Tuesday, March 4
Into the Wild, Sean Penn's searing true story of Christopher McCandless and his eye-opening Alaskan journey, leads this week's crop of new DVD releases. Also debuting on home video are the comic fantasy Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the Halle Berry/Benicio Del Toro drama Things We Lost in the Fire and the Hayden Christensen/Jessica Alba thriller Awake.
Our pick for this week is the 50th anniversary edition of 12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet's classic tale of a jury tasked with deciding the fate of a young man charged with murder.
Posted 3/4/2008 by reelz
Related: 12 Angry Men | Awake | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Into the Wild | Things We Lost in the Fire
Friday, November 16
Old English epic Beowulf and comic fantasy Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium square off at the Cineplex this weekend. Also opening are the Gabriel Garcia Marquez adaptation Love in the Time of Cholera and Brian de Palma's Iraq war rant Redacted.
A rundown of our reviews of this weekend's new releases:
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium 
"Plays like some meandering, bastard love child of Toys, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Finding Neverland." [Full Review]
Beowulf 
"The coolest-looking videogame I've ever seen...entertaining in spurts but ultimately soulless." [Full Review]
Love in the Time of Cholera 
"A hodge-podge of histrionic, ridiculous scenes cobbled together with no build up...an utter disappointment." [Full Review]
Redacted 
"Some may find this movie heavy-handed in its depiction of the war, but for me it was finally an Iraq War movie done right." [Full Review]
Margot at the Wedding
"Noah Baumbach is an absolute master of the indie genre...no one does bad parent movies better." [Full Review]
Also opening: Eleven Men Out, Smiley Face.
Posted 11/16/2007 by reelz
Related: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Beowulf | Love in the Time of Cholera | Margot at the Wedding | Redacted
Tuesday, September 4
In a bizarre ad campaign for the upcoming movie, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which opens nationwide on November 16th, The Los Angeles Times will feature the first ever ad using scented ink, which smells like frosted cake.
The ad will debut in the paper's annual Fall Movie Sneaks section on September 9th.
I'm glad no one thought of this idea for Balls of Fury.
Source: CNNMoney.com
Related: Balls of Fury | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium