The Oscar Project
This week marks the firsts big batch of Halloween horror films hitting theaters. Most are falling into the limited release category and I wouldn't expect them to do much business, but who knows when you'll find a diamond in the rough. We also get a Will Smith action piece and a comedy with a lead role for Adam Devine (Pitch Perfect). Click through for the full list of films releasing this weekend. The Addams Family Dun dun dun dun <snap> <snap>. You just sang it in your head. If you did the snaps, please leave me a comment below to let me know. It's been nearly 30 years since the original live action Addams Family film hit theaters (followed by a sequel two years later) and over a half century since the television series first aired, but the creepy, kooky family is back, this time in an animated film. I feel like animation is the perfect vehicle for these characters since you can do so much more with them than in live action. That said, I recently revisited The Addams Family (1991) and got to show it to my kids for the first time. It holds up rather well, still getting laughs out of them in the appropriate spots. The new version brings some decent star power to the voice cast including Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ex Machina) as Gomez Addams, Charlize Theron (Monster, Mad Max: Fury Road) as Morticia, and Chloë Grace Moretz (Let Me In, Kick-Ass) as Wednesday. Other cast members include Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, and Martin Short.
Gemini Man Director Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain) brings us the story of a man who is hired to find and kill a younger version of himself created via cloning. It's an interesting concept and I'm curious to see how they pulled it off. Will Smith (Men In Black, Independence Day) is the obvious draw here. He has successfully made himself over from being a rapper/comic 20+ years ago into a full blown action star today. He has done some drama in between but we come to the theaters for Will Smith taking down bad guys, and this film seems to throw a monkey wrench into that formula by pitting him against himself. It sounds like there is a great deal of digital work done to Smith to de-age him for playing the role of his younger self. De-aging seems to be the new big thing in Hollywood used previously in a number of the Marvel films, Tron: Legacy, at least two Terminator films, and the upcoming Martin Scorsese film The Irishman. They may have had less to do here since at 51, Smith still looks pretty young.
Jexi While this appears on the surface to be a fun comedy about what happens when Siri turns from a helpful sidekick into a jealous girlfriend living in your phone with access to all your most personal secrets, I'm hopeful that people can see it as a cautionary tale about what happens when we get too attached to our technology. Jexi arrives as the newest personal assistant on Phil's (Adam Devine) phone. She is rude, unfiltered, and dedicated to helping him, in only ways that she deems right. It's clear that Phil loves his phone, but after a chance run in with a beautiful girl on the street, he realizes that there may just be more to life than his technology.
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