She’s baaaack. That’s right, in an effort to suckle off the exposure of the Golden Globes, Rachel Getting Married is getting yet another run out at The Edina this weekend. If Anne Hathaway picks up a win I would expect it to stick around through the Oscars (the nominations at least) but if if gets shut out then it will probably once again drift into the maw, hopefully never to be resuscitated.

The huge new release of the weekend is of course The Wrestler which opens at The Uptown. It is a solid movie and Mickey Rourke’s performance is worth all of the accolades it is getting. The rest of the film? Not so much. But still well worth your time and money to go see.

As for DVD releases it is yet another thin week. Make sure to avoid Appaloosa like the plague, and if anyone tells you it is good feel free to inform them that they are a liar. Because they are. But Tuesday does finally mark the US release of Tokyo Gore Police, which promises to be an interesting film at the very least. Also, perhaps a tad uhhh violent. Perhaps.

As always trailers are after the break!

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Forgive me if my mind is somewhere else today. It is difficult to select new releases to recommend when I have recently received word that Bruce Campbell, The Chin himself, will be coming to the Twin Cities for the opening of My Name is Bruce. Which means I will get to meet him. This, along with meeting the Coen Brothers a few weeks ago, really makes me so much cooler then any of you. In my mind.

Anyways, it is slim pickings once again for DVD releases on Tuesday. I’m tempted to pick The Happening, which I actually did enjoy, but decided I’d pick a film I wanted to see but only had a split-second release in theaters. That movie being Boy A.

For theatrical releases it seems as if somewhere close to two dozen films are being released this weekend. While Flash of Genius, Appaloosa, Religulous and A Girl Cut in Two all look interesting enough for me to watch at some point, this week I am recommending a movie that I have already seen, enjoyed quite a bit and am quite confident most people will not like at all because nothing really happens in it. This movie is better known as Blindness.

As always trailers are after the break!

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