OK guys, if there are any movies you've been meaning to see for a few weeks, you better get along in the next 6 days because next Thursday sees the release of Breaking Dawn, the next Twilight movie, and I expect this is going to monopolise screens and see the end of any smaller films still hanging around.
This week sees the release of several new movies. Moneyball is the new film starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, about a struggling baseball team who decide to try a completely different style of putting a team together. Based around a true story, the management team decide to "shock, horror" build a team based on actual performance statistics, rather than reputation, money and sponsorship. This looks like it could be an interesting sports movie that is not based on the old sports movie cliche of the big triumphant finale to redeem the washed up, former star athlete.
Fighting Fear is a new doco on surfing mates from Sydney who get in a bit of trouble until the redemptive power of the ocean puts them back on track. Early reports say it is a bit of a retread of the same territory, but no "Bra Boys".
The Debt is a new drama/thriller centred around a trio of Mossad agents (Israel's top spy agency) who are the toast of Israel for their Nazi-hunting exploits in Germany in the 1960s. The movie explores the current day, and flashes back to the past to cover the lead up to and execution of their crazy mission. High quality acting talent in this one - Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds as the present day versions and Sam Worthington (Aussie boys are doing well at the moment), Martins Csokas and Jessica Chastain as the younger versions. But were they truly heroes? You will have to see to find out.
Revheads will be pleased to see the movie "Fastest" which is a documentary covering the MotoGP season of 2010 and a bit of 2011. This is the latest from the guy who did "Faster" a few years ago and also "The Tornado, the Doctor and the Kentucky Kid" all covering similar ground of the elite motorcycling championship in the world. Even if you're not a follower of the MotoGP regularly, this movie will be interesting for the insight into the 2009 reigning champ Valentino Rossi's struggle against the new young superstars and the problems he's experienced in 2011 on switching to Ducati (which would only get worse as the season continued which is not covered here but could be a fascinating future topic). This movie is only showing at cinemas for 4 days starting today, so get in quick as there are limited sessions.
Santa's Apprentice is a new animated kids flick that is an Aussie/French co-production. A story of a young boy recruited to be the next Santa, this should have some fun in picking the Aussie actors voicing the characters. No 3D or slick Pixar styles, this is probably worth a look if you have young kids and are looking to hype them up early for Christmas. Strange release date!
Courageous is showing in selected suburban cinemas. I can't find out much about this, whether it's a documentary or a fictional movie but it centres around firefighters who have to reevaluate what's important after a family tragedy. Made by a US Christian production company this might be a bit sugary and might feature God a bit.
My guess would be that any movie that only has 1-3 showings per day in your movie listings is likely to go to make screens for Twilight, so this weekend may be your last chance to see those at the cinema. Have a fun weekend everyone!
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