New Wide Releases

Fame comes out. It's getting generally panned. In Ebert's review, he comments that the original was R-rated and dealt with real issues, and this one is PG and is essentially an after school special (and not the Antonio Campos kind). 

Surrogates is a new Bruce Willis sci-fi action film. The complaints regarding the trailer were that it made a glossy film version of a gritty graphic novel. But it's directed by Jonathan "Paycheck" Mostow. And by that I don't mean he directed Paycheck (John Woo did, obvi), but that he works for them (Terminator 3, U-571). It's a 50 on metacritic, which isn't good, but its better than expected. All the good reviews are praising the film for it's "fun robot stuf" and "cheesy sci-fi fun." I don't think that's what the filmmakers were going for, but I haven't seen it either so maybe I should shut up.

Pandorum also comes out. It stars Ben Foster (presumably yelling) and Dennis Quaid (presumably getting paid. I hope he bought another ranch with his G.I. Joe money. I want him and Mostow to work together). Pandorum was not screened for critics, but the two reviews that have gone up have both been positive - and with no tongue-in-cheek nonsense either. Jeff Sneider, however, panned it on his Facebook wall.

I'm already bored about making predictions as to how films will do this upcoming weekend, but I'll try it out all the same:

Fame: $21 million
Surrogates: $14 million
Pandorum: $8 million

But again, who cares?