A big weekend for movies. And nowadays, that just means that two movies that I want to see are getting good reviews. I'm going to check out "The Town" tonight and will probably catch "Easy A" some time next week. Also out this weekend is the buzzed about indie flick "Catfish" as well as Phillip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut "Jack Goes Boating". Oh, and there's also the movie that is best known for having a trailer that people groan at (when the name M. Night Shymalan pops up) and that's "Devil". I feel bad for the director of it because he's so overshadowed by Night. I thought that film might be a decent rental but the fact that it isn't being screened for critics makes me think that it's probably a waste of time.

Anyway, on to the trailers

First, I thought I'd post the "Catfish" trailer since it's so odd. Starts off as "Going The Distance" meets "Road Trip" and then turns into "The Blair Witch Project".

Next up is "The Tourist", starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Those stars have very spotty track records and the film looks like a remake of "Gotcha!", the Anthony Edwards starring 80's paint ball/campus manhunt movie. I can't say I'm very excited about this one.

"Tangled" has been all over the map. It's gotten bad buzz but now people are saying that it could give Toy Story 3 a run for its money come Oscar season. Should be interesting to see who was right. Granted, not interesting enough for me to actually see the movie but I'll check out the reviews.

One of the movies I'm looking forward to the most this year is David Fincher's "The Social Network". This trailer has the amazing cover of Radiohead's Creep and is also an interactive trailer, something that could become a staple of online marketing in the future. Sadly, I also see it being another way for studio's to give away the entire movie in trailers. (Not that this one does.)

"The Fighter" is about Boston boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward. It's directed by David O. Russell but it looks like a fairly typical inspirational sports drama; basically it's Mark Wahlberg's "Invincible" with boxing. I was kind of looking forward to this but it seems like the kind of film that would slip through the cracks and end up buried on my Netflix queue until it finally landed on HBO. Although I am interested in seeing Amy Adams in it. I was a big fan but I feel like she's been getting more and more charactery (and borderline cartoonish) in her roles so it'd be nice to see if she can dial it down and get closer to playing a real, honest-to-god person.

Finally, there's the British mafia comedy "Down Terrace".

And don't forget that on Wednesday, Freakonomics will be shown on a Pay-What-You-Want style. From Slash Film.

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