Jul 9 2009 Movie Shows in Your Town This End-of-Week!

Some films open this weekend; here are some of them:

Brüno
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen; oblivious fools, many of whom will be revealed as homophobes
Good if you want to see: further Borat-like exploits, this time with a flamboyant Austrian; what people will be quoting for the next few months.

I Love You, Beth Cooper
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust
Good if you want to see: A high school nerd pining over a popular girl? I don't really remember, but I did hear that Heroes' much-talked-about nude scene is from behind, so don't go in looking for boobs.

Blood: The Last Vampire (limited)
Director: Chris Nahon
Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller
Good if you want to see: Blade with an Asian girl.

Humpday (limited)
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard
Good if you want to see: heterosexual best friends attempt to make a gay porn together; the "bromance" genre reach its logical conclusion.

May 7 2009 'Humpday' Trailer: Not About Cutesy Lingo for Wednesday

You know how sometimes, as a party is winding down, you'll sometimes find yourself (a straight male) and your best friend (also a straight male) for some reason agreeing to have sex with each other for an amateur porn competition? And even the next day, when you've sobered up, you still think you have to follow through with your plans because you're living in some kind of Kevin Smith-logic indie dramedy? Here's the movie about that:

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