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Our commitment to bringing you the information necessary to go forth and enjoy movies we have decided that even if we don’t get a chance to review a film right away, we should at least give you a heads up. So here it is, the first official presentation of the Weekend Warm-up. Here is what you should be going to see this weekend:

Date Movie:

Parody, Parody, Parody. Not since Not Another Teen Movie we seen such an embelished and irreverant attempt to poke fun at that which is romantic comedy. Date Movie, while intellectually stimulating, should be good for a few laughs. Check out the trailer here. Joe Utichi of Film Focus had this to say, we should have a review by next week:

“Leave your brain at the ticket desk and Date Movie will likely appeal. Bring it with you and you may as well have stayed at home. And it’s certainly more worthwhile an excursion than much else Hollywood takes, “seriously”.” – Joe Utichi, Film Focus

After the jump we preview Freedomland and Eight Below…

Freedomland:

A white woman claims that both her son and her car were stolen from her by a black man in a working class New Jersey Suburb. A mass racial hysteria breaks loose. This seems all too predictable as Sam Jackson plays the compassionate detective Council, which could also lead to a lack of being a “bad ass.” The critics are tearing this one apart, but that should not stop it from having mild success at the box office. Peter Travers gives his 3 cents:

“In 1998, Richard Price (Clockers) wrote a novel about a New Jersey mother who inflames a racial riot by claiming a black man stole her car with her four-year-old son in the back seat. The book was a long read (560 pages) that flew by on Price’s ear for dialogue and knack for building tension. The movie, with a script by Price, sinks like a stone.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Eight Below:

A Disney flick about sled dogs starring a slightly obscure actor who is famous for one or two big bang films… Didn’t this already come out a few years ago? No sorry, that was Sled Dogs with Cuba Gooding Jr. This is Eight Below with Paul Walker. The exciting nearly true tale of eight sled dogs who are stranded on their own in Antarctica and separated from best friend Jerry (Walker.) The film, directed by Frank Marshall, shows the dogs’ struggle to survive over a 6 month period to find their way back to their friend. It is another heart warming tale, and as far as the critics are concerned it is a tale well told:

“Remarkable, how in a film where we know with an absolute certainty that all or most of the dogs must survive, Eight Below succeeds as an effective story. It works by focusing on the dogs.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Have a nice weekend… We will be back for more general tomfoolery, news, and reviews on Monday.

Tags: Freedomland, Date Movie, Eight Below