NEW JACK CITY: Jack’s BEST-BETS with All the Stuffings!
This holiday week will have thousands of Kansas Citians heading for their favorite MegaPlexes.
To help you get the biggest bang for your entertainment buck, here are my Jack Goes To The Movies–Best Bets at the Box Office!
Looking for LAFFS with your Turkey? Here are MY Comedy Picks:
Director Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated FANTASTIC MR. FOX whose idyllic home life goes to hell in a handbag when he slips back to his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief.
The adult comedy stars the voice-talents of George Clooney as Mr. while Meryl Streep is the Mrs.
Also along for the ride Jason Schwartzman, Willem DaFoe, Owen Wilson—and Bill Murray as Badger.
My other Fun-Picks include OLD DOGS with John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon and Seth Green….IF you thought WILD HOGS was a hoot…
Also the quirky THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS with George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey.
And PIRATE RADIO with Philip Seymour Hoffman leading a pack of illegal off-shore DJ’s rocking the British isles. (Great classic rock soundtrack on this flick!)
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For DRAMA check out THE ROAD, Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic tale of survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren American landscape caused by a mysterious cataclysm.
It’s probably the grimmest movie I’ve seen this year but energized by its top notch cast of Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall and Guy Pearce.
Speaking of raw drama I’m also recommending PRECIOUS, the disturbing and often painful-to- watch account of an obese 16 year black girl in Harlem who learns to rise above her bleak life while enduring unspeakable abuses.
Look for numerous nominations here including Best Supporting Actress nods for both Mo’Nique and Mariah Carey—who redeems herself here after her GLITTER embarassment back in 2001.
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Ready to Rumble?
…then a couple of action-entries should float your boat!
The first is Master of Disaster, Roland Emmerich’s global cataclysm epic 2012.
This definitely is the Mother of ALL disaster movies—so what if John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson just phoned it in?
2012 is all about the VISUALS!
Or check out the violent NINJA ASSASSIN!
You know what you’re going to get….and the picture delivers it!
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Finally for all around FAMILY-FRIENDLY FILM FARE this holiday week, my best-bet is THE BLIND SIDE, the bio-drama of NFL tackle Michael Oher. How he was taken in as a homeless youngster by an affluent Memphis family who helped him fullfill his potential while gaining self-discoveries about themselves.
It’s a sure winner for Sandra Bullock and a movie for audiences of all ages. (Tim McGraw and Kathy Bates co-star.)
I’m also recommending DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL starring Jim Carrey but urge you to seek out theatre auditoriums showing it in 3-D! It’s definitely worth the up charge!
And MICHAEL JACKSON’S: THIS IS IT, an amazing behind the scenes experience and examination of what would have been.
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…that leaves NEW MOON.
What can I say except that it’s a vast improvement over the original TWILIGHT in both acting and effects. The world loves it.
Enjoy the show,
Jack Poessiger