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Weekend Viewing: February 12 - 14

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Written by April Yorke   
Friday, 12 February 2010 16:53

© Universal PicturesSlim pickings for standard Hollywood fare this weekend. You've got Valentine's Day, which looks like someone plucked three scenes each from a pile of rom-coms and stuck them together rather than figuring an entire movie out; Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which gets no points for incredibly long title and also revolves around three teens who find out they're demi-gods who need to retrieve the bolt from the lightening thief; and The Wolfman, because werewolves are hot right now, and no one noticed that Benicio Del Toro isn't aging well.

Over at the Bytowne, you can check out The Last Station, for which Helen Mirren received an Oscar nod,  and New York, I Love You, because even the Bytowne's not resistant to splashing something with a big heart over St. Valentine's Day.

Finally, the Mayfair has prepared a smorgasbord of love and love-hate movies (notably Audition in the latter category), though you'd do well to start with tonight's Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: Sexy Film Festival. 

Alright, since VD is on Sunday, I'll give you some quick recommendations for worthy romances to rent (besides It Happened One Night, of course):

  • Before Sunset and Before Sunrise
  • Bright Star
  • The Apartment
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • say anything . . .
  • Once
  • An Affair to Remember
I, however, will be watching Escape from New York. It's not love until Snake Plissken ordinates.
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April Yorke is a (Cult)ure Magazine contributor since Wednesday, 07 January 2009.

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