Movie Releases, 2/17

I think I've spent this vacation well, not watching any movies. No doubt about it, the 2005 experiment kicked my ass. Anyway, I hear I haven't missed much with last week's flicks. Back to the grind this week, though.

I'm beginning to wonder if Julianne Moore has a personal experience with child abduction. I'm not saying this to be crass or insensitive, but she comes out with her second such film since 2004's The Forgotten in Joe Roth's direction of the Richard Price novel Freedomland, which Price adapted. Samuel L. Jackson will likely yell a bunch, which means I'm there! Edie Falco, Mrs. Tony Soprano, also stars.

Also, the dogs-in-peril movie Eight Below arrives this week. I've reviewed it, and I liked it quite a bit.

And, also, the big movie of the weekend will likely be the parody Date Movie. Alyson Hannigan stars in this spoof--the first part of the trailer looked funny, then it looked like your typical pop culture pile-on, as if just doing scenes from other movies is inherently funny. But, there's the possibility that there will be some fun here and there.

Also, because we live in Nashville, the next Christian-themed movie comes out this weekend. It's called The Second Chance. Christian pop star Michael W. Smith stars. Could be decent, or could be unbelievably awful.