Opening in theaters this week (August 21)
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (check out our review)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth
Studio: Weinstein Company, The
Synopsis: An American-led killing squad known as “The Basterds” terrorize the Nazis in German-occupied France during World War II.
Keep reading to see the rest of this week’s movies.
POST GRAD
Director: Vicky Jenson
Stars: Alexis Bledel, Michael Keaton, Carol Burnett
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Synopsis: When recent college graduate Ryden Malby (Bledel) discovers she can’t land a good job because of the working world’s harsh climate, she moves back in with her oddball family in order to reconsider her options.
MY ONE AND ONLY (limited)
Director: Richard Loncraine
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Mark Rendall
Studio: Freestyle Releasing
Synopsis: A 1950s-set comedy in which the glamorous Anne Deveraux (Zellweger) leaves her adulterous husband and embarks on a drive down the Eastern Seaboard on a quixotic search for a wealthy man to fund a new life for her and her sons.
CASI DIVAS (limited)
Director: Issa López
Stars: Patricia Llaca, Julio Bracho, Maya Zapata
Studio: Maya Entertainment
Synopsis: A comedy centered on four women, each of them from different corners of Mexico, vying with hundreds of other aspiring actresses for roles in a movie producer’s new project. Their respective missions become crystal clear once one of the country’s top actresses — who also happens to be the producer’s on-again, off-again lover — fails to get the starring role.
X GAMES 3D: THE MOVIE (limited)
Director: Steve Lawrence
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Synopsis: An X Games documentary featuring behind-the-scenes stories of the athletes and the sacrifices they make in pursuit of glory and the advancement of their sports on the biggest stage in action sports.
FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN (NY/LA)
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Stars: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis: As a youth, Alistair Little (Neeson) was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. After serving a thirty year sentence for the murder of a young Catholic man, Little prepares for his televised meeting with his victim’s brother, Joe Griffin (Nesbitt), who watched as the hit was carried out.
ART & COPY (NY)
Director: Doug Pray
Stars: Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Hal Riney
Studio: Seventh Art Releasing
Synopsis: A documentary on some of the mavericks of modern American advertising.
Source: IMDb
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