Weekend Preview
This weekend’s wide releases offer a little something for everyone.
For fans of the television show (and the previous movie), Sex and the City 2 looks to further the adventures of Carrie Bradshaw and pals as the foursome travel outside of New York for shopping, cocktails, love, and romance.
For those that prefer action and special effects, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time promises plenty of both. The movie’s producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, has mastered the art of producing engaging action films, with his previous production credits including all three of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
In limited release, two amazing directors return with highly anticipated releases. Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet brings us Micmacs, while George A. Romero, the ‘father of zombie movies’, unleashes his latest on audiences in Survival of the Dead.
Full plot and synopsis are below:
Opening in Wide Release
Sex and the City 2
Series runner Michael Patrick King returns to pen the sequel to the 2008 blockbuster movie adaptation of HBO’s Sex and the City with this Warner Bros. production, re-teaming the vivacious stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis once again for another glitzy romp through New York City high-life living. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Director: Michael Patrick King
Starring:Â Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon,
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some strong sexual content and language.
Official Website: http://www.sexandthecitymovie.com/
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Ubisoft’s popular video-game series of the same name gets adapted for the big screen in this sweeping fantasy adventure starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton. The setting is sixth century Persia. A nefarious nobleman covets the Sands of Time, a legendary gift from the gods that allows its possessor to turn back time. Whoever owns the Sands of Time has the power to rule the world, and this villainous lord would use that power to enslave all of humanity. The only person capable of defeating this tyrant and saving the world is Dastan (Gyllenhaal), a youthful prince. Now, with plucky princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) by his side, Dastan will attempt to prevent the Sands of Time from falling into the wrong hands. Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) directs a script penned by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Jordan Mechner, and Boaz Yakin. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley. Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action.
Official Website: http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/princeofpersia/
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Opening in Limited Release
Micmacs
An underground lair serves as the point of inspiration for this deeply whimsical fantasy comedy (with echoes of Jodorowsky’s Rainbow Thief) from French cause célèbre Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie, The City of Lost Children). The locale is post-9/11 Europe. As arms dealers go head to head with one another in a series of violent skirmishes — suggesting that an apocalyptic cataclysm may be lingering on the horizon — the unfortunate Bazil (Dany Boon) still reels from the long-ago death of his father from a… (Read Full Synopsis)
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Survival of the Dead
Filmmaker George A. Romero unleashes the sixth film in his Dead Series with this gut-munching shocker surrounding a clash of ideals between two factions of inhabitants on a remote island after a zombie outbreak. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
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Article written by Matt Wehner on GotchaMovies.com. Reposted with permission.
Looking forward to checking out the new Prince of Persia film. Jake Gyllenhaal is a good match for Gemma. I totally liked him in Donnie Darko. There is another Jake movie coming – Love and Other Drugs. Has anyone read about that upcoming movie?