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Top 10 Best Movies in Theaters Friday, April 16th
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Not sure which movie to see this week in theaters? Let me help you out. The following is a list of films playing in the majority of theaters around the nation, and this is the first week in a long streak of must-see movie weekends, starting with:
| 1. | How to Train Your Dragon - See-it - Though not grabbing the attention of adults and teens like other Dreamworks films (i.e. Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda), this film is probably Dreamworks BEST film EVER, with dazzling 3-D animation, a deep story with America Ferrera/Ugly Betty-ish moral lessons, and exciting Gerard Butler/300-level action sequences (especially in 3D). |
| 2. | Kick-Ass - See-it - Most people don't realize this movie about wannabe comic book superheroes was actually a comic book first, and this adaptation is right up there with the impressive visual stylings and stories of some of the other recent adaptations like 300, Sin City and Watchmen (yes, I said it!) but much much funnier than those other action/adventures. |
| 3. | The Joneses - See-it if you can - A brilliant film about Americans needs to consume all the latest and greatest starring Demi Moore and David Duchovny that will not ever see the wide-release it deserves but I beg of you to go see it if you can! |
| 4. | Greenberg - See-it if you can - Ben Stiller's finest dramatic performance to date is due to his pairing with Academy Award-nominated writer/director Noah Baumbach, who created this story about a 40-something man who is house-sitting for six weeks for his more successful and married-with-children brother. |
| 5. | Waking Sleeping Beauty - See-it if you can - A personally, much-awaited documentary about the downfall of Disney animation in the mid 1980s until the artists turned out back-to-back blockbusters with The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. |
| 6. | Hot Tub Time Machine - See-it - Though not quite on the level of The Hangover, HTTM is a creative new comedy about a silly premise of going back in time to 1986 where Walkman's were today's iPod and a magic, puke-covered squirrel helps the Cleveland Browns actually make it to the 1987 Super Bowl! |
| 7. | Chloe - See-it - Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, and Julianne Moore star in this sexual thriller about a married couple and a suspected affair, and the three leads all lay down purposeful and insightful melodramatic performances. |
| 8. | Leaves of Grass - See-it if you can - I am admittedly a huge Edward Norton fan, but this film might finally earn him the Oscar he has just missed out on twice before, as he plays an Ivy League classics professor AND an estranged identical twin brother. |
| 9. | Letters to God - Rent-it - A young boy who is courageously fighting cancer turns to God as a pen pal. When his letters cross the path of older postman, the story becomes as moving, touching and at times funny as one could hope. |
| 10. | Clash of the Titans - Rent-it - Despite overdone 3-D action, Clash of the Titans is completely flat, lacking both story and solid performances from the leads. Rent it in 2011 to watch on your new 3-D HDTV, otherwise its only interesting a semi-history lesson on Greek mythology. |
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