Can’t believe it’s August already…
Not only is it the last month of summer vacation, August also happens to be the 1 year anniversary of this very website. TGOTV is thrilled to have been able to provide you with a year’s worth of reviews and previews for your moviegoing pleasure, and we’re equally thrilled that you’ve been coming back for more reads!
(In fact, TGOTV will be holding an anniversary contest this month. Details coming soon, so keep reading!!)
Here’s to another year and beyond… must-sees, stinkers, and all in between! Starting right now, with August:
Friday, August 6th opens the month with a nice selection for the young and energetic movie goer. Teens and dance fans can experience Step Up 3D, the third installment in the dancing sensation, with some new players and a lot of new moves. Also opening to select theaters: Twelve, starring Chase Crawford, Emma Roberts and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson- about a high school dropout who ventures into drug dealing on New York’s Upper East Side. And last but probably best, The Other Guys opens this weekend, a buddy-cop comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, but also featuring Samuel L. Jackson (and Dwayne Johnson) so it has to be good.
Next up, it’s Friday the 13th (No Jason, no Nicki Minaj) and instead of a slew of thrillers, we’re getting an action-packed manparty. This weekend you can see The Expendables, directed by Sylvester Stallone and featuring the worlds best gang of ass-kickers (Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke….Arnold Schwarzenegger?!), and then there’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World-starring Michael Cera, who’s more likely to just get his ass kicked.
Also opening on the 13th, Eat Pray Love. Julia Roberts is Liz Gilbert, a woman who goes on a journey of self-discovery, attempting to take her life in a different direction.
Then, the back-to-schoolers get a little bit more attention, as Vampires Suck opens on Wednesday, August 18th. It’s like the Anti-Twilight, following suit with Dance Flick, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Superhero Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, Scary Movie, and every other dismal parody of movies that are actually good. Oh well, at least Ken Jeong is in the cast.
On Friday August 20th, Bow Wow returns to the screen in Ice Cube’s latest comedy, The Lottery Ticket. Also opening this weekend, another Jennifer Aniston romcom- The Switch, with Jason Bateman, about an artificial insemination gone wrong between two friends. And, for those that just can’t get enough of the 3D craze (though I don’t see how that’s possible, it’s as common as a cold) the suspenseful thriller Piranha 3D opens, starring Jerry O’Connell, Ving Rhames and Jessica Szohr.
And just in time for school to start, FINALLY, Takers opens on Friday, August 27th. My apologies for the outburst of caps, I’ve just been waiting a long time for this cast: Idris Elba, Matt Dillon, Hayden Christiansen, T.I., Michael Ealy, Jay Hernandez, Paul Walker, and Chris Brown. I don’t even care what the movie is about.
(Just kidding, it’s actually an action-drama about a group of criminals whose covert operations might be blown by a detective Matt Dillon).
Also closing out the month of August, The Last Exorcism, for those who adore those kinds of disturbing thrillers, and the more lighthearted Going the Distance- a romcom about a long distance relationships, starring real life on again/off again couple Drew Barrymore and Justin Long.
Cheers to an August anniversary choc-ful of action and hot guys!
C.A.M.
