Oct 2 2009 NEW! RELEASES!
These movies come out in theaters this weekend. Will YOU see one of them?
The Invention of Lying
Director: Ricky Gervais, Matt Robinson
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Louis CK, Jonah Hill, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey, Jeffrey Tambor, John Hodgman, Jason Bateman, Christopher Guest--all those laff-'em-up types
Good if you want to see: a humorous account of the first person to lie in a world devoid of untruth; The Office co-creator's big screen directing debut; ATHEIST PROPAGANDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zombieland
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Good if you want to see: a road buddy comedy mixed with zombie horror; Michael Cera's chief competition for Meek, Awkward Performance of the Decade; zombie killin'.
Whip It
Director: Drew Barrymore the Director
Starring: Ellen Page, Kristen Wiig, Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore the Actress
Good if you want to see: the girl from E.T.'s directorial debut; girls rollerskating and knocking each other down, with a plot; a less sensational Rollerball, with Juno instead of Chris Klein or James Caan.
Aug 26 2009 'Whip It' Poster: Sometimes Roller Derbies are Quiet, Reflective Times
Really captures the pensiveness of girls skating around knocking down other girls in skates, don't you think? You'll only find those kinds of subtle touches in a Drew Barrymore-directed film. She's Spielberg, Kubrick, Truffaut, and Ashby all melted down and poured into a golden mold labeled "America's Sweetheart."
'Whip It' Poster [TrailerAddict]
Jul 9 2009 First Look at 'Whip It': Ladies in Skates
USA Today has posted the first look at Whip It, Drew Barrymore's Devo-titled directorial debut that stars Ellen Page as a rebellion teenage who enters the roller derby circuit.
I would say this film stands a good chance of bringing attention back to the sport, but I think roller derbies already started regaining popularity a few years ago, so maybe this will arbitrarily re-popularize a different fad sport. Yo-yo competitions? Groups of people shoving themselves into phone booths? Skip-It? Probably Skip-It.
Aug 19 2008 'Whip It!' Recreating the Magical Coupling of Fallon and Barrymore
Remember the night you first saw what what would become the defining baseball-themed romantic-comedy of your lifetime, Fever Pitch, and how as the house lights rose, illuminating a packed audience of satisfied smiles, you couldn't help thinking how you would do anything to see Drew Barrymore and that guy who cracks himself up together again? Well, your dream is coming true, only this time America's Official Sweetheart will be behind the scenes. Because she's a director. From /Film:
Jimmy Fallon has been cast in Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut Whip It! Fallon has been spotted by /Film sources on set of the roller derby dramedy playing “Hot Tub Johnny”, a cheesy hungover announcer who makes nasty comments to all the skaters. My sources have also spotted Andrew Wilson, brother of of Owen and Luke (fans of Wes Anderson know as “Future Man” in Bottle Rocket), who is playing a roller derby coach. The film stars Ellen Page as “an indie-rock loving misfit” who finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin Texas.
As much as I dislike the idea of Jimmy Fallon in movies (let alone in his own talk show), I have to trust Barrymore's instincts on this. Because she's a director. Drew Barrymore is a director.
