Opening this Weekend

We have three movies opening this weekend and they are in three different genres which is great for movie goers.  We have an action thriller with Source Code, a horror flick with Insidious, and a kid's movie with Hop.  Let's get to it!

Source Code
This movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier who takes part in an experiment to find a serial bomber.  The idea of the experiment is that they send Gyllenhaal into another person's body that was killed in one of the bombings (this one happens on a train in Chicago) to find clues to catch the bomber.  The catch is that he only gets 8 minutes in that person's body.  He keeps reliving this 8 minutes in order to find enough clues to stop the bomber from hitting his next target, supposedly downtown Chicago, which would make his prior bombings seem miniscule.  There is also a love interest between Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan, who is a passenger on the train that was destroyed.  This is the movie of the three released this weekend that I would be most excited to see.  It looks suspenseful and Gyllenhaal is a pretty good actor.  It's not a completely new concept (time travel to solve a mystery- 12 Monkeys, Deja-Vu) but it is a cool way of making a movie.  I would put its Viewability at 7 Ninja Stars out of 10.
Check out the trailer at:

http://www.enterthesourcecode.com/

Insidious
A happy family has an accident befall their oldest son, 6 year old give or take, that puts him into a coma type condition.  When he is brought home, weird things start happening.  The parents believe it's the house that is haunted but after bringing in a specialist they find out that it's not the house, it's their son.  This movie was created by the same people that did Saw and Paranormal activity.  They have their roots in the horror industry but will it by good or just another lame horror movie like Saw 2-6?  It does have Patrick Wilson in it, who I have come to like as an actor but I don't think it's enough to get my go ahead to see it in theaters.  Do I think it's worth renting and watching with the lights off?  Absolutely because I'm sure there will be parts that will make you jump.  My guess at the Viewability of this movie would be 5 Ninja Stars out of 10.
Check out the trailer at:

http://www.insidious-movie.com/

Hop
The movie was made by the same people that brought us Despicable Me and is based around the Easter Bunny's son E.B. (voiced by Russell Brand).  The idea is that E.B. is at an age where he can take over his father's job as the Easter Bunny but his real dream is to become a drummer in a band so he leaves without telling anyone and heads to Hollywood to follow his dreams.  He finds a guy to take him in (James Marsden) who is a slacker like E.B.  While this is happening, things are going a little crazy on Easter Island (home of the Easter Bunny if you didn't know).  With the new vacancy, a usurping chick (little yellow chicken) plans a coup to overthrow the bunnies and create a realm where the chicks rule Easter.  Originally I thought this movie looked lame.  But after watching a few trailers, I think it will be a decent family fun type of movie.  I will guess the Viewability would be 5 Ninja Stars out of 10.
Check out the trailer at:

http://www.iwantcandy.com/

So to recap for this weekend:

Source Code:  7 Ninja Stars
Insidious:    5 Ninja Stars
Hop:   5 Ninja Stars

Next week we have five new releases being: Hanna, Soul Surfer, Your Highness, Born to be Wild, and Arthur.  Next weekend should be a pretty good weekend for movies.  If you see any of the movies previewed above please comment in a way that doesn't ruin the movie for others.  Comments are highly welcome though!

-Diomedes