May 9

What Happens in Vegas…
Should a commercial tag line be the inspiration for a romantic comedy? Well, everything else has failed the genre. Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher star as a couple who meet and marry while drunk in Vegas, then have to stay together because of a big casino win. Really?

Son of Rambow
Noted music-video and commercial team Hammer & Tongs (director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith) make a whimsical family film about two kids who decide to make their own sequel to Rambo. What is it with the DIY-film-remake movement? First we had those kids who did a shot-by-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark, then we had Be Kind Rewind. Now this. We smell a trend.

THE NEED FOR SPEED To paraphrase Sammy Hagar, Emile Hirsch can’t drive 55 in Speed Racer.

Speed Racer
Did anyone under 40 watch this show as a kid? Because in the 40-plus demo, a lot of people can name the family pet (Chim Chim) and explain the secret identity of Racer X—but it’s not clear whether Speed and his pals are still pop-culture reference points. The Wachowskis shot this big-screen version using green screens, so the unreal look is deliberate. Oh, and despite their Matrix history, this one is clearly intended to be family-friendly, so don’t expect any deep philosophizing about the nature of reality.

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