A guy (Hayden Christensen) raised in an abusive household, where he was locked up in his room very often, learned at a young age that he could teleport or "jump" from one place to another just as long as he envisioned it. His first journeys were simply for survival--to escape his father, steal money, and find the man who murdered his mother. But as he grew older, he took advantage of his power to the point where he was teleporting from the couch to the refrigerator. Naturally, he raises red flags and he is violently informed of the consequences by an organization led by a nefarious man (Samuel L. Jackson) who wants to exterminate his kind. With the help of a new friend (Jamie Bell from Billy Elliot) he'll fight back. Consider it the Valentine's Day Weekend movie compromise. The ladies (who aren't fond of action movies) get to gawk at Christensen and Bell, while the guys can either enjoy the killer stunts or drool over Rachel Bilson ("The O.C.").
Definitely, Maybe
Ryan Reynolds plays daddy to Abigail Breslin, who is super eager to find out how he fell in love with her mom and where his love life went wrong. So he agrees to tell her all about his love life--the PG-13 version--but he plans on changing the names so that she has to guess which of the three girls he describes is her mom. There's the uptight responsible conservative woman (Elizabeth Banks from "Scrubs"), the wild experimental and sex-crazed hot girl (Rachel Weisz from The Mummy) and the girl-next-door bff (Isla Fisher from Wedding Crashers). Like the kid says, it's like a romantic mystery. Can't wait to solve it.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
This film is perfect for parents who want to drop their kids off somewhere for two hours while they go off and have some alone time. Of course, these kids have to be over 10 years old because half this movie will give them nightmares. The basic plot revolves around a child (Freddie Highmore from August Rush) who discovers a world that no one else can see after reading a forbidden book found in his grandfather's attic. Before you know it, he starts having visions of creatures--some friendly and some violent--and he gets wrapped up into a war he was not prepared to fight. Thankfully, he has his geeky identical twin brother, pushy big sister (Sarah Bolger from Stormbreaker), and frazzled mom (Mary-Louise Parker from "Weeds") to fend off the beasts.
Step Up 2 the Streets
Okay, so basically a bunch of kids from a dance school try to win a street dance competition. Unlike the girl in How She Move, the lead (Briana Evigan) in this film--from what I gathered from the trailer--is just trying to fight that age-old stereotype that guys can do everything better than girls. Pah-freaking-lease. I am simply going to see this movie so I can watch her competition/love interest (Robert Hoffman from She's the Man) pick his face up off the floor when she out-dances him. That and I love dance movies, whether they're high-brow like Guys and Dolls or low-brow like Honey...yeah, I said it. Also starring is R&B singer Cassie, up-and-coming dancer (and my middle school classmate) Danielle Polanco, and of course the gorgeous Channing Tatum, from the first movie, will be making a much needed appearance.
Diary of the Dead
And if you're idea of celebrating Valentine's Day Weekend is watching horror movies, then you'll love George A. Romero's latest indie. The plot is pretty irrelevant, but I'll tell it to you anyway: "During production on their fictional zombie flick, a group of film students encounter the actual undead." It's filled with a bunch of nobodies, or as I like to call them easy-kills, so enjoy the massacre.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
This film is perfect for parents who want to drop their kids off somewhere for two hours while they go off and have some alone time. Of course, these kids have to be over 10 years old because half this movie will give them nightmares. The basic plot revolves around a child (Freddie Highmore from August Rush) who discovers a world that no one else can see after reading a forbidden book found in his grandfather's attic. Before you know it, he starts having visions of creatures--some friendly and some violent--and he gets wrapped up into a war he was not prepared to fight. Thankfully, he has his geeky identical twin brother, pushy big sister (Sarah Bolger from Stormbreaker), and frazzled mom (Mary-Louise Parker from "Weeds") to fend off the beasts.
Step Up 2 the Streets
Okay, so basically a bunch of kids from a dance school try to win a street dance competition. Unlike the girl in How She Move, the lead (Briana Evigan) in this film--from what I gathered from the trailer--is just trying to fight that age-old stereotype that guys can do everything better than girls. Pah-freaking-lease. I am simply going to see this movie so I can watch her competition/love interest (Robert Hoffman from She's the Man) pick his face up off the floor when she out-dances him. That and I love dance movies, whether they're high-brow like Guys and Dolls or low-brow like Honey...yeah, I said it. Also starring is R&B singer Cassie, up-and-coming dancer (and my middle school classmate) Danielle Polanco, and of course the gorgeous Channing Tatum, from the first movie, will be making a much needed appearance.
Diary of the Dead
And if you're idea of celebrating Valentine's Day Weekend is watching horror movies, then you'll love George A. Romero's latest indie. The plot is pretty irrelevant, but I'll tell it to you anyway: "During production on their fictional zombie flick, a group of film students encounter the actual undead." It's filled with a bunch of nobodies, or as I like to call them easy-kills, so enjoy the massacre.
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