Chasing Mavericks – Directors
Michael Apted and
Curtis Hanson team up to tell the true-life story of surfer Jay Moriarity (
Jonny Weston), who developed a close bond with older legend Frosty Hesson (
Gerard Butler) while training to ride one of the world’s biggest waves. Moriarity ultimately drowned while still in his early 20s -- and if you expect me to go for the joke here, you’re one sick and sadly mistaken bastard, Moondoggie. (PG
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Cloud Atlas – The
Wachowski brothers –
Shit! I can’t get out of the habit of saying that – the Wachowski
sibs team up with
Run Lola Run’s
Tom Tykwer to adapt
David Mitchell’s sprawling novel of lives interconnected across time. You gotta give everybody involved points for ambition; it seems like the very least we can expect is one of the most interesting failures in years. Then again – seen
Heaven? (R)
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Fun Size – A missing kid brother on Halloween night spells all manner of trouble for a high-school senior (
Victoria Justice) in a romp aimed squarely at young viewers who who weren’t even swimming furiously toward a tear in a prophylactic when
Adventures in Babysitting came out.
Quelle coincidence:
Elisabeth Shue is in
Chasing Mavericks, making for either handy remedial learning or a cautionary tale, depending on your perspective. (PG-13)
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Sleepwalk with Me –
Reviewed this week. (PG-13)
V/H/S – Reviewed this week. (R)
