New at theaters/on DVD this week
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:21 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
The new options at theaters (3 movies with Academy Award nominations) are clearly better than the options of movies coming out on DVD this week! “The Dark Knight” is back in IMAX this Friday!!
You’ve also been warned: “Repo! The Genetic Opera” is considered by many to be the worst movie of the year – so don’t rent it! 
New this week at Theaters (Friday): “Revolutionary Road” (wide release), ”The Wrestler” (wide release), “Inkheart”, “Possession”, “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”, “The Dark Knight” (IMAX re-issue)
New this week on DVD (Tuesday): “City of Ember”, “The Express”, “Henry Poole is Here”, “Igor”, “Max Payne”, “Repo! The Genetic Opera”, “Saw V”, “Amusement”
MY REVIEWS OF OTHER MOVIES CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT:
Playing at West Michigan movie theaters:
“Slumdog Millionaire” (9.5 / 10)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (9.5 / 10)
“Changeling” (9.5 / 10)
“Defiance” (8.0 / 10)
“Australia” (7.9 / 10)
“Bride Wars” (7.5 / 10)
“Marley & Me” (7.5 / 10)
“Four Christmases” (7.5 / 10)
“Quantum of Solace” (7.5 / 10)
“Role Models” (7.5 / 10)
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” (7.5 / 10)
“Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (7.0 / 10)
“Bedtime Stories” (7.0 / 10)
“Hotel for Dogs” (7.0 / 10)
“Twilight” (7.0 / 10)
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” (6.5 / 10)
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Available to rent or buy:
“The Dark Knight” (9.5 / 10)
“WALL-E” (9.0)
“Righteous Kill” (8.9 / 10)
“Eagle Eye” (8.5 / 10)
“Burn After Reading” (8.5 / 10)
“Wanted” (8.0 / 10)
“Traitor” (7.5 / 10)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Appaloosa” (6.9 / 10)
“Hellboy II: Golden Army” (6.5 / 10)
“Noise” (6.0 / 10 )
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Next Week at Theaters: “New in Town”, “Taken”, “The Uninvited”
Next Week on DVD: “College”, “Fireproof”, “Lakeview Terrace”, “The Lucky Ones”, “Pride and Glory”, “The Rocker”, “RockNRolla”, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Tags: Amusement, City of Ember, dvd, Henry Poole is Here, Igor, Inkheart, Laff at the Movies, Max Payne, movie, new in theaters, Possession, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Revolutionary Road, Saw V, The Dark Knight, The Express, The Wrestler, theater, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
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