New at Theaters (Friday): “The Last House on the Left” (2009), “Miss March”, ”Race to Witch Mountain”, “Waltz with Bashir” (new in Grand Rapids at Celebration! North)

 Watch the trailer for “The Last House on the Left” (2009)

 Watch the trailer for “Miss March”

 Watch the trailer for “Race to Witch Mountain”

 Watch the trailer for “Waltz with Bashir”

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BEST BET: See another movie listed below, or the family adventure “Race to Witch Mountain”… or maybe “Waltz with Bashir”, the animated drama was an Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language film…. but the “The Last House on the Left” is a remake of the 1972 horror movie and “Miss March” is a raunch comedy from two of the guys from “The Whitest Kids You Know”.

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New on DVD (Tuesday): “Battle in Seattle”, “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”, “Cadillac Records”, “Happy-Go-Lucky”, “Let The Right One In”, “Milk”, “Pinocchio” (anniversary edition), “Rachel Getting Married”, “Role Models”, “Synecdoche, New York”, “Transporter 3″

BEST BET: This week is full of variety: the best comedy option is “Role Models”, my second favorite “R” rated comedy of 2008 after “Step Brothers”, but “Happy-Go-Lucky” was nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay.   “Milk” won an Oscar for Sean Penn’s performance and screenply.   “Rachel Getting Married”, received an Oscar nomination for Anne Hathaway’s performance.   “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” was good, but a very sad movie set in the holocaust.  “Pinocchio” is a Disney classic, in a 70th anniversary edition, its one of the best animated movies of all time (AFI’s 2nd best animated movie, although I disagree with 2-10 on this list).

YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN: ”Battle in Seattle” is a recent history drama about the events of the WTO riots in Seattle, “Cadillac Records” is a music history drama that got mixed reviews, “Let The Right One In” was a well reviewed horror movie, “Synecdoche, New York” got mostly poor reviews, and “Transporter 3″ got basically all negative reviews.

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)
“The Wrestler” (8.9 / 10)
“Defiance” (8.0 / 10)
“Revolutionary Road” (7.9 / 10)
“New in Town” (7.9 / 10)
“Taken” (7.5 / 10)
“Fanboys” (8.5 for me, adjusted to 7.5 for most)
“He’s Just Not That Into You” (7.5 / 10)
“Bride Wars” (7.5 / 10)
“Marley & Me” (7.5 / 10)
“Four Christmases”  (7.5 / 10)
“Quantum of Solace”  (7.5 / 10)
“Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (7.0 / 10)
“Watchmen” (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)
“Changeling”  (9.5 / 10)
“WALL-E” (9.0)
“Pride and Glory” (9.0 / 10)
“Righteous Kill” (8.9 / 10)
“Eagle Eye” (8.5 / 10)
“Burn After Reading” (8.5 / 10)
“Wanted” (8.0 / 10)
“The Visitor” (8.0 / 10)
“Australia”  (7.9 / 10)
“Frozen River” (7.9 / 10)
“Traitor” (7.5 / 10)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Get Smart” (7.0 / 10)
“Appaloosa” (6.9 / 10)
“Lakeview Terrace” (6.5 / 10)
“Hellboy II: Golden Army” (6.5 / 10)
“Noise” (6.0 / 10)

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Next Week at Theaters: “Duplicity”, “I Love You, Man”, “Knowing”

Next Week on DVD: “Elegy”, “Punisher: War Zone”, “Twilight” (Saturday 3/21)

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