Thursday, February 4, 2010

Wanna See It?


Since we will have a jam packed show this week and it's a pretty slow week at theaters, we're doing a special online Wanna See It?
Let's start with "Dear John," a romantic drama based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. If you're not familiar, he wrote "The Notebook."
This film stars Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried as the star crossed lovers who meet and fall in love over a two week period and then must deal with a year long separation because Tatum must finish serving his tour of duty.

The movie is currently rated on Rotten Tomatoes at 36 percent and doesn't appear to have the same magnetic draw as films like "The Notebook" and "A Walk to Remember."

This could be due in part to an apparent lack of chemistry between Tatum and Seyfried. I really don't expect "Dear John" to do big business. Feel free to enjoy it on DVD in two weeks.

The other big release of the week is "From Paris With Love" starring John Travolta and "The Tudors" Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

This is your basic buddy action movie, with Travolta playing the wild and crazy partner and Rhys-Meyers as the straight laced down to earth guy.

I'm pretty sure I've seen this film about a million times already, so I'm not expecting anything new from this one. However, it is directed by Pierre Morel, who did "Taken" and co-written by Luc Besson, who is responsible for "The Transporter" films and "The Fifth Element."

This pedigree does give the film some extra weight, but clips don't make me hopeful for anything above average.

So it appears that "Avatar" is safe for another week, however, "Shutter Island," "The Wolfman" and "Alice in Wonderland" loom large in the distance.

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