Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart bring their vampy stuff back to the big screen in ... well, you know.
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart bring their vampy stuff back to the big screen in ... well, you know.
This week's theater offerings, money-wise, are likely to be dominated by a certain semi-dead romantic leading man, but there are other things going on as well, from a Chinese battle epic to a partnership that just had to come along eventually.
• Teenage vampire aficionados were probably out all night seeing New Moon, but Kenneth Turan was not excited about it.
• Bob Mondello didn't care much for the schmaltzy The Blind Side, which "turns the book's measured account of Oher's story into a feel-good fantasy for white liberals." Which is kind of what I was afraid of earlier this week, you'll recall.
• Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans comes from noted unusuals Nicolas Cage and Werner Herzog, and Jeannette Catsoulis says their collaboration provides "the film's fertile heart and loony brain."
• Speaking of notable collaborations, Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz are back together with Broken Embraces, which Bob Mondello recommends, saying it's "never less than engaging."
• And finally, John Woo — whom you may know mostly from shoot-em-ups — has a new battle epic called Red Cliff, and Mark Jenkins says it's impressive in scale, but "too tidy to evoke combat's mud, gore and terror."
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