{"id":518,"date":"2008-05-29T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=518"},"modified":"2018-01-21T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:47:40","slug":"this-weeks-theatrical-releases-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/29\/this-weeks-theatrical-releases-40\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week’s Theatrical Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Sex and the City (3,285 Theaters, 148 Minutes, Rated R): <\/strong>Carrie and the girls finally hit the big screen and all I can say is, eh.<\/p>\n

Granted, I know that I am not the target for this audience, being that I have never spent more than $50 for a pair of shoes, have never spent more than half my lunch check on alcohol, and, well, have a penis.<\/p>\n

But still, the story line–will Carrie marry Mr. Big or not–seem like the plot line for half the episodes of the TV show’s run. Why pay $10 to see that when I can see it at home as part of my basic cable package. Especially when you have to sit in the theater for over two hours.<\/p>\n

But, like I said, I am not the target audience. The target audience is paying $19,000 for premiere tickets and then crying when they don’t get in. So there is a devoted fan base. But is it big enough to make a splash at the summer box office? And will any straight man see with out being forced to by his significant other? I guess we’ll see.<\/p>\n

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2. The Strangers (2,467 Theaters, 90 Minutes, Rated R<\/strong>): The “Rated R” film is a dying breed, quickly being replaced by the wider-audience-demographic friendly PG-13 as the rating studios shoot for. So it is odd that this week’s two major releases are rated R. There is some life left in that rating yet.<\/p>\n

The plot of this movie is remarkably similar to the recent Funny Games<\/strong>. A couple is terrorized by a group of home invaders. The invaders force the couple to do heinous things just to survive.<\/p>\n

Two movies in the same vein does not a genre make. But now that the straight up torture porn genre has lost a bit of its allure with horror fans, maybe this variation on that theme would be enough to take its place.<\/p>\n

But don’t listen to me. I haven’t seen the movie. But Film Buff Online head honcho Rich Drees has. If you want to find out what he thinks of this film, click here.<\/p>\n

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