startingwednesday THE GUILT TRIP
Getting a jump on the Christmas releases is The Guilt Trip, a mother-and-son road picture starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen, which probably clues you in on just exactly what you're getting for your money. The fact that it's directed by the woman who gave us 27 Dresses and the guy who wrote Fred Claus should fill in any blanks.(PG-13)
startingfriday JACK REACHER
Tom Cruise in hard-boiled detective mode as an ex-military investigator called in on a sniper case. Also around are Rosamund Pike, Robert Duvall and Richard Jenkins. But the biggest actor of interest is perhaps eccentric filmmaker Werner Herzog as some kind of Russian mobster called “The Zec.” It’s certainly the freshest-looking thing about this film.(PG-13)
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startingfriday DJANGO UNCHAINED
Quentin Tarantino’s latest arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, bringing us good cheer and probably an affront to good taste by a lot of folks’ standards. At the moment, it has a solid 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes — some of those reviews are even from real critics — so there may be something to them. Here’s the studio blurb: “Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago. Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of ‘Candyland,’ an infamous plantation.” Sounds kind of irresistible. (R)
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LES MISERABLES
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PARENTAL GUIDANCE
Apparently this is meant to be the Christmas Day bout of “family friendly” moviedom. It has Bette Midler and Billy Crystal as grandparents forced into babysitting. It was made by Andy Fickman, whose last movie was You Again. If you saw that, you know how grim these tidings are. The studio blurb assures us: “When 21st century problems collide with Artie and Diane’s old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, it’s learning to bend — and not holding your ground — that binds a family together.” Pretty profound, huh? (PG)
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
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their gamut of rich-white-people problems, and the endless nattering and bickering it creates. They have loud, annoying kids — played by Apatow and Mann’s daughters — who can’t pull themselves away from their expensive gadgets. Debbie’s clothing boutique is failing, Pete’s record label is slowly floundering. Keep in mind, neither seems to have a clue how to run a business. Because of this — and Pete’s continuous lending of money to his father (Albert Brooks) — they’re some $80,000 in debt. Fancy vacations and huge birthday parties still happen and they still live in a house they admit is too big for them. Nothing ever comes of it because nothing ever comes of anything in this movie and, most
importantly, because these are people who live in a world devoid of consequence. There are zero likable qualities to any of these clueless people (Pete’s entire character exists for people who still inexplicably think Paul Rudd is “cute”) to the point that I’m not sure who this movie is made for. (Maybe Mitt Romney and his horse could have a hearty chuckle at it.) This is a movie about privileged people, like Apatow, who are totally oblivious to their own privilege. Rated R for sexual content, crude humor, pervasive language and some drug material. reviewed by Justin Souther Starts Fri., Dec. 21 at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14 and other theaters
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