What's Playing 10/17/08

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What a big weekend we have upon us as there are all types of films opening up for everyone to take part in. Perhaps video games are your poison and you’d like to see how Marky Mark would be in one. Maybe you know what it’s like to find love on the internet and are curious to see if someone else went about it the same way you did. Or perhaps you just want to check out how others view the President of the United States. Say what you want, but he got enough support to be voted into office twice. Anyway, the movies are going to be jam packed this weekend with these films and a lot more so have a fun weekend folks.

Wide Release

Max Payne – Starring Mark Wahlberg, Ludacris, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, and more. Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister’s death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation in this film adaptation of the popular video game.

The Secret Life Of Bees – Starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Paul Bettany, and more. Set in South Carolina in 1964; witness the moving tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother’s past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna.

Sex Drive – Starring Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, Seth Green, James Marsden, Charles McDermott, and more. We can’t always get the girl of our dreams just by looking for her, but sometimes a little helpful internet searching can pinpoint her location. A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.

W. – Starring Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, James Cromwell, and more. You thought you knew the President; well you have no idea. Sit back in wonder at the life and presidency of George W. Bush.

Limited Release

The Elephant King – Explore the twisted symbiosis between two American brothers (one is domineering and nihilistic while the other is guileless and introspective) as they binge on drink, drugs, and women in an exotic land.

Filth And Wisdom – A comedy centered on three flatmates living desperate lives in London.

Tru Loved – Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her quest is complicated by sexual politics, closed minds, and closeted friends as she seeks to establish her school’s first Gay-Straight Alliance.

What Just Happened? – Starring Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, John Turturro, and many more. Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who’s having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.