Mr. Bean’s Holiday

The Players: Rowan Atkinson reprises his most famous role.
The Story: Mr. Bean goes to France! Which is very similar to the storyline of Rush Hour 3 actually (Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker go to France!).
Rotten Tomatoes: 44%
Trailer

Here is a fun fact for you: Mr Bean’s Holiday has already earned $188 million from foreign markets, making the picture a hit before it even opens in the States. Which is probably a good thing since I don’t think it will make much money here.

The Nanny Diaries

The Players: Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation). Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor). Based on the famous book.
The Story: Young woman goes to work as a nanny for a wealthy family.
Rotten Tomatoes: 22%
Trailer

I didn’t realize this movie was coming out this weekend until I started to prepare this post. This is not a good sign.

But more importantly, I’m very disappointed that this movie is getting such dreadful reviews. I loved American Splendor, the previous film from Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, and the cast in this one is fabulous. So I was expecting something exciting. But apparently the film doesn’t work. At all. Too bad.

Resurrecting the Champ

The Players: Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett star. Rod Lurie (The Contender) directs.
The Story: Journalist encounters an old boxing champion living as a homeless man. Writes story about him. Turns out the man wasn’t who he said he was.
Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
Trailer

Out of all the films coming out this week, this is the one I’m most likely to see at some point. Interesting story, interesting actors and interesting director. But I still don’t expect it to be anything more than passable.

WAR

The Players: Midlevel action stars Jet Li and Jason Statham.
The Story: Jet Li and Jason Statham go against each other. Stuff blows up.
Rotten Tomatoes: No Reviews Yet. And really with a movie like this the reviews matter very little.
Trailer

Mindless fun or just plain mindless? Not sure, but hopefully it will be the former.