Movies For The Weekend

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Andrew.
Categories: Movies.

Two movie picks for the weekend: Be Kind Rewind and The Signal.  If you are going to see Be Kind Rewind go to an Alamo Drafthouse because they will be showing 5 minute movie remakes by Austinites before the feature presentation begins.  Go to http://beta.filmmakingfrenzy.com/ to see all the entries.  There are some really great/horrible/hilarious videos.  That being said, I have no idea how BKR is going to be.  The studio didn’t have any press screenings which doesn’t bode well.  I do like the director, Michael Gondry and the two stars, Jack Black & Mos Def, so I will see this film, it just might not be great.   I’m trying not to get my hopes up. 

I originally heard about The Signal about a year ago from my friend who is one of the screeners for SXSW.  He was really championing this movie to get the publicity it deserves.  Here’s the basic story:  All forms of communication have been jammed by a strange transmission which drives half of the population into a violence and murder.  The film is apparently told from 3 different perspectives by 3 different directors.  As their portion of the story ended they handed it off to the next director. This might make the storytelling disjointed and weird.  It looks interesting and I will see it at some point I’m just trying to decide if it’s going to be a matinee or at home when it comes out on DVD.

Let me know what you think if you are able to check out either of these movies.  

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