Will weekend No. 7 be lucky enough for Avatar to hang onto its crown yet again?
Avatar enters the weekend having claimed the crown of the world’s highest-grossing movie of all time. Attempting to knock it down a peg or two are two major new releases Edge of Darkness and When in Rome.
Darkness is a Warner Bros. thriller starring Mel Gibson that opens in more than 3,000 cinemas. When in Rome is a romantic comedy starring Kristin Bell and Josh Duhamel from Buena Vista that will screen in some 2,400 facilities.
Holdovers The Book of Eli and Legion also remain in the mix.
A Town Called Panic
Animation fans in the Los Angeles area will surely be interested in the Belgian film A Town Called Panic, which opens Friday at the NuArt Cinema and continues through Thursday only. Based on the cult TV series of the same name, the film has earned glowing reviews.
A Town Called Panic
Directed by Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar, this feature-length stop-motion romp follows the adventures of plastic toys Cowboy, Indian and Horse who were introduced in Le Parti’s TV series of the same name in 2002. In the movie, Cowboy and Indian’s plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Last year, the movie was the toast of numerous festivals around the world, including Cannes, Annecy, AFI and Toronto.
The film, which is in contention for this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Feature, is playing at different times at different independent theaters across the country. A list of currently planned play dates for the film can be found online at:
http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/playdates_new.php?directoryname=atowncalledpanic.
A Town Called Panic
