So three movies screened on one night last week: The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, and The Constant Gardener. I opted for the last, which doesn't come out for a couple more weeks. As a result, you'll have to look elsewhere for a review of Steve Carell's latest.
I also missed Valiant, as it screened last Saturday morning as I was about to head to College Station to root around in storage lockers and drink beer with my uncle.
That left Red Eye and Supercross. And me all out of excuses. Happily, one of them turned out to be better than I was expecting. See if you can guess which one from these review excerpts:
Red Eye - "Craven eschews horror trappings and gore for a well-paced and engaging thriller that keeps the audience involved despite the fact that most of what takes place onscreen is a conversation between two people."
Supercross - "That legendary adolescent tolerance for garbage may be severely tested by Supercross, however, which is a spectacularly lousy effort even by the relatively forgiving genre rules of the sports movie."
I expect the phrase "Fernando Meirelles DELIVERS THE FACIAL!" to appear in your review of The Constant Gardener. Not enough old NBA Jam catchphrases appear in alternacritic sites.
The full-blown trailer to Red Eye gives too much away, though I thought that the teaser was perfect. Perfect romantic comedy set-up with only enough to tell you that there's a lot more than meets the eye at the end of it.