the theater.

Something to Do: Movies

The interesting film hitting the big screen on Friday is The Warriors Way, the story of a ninja assassin who refuses to murder a child. He had to flee the country with the kid, and ended up in a wild west town filled with misfits, renegades, and outlaws. But before long, his past catches up with him, and it’s Ninjas versus Cowboys for an adrenalin filled conflict. If you are looking for something bit more sedate, Dead Awake will also be out this weekend. If you would prefer your science fiction with a side of strange, Maximum Shame will be in limited release, and still looking for wider distribution.

Source Code trailer

Duncan Jones did a brilliant movie called Moon, and if this trailer is any indication he is about to do it again with his new film Source Code. Scheduled to be released on April 15th, this is a story about a time traveling soldier who is out to stop terrorists and hopefully save the girl. But he only has eight minutes at a time to pull it off, and at the end of each eight minute segment he dies, unless he can finally get it right.