Theater releases: ‘Just Like Heaven,’ ‘Cry Wolf,’ ‘Venom’
Just Like HeavenStarring: Reese Witherspoon, Mark RuffaloWhy it’s worthy:
We’re kind of up in the air on this one (ho ho, no pun intended). While we love Witherspoon for her work in movies like ‘Election’ and ‘Cruel Intentions’ and Ruffalo for his in ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ and ‘You Can Count On Me,’ this movie looks, well, awful. The premise is entirely ridiculous and has been done more times than we can count *cough, ‘City of Angels.’* Plus it co-stars the guy from last year’s suckfest, ‘Napoleon Dynamite.’ We’ll probably just stay home and watch ‘Legally Blonde’ instead.
Cry WolfStarring: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared PadaleckiWhy it’s worthy:
For some odd reason, we kinda want to see this movie. Maybe it’s our sick childhood fascination with the ‘Boy Who Cried Wolf’ story, maybe it’s the fact that Padalecki is a really, really bad actor, maybe we just want to see how this one ends. At any rate, the trailer is pretty good, so maybe we’ll just watch that on repeat.
VenomStarring: Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Bijou Phillips, Method ManWhy it’s worthy:
This movie looks horrible. Purely, simply horrible. But we couldn’t resist bringing it up because it stars a) Method Man, in his worst role since, well, antiperspirant commercials, and b) Jonathan Jackson, who we’re sure all of you remember from your Bop magazine days. Yes, you read Bop magazine. And even if you didn’t, you read Tiger Beat.
Published on September 14, 2005 at 12:00 pm