LATE WINTER CHILLS
The classic Universal film that spawned a genre is
reborn on February 12. The Wolfman brings the myth
of a cursed man back to its roots. Oscar winner Benicio
Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman
lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes.
Reunited with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins),
Talbot is determined to find his brother. But when his
brother’s fiancée (Emily Blunt) tracks him down to help
find her missing love, Talbot learns that a creature of
brutal strength and insatiable hunger for blood has been
killing the villagers. As he approaches conclusions, he
hears of an ancient curse that transforms men when the
moon is full. Talbot must destroy the beast that terror-
izes the woods of Blackmoor or succumb to the primal
nightmare itself.
But if you’re hoping for a real-life monster every bit as
vicious, Look no further than The Ghost Writer. When
a successful British ghostwriter, The Ghost, agrees to
complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister
Adam Lang, his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of
a lifetime. But when he learns that his predecessor on the
project, Lang’s long-term aide, died in an unfortunate ac-
cident, the venture starts to exude the stench of doom.
He begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor
may have stumbled on a dark secret linking Lang to the
CIA. Find out on February 19.
WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK!
It’s not often that we dissuade readers from watching
anything, but with movie ticket prices approaching
the cost of internal organs, I feel it’s necessary to give a
balanced report. Cop Out, a February 26 release directed
by Kevin Smith, features two longtime NYPD partners on
the trail of a stolen and unbelievably valuable baseball
card. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the seasoned detective and
Paul (Tracy Morgan) is his slightly distracted partner who
can barely concentrate past the troubles in his marriage.
It might seem like a personal dislike for shoot-em-ups,
but hear me out when I say that I like a well-placed one-
liner before a climax of action—just not a trailer full of
flat clichés from a one-dimensional he-man figure. But
if this qualifies as a guilty pleasure of yours, read on and
look forward to the February 5 release of From Paris with
Love. As a personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador in France
(Jonathan Rhys Meyers), James Reese has a luxurious
life in Paris for which people would gladly kill. When his
side career as a low-level operative for the CIA gets an
upgrade, he can’t believe his good luck…until he meets
his coarse new partner, Charlie Wax (John Travolta), the
typical loose cannon. Sent to Paris to stop a terrorist
attack, this awkward duo must disrupt a crime ring and
learn to depend on each other in order to survive their
assignment and bond without seeming too “gay.”
February 2010 | RAGE monthly 15
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