Fall Movie Releases - 10/30/09

This is It

A documentary created from unused footage of Michael Jackson preparing for a tour scheduled for last summer. It has the perfect ratio of nostalgia and sorrow for people looking to be uplifted. The reviews are pretty good, probably because even after all these years, the music's actually pretty good.



Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day


The sequel to the entertaining and preposterous 2000 film that found a cult on DVD. The vigilante MacManus brothers (Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus) will no doubt settle another score. And writer-director Troy Duffy will throw in a little religion in an attempt for meaning.



Gentlemen Broncos


I saw Napoleon Dynamite and liked it for what it was. Jared Hess's latest has a home-schooled teen's book being stolen by an opportunistic, famous fantasy novelist (played by Jemaine Clement). This quirky sense of humor might work for you - or not. Trailer is here.


House of the Devil
This premiered on HDNET movies on Wednesday (2 days ago) and is a pretty solid little film. Director Ti West takes his time with the story of a poor college student trying to make some extra money by baby-sitting, then getting caught up with a satanic cult. All the classic storytelling devices are there and the lonely, foreboding atmosphere is unnerving. Tom Noonan shows up as a satanist. The film takes place in the 80s and creates the era (and filmmaking style) perfectly. The violence goes overboard (of course), but if you like horror films, this is one of the best I've seen in awhile.