Movie Review Report

Beowulf (conventional theaters and 3D IMAX)
Action, Animated, War
Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sexual material and nudity)
1 hour 54 minutes

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone, John Malkovich, Brendan Gleeson, Dominic Keating, Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn

Plot from imdb.com:

The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel’s mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

Love in the Time of Cholera
Drama, Romance
Rated R (for sex content/nudity and brief language)
2 hours 18 minutes

Starring: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Hector Elizondo, Liev Schreiber, Fernanda Motenegro, Laura Harring, John Leguizamo

Plot from imdb.com:

Florentino (Bardem), rejected by the beautiful Fermina (Mezzogiorno) at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.

Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Comedy, Fantasy
Rated G
1 hour 35 minutes

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman

Plot from imdb.com:

Molly Mahoney (Portman) is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store (Hoffman), bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium

Also today, the following movies will have a limited release:
Eleven Men Out (LA)
Margot at the Wedding
Redacted (limited)
Smiley Face (limited)
What Would Jesus Buy? (NY)

I have to say, none of these movies sound interesting to me. I surely would not pay $9.25 (don’t even get me started on the prices) to see any of them.

Beowulf is the movie that has that strange new animation that looks like the real actors in weird cartoon form…why not just show the actors? I think the animation looks freaky. And what makes it even freakier is it’s rated PG-13 for sexual material and nudity?! How creepy is that? Who wants to see freaky cartoon-like people naked?
I don’t know, it might be a good movie but I will not see it for these reasons.

Looks like I’ll be heading to Blockbuster this weekend.

Beowulf, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Love in the Time of Cholera, Benjamin Bratt, Liev Schreiber, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman, Blockbuster