Week of June 2

by Philip Yu    June 2, 2009

Pick of the Week

He's Just Not That Into You Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, Drew Barrymore and Ben Affleck star as a group of interconnected twenty- and thirtysomethings navigating their relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to read the signs of the opposite sex, and hoping to be the exceptions to the "no exceptions" rule. Everyone's just looking for that elusive happy ending... and it's exhausting.

Freedom Fighters

Defiance Daniel Craig stars in an action-packed epic of family, honor, vengeance and salvation. The film tells the amazing true story of the Bielskis, four Jewish brothers living in Nazi-occupied Poland who escaped into the forest during World War II. Joining up with Russian resistance fighters against the Nazi regime, throughout the war they built a village inside the wildernesss and turned a group of war refugees into powerful freedom fighters, saving the lives of hundreds of Jewish civilians.

Suburban Blues

Revolutionary Road Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio reunite for the first time since "Titanic," teaming up with Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes for a moving, thought-provoking portrait of a 1950s marriage on the rocks. Based on the bestseller by Richard Yates, the story follows the lives of a passionate young couple living in suburban Connecticut who decide to risk everything to pursue their dreams. They're willing to break away from the ordinary -- but can they do it without breaking apart?

Coming Next Week

Gran Torino Clint Eastwood stars as Walt Kowalski, a cranky and inflexible Korean War veteran, living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices. When Thao, a young Hmong teenager, tries to steal his prized possession -- a cherry condition 1973 Gran Torino -- Walt sets out to reform the youth. Reluctantly, he is drawn into the life of Thao's family, and soon finds himself taking steps to protect them from the gangs that foul their neighborhood.