CLOUD ATLAS
Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent,
Hugo Weaving,
Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy,
Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon
& Hugh Grant
Directed by Tom
Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski for distribution
by Warner Brothers
The Plot: Six inter-related
group stories portray an exploration of how the actions of individual lives
impact one another in the past, present and future.
The Final Word: Opening day reviews
show the critics are very evenly split with some believing this is a new
classic that should be an automatic Oscar contender, while others believe it’s
a self-important train wreck. However everyone seems to respect what the
Wachowskis and co-director Tom Tykwer attempted to pull off as this was a book
that many deemed “un-filmable.” It just seems like in order to get everything
on screen they had to take a few creative avenues that didn’t necessarily work.
FUN SIZE
Starring: Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, Jane Levy,
Thomas McDonell, Thomas Middleditch & Chelsea
Handler
Directed by Josh
Schwartz for distribution by Paramount
The Plot: A high school
senior loses her little brother while trick-or-treating and enlists her friends
to help track him down.
The Final Word: Did anyone over
the age of 18 even know this was coming out? This is a teen comedy aimed at a
the younger side of the spectrum with the hope the appeal of Nickelodeon’s Victoria
Justice and “Suburgatory’s” Jane Levy; still entirely sure that will translate
to box office success.
SILENT HILL: REVELATION 3D
Starring: Adelaide Clemens, Sean Bean, Kit
Harington, Radha Mitchell,
Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Ann Moss, Malcolm
McDowell,
Martin Donovan & Heather Marks
Directed by Michael
J. Bassett for distribution by Open Road Films
The Plot: On the eve of
her 18th birthday a teenager learns a shocking secret about her past
that may hold the key to her father’s recent disappearance.
The Final Word: The original
“Silent Hill” wasn’t exactly a massive success but it did have a very solid $20
million opening weekend back in 2006. For any film to pull off that type of
haul means that a sequel is always in the cards; this one just took a little
longer than expected. Incidentally the original did that big business in April
so imagine what it may be able to pull off Halloween weekend.
