The Messenger continues opening in wider release this week and has 89 percent on the Tomatometer. So what’s the verdict on this story about two Army officers who must inform dead soldiers’ families about the bad news? Watch on as Brett, Ellen and our cadre of webcammers fill you in.
It’s looking mighty clear that Twilight Saga: New Moon will be the big dog this weekend, but don’t just take my word. Let Brett and Ellen give you a quick guide to what’s out today and after the jump, we’ll go line by line into your vampire alternatives.
Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox is getting a bigger roll-out next week, but we believe it important enough to merit news now. Since it is fantastic. And even though you can lump it into a “Wes Anderson film,” do note that it is probably the best thing you could watch this weekend.
Or next weekend.
Or any weekend.
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It’s the end of the world as we know it, but you should mostly feel okay about it. Want to know why 2012 may not be the worst disaster-porn film ever? Let Brett, Ellen and our legion of webcammers explain why that is.
On this week’s episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show, we review 2012, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Messenger; John Woo gives us his Five Favorite Films and “Ellen” Fox helps us learn the Confessions of a Serial Vampire Dater.
Jordan Hoffman may have been kidding when he tweeted: if 100 people RT this, I will do my New Moon InstaReview with my shirt off. But we’ll never know. Because he remained true to his word.
If you’re not Team Jordan, then we’ll gladly pull your hair and make you like Team Jordan.
Click on to find out which webcammer made it onto the show and their full review for 2012, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Messenger.
If you’re unsure about Lee Daniels’ Precious, keep in mind it is still third in overall box office while being on 173 screens nationwide. Best of all, Precious expands further next Friday. So check out what Brett, Ellen and our webcam reviewers had to say about it.
Torn on the dead eyes of Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol? Why not let Brett, Ellen and our group of dedicated low-fi cinephiles break it down for you?
John Cuscak wants to check out the numbers.
1. I saw the preview of 2012 on Monday, which was way over in Westwood.
2. I didn’t know shit about Roland Emmerich. Isn’t he the German guy who wrote that Oprah book “The Power of Now”? No, that’s Eckhart Tolle. He’s boring. This is the German guy who made Independence Day.
3. Writer/director Emmerich’s movie is about how in 2012, just as the Mayans predicted, all the planets will line up causing the tectonic plates to shift and blah blah blah…. LET’S SEE SOME PANTIES DROPPIN’!!!!
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