Skipped last week because, oddly, nothing opened on New Year’s Day… Â anyway, onward!
Youth in Revolt:
Just as I’m getting tired of seeing Michael Cera play Michael Cera over and over, it looks like he finally decided to take a project which might prove he can act. Â Sort of. Â As Nick, he’s Michael Cera as usual. Â But from the bits you can see in the trailer, when he’s Francois he’s actually not Michael Cera. Â The movie looks entertaining, but as surprised as I am to see him acting, I’m not about to drop money at box office prices for another Michael Cera film. Â I’ll see you on DVD, Michael Cera. Â Perhaps I should revise this review, because I don’t think I said Michael Cera enough. Â Michael Cera.
Leap Year:
Amy Adams in a romantic comedy about two people who are wrong for each other turning out to be right for each other. Â The wife deserves a date night every now and then, and I can use it as an excuse to feed my addiction to chick flicks. Â Yeah, I’m in.
Daybreakers:
It is really nice to see someone do something interesting with vampires now and then. Â Hush, you Twilight fanatics… vampires who sparkle like diamonds in sunlight are many things, but interesting is not one of them. Â Now, Daybreakers, on the other hand, takes us to a world where vampires run everything, and they hunted humans down nearly to extinction. Â One vampire is looking for a way to make high quality synthetic blood to save his race. Â But a group of humans have stumbled on something else: a cure. Â In addition to just sounding cool, the movie looks cool, and it’s got Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill and Willem Dafoe, all of whom I enjoy watching work. Â I think this followed by The Book of Eli next week are going to be a nice one-two punch of awesome at the theater. Â I’ll be there.
Michael Cera.