{"id":26754,"date":"2013-02-21T23:37:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T04:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=26754"},"modified":"2013-02-21T22:28:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T03:28:05","slug":"new-releases-february-22-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/21\/new-releases-february-22-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: February 22, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Snitch_first-posterPPP\"<\/a>1. Snitch (Summit Entertainment, 2,511 Theaters, 112 Minutes, Rated PG-13):<\/strong>\u00a0Dwayne Johnson has built quite the eclectic career for himself. One of the rare professional wrestlers that has grown a long-lasting film presence through appearing not only in action films , but also in comedies (Be Cool<\/strong>), family fare (The Game Plan<\/strong>) and inspirational dramas (The Gridiron Gang<\/strong>). He is as comfortable in the lead, sharing the screen with a co-lead or in a supporting role. He might not be the biggest name in action films since Schwarzenegger, but he has consistently worked.<\/p>\n

He’s playing the sole lead in this one, acting in the role of a father who must go undercover for the DEA to infiltrate a drug ring in order to clear his son’s name.<\/p>\n

While it might not be the most original concept, Johnson has surrounded himself with a great group of actors (Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Benjamin Bratt, David Harbour, Jon Bernathal) that the final product should rise above the what you’d typically expect from a film like this.
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\"dark-skies-poster\"<\/a>2. Dark Skies (Dimension Films, 2,313 Theaters, 97 Minutes, Rated PG-13):\u00a0<\/strong>Personally, I saw the trailer to this film and I was impressed. I thought there were a few good scares in there, and a pretty creepy vibe throughout.<\/p>\n

I also thought the film was going to be about a supernatural possession, more Poltergeist<\/strong>\u00a0than anything else. Apparently not, because it is about an outer space alien who takes a special interest in a suburban family, especially their children. I mean, the fact that demons might have singled out one particular family to terrorize has been done before, but it is far easier to explain that space aliens.<\/p>\n

I think it’s hard to get aliens to work in a horror sense (outside of the\u00a0Aliens<\/strong> franchise, that is). Add to that the fact that the film’s PG-13 rating, and there is nothing to draw me in.
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It’s “Kids in peril” week at the theaters this week in two very different contexts in two very different films.<\/div>\n

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