{"id":15937,"date":"2011-08-25T22:15:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T03:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=15937"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:34:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:34:14","slug":"new-releases-august-26-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/25\/new-releases-august-26-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: August 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>1. Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark (FilmDistrict, 2,760 Theaters, 99 Minutes, Rated R): <\/strong>If you are wondering why it took so long for Hollywood to come up with a film with this title, well, obviously, you’ve never seen the 1973 TV movie of the same name that starred Kim Darby.<\/p>\n

Both films are haunted house flicks, only now instead of a young housewife (played by Darby) being taken over by demons, it’s a little girl (Bailee Madison) who is sent to live her father (Guy Pierce) and his new girlfriend (Katie Holmes).<\/p>\n

Of course, being that this is co-written by Guillermo del Toro, there will be some sick twists (the demons feed on human teeth in order to stay alive), but this is essentially a remake of a film that wasn’t all that original in the first place. Don’t know how that will go over at the box office.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>2. Colombiana (TriStar, 2,614 Theaters, 107 Minutes, Rated PG-13): <\/strong>I am immediately distrustful of any revenge flick that is rated PG-13.\u00a0I mean, who wants to see kid-friendly payback? But Hollywood being what it is, and wanting to make sure the teens can get in to see the film, this will be a PG-13 revenge flick.<\/p>\n

Zoe Saldana plays a Columbian woman whose parents were murdered when she was a little kid. She has devoted her life to tracking down the people who killed her family, all the while working as an assassin for her uncle.<\/p>\n

The fact that Saldana’s character is not an innocent adds a bit of flavor the the genre. Not that it needs flavoring, revenge films always are in demand. Should be interesting to see how well this one does.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>3. Our Idiot Brother (The Weinstein Group, 2,614 Theaters, 90 Minutes, Rated R): <\/strong>Paul Rudd is an actor who is just as at home in goofy comedies such as The 40-Year Old Virgin <\/strong>and Wet Hot American Summer <\/strong>as he is indie flicks such as\u00a0The Oh in Ohio<\/strong>\u00a0 and\u00a0 The Shape of Things<\/strong>. This film seems to fall somewhere in between.<\/p>\n

Rudd plays the titular brother whose well-meaning intrusions into his family’s lives has unexpected results.<\/p>\n

There is a pretty strong cast surrounding Rudd, but will it be enough to make the dual nature of the film work?<\/p>\n

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A remake, a tale of revenge, and an idiot brother hit theaters this week. <\/div>\n

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