“Mom, I’ll call you back. The day’s repeating.”
The Scoop: 1993 NR, directed by Jack Sholder and starring Jonathan Silverman, Helen Slater and Jeremy Piven
Tagline: Every day at a minute past midnight the sci-fi adventure begins… again.
Summary: Man gets stuck in an infinite time loop, resolves to solve the issue the only way a MAN can — duct tape!
“That Castle’s a slippery one”
The Scoop: 2008 R, directed by Lexi Alexander, and starring Ray Stevenson, Dominic West and Julie Benz.
Tagline: Vengeance has a name.
Summary Capsule: Ex-Special Forces instructor–not FBI agent–living in New York–not Miami–turns blood-soaked vigilante after his family is murdered by the mob. Chunks ensue.
“None of you understand! I’m not locked in here with you! You’re locked in here with me!”
The Scoop: 2008 R, directed by Zach Snyder and starring Billy Crudup, Malin Ackerman and Carla Gugino.
Tagline: They watch over us… but who watches them?
Summary Capsule: Alan Moore’s ‘unfilmable’ magnum opus gets filmed.
Here’s a quick report — with pictures! — of my brief one-day trip down to GenCon Indy.
“Make the call.”
The Scoop: 2009 PG-13, directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Christopher Eccleston, Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller
Tagline: When All Else Fails, They Don’t
Summary Capsule: G.I. Joe gets the boot… a reboot, with Destro trying to eat all the metal in the world and Duke joining the Joes for the first time (wait, isn’t he supposed to be the leader?).
“Dude, I just spent the afternoon in Middle-earth with glee-glop and the floopty-doos, all right?”
The Scoop: 2008 R, directed by David Wain and starring Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks
Tagline: Danny and Wheeler were just sentenced to 150 hours mentoring kids. Worst idea ever.
Summary Capsule: Uh… I think the tagline did just fine in this case. Go see him.
“Just be out there in it, you know? In the wild.”
The Scoop: 2007 R, directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hersch, Marcia Gay Harden and Catherine Keener
Tagline: Your great adventure on Alaska.
Summary: Young man disconnects from society and plunges himself into a series of wilderness adventures.
“Did I know that I just met the most dangerous dark wizard of all time? No.”
The Scoop: 2009 PG, Directed by David Yates and starring Daniel Raddcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson
Tagline: Once again I must ask too much of you, Harry.
Summary Capsule: Young wizard learns about evil guy’s past while his friends get all caught up in teen hormones. And somebody dies. Based on some book you might have heard of.
It was a quiet Thursday morning, a lone bird chirping in the backyard as the sun came up. I stumbled downstairs, poured myself a cup of day-old coffee, and sat at my computer to read the news.
Suddenly, I sat up straight, reading and re-reading the announcement. With one swift motion, I flipped up the protective cover on the wall and hit the big red button that squatted there ever since we moved. An ear-splitting alarm rang out through the entire house, joined by my baby’s startled howls.
My wife ran downstairs to find me hurredly pulling on some pants. “What’s going on?” she demanded. “The neighbors can hear that! God can hear that!”
“You probably think this world is a dream come true… but you’re wrong.”
The Scoop: 2009 PG, directed by Henry Selick and starring Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher and Keith David
Tagline: Be careful what you wish for.
Summary Capsule: Little girl explores her house to find… another house, her house, but not quite.
