Lots of additions to the late months of the sheet, hopefully they stay on but with that much lead time who knows at this point. The big addition is the Miyazaki anime film Ponyo.Hopefully he keeps up his seemingly flawless run. And while it is scheduled to open at the Edina, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it actually open at The Uptown. Daniel should also note that his fondest wish has come true, as the new Harry Potter film has been added to the schedule as well. Maybe you should keep your mouth shut next time, Daniel!

*** – Denotes recommended viewing

All dates subject to change

07/10 The Hurt Locker Uptown ***
07/10 Bruno Lagoon ***
07/10 Jerichow Edina

07/15 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Lagoon (tentative) (NEW)

07/17 Treeless Mountain Lagoon
07/17 Tetro Edina (tentative) ***

07/24 500 Days of Summer Uptown
07/24 Betty Blue: The Director’s Cut Lagoon ***
07/24 Seraphine Edina (tentative)
07/24 The Merry Gentlemen Edina (tentative)

07/31 In the Loop Uptown
07/31 $9.99 Lagoon ***
07/31 Soul Power Lagoon (tentative)
07/31 Shrink Lagoon/Edina

08/07 The Cove Uptown ***
08/07 The End of the Line Lagoon
08/07 The Answer Man Edina

08/14 Not Quite Hollywood Lagoon ***
08/14 Adam Edina (NEW DATE)
08/14 Ponyo Edina (NEW) ***

08/21 Inglorious Bastards Lagoon (very tentative) ***
08/21 Lorna’s Silence Edina

08/28 Cold Souls Uptown ***
08/28 The World’s Greatest Dad Lagoon ***
08/28 Taking Woodstock Lagoon ***
08/28 Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Edina

08/29 The Adventures of Robin Hood Edina (One Night Only) ***
08/30 The Bride of Frankenstein Edina (One Night Only) ***
08/30 It Happened One Night Edina (One Night Only) ***

09/04 Thirst Lagoon ***
09/04 Afghan Star Lagoon
09/04 My One and Only Edina

09/11 The Baader Meinhof Complex Uptown
09/11 Captain Abu Raed Lagoon

09/18 The Beaches of Agnes Edina
09/18 Burning Plain Edina /Lagoon(tentative)

09/25 Somers Town Lagoon ***
09/25 Paris Edina (NEW)

10/02 Amreeka Edina

10/09 Earth Days Lagoon (NEW)

10/16 Still Walking Lagoon

10/23 The Horse Boy Lagoon (NEW)

My advice to anyone who isn’t a middle aged woman this week? Stay out of the multiplex. And if you happen to be a middle aged woman, please, try and limit the Cosmos to under a half dozen per screening of Sex and the City. Think of the rest of us who have to deal with you in the really real world.

That all being said their is finally a slate of good movies coming out this weekend. The Rape of Europa looks like a fascinating documentary on how the Nazi’s stole priceless works of art during World War II, and depending on how Hitler viewed the creator of the works, either hid them or destroyed them.

But my big recommendation goes to Tarsem’s The Fall. It is a relatively simple tale of a man and a young girl who are trying to find ways to waste time in a hospital while recuperating from injuries they have suffered. The visuals are spectacular, and the story has surprising depth. I don’t want to say too much, and hopefully I will have my review up over at Cinema Fusion sometime this weekend.

DVD selections are a bit more sparse. Semi-Pro is the big release, and its nice to see proof that release windows are shrinking even further with the Flawless DVD clocking in at around 2 months after its theatrical release. If only they would push good films through that quickly. But my DVD recommendation this week is a little known Japanese action film that looks both utterly ridiculous and completely stupid, Machine Girl. It’s kind of like Planet Terror but with a Japanese school girl and ninjas rather then zombies and Rose McGowan. It just screams guilty pleasure.

As always trailers are after the break!

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