This is a good week to play catch up with all the movies that have released on DVD/in theaters the last 2 weeks because there isn’t much this week…

New this week at Theaters: “The Reader” (Woodland Mall – Grand Rapids)

New this week on DVD: “The Duchess” (last Saturday), “Eagle Eye” (last Saturday), “Ghost Town” (last Saturday), “An American Carol”, “Surfer, Dude”, “Towelhead” 

 MY TAKE ON WHAT’S NEW IN THEATERS: There’s only one new movie in theaters this weekend… actually in one theater in the Grand Rapids market… at Woodland Mall… that’s the World War II-era period piece with Kate Winslett ”The Reader”, I haven’t seen it, but critics says Winslett’s performance is award worthy.

MY REVIEWS OF MOVIES CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THEATERS:
“Marley & Me” (7.5)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (9.5)
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” (6.5)
“Four Christmases”  (7.5)
“Twilight”  (7.0)
“Australia”  (7.9)
“Quantum of Solace”  (7.5)
“Role Models”  (7.5)
“Slumdog Millionaire”  (9.5)
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”  (7.5)
“Changeling”  (9.5)
“What Just Happened”  (6.5)

MY TAKE ON WHAT’S NEW ON DVD: There’s only two movies to recommend this week – the high-octane action thriller “Eagle Eye” that I really liked… or the well reviewed period piece “The Duchess” with Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes.. that I haven’t seen yet.

Looking for other rentals? 

 Check out these movies:
“Wanted” (8.0 / 10)
“Burn After Reading” (8.5 / 10)
“Traitor” (7.5 / 10)
“The Dark Knight” (9.5 / 10)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”

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Next Week at Theaters: “Bridewars”, “Not Easily Broken”, “Revolutionary Road” (limited), “Gran Torino” (Grand Rapids)

Next Week on DVD: “Pineapple Express”, “Righteous Kill”, “Babylon A.D.”, “Bangkok Dangerous”, “Disaster Movie”, “The Wackness”