Zathura (PG)
A young boy finds a board game in his basement. As he and his
brother begin to play, their house is somehow transformed into a
space vessel that comes under attack by a race of meat eating
lizards with really pointy teeth. When a film casts names like Jonah
Bobo, Josh Hutcherson and Dax Shepard, you know you're in for
quality viewing. Written by Chris Van Allsburg, creator of 1994's
Jumanji. 113 minutes.
 
Zoolander (PG13)
Ben Stiller (There's Something About Mary, Meet The Parents) and Owen Wilson
(Shanghai Noon)
play bumbling super-models who team up to foil an assassination plot in Zoolander.
Modern pop-culture gets a thorough lampooning and there are plenty of cameos. It is sort of
creepy to see that New York's Twin Towers have been digitally removed from the many shots of
the metropolitan skyline but it's disturbing to see that in real life as well. I was hoping
for great/hilarious but was happy to settle for good/funny at this point. Sort of like
Dumb
And Dumber meets Austin Powers. Also starring Christine Taylor
(The Brady Bunch Movie)
Will Ferrell ("Saturday Night Live") and Jerry Stiller
("Seinfeld").
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