This Weekend in Movies - March 19, 2010 - Repo Men, The Bounty Hunter, The Runaways

Boy, I have been really slacking lately when it comes these posts.

Anyways, this weekend I'll probably check out the new action/thriller Repo Men, even though the film only has a 21% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  It an interesting bit of trivia, this film was originally filmed in Toronto way back in 2007, probably around the time this happened.

As low a rating Repo Men has, it's not as bad 8% Fresh rating given to The Bounty Hunter, further proving that critics are just plain fed up with clichéd romantic comedies.

Also out this week is the rock and roll biopic The Runaways, which has a pretty decent 66% Fresh rating.

And that's This Weekend in Movies.

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My Thoughts on The Ghost Writer

Last weekend was incredibly rainy and windy and frankly I was not in the mood to post any thoughts after I came back from seeing this film.

However, I thought I should go back and give my opinions, since I thought that this was a really decent mystery/thriller.

Ewan McGregor plays a nameless Ghost Writer, who is assigned to finish the memoir of the former British Prime Minister (played by Pierce Brosnan), after the mysterious death of his predecessor.  As the film progresses, a vast conspiracy is slowly unraveled.

It is a shame somewhat that director Roman Polanski's legal troubles are overshadowing the film somewhat, since it's nice little mystery film that I would recommend you check out.

8/10 (rating scale)

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DVD Picks - March 16, 2010 - New Moon, Ninja Assassin, Princess and the Frog, and More

Well, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is released on DVD today.  I gave into the hype and saw the film in theatres, though the fact that I never ended up posting any thoughts on it sums things up nicely.  However, I'm sure the teenage girls will be happy.  On to the picks.

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