{"id":14892,"date":"2011-07-14T23:38:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T04:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=14892"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:36:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:36:13","slug":"new-releases-july-15-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/14\/new-releases-july-15-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: July 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Warner Brothers, 4,375 Theaters, 130 Minutes, Rated PG-13): <\/strong>I am not the biggest Harry Potter fan in the world (meaning I have all the novels but never bought one at midnight while dressed as a Hufflepuff) but I find it hard to not view this last film with a bit of melancholy.<\/p>\n

Yes, there will be Pottermore for the hardcore fans, but this film marks a definitive end of an era. It marks the end of a period of time where Harry\u00a0Potter was a\u00a0driving force in the\u00a0international pop culture landscape. It is the end of an era we might not see again for a long time, if ever.<\/p>\n

This film wraps up the second half of the last book as Harry and company go in search of the three remaining Horcruxes, find a shocking surprise about one of them, the final fate and true nature of Severus Snape, and the last stand of Harry and\/or Voldemort.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>2. Winnie The Pooh (Disney, 2,405 Theaters, 69 Minutes, Rated G): <\/strong>And then there’s this one, which I can see less as an actual film than a dark sacrifice to the evil movie gods that Disney is making for future commercial success. Like when the Harry Potter <\/strong>locomotive slams into this film and utterly destroys it, some of the Potter magic will be transferred to Disney.<\/p>\n

Seriously, I have not seen anything near an appropriate about of publicity for this film. If I didn’t sign up for a lot of corporate e-mails from Disney (“Hey, take your daughter to Disney World! Oh, by the way, Winnie the Pooh<\/strong> is coming out!”), I’d see even less. It’s like Disney is just throwing this out there in a vain attempt at counterprogramming (although, is running a kids movie with a modicum of adult appeal\u00a0at the same time as a kids movie with a lot of adult appeal really counterprogramming?).<\/p>\n

The fact that the film has nine writers and two directors isn’t terribly assuring, although the 86% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes <\/a>is. And it has already made over $6 million dollars overseas, which is a good head start in case it really does get crushed by Harry Potter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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One of this weekend’s movies will feature an epic battle amongst wizards. Can you guess which one?<\/div>\n

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