ACT OF VALOR
Starring: Active Duty Navy SEALS
Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle &
Nester Serrano
Directed by "Mouse" McCoy & Scott
Waugh for distribution by Relativity Media
The
Plot: A Navy SEAL team dispatched to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative
ends up discovering a potentially devastating terrorist plot in the process.
The
Final Word: Inspired by actual events and (billed as) starring actual active
duty Navy SEALs this action film is getting heavy promotion from distributor
Relativity. The plan worked well for the studio last year when it used the
Super Bowl to launch Bradley Cooper’s “Limitless,” but that type of luck may
not strike twice, as four of Relativity’s other low budget projects with lesser
known names bombed miserably in 2011. The jury is still out on this one...
WANDERLUST
Starring: Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin
Theroux, Malin Akerman,
Kathryn Hahn, Lauren Ambrose, Ken Marino,
Joe Lo
Truglio, Kerri Kenney-Silver & Alan Alda
Directed by David Wain for distribution by Universal
Pictures
The
Plot: Following being laid off from his job, an uptight New Yorker and
his equally set in her ways wife find themselves living on a commune.
The
Final Word: Forget the plot, in a lot of circles this has long been known
simply as the movie when Jennifer Aniston fully embraces nudity in film.
Honestly with that moniker attached, it may not make a difference what the
movie is about or if it’s even funny.
GONE
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter,
Wes Bentley, Sebastian Stan & Michael Pare
Directed by Heitor Dhalia for distribution by Summit
Entertainment
The
Plot: Following her sister’s abduction, a woman seeks out the serial
killer who targeted her two years prior; convinced this is his method of
payback for her escaping his grasp.
The
Final Word: Amanda Seyfried has quickly jumped out of the shadows and into
leading lady territory, but this seems awfully similar to a number of Katie
Holmes’ failed dramas from the late 1990’s and early 2000’s that were supposed
to be her big break out. The difference is that Seyfried has already
successfully opened a movie (“Dear John”) on her name alone, but this one seems
forced.
TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS
Starring: Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Brian White,
Rebecca Romijn
Jamie Kennedy,Eddie Cibrian, Jordenn Thompson,
Beverly Johnson, Phylicia Rashad & Gabrielle Union
Jamie Kennedy,Eddie Cibrian, Jordenn Thompson,
Beverly Johnson, Phylicia Rashad & Gabrielle Union
Directed by Tyler Perry for distribution by
Lionsgate
The
Plot: On the verge of getting married, a wealthy man with strong
morels starts to develop feeling a single mother while helping her get back on
her feet.
The
Final Word: Tyler Perry films do very well no matter what! That’s pretty
much all that needs to be said.
